Librarian and Community Builder https://www.thomaspadilla.org/https://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3mgi2k3pqss2sWalk in on first day of work and I was greeted by fog. Auspicious!07 Mar 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgi2k3pqss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3mg62hd54ik27free breakfast area at a hotel is such a weird, liminal space03 Mar 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg62hd54ik27https://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3meyt42t3wk26✍️ New post from me > Maintaining Truth in a Generative AI Era https://thomaspadilla.substack.com/p/maintaining-truth-in-a-generative16 Feb 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyt42t3wk26https://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lvtaoenoos2gWhat is a favorite university memory? While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.07 Aug 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtaoenoos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lualz53ois2wWhat is your idea of the most perfect song? For me it might be New Order's "Ceremony" or The Stone Roses "I wanna be adored". Immediately transports me.18 Jul 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lualz53ois2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lu6d6vukks26I love how much conference usage of Bluesky I’m seeing at #DH2025 from afar! Feels like going back in time, to a better time.17 Jul 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6d6vukks26https://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lthpgu74ps2nHey folks, if you can share this far and wide I'd appreciate it! What articles/white papers/etc. have you seen that document that cost of data releases intended for AI development? I'm thinking cost info on storage, access, compute, staff time, etc. https://media.tenor.com/aaPcwO0CxzoAAAAC/star-wars-at-what-cost.gif?hh=294&ww=49808 Jul 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthpgu74ps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lspbejxlis25Greetings from San Francisco, where the AI biz dev continues to be drunk on domination and control28 Jun 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lspbejxlis25https://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lqrzf6fids2bAfter years of waiting, the time has come04 Jun 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrzf6fids2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lqpmtx74ak2sam i the only on who with a strong aversion to wait wait dont tell me, every weekend errand, i feel like they are an omnipresent special torture03 Jun 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpmtx74ak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lqnoybk3g227As someone who cares very much about higher education much of this concerns me. In particular this figure .... [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnoybk3g227https://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lqcxj3wzzs2cHonored to be interviewed by the SAA Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) for my work on IMLS Matters and my thoughts about the current attack on libraries and higher education. My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster." https://archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/community-stories-the-impact-of-the-imls/29 May 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcxj3wzzs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lodvp3mr622tDiscourse probs belongs in this convo tbh [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lodvp3mr622thttps://bsky.app/profile/thomaspadilla.bsky.social/post/3lnv4iczsv22lWhat examples do we have from other countries whose Federal funding systems have collapsed? How they were impacted? How they adapted if at all? Closest comparison I can think of is the consequence of BREXIT for UK orgs no longer able to access EU funding, though I gather that is changing ...28 Apr 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:n5l27vf73l7clsz7rmjvx5cb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnv4iczsv22l