Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I wish real hospitals ERs were like the Pitt. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I genuinely don’t understand the purpose of an institutional ALA membership. It’s expensive but your staff still have to become individual members to get discounted pricing for conferences - which are also far more expensive than conferences from other professional orgs. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Remember the good old days when Teams didn’t exist and you didn’t get 20,000 pings every day interrupting your work with a little box that pops up right over the buttons you need to click to do your actual job 020
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I did move to Airtable and it’s working great 🙏 Spent all summer constructing it. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some eresources vendors make demands of us that make me wonder if they think they’re the customer? You want what from me? Am I not the one paying YOU for a product? 122
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the very small, very niche science sites we subscribe to for a very small academic department emailed today to say that they’re ending support for their website due to cost. They added that students will still have access to the information because of AI. Cursed. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You ever move across the county and do enough therapy and medication and somatic exercises that you start to wonder how your nervous system ever got to where it was? May I recommend - one afternoon with your parents. You surely will remember after one afternoon with your parents. 020
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thought I would drop by the closest LA County library branch to get the Hello Kitty card but then I saw videos of yesterday’s lines and I think I’m good. Wishing all the library workers peace and love 🙏 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This has become my holy grail tech services supply. No more fussing with double sided tape. 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026📚Meant to share to the hive mind. 020
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Trying to finally process a bookshelf full of CDs and can only access the book by borrowing from archive.org - it loads so slow and it times out if I have it open to occasionally refer to while I work. 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If anyone had a downloadable PDF to share of the book “ANSCR: The alpha-numeric system for classification of recordings” I would truly, truly love a copy. 100
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Morning email says that staff access to the campus food pantry is delayed because they are too short staffed to provide food. Recession indicator? 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Turning 40 this weekend and buying Fiskars easy-action scissors for Tech Services because in this decade we care about protecting our wrists from repetitive use injuries. 030
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There are vultures circling the library which is NOT an omen. It’s fine and the vibes are also good. 👍 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The morale boost of being reminded of your place in the class scale in the same year your union negotiated a salary bump so small that you’re just back to taking home the same amount you were when health benefits were cheaper. But inflation means you’re still making $500 less than 2 yrs ago! 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Our pantry has also had budget cuts and started restricting the amount of food students are allowed to take so double the shame of feeling like you’re taking food from the students your work supports - a flawless plan. No notes. 110
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Our campus food pantry is opening up to Classified Staff in compliance with a new state law. Seems like a better use of funds than paying people a living wage since how many of us will choose to out ourselves as food insecure to our colleagues on our own campus? Imagine the savings! 120
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I finished watching Wolf Hall and I’m scared I’ll never see another show that good again. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Our hvac gets turned off over the weekend so in this heatwave it smells musty and disgusting in our work room on Monday morning. My little desk thermometer says it got up to 95 inside over the weekend. This is probably good for our collections, right? 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It does help that it’s an afternoon meeting but still - cool as a cucumber. Could also be that this part of LA is about 20 degrees cooler than the Valley 😅 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I have a meeting on the other side of LA today and it’s amazing how much lower my stress is after a 2 hr metro commute vs a 30 minute drive. 100
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Me silently dying in yoga while everyone talks about how great it feels in the heat wave and they keep their air at 80 only because they have cats. Someone make ice yoga a thing 🙏 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Might be unpopular but I think public spaces should be a private space for me. 1881
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Having one of those days Limp Bizkit talked about 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I did select a watermelon as my fruit because I think the thick rind offers protection but I have been having trouble finding consistent guidance - this has been going on for weeks and I still feel so clueless. At least we got rid of woke though. 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I thought we’d figured out the diarrhea parasite thing so I took a chance and bought some fruit yesterday and the first thing I read after gorging myself is the CDC saying “JK!” 110
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Just a few weeks ago my doctor told me I need to treat my chronic fatigue by eating more vegetables and now what? I’m so terrified of the explosive diarrhea parasite - especially in this heat wave. My bathroom isn’t air conditioned - it’s 100 degrees in there! Not a comfortable place to be ill! 001
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I also watched (mostly listened) to the entire Roanoke season of AHS over the last two days - great table building background noise. 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Literally mestatic.klipy.comTim Robinson: I Can't Hear Anymore About TablesAlt: Tim Robinson: I Can't know how to Hear Anymore About Tables 100
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I’ve been building the ERM of my dreams in Airtable over the last couple of weeks and now I have that post-Tetris feeling and everything has turned into tables. 110
Reposted by Library Gremlin (she/her)librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"Information wants to be free" not by my invoices reckoning 1252
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I just recently watched Possession and was reminded of so many great genre films he’s in - and every performance is so delightful and serious and elevates even the cheesiest story. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Yes - Sam Neill was a great actor in so many wonderful films - one of which made my generation fall in love with movies. AND he seemed like a fun and kind person. But I feel like all of that is overshadowing that he was also a babe who grew more and more attractive over his lifetime. 110
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Damn, the spelling police are on duty tonight. 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A gym with the AC set to 65 for the girlies on SSRIs who want to learn weightlifting. 🙏 manifesting 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A stationary store is opening on my street this week. If we can just get a book or comic shop next, I will never have to leave my neighborhood again. But also good luck to my budget. 4161
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 30/06/2026After all these years it blows my mind that Alma has AI chatbots but I still can't scan items into sets or scan in items to add an inventory date. Functionality that I used daily when I started in libraries 16 years ago without having to juggle multiple files, cloud apps, and so many mouse clicks. 030
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 30/06/2026So the Democrats saw what’s happening with Labor in the UK and decided to do the same? 000
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Anyone in the land of ERMs have thoughts on CORAL vs. Air Table? 📚 Also is there a BlueSky group for eresources librarians beyond the skybrarian feed? 201
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I love that her people have to gently sing to her and bring her snacks to wake her up. She’s an icon. 130
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026She also urged me to talk to my psychiatrist again. The only things that can make a woman sick are being crazy and fat. Literally nothing else. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026She pointed at a picture of the “ideal plate” - 1/3 plate of protein, 2/3 plate of vegetables and said “you know you should be eating vegetables?” Wow - this is brand new information! 110
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I went back to the dr about my ongoing fatigue issues (don’t talk to me until I’ve had my 5 hour nap and 12 hour night sleep). Blood work is normal. They ordered a sleep study. If the sleep study is normal they said that’s about all they can do aside from recommending I see a nutritionist. 100
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I will say that liberation didn’t feel like a given as a Girls age millennial in a red state. 010
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Trinket box battles on TikTok have fully replaced my fascination with people who police little free libraries. So many people just want to role-play a tiny HOA. I can’t look away. 200
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026What do I care for campus and district politics when the real battle is happening in the campus bird community? 120
Library Gremlin (she/her) @ruthlesslibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Sure - the board just decline to renew our Chancellor’s contract but the real campus drama is that I saw the red tailed hawk try to sneak into the territory of the red shoulder hawk family. 110
