Julia
@juliagertrud.bsky.social
Librarian. Storytime is the best time.
youth services & rare books and special collections
#librarylife | #bells #changeringing | #neurodivergent #NEISvoid #chronicpain #bendybrain hEDS ADHD
youth services & rare books and special collections
#librarylife | #bells #changeringing | #neurodivergent #NEISvoid #chronicpain #bendybrain hEDS ADHD
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Julia
@juliagertrud.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Storytime books today:
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats
ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
#saturdaylibrarian (Are we still using that hashtag?) #kidlit #librarylife
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats
ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
#saturdaylibrarian (Are we still using that hashtag?) #kidlit #librarylife
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YOU COME FOR ME LIKE THIS ON MY OWN FEED?!? *attempts to close cupboard over mountain of rustic pottery*
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
YOU COME FOR ME LIKE THIS ON MY OWN FEED?!? *attempts to close cupboard over mountain of rustic pottery*
Oooh!
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oooh!
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Baltimore peeps... especially fellow bibliophiles....
Book Thing is open for browsing the second time this month tomorrow, Nov. 22 9-5!
Book donations accepted 9-2.
#Booksky #Baltimore
Book donations accepted 9-2.
#Booksky #Baltimore
November 2025 double opening!
Hello Book Thing friends,
At our October opening, patrons adopted 14,464 books and 1,218 non-books. We also accepted donations of 15,125 books and 2,643 non-books across our two October donation day...
bookthing.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Baltimore peeps... especially fellow bibliophiles....
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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Saddened to learn of the passing of Alice Wong. Her disability advocacy work was important, and the best way to honor it is to continue it however we can.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Saddened to learn of the passing of Alice Wong. Her disability advocacy work was important, and the best way to honor it is to continue it however we can.
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One of my favorite things about old census records is when you can see that the census taker has misspelled the name, and when you say the misspelling aloud, you can clearly hear the correct name in the accent that the ancestor would have had.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One of my favorite things about old census records is when you can see that the census taker has misspelled the name, and when you say the misspelling aloud, you can clearly hear the correct name in the accent that the ancestor would have had.
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I turned off all the smart features in my gmail bc i couldn't figure out which ones fed their ai gremlin machine, and now they're like "FINE we won't put your mail into categories" but joke's on them bc now i'm deleting everything aka i will continue to NEVER PAY FOR MORE STORAGE
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I turned off all the smart features in my gmail bc i couldn't figure out which ones fed their ai gremlin machine, and now they're like "FINE we won't put your mail into categories" but joke's on them bc now i'm deleting everything aka i will continue to NEVER PAY FOR MORE STORAGE
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The Brown Bookshelf Tour 📚
📅 Sat, Nov 15 | 11 AM
📍 MLK Library
Enjoy live readings & a family-friendly discussion with four celebrated authors from The Brown Bookshelf, amplifying Black voices in children’s lit.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/43WvhdR
📅 Sat, Nov 15 | 11 AM
📍 MLK Library
Enjoy live readings & a family-friendly discussion with four celebrated authors from The Brown Bookshelf, amplifying Black voices in children’s lit.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/43WvhdR
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Brown Bookshelf Tour 📚
📅 Sat, Nov 15 | 11 AM
📍 MLK Library
Enjoy live readings & a family-friendly discussion with four celebrated authors from The Brown Bookshelf, amplifying Black voices in children’s lit.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/43WvhdR
📅 Sat, Nov 15 | 11 AM
📍 MLK Library
Enjoy live readings & a family-friendly discussion with four celebrated authors from The Brown Bookshelf, amplifying Black voices in children’s lit.
➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/43WvhdR
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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I really like what I know about Charlie Berens but I absolutely love that he is against AI and lays out all the reasons so well!
How AI data centers were invented #shorts
YouTube video by Charlie Berens
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I really like what I know about Charlie Berens but I absolutely love that he is against AI and lays out all the reasons so well!
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On the topic of moving, would any teachers/librarians or book club organizers be interested in class sets of EELGRASS BOG or BITTERFLY BAY? I have many spare hardcovers of both, and I'd love them to go to a loving home. I'd just ask for some help with shipping costs :)
Boosts appreciated!
Boosts appreciated!
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On the topic of moving, would any teachers/librarians or book club organizers be interested in class sets of EELGRASS BOG or BITTERFLY BAY? I have many spare hardcovers of both, and I'd love them to go to a loving home. I'd just ask for some help with shipping costs :)
Boosts appreciated!
Boosts appreciated!
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I would love one more guest for my Rare Book Cataloging class later in November. Let me know if you've worked in this area and if you would be interested in talking about a particularly challenging item you've tackled.
Let me know, thanks!
Let me know, thanks!
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I would love one more guest for my Rare Book Cataloging class later in November. Let me know if you've worked in this area and if you would be interested in talking about a particularly challenging item you've tackled.
Let me know, thanks!
Let me know, thanks!
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Another great reason to visit Minneapolis! (This is the kind of thing that just reinforces my hatred of AI. This is iconic artwork and has spawned new illustrators, new storytellers, new librarians!)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnes...
www.mprnews.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Another great reason to visit Minneapolis! (This is the kind of thing that just reinforces my hatred of AI. This is iconic artwork and has spawned new illustrators, new storytellers, new librarians!)
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you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
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Today is General Municipal Election Day - Voters have until 8 p.m. to cast a ballot.
Check your voting information here: boston.gov/elections
Check your voting information here: boston.gov/elections
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today is General Municipal Election Day - Voters have until 8 p.m. to cast a ballot.
Check your voting information here: boston.gov/elections
Check your voting information here: boston.gov/elections
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.
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One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
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Library (archives, research) folk, could you give me your best one liners about Why Cataloguing Matters, please?
Because sometimes 'Without cataloguing no-one can find or use the stuff' just isn't enough, although it clearly should be.
Thank you very. #GLAM #archives #rarebooks #metadata 📚
Because sometimes 'Without cataloguing no-one can find or use the stuff' just isn't enough, although it clearly should be.
Thank you very. #GLAM #archives #rarebooks #metadata 📚
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Library (archives, research) folk, could you give me your best one liners about Why Cataloguing Matters, please?
Because sometimes 'Without cataloguing no-one can find or use the stuff' just isn't enough, although it clearly should be.
Thank you very. #GLAM #archives #rarebooks #metadata 📚
Because sometimes 'Without cataloguing no-one can find or use the stuff' just isn't enough, although it clearly should be.
Thank you very. #GLAM #archives #rarebooks #metadata 📚
THIS
My primary association with girls with magic powers is still the Tamora Pierce books and so whenever I’m watching Stranger Things and El’s too drained to use her powers, my first thought is always “that girl needs to drink some tea with herbs! Has she tried stepping into the sea at ALL?”
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
THIS
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My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
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No one is coming to save us but us.
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
No one is coming to save us but us.
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To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.