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Library Trends 75 (4): Rethinking the Role of #Libraries as Democracies Falter. Deadline for proposals February 15, 2026
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Call for Proposals -
Library Trends 75 (4): Rethinking the Role of #Libraries as Democracies Falter. Deadline for proposals February 15, 2026
I’m watching Pluribus and I just started episode 4. Maybe I’ve been thinking about AI too much, but I think the one-mind-group might represent ChatGPT (and our current lack of data privacy).
1.1 trillion seems low to me. Probably wrong.
I asked Perplexity a question and here’s the answer: The combined wealth of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Sam Altman (over $1.1 trillion) is greater than the total household wealth of most individual European countries except the big four.
Gmail is offering AI summaries of my email. No. Go away.
Wanna reduce crime?
Open more libraries.
"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why is a president allowed unlimited executive orders? This is bananas. I’d like to suggest a limit! One day would be a good start! How many executive orders did previous presidents make. Honestly I’d like no more than a couple a year.
Because I am constantly contemplating, “How did we get here?” This is a good read: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
Smashing Pumpkins poster from 1991, Omaha, Nebraska.
Thinking about when I saw this Smashing Pumpkins concert—and how few people were there. Sometimes I’m nostalgic for the great music scene in Omaha in the late 80s and early 90s.
I hope so!
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
www.choice360.org/libtech-insi... #libraries #librarians #Wikipedia #books
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
Article about the #EveryBookItsReader campaign by Lilian Viana, a librarian in Brazil. diff.wikimedia.org/2025/03/10/e...
It’s already here. It started in 2016. Numbers at my university have plummeted since then.
I bought the “Killing Me Softly” album at a garage sale down the street in 1978 (abt). I was in kindergarten or 1st grade. I loved the album cover with its cut out piano. I played it many times on my children’s record player in my bedroom. RIP Roberta Flack
I support Ukraine. 🇺🇦
“The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond” 🧪
European academies have isssued a joint statement on what is going on in US here: allea.org/wp-content/u...
Death can is brilliant.
Today I encountered my first AI-generated news article that included a manufactured quote from me on a topic I did not speak or post about, just in case you're wondering how AI is going.
Given the news of the day I am doubling-down on my dedication to Wikipedia. New way to enjoy Wikipedia: WikiTok!!
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
As a Wikipedian I can tell you there is no way EM will ever purchase Wikipedia. It’s worldwide, in over 300 languages, and supported by thousands upon thousands of editors and volunteers who feel passionately about its place in the world. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I’m watching “The Net”. A 1995 classic! (The year I graduated from college).
A professor was lecturing to his English class: “In English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, a double negative is still a negative. However, there's no language where in a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
It always tickles me when undergraduate students ask how many books they can check out at one time.
Great op-ed from OSU assistant professor, Joel Zapata. thefulcrum.us/american-exp...
“Extreme behavior”? Are they talking about people, wind, fire, all?
