Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I think it is a feature not a bug, unfortunately 110
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I really like the wireless bras from snag tights, especially the ribbed styles snagtights.us/collections/...snagtights.usAll BrasYou asked us to make a bra that actually feels good, so we did it the Snag way. No underwires. No digging in. Wide straps and a comfy back band that supports without squeezing. Breathable, ethical fab... 020
Reposted by Caitlin PollockSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 15/02/2026When my friends found out I was moving to Boston, they were so worried about the racism that no one bothered to mention the goddamn turkeys. 3180725
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Celebrating Douglass Day here at Northeastern! (And I believe this is my 7th year planning a local Douglass Day celebration!) 121
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 29/01/2026i also used ecce romani in my middle/high school lol 110
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 15/01/2026a night of insomnia only makes being bullied by workday worse 110
Reposted by Caitlin PollockRudbeckia @rudbeckia.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons 218208875415
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025also you name your stuff after evil stuff from LOTR. I sometimes wonder how poor the reading comprehension of him and other LOTR-loving tech bros are. 140
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025i am on winter break. i have a stack of books and several Masterpiece Theater detective shows queued up. let’s go (nap). 020
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 17/12/2025some days i’m convinced that I live below a herd of elephant the way my neighbors stomp around. they shake my light fixtures! 010
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 19/11/2025using shared resources, colleagues and I got together to put together zine and whistle kits. the letterpress studio 3d printed us the whistles. 08212
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Its the 897. Its visible but partially cutoff at 28s 120
Reposted by Caitlin PollockDavid Noll @david.noll.org · 02/11/2025Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy. 274354827
Reposted by Caitlin Pollockderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/10/2025it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby 2639608844
Reposted by Caitlin PollockOuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025They got Claudine Gay out of the Harvard presidency over a footnote. 71413351
Reposted by Caitlin PollockCami @cafiffle.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse 7075522739
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 14/10/2025This reminds of the DocNow project called Social Humans which were labels you could use in social media datasets and one of the labels was "bot" to mark content created by bots. Unfortunately the links to the project no longer work and I can't find any updates about it. 130
Reposted by Caitlin PollockPercolatorFish @percolatrfish.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The Human Centipede is a tremendous allegory for LLMs and image generators 155634
Reposted by Caitlin PollockTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!! Just the one!! 45100671401
Reposted by Caitlin PollockTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Every day I draw closer to actually planning what was initially a joke of an idea — a private conference where people who feel absolutely insane in our regular life for not believing robots will save us from our ogliarchs can just get together and latent to be normal for 36 hours. Over drinks. 741871139
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 06/08/2025after so many frustrating and painful months, I finally received Public Service Loan Forgiveness for all my loans. I’m freeeee! 030
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 08/07/2025It was three dudes. Two guys packed, one doing the living room, kitchen, dining room, and the other guy doing the bedroom and my home office, and one guy loaded them onto the truck with a dolly, sometimes taking 4 or 5 boxes with him. I just provided donuts and coffee, and stayed out of their way. 010
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 08/07/2025i also splurged when i moved from Michigan to Boston, and had the movers pack for me. It was freeing. It took them 4 hours to pack everything and load it on the truck 221
Reposted by Caitlin PollockTara Wine-Queen Writes @tarawinequeen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing 30108443855
Reposted by Caitlin Pollockmankrik's wife guy @byelacey.bsky.social · 01/05/2025you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you 60151065119
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Scalar has been down since April 7th with no updates since then scalar.me/anvc/scalar.meAlliance for Networking Visual Culture Website of the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, featuring information about the online publishing platform Scalar. 100
Reposted by Caitlin PollockMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025"They won't pay taxes" is eugenics speak But it is also hypocrisy of the highest order coming from the party and class of people who regularly refuse to pay their share 06510
Reposted by Caitlin PollockDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 11/04/2025virginia tech's ETD repository has been crashing so often from being scraped by so many bots that they've had to close off external, non-university access. In case you needed more evidence of how LLM training hurts open access. 10788235
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025as she was cleaning out her office when she retired @amaniras.bsky.social found the diversity plan she wrote for U-M LSA in the 1970s. 🙃🙃 120
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I have not done research zines (yet!) but I have always been so intrigued by the DIY Methods conference where all the of the accepted papers are zines that are mailed to attendees. (They also host the zine on their website) diymethods.netdiymethods.netDIY Methods 2024 180
Reposted by Caitlin PollockNaima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 20/03/2025As distressed as I am by what 47's actions mean in real time and the immediate future, the idea of what rebuilding institutions is going to look like *whenever* the US gets to the other side of this, with so much institutional knowledge being wiped out, is even more distressing. 1336456
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025but alas naming things after people is a funding source for universities 000
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025i said something similar during the exhibit room renaming stuff, just name things after trees! Oak Hall, Elm Dorm etc. 100
Reposted by Caitlin PollockMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail. 1281317615
Reposted by Caitlin PollockAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 5733452164
Reposted by Caitlin PollockACH @ach.bsky.social · 14/03/2025ACH is holding two Town Halls next week (3/19 and 3/21 from 12pm-1pm EST) to hear your experiences regarding how the recent government actions are affecting your ability to pursue digital humanities & the steps that ACH can take to support you and your communities. Sign up here:buff.lyACH Town Hall{metaDescription} 02925
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 13/03/2025fed is best! i have been relying on oatmeal cups for lunch because i am unable to make enough decisions to pack a lunch 110
Reposted by Caitlin PollockACH @ach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025ACH has confirmed reports that DOGE is at the NEH. Chair Shelly C. Lowe has been replaced by Acting Chair Michael McDonald. ACH remains committed to a diverse, inclusive, and supportive DH. To engage in advocacy efforts: secretary@ach.org. Read our statement of support for NEH: buff.ly/bQeRaGw 0113104
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I was just talking about this @amaniras.bsky.social last week. By calling her a prophet implies that her work just appears by the powers that be, instead of her writing & research being a craft and skill that she shaped and molded with her intellect and creativity. It devalues her important writing. 031
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 14/02/2025My favorite thing about #DouglassDay is that everyone can find something that they are interested in to transcribe. Someone who is a pianist is transcribing sheet music he found. Someone else who wrote their diss on The Brownies', is transcribing issues of the magazine. #BlackHistoryisHistory 1106
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I don't have a LinkedIn, and I haven't had any issues getting a job. I just switched jobs last year. But academic libraries may rely less on LinkedIn, YMMV 000
Caitlin Pollock @pollock.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Black women have been saying this. bsky.app/profile/dane... 010
