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I was not expecting You Can See Everything to be almost or completely sold out everywhere. I have a ticket for this weekend, but it was a lot of work.

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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Giddens is a G-D national treasure.

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Dylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I spent my morning with our Nuremberg Chronicle from 1493 and spent my evening with drag queens and Gaydar Atlanta from the 2000s. This is special collections! Come visit us!!

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My jacket got caught on the side of the murderous Davis Square escalator this morning. I was able to get unstuck quickly, but yikes.

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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Working on my tiny Chicago homes. Here’s a peek at 6… 6 more to go ahead of their debut at Open House Chicago. All printed with small metal type and measuring less than 3” square.

Angled shot of 6 small prints featuring multi-colored tiny homes designed with metal type to resemble popular Chicago home styles.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m also mad that AI distrust has led me to defend food that I should be horrified by.

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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 12/10/2026

I took a screenshot of the Facebook post for anybody who doesn't want to log in. I also checked way back to see if the recipe was still up there, but they did not have a captured late enough to have this recipe in it.

Facebook post from Little Debbie:
Want a unique way to celebrate National Taco Day today? Try loading up a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie with all of the dessert fixings! For the complete recipe, follow the link below. #LittleDebbie #Unwrapasmile #Todaywebake https://littledebbie.com/www/recipe-items/view/6/cookies-creations

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Actually not AI. Those are dessert tacos made of sweet fillings made to look like savory taco fillings. The tragedy here is that AI has robbed us of our appreciation of whimsical tasty fakes.

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m trying (and failing) to think of a clever name for a distinctive collections metadata team quarterly report.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Beavers are on the payroll in Colorado. 10 years ago, Brian Sullivan, head of Colorado Parks & Wildlife’s Wetlands for Wildlife grants program, saw 1 or 2 grant applications for beaver-related projects each year. Now about half the projects he processes involve them buff.ly/H2UtOf0 #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Beavers Are Having a Moment

Long considered a nuisance, these furry construction experts are finally being appreciated for their role in healthy ecosystems.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Morgan’s “Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions” exhibit closes October 4, so time is running out if you want to go. www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/...

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The “Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions” symposium at the Morgan gave me a reason to have a bookish long weekend in New York. This was my first time visiting NYPL, the Morgan, and Kinokuniya New York.

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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 27/08/2026

Farewell today to the high priestess of polka dots, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026). Her work was unforgettable and for her, a means to survival. It’s playful, psychedelic, compulsive, beautiful and slightly unsettling all at once. Into infinity and beyond Yayoi! 🔴🟡⚫️

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 24/08/2026

The real "administrative bloat" in education is the money that schools are being forced to fork over to tech vendors that can just keep jacking up their prices year after year, because it would cost even more to rebuild the systems and retrain the people that were built/trained on that tech.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My first thought after opening the app and seeing 30+ notifications: What unhinged thing did I sleep post? (Thankfully, nothing. It was some app bug.)

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

hey people sorry if some of you breeze past this part but it’s Friday. We do AI discourse on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is for stuff that rocks and is actually fun. It’s in the TOS & the packet you got at orientation. get it together please

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hold the phone -- the London Book Trades database is BACK and I missed it! It was a limited but useful index of tradespeople that was a victim of the "oh no hackers" Bodleian takedown in 2024. AND because it's back I found another woman publisher!! lbt.bibsoc.org.uk/index.php?ti...

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History of the Project - London Book Trades

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Archivists and flat surfaces are like cats and boxes.

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Sasha Kim @s-kim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Librarians, Archivists, & Archives that collect/manage popular culture materials-I've started a Discord server to discuss collections, materials, repositories, etc. to share info and build community. Comics, games, movies/tv, etc #popularculture #archives #archivists #librarians discord.gg/xvhWAhhkw

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I had such a good time at the Tori Amos concert last night in Boston. “Precious Things” was on my set list wishlist.

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Are you familiar with the University of Washington special collections Decorative and Decorated Papers digital collection? If not, you SHOULD be... what a cool resource! digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/coll...

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Federico Pianzola @fpianz.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026

Exciting upcoming updates for @gettymuseum.bsky.social vocabularies! #DH2026 #LinkedOpenData

Slide about upcomimg Getty vocabularies refresh

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This week is my first time training someone else on how to copy catalog. Teaching another person has made me notice how complicated basic cataloging is.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 30/07/2026

My secret, Cap, is that I'm *always* angry about old books. For instance, here's a tiny slice of the millions of books 1931-1986 that have no commercial value, that are digitized, but that we're unable to use in large-scale research because they are illegal to share or display.

$a tiny random fraction of books in HathiTrust 1931-1980 in English that include the word "philosophy" somewhere in metadata$

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My tarot alt account is so sad. I only have 6 followers 😭 It’s so much easier posting here compared to Instagram. BlueSky doesn’t aggressively try to set my photos to (usually poorly matched) pop songs.

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Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Woodcut device of a bird of prey with a small bird in its talons, flying over a castle with the sun blazing. Used by the London printer Thomas Scarlet, in his 1592 edition of Henry Smith’s sermon ‘Satans compassing the earth’. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Syn.8.59.60.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

After yesterday’s CSV data wrangling high, everything about MARC cataloging feels deeply annoying. Is anyone hiring for a non-MARC GLAM metadata position? Asking for a friend 👀

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Never realized that Excel (or anywhere I can work with CSV data) is my happy place. I miss spending most of my work day on data wrangling projects.

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Dylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I said what I said

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I have the World Cup automation on for my lights, and that game triggered so many flashing lights.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Amazon Fresh/Grocery is still selling Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce for $2.29 if you want recalled produce.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

There is an exhibit in NYC that I won’t get to see until September, and I want to yell “No spoilers” when I see social media posts about it. Can exhibits even be spoiled?

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ohio. Maybe the rest of the state is fine, but may Toledo, OH and its probate court never know peace.

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Matt Tobey @mtobey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m finally going to listen to my doctor and eat more vegetables and get more fresh air

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

One weird thing that I noticed yesterday was that very few people were wearing masks outside.

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Lucretia Baskin @lucretiab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So, like, does anyone have info handy on what expiration dates on masks/respirators mean? If I have some KF95s that expired a year or two ago, is it still ok to use them in a pinch for something like shitty air quality?

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m so excited to learn about this. The history of Japanese department stores is one of my research interests.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Duolingo gave me an ad for beef today. The Beef Board must be seizing the current public health crisis as an opportunity to advertise. Not effective for me as a vegetarian though.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I witnessed a bicyclist getting hit by a car today, and with the recent death of a cyclist, I felt so panicky about it. The person hit was scraped up and shaken but okay, a relief since they were on a Blue Bike and not wearing a helmet.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

the combination of it being too hot to cook and lettuce not being safe is quite a thing to navigate

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Matt Lincoln @mdlincoln.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I knew this data format was old, but this is ridiculous

A stone ruin with the letters MARC visible carved into it.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

While at the Fred Rogers Institute, was not prepared for the feelings of seeing the last cardigan the mom of Mister Fred Rogers ever knit for him 🥹🩶✨

Notes and song sheets from Mister Fred Rogers. They’re in a case also holding his gray cardigan, which according to his note is “the last cardigan his mom ever knit him” 🩶

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I need this for the sign on the book cart I am using for a nautical collection cataloging project.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Seeing myself on the RBMS homepage will never stop surprising me. I was so much younger in that photo—like an entirely different person.

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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

George E. Johnson passed away Monday morning. He founded Johnson Products Company, and was the maker of Afro Sheen, the iconic Black hair product. We spoke to him earlier this year about his role in turning the Black haircare industry into what is now a multi-billion-dollar industry.

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How Black hair care grew Black power : Planet Money

The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did so much more than make Black afros shine. It was…

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