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MLISrevenge

@MLISrevenge@gilbertredman.masto.host

Spouse to https://gilbertredman.masto.host/@BigFrickinSwede, kitty-mom to Rosie, non-parent by choice, & infowright (librarian for librarians).

The 'J' of NJGR and sometimes Lady Toad and Yoshi

Even though they are not apparent to you, my disabilities color every second of my life.

Posts are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Let's talk about #SlowLibrarianship, #CritLib, #MedLibs, #Libraries, #Librarians, #LIS, #ERM, #accessibility, #UX, #privacy, #cats, or whatever!

#fedi22 #NoBot

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sarahtaber, to random
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Fun fact: for every cow there's an equal & opposite bean.

Photo of a bowl of black-eyed peas

Alice, to random
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It's so weird when chefs on cooking shows brag about cooking for former presidents when hundreds of McDonald's employees have cooked for Trump and you don’t see them bragging.

donni, to random
@donni@mastodon.social avatar

Can’t sleep due to 17 vague fears and 4 specific concerns

luckytran, to random
@luckytran@med-mastodon.com avatar

While Republicans are responsible for mask bans, the Biden White House is also complicit.

They prematurely told the public to unmask in 2021, they encouraged governors to repeal mask mandates, they said states should decide mask policies, they forced workers back into offices.

NanoRaptor, to random
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar

Same picture. Same bullshit.

A report card from year 10. It reads in part: English, Grade A, Dana is a very able and talented student who does not always give of her best. This failure to invest much energy in her English prevents her from achieving her full potential although this is not the say that this work is of an inferior standard. Also, Mathematics (Advanced), Grade A, Dana is a keen student but her work lacks discipline. She has a lot of ability but this needs further development.

capetaun, to random
@capetaun@livellosegreto.it avatar

Me everytime I try to explain what is Mastodon

KimPerales, to random
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Net Neutrality is restored:

"In a 3–2 vote, the FCC voted to restore Net Neutrality protections & reclassify high-speed-internet access services as telecom services subject to Title II of the Communications Act.

The decision is a major victory for the public interest: Title II authority empowers the FCC to hold companies: AT&T, Comcast, Spectrum... accountable for a wide range of harms to internet users across the US, fast, open +fair for all of us.”


https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/historic-fcc-vote-restore-net-neutrality-title-ii

jam, to random
@jam@pixelfed.art avatar

I just think they're neat...

jam, to random
@jam@pixelfed.art avatar

I'm gymperson now...

jam, to random
@jam@mastodon.social avatar

Tonight... I think it is time to Release The Voids 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ (Letting them explore more of the house) They've been in the second bedroom for almost 2 months now and are confident, curious and trusting enough of me.

jam, to random
@jam@mastodon.social avatar

O-ho I hadn't heard of this before: an "Employee Ownership Trust" to enable the creation of more worker owned cooperatives.

Trust buys company from owner on behalf of employees, paid back over time from annual profits

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-the-case-for-expanding-democratic-employee-ownership-in-canada

18+ OhJoySexToy, to random
@OhJoySexToy@mastodon.social avatar

1/2
If you experienced something traumatic and find yourself asking, "Is my brain broken?" Good news! It's not. Lux Alptraum and Erika Moen team up to explain the basics of trauma, from what it's doing in your brain to how to heal from it.

"Isn't it when you have PTSD from something really big?" The person asks, while looking over their shoulder a poster for a war movie. "You kowm like those movies where war veterans keep having flashbacks." "Well, yes and no." Replies Lux. Narration: At the most basic level, trauma is any injury that overwhelms the body's natural coping and healing mechanisms. Image: The silhouette of a generic figure getting zapped by lightning bolts on the outside, with their inside filled up with smaller jagged lightning bolts as well. The person gives Lux a boost to climb up giant 3 as she continues, "Experts like to break emotional trauma down into three types." Infographic: 3 Types of Trauma Acute: Trauma develops suddenly in response to a single, extreme event. (Icon of a lightning bolt) Chronic: Someone is traumatized by a long-term experience like an abusive relationship. (Icon of three jagged arrows pointing at each other, to create a circle) Complex: Trauma is the result of multiple adverse experiences (Icon of three lightning bolts) Narration: Trauma is also super, super personal. Read the full transcript at: https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/trauma-lux-alptraum-and-erika-moen/
Narration: Every one of these reactions is normal, and specific to the individual. Trauma tends to amp up our regular behaviors to extreme levels - and that can appear in different forms. A thermometer rests on its side, with its interior liquid turning a deeper red until it bursts from the top explosively. The far, cool end is labeled "Normal" while the exploded end is labeled "Extreme". In between these two ends are the labels, "Mania, overconfidence, depression, flashbacks, anxiety, fawning (trying to please everyone around you), angry outbursts, disassociation, detachment", with a note clarifying, "Just SOME examples - not a comprehensive list!" Lux now sits on top of a giant brain that has a couple bandaids on it. She is helping pull the person up as they also climb up the brain. The person asks while climbing, "Okay, so maybe I was traumatized. But why do I still feel so bad? It's been years - isn't it supposed to heal??" "If only it were that simple!" Commiserates Lux. "One of the reasons why trauma feels so stick and hard to move past is because it literally changes your brain. It took me a very long time to learn to cope with my own traumas, and even now I still struggle with them sometimes." Read the full transcript at: https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/trauma-lux-alptraum-and-erika-moen/
"There are three main ways that the brain changes after trauma:" Continues Lux in profile, showing an X-ray of her brain and designating the pre-frontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus. Narration: The pre-frontal cortex goes a little wonky, making it harder to process information and accurately assess what's going on. The amgydala - the brain's alarm center grows, turning into a hypersensitive danger alarm. The hippocampus shrinks, making it harder to remember things." "Okay." Says the person, leaning on a giant brain that has its siren activated while it stares through binoculars at "The Past". "So my brain's been trained to expect constant danger?" "Yup!" Shrugs Lux sadly. "And even though it might have been years ago, your brain still thinks you're in that danger zone now." Narration: It's really easy for that hypersensitive alarm to go off. Image: The Brain is scared by a black triangle symbol that represents something bad. They experience lightning bolts of shock and upset. Narration: Sometimes it's kicked into gear by obvious stuff, like descriptions of events and abuse. Image: The brain mentally makes the connection that black triangles = lightning bolts/bad stuff. Narration: But really random things can also remind you of that scary tie. Image: The brain's alarm is triggered when it sees a light blue

hedgielib, to random
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I wonder if IMLS would fund me spending a couple of years ranting about University IT/EdTech frantically grabbing onto "AI SOLUTIONS" and then people like me having to keep going "so downstream harm number 572"

Dear @briney and @dsalo .....

schomj, to disability
@schomj@disabled.social avatar

Bibliography of books and articles about +

(I finally cleared up all the links that broke when I moved platforms! Also if anyone knows of pieces that should be added, please let me know!)

@criplib

https://schomj.me/writings-on-disability-libraries/

blogdiva, to random
@blogdiva@mastodon.social avatar

LMAO AND I WONDER WHY?!?!? 🤔

"U.S. Engagement Hits 11-Year Low"
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/643286/engagement-hits-11-year-low.aspx

i have side-eyed Gallup for some time with their "let's make capitalism awesomer" polls.

am not an expert statistician but i know 2 things:

(1) Gallup doesn't do polls for free; if someone isn't sponsoring, they're pulling the data from b2b services.

(2) always look for the questions & what's missing.

sure enough; here's the 12 (actually 13) questions:
https://www.gallup.com/q12/

see what's missing? 🧵

blogdiva,
@blogdiva@mastodon.social avatar

"Millennials and Gen Z employees have seen the greatest decline in feeling cared about by someone at work,"

🗣️ 📣 Y'ALL LITERALLY SENT MOST OF THEM TO DIE BY CALLING THEM "ESSENTIAL WORKERS"

"These findings suggest that younger workers progressively feel more detached from their organizations and managers and are less likely to see a future for themselves in their current roles."

🗣️ 📣 YOU GAUGED EVERYBODY WITH PANDEMIC PRICES WHILE MINIMUM AGE IS STILL $7.25 AN HOUR.

🧵

littlescraps, to random
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this is a close up of jack .

trevorflowers, to random
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I wish more people who are worried about FOSS supply side attacks would realize that universal basic income and free healthcare would result in an almost infinite stream of excellent software from people who care more about quality than profit.

sundogplanets, to random
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Today in astrobiology I'm talking about ways that we have purposely tried to talk to aliens. Some great resources I'm going to share with my class:

All the greetings on Voyager's Golden Record: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-greetings-to-the

All the sounds: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-sounds-of

List of music: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-record/music/

The Arecibo message: https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/project/details/arecibo-message

zip, to random French
@zip@wandering.shop avatar

there's something real fucking dark about how AI is too inaccurate for tracking people around a grocery store so they have humans to make sure every last item is paid for, whereas if your AI is generating targets for a genocide then a serious error rate is perfectly within acceptable parameters.

TheyOfHIShirts, to random
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Having seen how much cred other places are getting for disassociating with the American Library Association, Louisiana introduced legislation to criminalize the use of public funds for ALA, as well as to criminalize any requests for reimbursement or paying costs for conferences or other professional development if ALA is associated with it in any way.

https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/

Once some libraries stopped their lockstep with white supremacy, criminalizing all of them is an expected result.

digiphile, to fediverse
@digiphile@mastodon.social avatar

On the one hand, it’s a good thing that @potus joined the https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119353/joe-biden-threads-mastodon-activitypub-fediverse so that everyone can subscribe to official statements posts without having to use Twitter, AKA X. On the other hand, that namespace should be @potus & be announced with a blog post that shares a strategy for a federal open social web & online Q&A. The void of policy here is frustrating.

sflorg, to science
@sflorg@mastodon.social avatar

A new study, which sets out to investigate how the -CoV-2 virus replicates once it enters the , has made surprising discoveries that could be the foundation for future therapies.

https://www.sflorg.com/2024/04/bio04032403.html

libraryleadpipe, to random
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Autistic Students and Academic Library Research: Recommendations for a Neurodiversity-Informed Approach by Jessica Hinson Williams

@criplib
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/autistic-students/

inquiline, (edited ) to random
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USians, please sign this letter!!

(instructions are given for non-experts as well as expert signatories, keep clicking thru!)

Public Health Experts Urge CDC’s Advisory Committee on Healthcare Infection Control Practices (HICPAC) to Follow
the Science and Protect Health Care Workers and Patients

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mucFG68ac158tc0_JG4NjpDdwWUVJrAz/view

(transmitted by Jane Thomason,
Lead Industrial Hygienist, Health and Safety Division, National Nurses United)

trendless, (edited ) to random
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Client: "Will you mask for me?"

Service Provider: "I'm not required to."

What hath public health wrought?

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