librarian, cataloger, reader, writer, nature-loving nerd girlhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3luna5jxmj22wAll these AI "features" showing up everywhere really feels like someone is remotely turning on all my house lights in the middle of the night - not helpful or wanted, and a huge waste of electricity23 Jul 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3luna5jxmj22whttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lpr7coo2zs2oWhen you remove trained book reviewers, trained editors ... remove PEOPLE from the AI equation, you get bs [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2025 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr7coo2zs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3loqcqgyahc2zLosing Hayden at the Library of Congress is a huge blow to our democracy09 May 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqcqgyahc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lmkmzcwcuk23Jacqueline Woodson, yes plz [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkmzcwcuk23https://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3llgys53vgc2nI'm going to just leave this here... https://www.dw.com/en/80-years-ago-how-degenerate-art-purges-devastated-germanys-museums/a-3973630128 Mar 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgys53vgc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3ll4yoayyqs2cYay! Comic book creators showing up for libraries and the freedom to read [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4yoayyqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3ljzhxh7lak2iWe digitize historical photographs to make visible our history - this "purge" is obscene [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzhxh7lak2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lhtuv4qrc226Pay attention https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-should-all-pay-attention-what-happening-national-byrd-mcdevitt-vkvfc/10 Feb 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtuv4qrc226https://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lhjtztv4i22dChallenge America (supporting art for under-served communities) is out. Semiquincentennial projects are in? Oh, what exciting art that will be. RIP NEA https://www.arts.gov/news/press-releases/2025/updates-national-endowment-arts-fy-2026-grant-opportunities06 Feb 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjtztv4i22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lhejjh76ac2hWorking in higher education, you wouldn't believe how many "data security" type trainings they make us take. Then to just let randos sift through sensitive financial and personal info about our students?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhejjh76ac2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lheist4dgs2hwebsites come and go - let's hope Internet Archive is forev [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheist4dgs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lgige36sek27I'm a sucker for a good mentor-mentee story - and excited to read more about baby monster-hunter Erica [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgige36sek27https://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lfmyjnv55s27hot take after book club: V for Vendetta hits way different for Gen X vs. Gen Z13 Jan 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmyjnv55s27https://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lffago5ifc2eThe web is ephemeral - without the Internet Archive so much our history will fall into the black hole of time and make it easier to paint over what really happened https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/01/07/internet-archive-wayback-machine-copyright-lawsuit10 Jan 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffago5ifc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lcxnnklvls2oThe magical bridge generation https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/my-kids-think-im-a-boomer10 Dec 2024 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxnnklvls2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lcxdaba7mc2vReading the great Nikki Giovanni today. Damn, this poem https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48230/the-laws-of-motion10 Dec 2024 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxdaba7mc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lcnslnyrfs2qBardcore is where it's at : https://youtu.be/V7jOobdrdGo?si=qvzcFyVAXNi98aQa06 Dec 2024 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnslnyrfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lcij6wrwe226Reread Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá's Daytripper again for our library's graphic novel book club and damn, that book just tears me up every time04 Dec 2024 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcij6wrwe226https://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lbuefp3yok2yBecause we can't and shouldn't digitize everything. But we do get to digitize as much of the sweet stuff we can and should (when we got time and $) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2024 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuefp3yok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lbhrmv74uk2fCataloging some slice-of-life manga from Erica Sakurazawa and have to share this on-point upset nose-drippy toddler21 Nov 2024 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhrmv74uk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lbd5wlewsc2tMore murmurations plz [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbd5wlewsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lbcldebqdc2xOh man, I missed a holiday in Michigan. Happy belated Shake Your Mailbox day to you all. https://www.kalamazoocity.org/Community/Events-Meetings/Shake-Your-Mailbox-Day19 Nov 2024 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcldebqdc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lb7x4lbpkk2lThis Nate Powell comic book [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7x4lbpkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3lb7wtmo6cc2xJust wait until the to-be-read pile in the living room joins in the fight [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7wtmo6cc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3latjwlcojs2jExcited to introduce Ruth Kitchin Tillman at today's Linked Data User Group's fall meeting / https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pc-yspj8rHtKElKqhVY8sWEmB7fxcctXx#/registration13 Nov 2024 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3latjwlcojs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/metacatlib.bsky.social/post/3laqycylmks2mHello world12 Nov 2024 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:eaisj52mwkmm3sy4eo7izbyq/app.bsky.feed.post/3laqycylmks2m