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Reed C. Hepler

@bringthehuman.bsky.social

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Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien reedhepler.substack.com heplerconsulting.com

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · Dec 12

If you try to use #ChatGPT, EVEN the "SearchGPT" function, with #Boolean keywords, you will utterly fail. It is a whole different type of searching the web (and again, you ONLY do that with " #SearchGPT," NOT regular ChatGPT). #onlineliteracy #infolit

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 23m

Like my (surprisingly, orthodox!) Mormon father said when he was our bishop, "Our mission in life is to be uncomfortable, and if we are not uncomfortable, we should get there as soon as possible."

He later shortened it to "Become uncomfortable with being comfortable."

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 3h

ALA has been broken for years now, TBF, and this is just one more step.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 3h

I don't have something I can link y'all to yet, but I have some very credible and important information I need to share.

The American Library Association laid off what I've heard is 15 people this week.

Among them was the director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom. ALA has no OIF anymore.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 3h

"Cryptographic science, he argued, could not solve Kryptos — 'but library science could.'"

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 4h

Oh wait, gift link

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

www.nytimes.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

“people love talking to their computers!” no, they really don’t, i worked for a company whose product used voice control as the primary input, no, people really, really don’t love this

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

people are repeating things i said in this trying to defend a neutralizing strain of co-option so im going to now turn off replies and encourage you read each post slowly, think about it for a good while. & i’ll remind you that i have reported on countless protest movements over the past five years.

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

The best recording of Faure's #requiem ever, by #Voces8: #faure #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xZb...

VOCES8: Requiem, Op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré

YouTube video by VOCES8

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

Ein Fugue: soundcloud.com/reed-hepler/...

Ein Fugue 7.mp3

Theme created with MuseGen, licensed under CC BY NC and MIT licenses. This material is public domain.

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

If you are a creator, I want you to listen to two pieces. Gabriel Faure's Requiem and my "AI-written" EIN FUGUE, which was an experiment that proved definitively that music generators cannot create the simplest artistic melody without borrowing from another inspiration

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

If you are a writer, no AI has human feelings, experiences, or anything resembling humanity. If you need proof of this, read any post by @ashleyambersava.bsky.social. No AI can write with the effervescent energy she does.

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

If you are an instructional designer, you can program an AI tool to generate a plan or an asset all you want to, but a HUMAN has to place that asset in the learning environment to interact with the instructor, learner, etc.

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

If you are an educator, the only teacher who could be replaced with AI is one that does not follow proper instructional design or (at least) curriculum planning in the slightest. If you care about your students, at a minimum, you will not be replaced.

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

If you are a librarian, you could not be more wrong. If anything, AI provides MORE incentive for information literacy skills and critical thinking. AI is your job security.

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 20h

"AI is a danger to my profession."

No, it is not. Stop this madness.

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

We kind of are, though... just look at CdA.

Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

oercommons.org/courseware/l...

Preparing for the small-s "singularities"

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

I just remixed some of my mid-career (so far) OERs into relatively different materials on
@oercommons.bsky.social! This is possibly one of the least-used (certainly one of the least well-used) 5Rs of OERs.

oercommons.org/courseware/l...

Deliberately Safeguarding Privacy for Librarians

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

Instructional vs. Educational vs. Learning Technology

Discuss! Is this semantics or are the different terms fundamentally different?

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 2d

Vile and racist comments when they think no outsiders can listen in. Because Chatham house rules, right? A lot of bold, outside-– box thinking going on here on “forbidden” topics.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ @sharingthegospel.bsky.social · 2d

A new, reorganized First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be announced today, Tuesday, Oct. 14.
All are invited to watch the live worldwide announcement at 1 p.m. MDT from Temple Square in Salt Lake City. www.youtube.com/live/LLtTYab...

Special Announcement: The New First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Join us to hear messages from special witnesses of Jesus Christ and learn about the reorganization of a new First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jesus Christ leads Hi...

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Bruce Coffman @brucecoffman.bsky.social · 2d

What if he saw my whole existence
turning around a word, a smile, a touch...

Try me!

It's from the broadway musical Chess which, in another life, I shall actually get to see.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

Lots of us have great-grandparents names who were absolutely changed when they came here, and when people say otherwise, they're assuming your great-grandparents name was in the Roman alphabet.

Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 2d

Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.

First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 2d

Computers make decisions, or commit actions that are yes/no.

Humans make choices, or commit actions that are yes/no/or/and.

Do not let a computer, of any kind, turn your choices into decisions.

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World Concert Hall @wconcerthall.bsky.social · 2d

Today, the Hungarian Radio Choir performs #Kodály #Britten #Howells #Poulenc and #Bartók in #Budapest www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch

The Hungarian Radio Choir performs Kod�ly, Britten, Howells, Poulenc and Bart�k in Budapest - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com

The Hungarian Radio Choir conducted by Béni Csillag performs: KODÁLY: Norwegian Girls. BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs. Herbert HOWELLS: Requiem. KODÁLY: Akik mindig elkésnek/ Anna Molnár. POULENC: Seven…

www.worldconcerthall.com

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50+ Music @fiftymusic.bsky.social · 2d

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher 🌹
#JackieWilson

www.youtube.com

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Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social · 3d

Also, what type of grocery store has its own talk radio show?