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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I think you can call it research. Some character at some point will have a moment with doughnuts.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ramos gin fizz drank and whiskey sour in progress. All the egg drinks tonight.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am low on whimsy today, but I am confident I can outcuss them. Thank you for the pep talk!

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

happy bare minimum Friday to all who celebrate

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

With a dog as photogenic as Chester, it would be wrong to not take pictures. The cuteness must be photographed!

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hoping you have a policy where overstaying her reservation will eventually allow you to block her. Which will be more drama, but at least she will get some consequences for making everyone's day worse.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I will do that, and I will check again with the statewide group that was working on getting equipment to share!

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nice! If they have an affordable way to detect heavy metals in historical bindings, please share. All the current portable spectroscopy systems are waaaay outside of the budget in non-R1 schools.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Typo! It's 473 days, not 670.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The stain-causers only need to keep it in their pants for another 670 days. That's asking a lot, so I will settle for them wiping up after themselves for the next year and 4 months.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Circulation staff reporting in, at my place it's generally the walls and floor rather than the books. I sincerely hope I can retire without having to talk to janitorial, administration, or campus police about semen again.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Am reminded once again that email is a non-Newtonian fluid. . . . . (If you run hard enough you can stay on top of it, but if you slow down or go softly you sink.)

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yeah, that reminds me, I need to plant the wild rice seed I bought...

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Still landed it! My 1 semester of organic chem giggled.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This seems like an opportunity to also demonstrate responsible PPE use! And if the won't go for that, maybe pitch a heat gun on a stand and a splash shield?

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Academic Motherfucker needs a gif of Samuel Jackson saying it while looking impressed.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The void purrs, it does not need to think.

Fluffy black cat looking into the camera

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Laughed so loud at 2,000 days run time that the kid came in to check on me

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I want another couple panels of the comic with the angler fish with the fisherman as a lure

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Actual conversation at work yesterday: "we are one bad taco away from having to close for being to understaffed to operate"

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Yep, I did not know this product was a Thing either.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I do remember being excited about wheelchair ramps as a kid in the 80s, because they were unusual and fun to play on. Access is still not great, but it's definitely better than it was

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Security certificate expired?

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

That's a valid case for retaining those!

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

That was lucky! A very belated congratulations on the PhD completion.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The British Library is a whole different sad story. Go read about their cyber attack and the lack of recovery. But yes, a centralized repository is the way to go if the government will actually fund it

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Depends on the library. 100 year old academic journals get thrown out all the time because you cannot get rid of JSTOR dupes any other way. Nobody wants or will take hundreds of running feet of self-destructing paper that is searchable online.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yes! I have done plenty of Last Copy forms. UIUC can warehouse some outdated computer manual from 1998 and then anyone that might actually need it can get it from then. I get a shelf of books where not all the books are older than the students.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The technical term actually is "weeding" but pruning is more accurate...

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Shep is 100% correct. I am an academic librarian and I have personally dumpstered hundreds of books and helped to discard thousands more. Shelf space is expensive. Getting new things means making space by discarding.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Thank you for this, because I was really questioning my choice to leave the gold highlights on my mantle. I did it years ago, as a fun Victorian revival...

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It's not just green! There are a variety of toxic heavy metals that might be in pre-1900 pigments. And that's why you get a free bag, gloves, and educational bookmark with the pre-1900 books in their original binding at my library.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I always have trouble remembering pyridine, because the TA usually called it "DO NOT POUR THIS DOWN THE SINK"

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'm not diagnosed with anything, but I am close enough to the spectrum to taste the rainbow.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

On the positive side, an easy way to find my people is to ask for volunteers to hunt down the source of a weird smell.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It was disturbing to figure out there are very real differences in perception between people

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As I understand it, the neurotypicals automatically tune out lots of things. They don't know they do it and it's not a conscious choice. Their brains just operate with sensory filters all the time.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is an unhelpful reply, but thinking about your request has made the nasty website work I need to do today look so very much more appealing. I'm going to move files, fix broken stuff, and be grateful I am not learning a ton of new insurance-related words today. Thank you for making my day better

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Too many acronyms. I read that as "Trap, Neuter, Release."

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Rural Midwest checking in, GPS will often try to use unsafe bridges, non-existant roads, or route in a giant loop for no reason. One quickly learns to zoom out and check the route before starting and making it re-route anything where it selected a 1-lane road.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Right? Peaches and rhubarb are not in season at the same time!

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Doggy sleep masks are a thing that exists, but they are designed for dogs with snoots. Averting your gaze when you hear puggy snores is the best I've got

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This is what I should have in the yard instead of the pheasant, but their prairies were all ripped out. dnr.illinois.gov/education/wi...

dnr.illinois.gov

greater prairie-chicken

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

There is a feral family of pheasants that live near my house. US pheasants are descended from the escapes of bored farmers. The pheasants do their best to fill the role of our critically endangered prairie chickens, but their poor Asiatic-descended bodies are not correctly adapted for North America

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

My grad-school go-to was the deli style bologna at Subway for $1.06. I am sad to report I paid nearly $7 for a jar of peanut butter yesterday.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I use the Taco Bell inflation index. In my day (30 years ago), anyone could eat like a king for $5 at Taco Bell. Now it takes $25-30 and is going up all the time. And that's why I now usually go to the local place across the street that has real meat and good tomatoes.

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SKD @slknightdavis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I feel there could be custom engraved lockout tags in the future

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