Reposted by Helen PowerAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6085401816198
Reposted by Helen PowerLILAC Conference @lilacconf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Join @powerlibrarian.bsky.social, Rhiannon Jones & Éthel Gamache in Lecture Theatre 4 as they share a Library and Information Science (LIS) research accelerator, designed to support MLIS students, new librarians, & library staff in their research & publishing journeys. #LILAC26 011
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 15/03/2026In case you needed some casual proof that GenAI, in this case Google AI, still simply makes up answers, here are some screenshots. This is particularly blatant when you’re searching something that doesn’t have an easy/obvious answer to scrape. I worded my search slightly different both times 🙃 000
Reposted by Helen PowerBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 28/01/2026In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:vox.comHow to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyondWhat Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now. 254109093755
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Are taxi drivers in Toronto allowed to charge a flat rate and refuse to turn on the meter? Curious about what the rules are. I was warned last time I was in the city to say no to the flat rate. I asked the driver if we could use meter instead and he said no, so I got an Uber instead. #toronto #taxi 010
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I love that they phrased it this way, centring the victim. SHE is the main character, he’s the villain 010
Reposted by Helen PowerWhit @whitless256.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Will: "Backdoors, you can't, it's irrelevant. Social part is irrelevant. You can literally not even talk to people and go far in this game. You don't have to even open your mouth and talk. As a viewer, if I was watching this now..." feeds cut #BB27 643685
Reposted by Helen PowerRedactdead Rodriguez 💀🪦 @redactedrodriguez.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Morgan: I'd like to nominate... production! #bb27 10756167
Reposted by Helen PowerMike Bloom @amikebloomtype.bsky.social · 10/09/2025#BB27 "Big Brother's meant so much to me. I met my husband on this show. I have two beautiful kids because of it. I'm a winner of this game. I'm a legend. I feel like I let everyone down." No you did not, Rachel Reilly. No you did not. 18880129
Reposted by Helen Powercarol @powerofotevs.bsky.social · 06/09/2025anyone defending the twist is hilarious. it’s not about it being an anti-rachel twist, it’s about it being an anti-big brother twist. this isn’t big brother #bb27 419838
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I'll be at Raven's End Books in Winnipeg on Saturday, Aug 23 for a signing! 1-3 PM. I'll have copies of both Phantom and The Ghosts of Thorwald Place. Free swag with purchase, and the books are cheaper than if you get them online ($23 for 1, $40 for 2). Tell your friends! #ywg #winnipeg #horrorbooks 152
Reposted by Helen PowerE.R. LeVar @erlevar1031.bsky.social · 20/06/2025A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it?? Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙 1277300613753
Reposted by Helen PowerErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/06/20251. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comDefying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with RainbowOrganizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility. 237231246590
Reposted by Helen PowerTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 22/05/2025How I arrive at the function 🎨 Maggie Vandewalle 16819
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Dropped by indigo at Centre Mall on Friday and found this display right at the entrance! I freaked out 😍 I signed all the copies of both my books 🥰 #indigo #author #yxe 071
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/05/2025So the good news is I was accepted at all the conferences I submitted to this year. The bad news is I was accepted at all the conferences I submitted to this year. 🥲 #academia 010
Reposted by Helen PowerMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/05/2025Mayday = HELP ME May Day = Help me... pick these flowers 351543249
Reposted by Helen PowerMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts. 129143713071
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I'm giving a free workshop on horror writing tonight! It's online, at 7PM-8:30 PM CST (9PM EDT). Little Workshop of Horrors: An Introduction to Horror Writing. I will have activities, but nobody is required to share 😘👻🖤 reginalibrary.ca/attend/progr... 020
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 01/04/2025April fools to me. It’s snowing again 😒 #saskatoon 170
Reposted by Helen PowerGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 27/03/2025Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering. 63143172827
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Thinking of suggesting a choreography and merriment department at my workplace #severancemedia.tenor.comSeverance Mark S GIFALT: Severance Mark S GIF 020
Reposted by Helen PowerDr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Symbolic. Worth it. Everyone is welcome and safe in my city of Saskatoon. Let's work on making the vision real. Maddingly, the provincial gov't of Saskatchewan has been on the wrong side it. thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu...thestarphoenix.comTank: Saskatoon declares as 'safe' city for gender diversity in Sask.The declaration in Saskatchewan's largest city largest city resonates in a province where the government stokes division over gender identity. 112431
Reposted by Helen PowerMillicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 21/03/2025It’s a really, really, REALIY bad idea to piss off librarians. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...ctvnews.caU.S. authorities closing Canadian access to historic library that straddles Quebec-Vermont borderA small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic library that sits on the border between the two countries. 1194
Reposted by Helen PowerCARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @caut.bsky.social @iflaglobal.bsky.social @powerlibrarian.bsky.social @rschon.bsky.social @usherbrooke.bsky.social @cni-org.bsky.social and more! mailchi.mp/8d1a00512090... 033
Reposted by Helen Powerceej @ceej.online · 21/03/2025chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists 282111581538
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Absolutely depressing, because both my books have now officially been used to train AI. ☹️ 011
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Check out the latest spooky author interview! Miles Joyner shares his strange experience and answers three questions about his writing. #spookybooks #authorinterview biblioccult.com/2025/03/19/a... 031
Reposted by Helen PowerBookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Jennifer's Body x This Delicious Death Boys start to disappear in Lyric's backwards backwoods town and her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate if something is monstrously wrong with her friend. #WSPitQ #YA #H #R #LGBT #BIOC #Own 1189
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 25/02/2025When it's still February but you already know who's going to dominate your Spotify unwrapped this year 🩷💜💙 #ladygagamedia.tenor.coma dark room with a few squares and a red object in the middle of itALT: a dark room with a few squares and a red object in the middle of it 000
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Want to read about a horror author's personal encounters with the paranormal? Check out my interview with debut author KD Kulpa, where she tells us about her affinity for the paranormal and answers some questions about her book, Coma. 040
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 22/02/2025A movie you've seen more than 6 times, gifs onlymedia.tenor.coma man in a sweater is saying i 'm feeling woozy here .ALT: a man in a sweater is saying i 'm feeling woozy here . 120
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Campus is so gorgeous at night! It warmed up a bit yesterday so I took some pictures and videos for content after the write in! I can’t believe it was -40 C earlier this week. Today it’s -4 🤯 #usask 140
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I was up late last night making a mood board for my novel, because *priorities*, but now I'm paying the price 🥲 #writing 090
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Any recommendations for fun international #writingretreats or #writingconferences that aren't in the US? I was going to go to ThrillerFest this year (for the first time ever 💔), but I've decided against going to to the US for the foreseeable future. Any and all ideas are welcome! #writing #author 441
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It’s so cold in Saskatoon I can’t even see the bridge! Today I’ll be tucked away under some blankets, reading and editing my new novel 🥶🖤 050
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/02/2025When everyone's excited that it's Valentine's Day but you're excited that it's Severance Daymedia.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a wall with a clock on itALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a wall with a clock on it 020
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Just remembering that time when I interviewed for a job in the US & I asked a Q about work culture, & they proceeded to explain the RACES of their colleagues to me while giving me dirty looks like I'd asked a horrible question, all the while I was dying inside because OMG not what work culture means 110
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I'm incredibly annoyed that there doesn't seem to be a way to remove Copilot from Outlook (online). I searched the settings for copilot and there's... nothing. Seriously? #copilot 000
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The first spooky author interview of 2025 is now available! Check out @cjdaleywrites.bsky.social's encounter with the paranormal, followed by three questions about his writing. #authorinterview #spookybooks #horrorbooks biblioccult.com/2025/01/27/a... 071
Reposted by Helen PowerAlice the Astute @alicethelast.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that. 291247353410
Reposted by Helen Powercait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 30/01/2025i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there 259377997209
Reposted by Helen PowerRebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Sure, there's a lot of terrible in the world. But there's also so much good! Tonight I got a text from my ex-sister-in-law that sent me to this great video that gives some useful tips for navigating the overwhelming context we're in: www.tiktok.com/@realprogres...tiktok.com#fy #fyp #foryoupage #foryou #fypシ #foryourpage #f TikTok video by HearMeOutOnThis 221
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Do you ever have emails that stress you out, so you put off responding, but the longer you wait, the worse it is, and then it gets to a point where it's way worse than if you'd responded right away, and now it's even more awkward for everyone involved? Well, I'm responding to some of those today. 040
Helen Power @powerlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Are you an early-career librarian or archivist? Check out this award opportunity! #librarian 010
Reposted by Helen PowerMarc Zammit @marczammit.bsky.social · 13/12/2024JITTERS MOVIE: Detective Collymore, a single divorced father, stumbles upon a mysterious case involving the death of Tiffany, Digging deeper, he discovers Jitters, psychological twists. Trailer: youtu.be/VqxrQh4mblQ crowdfund: www.indiegogo.com/projects/jit...youtu.beJITTERS FIRST MOVIE TRAILERYouTube video by Marc Zammit 19365266