I hadn't heard of Library Dads before Connie Willis mentioned them in a post. Just knowing they exist makes me so damn happy. Well done, gentlemen. www.thelibrarydads.org
Sue Librarian Ph.D.
@suelibrarian.bsky.social
STEM librarian at awesome East Coast academic research library. LIBRARIES ARE COOL. I'm mostly books, scifi, Star Trek, + philosophy, but more too. (Opinions/choice of reposts my own.) @SueLibrarian.bsky.social
Of COURSE the cadets need a librarian! I'm thrilled to have gotten this prestigious gig! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #librarians #StarTrek
Paywall, but the headline speaks.
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
** As it's being discoursed: I do not use any generative AI (ChatGPT, Claude et. al.) at any stage in my writing process. I write because I enjoy writing. I enjoy the challenge of expressing an idea, or character, or setting in such short form and tell a story with them. It's all human made. **
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Another outstanding World Book Club with superb host @harriettsg.bsky.social + author @kaarinaparker.bsky.social. Don't miss this discussion about the real and awesome Roman woman Fulvia! BBC World Service - World Book Club, Kaarina Parker - Fulvia share.google/gyAO4LwM3fpb...
BBC World Service - World Book Club, Kaarina Parker - Fulvia
Harriett speaks with Kaarina Parker about Fulvia.
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If you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.
Because the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.
My unvaccinated brother died of COVID in 2021. I was about a year and a half into my epidemiology career. Healthcare staff did absolutely everything they could but they cannot cure ignorance. They cannot cure an anti-science belief and culture. Thats YOUR responsibility. Not Dr. Fauci’s.
More information about this important program. Libraries rule. @jhu.edu #guns #gunsafety #baltimore #libraries hub.jhu.edu/2026/07/30/s...
Johns Hopkins partners with Baltimore libraries for safe gun storage distribution
Gun storage devices, including biometric safes and cable locks, will soon be available for free at at select branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Good lord -- ANOTHER instance of a system hacking another system when that was NOT the intent of the humans. Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testing apnews.com/article/anth...
Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testing
Anthropic says its AI models hacked into three organizations during testing. This comes just days after OpenAI said its AI models went rogue and hacked into another company.
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Hi, Larry, I'm sure you know about this site, but I'm sending it along anyway just in case. (A friend sent it to me, not to be able to buy it but at least to properly drool over.) Hope you're keeping up with all of the 60th excitement! www.maxrambod.com/advSearchRes... @larrynemecek.bsky.social
Client Challenge
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The Miles Franklin shortlist. Also, a great podcast if you'd prefer to listen rather than read, from "The Book Show" (one of my fave Australian book podcasts). #books #Booksky www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Miles Franklin shortlist defies 'shaggy' trend in Australian publishing
ABC experts unpack the shortlist of Australia's biggest book prize: who made it, who missed out and who they think will win.
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A public library in #Australia has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late. #books abcnews.com/Internationa...
A 150-year-overdue book resurfaces in a library, found bricked in a fireplace
A public library in Australia has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late
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Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵
Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'
Alt: Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'
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The 2026 Booker Prize longlist, released today. #books #BookSky thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2026 longlist | The Booker Prizes
From humour to history to heartbreak, and from satire to sci-fi to surreality, here’s the lowdown on this year’s ‘Booker Dozen’
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I am soon to have more time to #read, so considering joining #StoryGraph. (I detest the Big A so Goodreads was never in the running.) If you use StoryGraph, I'd be grateful to hear what you like/don't like. Also: can I fix it to show when I added a book + is there a space for notes?) #books #Booksky
"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actua...
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genai ushering in an era of productivity and efficiency
Me: What did I just do Spreadsheets: You bolded a row Me: Yes & what didn't I do in the next row Spreadsheets: Bold anything at all Me: Right ok so what did you do when I entered information into the row that I didn't bold Spreadsheets: 👀 Me: 👀 Spreadsheets: I bolded it Me: YOU BOLDED IT
Libraries are still essential in the digital age. Some librarians are even helping patrons ditch AI and get off Big Tech. This week Hannah Cyrus and @flexlibris.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss how libraries address people’s concerns about tech. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/338_...
Join us in wishing a happy birthday to Nana Visitor, aka Major-then-Colonel Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (and Lower Decks too). She has written a must-read book about women in Star Trek. Celebrate with some hasperat (or a birthday cake and meditation)!
"Bailey got the idea for the Avoiding AI workshop from Hannah Cyrus, a librarian in Maine. He was one of dozens of #librarians from around the world who contacted Cyrus after she published a journal article about developing her own workshop."
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
YET ANOTHER PURCHASE made after I read the library's copy! I almost never buy books without having read them first, but I can't read them if the library can't afford to get them. Thank you you @harpercollins.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social + @barnesandnoble.com
#PalacesAndGardens #FamousFor Dragons! The real-world lake in New Zealand used as the setting for Lake-town in The Hobbit is Lake Pukaki on the South Island. In the story, the body of water is called the Long Lake and the dragon flew across it to destroy the town.
Booker Prize 2026 longlist incoming on 28 July, 2pm BST. Which book(s) are you hoping to see on the list?