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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 17h

Do everyone a favour and define your acronyms.

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 23h

Watson's dishonesty and nastiness is multifaceted here...“Without further hesitation I implied that she was incompetent in interpreting X-ray pictures” was about A-DNA, but he conflates this with B-DNA (photo 51) to claim the helical insight was his. Wilkins comes off much worse in this light too.

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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Covid boosted and flu shotted 😷

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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Instructions: submerge in water Item: *floats*

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For context, that's a typical size of a jurassic pterosaur (juvenile) found in the fossil record

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can’t really believe this is happening in our country. And it makes me very angry people aren’t doing more to stop it. An entire group have had their civil rights gutted, and are having their lives made unliveable (especially children who are most vulnerable). And what’s anyone doing about it?

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

The most important way to fight data centers is to take everyone you meet protesting one and organize with them to scare the shit out of "your" politicians so they don't *dare* compromise on *anything*.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

There aren't enough of us doing politics right now. We can tell, because our politicians are so contemptuous of the grassroots that they will sell us out without a moment's hesitation, smugly certain that they will face no consequences for doing so: pluralistic.net/2026/09/22/h...

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Pluralistic: Bonta sold us out to Trump’s oligarchs (22 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

But changing the system requires systemic work. Hell is other people because other people are *great* but it's *so hard* to get them to do things your way. That takes time and understanding and togetherness and arguing and forgiving.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

We must defend voting rights - Big P Politics - to the bitter end, but we need to defend organizing - small p politics - just as ferociously.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

The right's leadership understands this very well, which is why they've spent years attacking unions, community organizers like Acorn, and activist institutions like Planned Parenthood.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

In other words, voting only matters if it's the final stage of a sustained campaign to build and mobilize popular power. Without that, voting will get you precious little.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

Voting for Mamdani was important. It got him elected. But staying organized - in unions, neighborhood clubs, affinity groups, DSA chapters and mutual aid groups - is what's letting him get stuff done, and stopping him from bailing on his promises as politically infeasible.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

Which is to say, Big P politics matter, but to *make* them matter, we need a lot of small p politics. That means that democracy isn't something you do every couple of years with a ballot paper (though that's an important aspect of the process). Democracy is continuous.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You have to accurately assess the problem to create proper solutions

Screenshot of article which reads: Partisan polarization is not the greatest threat to American democracy.
It is a vivid and identifiable symptom of the real threat. And it is a popu-
lar frame because it blames no one. But because political polarization is
a symptom, and not the root of the problem that ails us, “fixing” polar-
ization will not restore American democratic health.

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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gillingham still bragging about his locked downtown garbage cans (and promising more!) as though that's a solution to anything or meaningfully addresses the poverty that would have people rifling through the trash to begin with, I see.

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UWinnipeg @uwinnipeg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New Directions in Classics celebrates 10 years of bridging the ancient Greek and Roman times to our present! Over the past decade New Directions has had over 2000 audience members from the #UWinnipeg and downtown community participate in learning about the ancient world. MORE INFO ⬇️

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Ten years of New Directions in Classics | University of Winnipeg News

New Directions in Classics celebrates 10 years of bridging the ancient Greek and Roman times to our present.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh look more and more elaborate scams using artificially generated and digitally manipulated content to prey on academics and researchers.

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Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

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🇨🇦Jackie Corrigan🇨🇦 @jackiecorrigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Online booking for flu and COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Public Health immunization clinics is now open. #Covid manitoba.ca/respiratoryv...

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Province of Manitoba | Vaccine-Preventable Respiratory Illnesses

Province of Manitoba

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

less hot takes, more animals squashing gourds

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do we teach skills that are useful in the workplace? Fuck yes we do. Did I become a history professor because I'm passionate about vocational training? Fuck no i did not

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

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Emèt ✡️🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️(she/they) @emetwpg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Argh. Why won’t @winnipegfreepress.com profile progressive candidates like @nat4mynarski.bsky.social or @odingwall.bsky.social or Noah Redden? Is there an agenda here?

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Cam Regier @camregier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like why do we have to read every dingbat announcement Mike or Kevin make?? And then wonder why they're 2nd and 3rd? Maybe if the others had all this free publicity?

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UM Faculty of Science @umanitobasci.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

James McVittie, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Regina, will present a seminar titled "Analysis of extreme events with missing observations." 📍 EITC E2-160 🗓️ October 1 at 2:45 p.m. eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science...

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey everybody, I’m taking the advice of every elected official I’ve ever yelled at who’s said “if you think you could do such a good job why don’t you try running for office”. Schools are super important for all of us, not just those of us with kids in the system, and I’m excited to fight for them.

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Andrew Kohan for Trustee in WSD Ward 2. Look Out for Kids!

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lets see if this thing’s on www.andrewkohan.com

andrewkohan.com

Andrew Kohan

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Making it impossible for anyone outside Canada to know what time it is here is an important part of reinforcing Canadian sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Remember how I've been begging library folks to take AI seriously as a threat to labor for however many years it has been now? Yeah.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Vendors stop making the process of reading ebooks from the library feel like hammering a bunch of tiny nails into your skull challenge

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madison @beastlibrarian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I understand it all stems from labor (not rehiring when librarians retire, wanting to spend as little money as possible on staff salaries while making 4 jobs into one for the rare lucky individual who manages to snag a job in the first place, doing more with less, etc)

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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Love a eurypterid. I keep trying to teach my D&D crew about them cause our DM made the mistake of telling us that our latest multi-game baddie is "like a big sea-scorpion." I'm not sure my efforts are appreciated.

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James Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Finally getting around to studying some old specimens for the first time this #FossilFriday. These eurypterids were discovered in the 1960s and almost certainly represent new species. Discoveries such as this really highlight the importance of museum collections as records of life on our planet. 🧪⚒️

A photograph of a fossil eurypterid on a brown-grey rock. The fossil as a wide, round body with a long abdomen. The head is relatively small and and short legs that are very robust, the last pair of which are big, broad paddles.

A fossil of a eurypterid on a brown-grey rock. The eurypterid has a large head with long legs, all of which are for walking. The body is narrower than the head and looks overall a bit dumpy.

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Erika Anderson @andersonmineral.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Triceratops horridus, a lot of people’s favourite dinosaur. Does everyone have a favourite? #FossilFriday⚒️🧪

Amounted Triceratops cast seen from the shoulders up showing its long horns. The lighting around it is purple. At Telus Spark.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 18/09/2026

*smashes bottle against table* STOP STEALING OUR GOOGLY EYES AND USING THEM TO PRETEND YOU MADE GOD

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Maureen Babb 🍁 @librarian-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

God damn I love these predatory journal solicitations. "We are aware of your reputation for quality of research and trustworthiness in the field of “Surgery”" Oh, are you now? Yeah, you should definitely let me operate.

static.klipy.com

Crypt TV: Doctor with a Hand Drill

Alt: Crypt TV: Doctor with a Hand Drill

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New species alert! The tilcayo tiger cat, found in the Bolivian cloud forest.

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Slusser’s most consequential purchase may be a set of carved bone regalia worn once a year by a Kusle priest who became a living incarnation of Shiva. After it was stolen, the family couldn't afford new to replace it. The priest didn’t teach his son the mantras. The ritual died.

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In 1965, an American scholar bought her first stolen god from two boys outside a Kathmandu temple. Grains of rice were still stuck to it — offerings from worshippers. She paid less than $2 and wrote in her diary: "I don't think the temple will miss it at all." 🧵 www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...

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Mary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritage

A US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026

If you are willing to drop $47 million on AI services but unwilling to invest in research support & infrastructure for humanities faculty & students, you show that austerity is a choice. It’s not “too expensive” to give people the resources they need; you just don’t want to. bsky.app/profile/ashe...

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