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Natalia Estrada

@stradadoes.bsky.social
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Library worker. Californian. Colombian-American. Too online for my own good.

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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip
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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There's only one reason to make librarians faculty and its so instructional and research faculty will treat them like humans
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I had so many people tell how much I'll enjoy Buffalo and "getting away from those wildfires in California" when we moved here. I want a refund!
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's why I usually check Purple Air instead of AirNow. It showed the actual worsening of the air quality (as opposed to AirNow's "it's in the yellow zone; it's all good!" while the sky is orange)
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I beg of you, don't make me root for Argentina. I'll switch to Norway if I have to.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Boy Cries During Interview
Alt: Boy Cries During Interview
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A series of questions I never thought I'd have to ask: does the Author's Guild know what a library is? Have they been to one? How do they think the books got there? Have they ever encountered a library worker?
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Donna Lanclos @donnalanclos.com · 28/05/2026
I am not trying to dunk here and also if library workers had been truly listened to in the last 10-15 years or so, the libraries being in danger would not be coming as a surprise to so many academics. Perhaps they would not be in as much danger, even.
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Emily Higgs Kopin (spooky) @ehkopin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“I believe these decisions represent the most strategic path to preserving the MIT Libraries for our full community” is a hell of a thing to say about, among other decisions, removing staff from that community.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Awful news. This isn't just a loss for the staff, it's a loss for the entire community. Dozens of people out of work and those who remain will be forced to do more work. Researchers, students, and faculty will lose access to information. Others will lose access to ILL material.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Kinda more like @heatherfro.bsky.social's "what is AI" presentation, to give you an idea.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I mean, if you talk to my institution's AI education/literacy committee, they're very much in the "how to prompt good" camp. But a few of us in the libraries do literacy sessions on what AI is, pros and cons of using some of the products marketed to them, and whatever we can fit in 50mins or less.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This is so devastating. I never got to meet Fobazi, but she was a major influence in not just my work, but librarianship as a whole. Many condolences to her family.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll empty a whole goddamn magazine into you while you’re lying on the ground if you don’t cheer them on while they’re fucking doing it.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This is part of my project looking into the transition from library staff to librarian and how people who did it felt about the whole thing. Spoiler: it sucks! If that gets published next year (please let this happen; I just want this one thing!), maybe you'll get to see why and how much it sucks!
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I got a new article published in the latest issue of EBLIP, where I ask, "visual timelines: are they good? Can they be useful in LIS research? Let's find out!" Part of a special issue on the Empirical Studies in Library Studies. doi.org/10.18438/ebl...
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Plotting Your Job Hunt: The Use of Visual Timeline for Investigating the Job Search Process | Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
It also doesn't help that most instructors ask us to only do how-to OR the "tell my students not to cheat" sessions. We're going to keep getting stuck doing mediocre "AI lit" stuff if this keeps going and I hate it.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is some of the stuff I try to cover when I get asked to do "AI Literacy sessions", instead of the how-to stuff. Problem, amongst many: it's kinda hard to do it well in a 50 mins one-shot (if you're even lucky enough to get that).
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Emily Higgs Kopin (spooky) @ehkopin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
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sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
genuine plea for info here - is there an OCR model (open or not) which can recognize accented characters (i.e. ù û) and the characters <ŋ ɛ ə>? it genuinely seems there are no models for the International African Alphabet (link), or just the entire IPA, both of which would solve my problem 🐦🐦
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Africa Alphabet - Wikipedia
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
They also didn't identify themselves. The number looks spoofed. I have guesses, but I can't figure out who exactly it was. I blocked the number. I only know of one other person who had this happen. We are both pretty upset that this happened. So has anyone else experienced this? What did you do?
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I don't have my number listed on Linkedin (shame me about that some other time) or on anything professional. It's sure as hell not on my staff page. I don't give my number out to patrons. My office calls aren't forwarded to my cell. I don't have a fucking clue how they got my number.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I got a call from a number I didn't recognize, so I used my call screener to check: "Hi Natalia, I'm calling about your role in regards to scholarly writing and research tools. Perhaps you university is looking to implement writing asst. for faculty/students. Let me know" 😨😨😨
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Has anyone in library world ever received a telemarketing/spam call to their *personal* phones that referenced your specific jobs? Because I got such a call earlier today, and I am still a little freaked out about it.
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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The Carpentries (@carpentries.carpentries.org‬), a nonprofit that has trained over 100,000 researchers in coding and data skills, turned down a $1.5 million NSF grant after being asked to strip diversity-related content from its programming. www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Nonprofit Refuses $1.5M Science Grant Due To New Federal DEI Rules
A coding nonprofit turned down a $1.5M NSF grant after new DEI restrictions, highlighting the clash between federal policy and scientific community values.
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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Every library worker has benefitted in some way from @fobettarh.bsky.social's work, and if you can afford to, please pay it forward: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo.... If you can't donate, please share.
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Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I'm test driving a Contour RollerMouse (like this contourdesign.com/products/rol...) to help with nerve pain, and let me tell you it has been a ride so far! "This rod moves the curser?? Wait, hold on, my thumbs don't know what to do! Should my keyboard shake like that?"
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Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
[Blogged] The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search - From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
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The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search
From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
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Melissa @bibliothecar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
ICE has been kidnapping people from the Buffalo immigration court, as they have been doing in many other cities. For the past few weeks, I have been doing court support there. I'm still processing everything I've seen, but I want to say a few things. 1/
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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Notably universities and most faculty will ignore the *entire group of people* already charged with teaching information literacy on their campuses. I bet you have at least one librarian who has a lesson plan ready to go.
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Katie O'Neill Art @katieoneillart.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
protest sign with California Flag - "I Choose The Bear"
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
None of this is coherent but how can it be when ICE IS STALKING CAR WASHES and ICE TRIED TO TAKE KIDS IN FRONT OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and WHY ARE THERE A SHIT TON OF MARINES DEPLOYED IN LA??
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Telling Buffalo folks how stuff like ICE KIDNAPPED A GUY YESTERDAY OUTSIDE OF A CHURCH AND POINTED A RIFLE AT A PASTOR A MILE FROM WHERE MY FAMILY LIVES AND I'M AFAID IT'LL HAPPEN TO THEM TOO somehow isn't enough for them to understand how scared and mad people in LA feel, but maybe this will (?)
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Kristi Noem took ICE and weapons to Huntington Park to terrorize a family this morning. But apparently a Latino sitting senator asking a question is too scary for her, so she needed some big guys to throw him to the ground and arrest him. I hope people see how ridiculous that is and be angry.
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Hold the line and stay safe, LA! Show them that we can't stop/ won't stop protecting people from kidnappings! This Southeast LA County kid's hometown pride keeps growing and growing the more I see folks fighting for our families, friends, and neighbors.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
JIBARITOS! If there's something I regret not having enough while living in Chicago, it's jibaritos.
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Kirsten the Goblin Keeper @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
It is very much in the self interest of academics to stand against professional services cuts because you really do not want to be doing our jobs in addition to your jobs
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 09/05/2025
Just because I am not surprised does not mean I'm not angry. Carla Hayden, like every other *actually qualified federal worker* that has been shamefully treated in this unconscionable manner deserves better. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Congrats to Michael and all the other students! I wish I could be there to see his presentation, but I bet his is great!
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Me: Now when you use a steak sauce like A1, you have to think about what kind of steak you're making, your taste preferences, is A1 the best for your steak... Them: I thought you were here to talk about AI literacy... Me:... Them:... Me: Who wants to try Bone Suckin' Sauce?!
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is the only thing I got going for me today. Turns out, spending 2+ hours sculpting petals by hand can keep me from laying down and giving up on everything.
A U-shaped ceramic sculpture in green and brown with white and lilac flowers on it. it's sitting on a wooden table. Shelves and a gray wall are in the background
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Thomas Padilla @thomaspadilla.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story. forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7... imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 15/03/2025
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
ACH 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
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Don't dismiss library staff just because they don't have "librarian" in their job titles. They're your colleagues. They know their areas (circulation, cataloging, tech, etc.) like the back of their hands. Without them, the library wouldn't function.
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Natalia Estrada @stradadoes.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Has the nerve pain in my arms made doing my job and enjoying hobbies difficult during the past couple of months? Yes. Has it also distracted me from the chaos of everything, including everything academia related? No, actually, it has not; the pain killers and news minimizing do nothing.
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