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West Coast Librarian @sylvianurse.bsky.social · 45m
Locked out of your Google account? Now a friend can help - here's how www.zdnet.com/article/lock...
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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 2d
With Roles as Civic Hubs, Libraries Turn Over a New Page.
Cities looking to revive downtowns are increasingly leveraging the ability of public libraries to draw crowds and encourage economic development.
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With Roles as Civic Hubs, Libraries Turn Over a New Page
Cities looking to revive downtowns are increasingly leveraging the ability of public libraries to draw crowds and encourage economic development.
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Heidi @heidilibrarian.bsky.social · 10h
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Banned for What?! Some of the Most Absurd Reasons for Book Challenges
How naked crayons, affectionate sea horses, and talking animals got these titles pulled from shelves
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Paul R. Pival he/him @ppival.bsky.social · 6h
The platform exposing exactly how much copyrighted art is used by AI tools | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The platform exposing exactly how much copyrighted art is used by AI tools
From 007 to Elsa, Vermillio claims it can trace percentage of AI-generated image drawn from pre-existing material
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5h
“At toilet time, you sign in via a fingerprint sensor so that the device knows who's using the facilities. (Please wash your hands before signing out or tracking your progress.) Then, check in with the app for the day's analysis and trends over time.”
Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents
The company's new Dekoda toilet accessory is like a little bathroom detective.
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West Coast Librarian @sylvianurse.bsky.social · 1d
Bacon Scallion Milk Bread thewoksoflife.com/bacon-scalli...
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WIRED @wired.com · 1d
The art of ordering and culling your possessions before you die should extend to your documents, photos, and digital accounts.
Swedish Death Cleaning, but for Your Digital Life
The art of ordering and culling your possessions before you die should extend to your documents, photos, and digital accounts.
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Strengthening research support: Scholarly communication training for liaison librarians: The Reference Librarian: Vol 0, No 0 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02763877.2025.2570916
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 1d
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to enjoy chocolate croissants and read Edgar Allan Poe by the fireplace in an ominous Victorian mansion during a full moon on a cool October night?
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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 1d
Examining the role of #AI in institutional repository workflows hangingtogether.org/examining-th... #GLAMS
Examining the role of AI in institutional repository workflows - Hanging Together
Can AI help to manage institutional repository metadata? From improving deposit workflows to cleaning up legacy data, explore how AI might support IRs while keeping human expertise front and center.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d
Are you OK with Facebook automatically uploading images from your device to its cloud on an ongoing basis in exchange for AI-suggested edits? You know, the pictures that you haven't shared yet!

We strongly suggest you opt out. techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/f...
Facebook's AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone | TechCrunch
Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls—even if they haven’t been shared. The...
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 3d
From #IBM: Can Humans and Bots Share the Internet? #Wikipedia Thinks So www.ibm.com/think/news/w...
Can humans and bots share the Internet? Wikipedia thinks so. | IBM
As AI search engines reshape the web, Wikipedia is working to stay human—while inviting tech companies to help sustain the knowledge ecosystem.
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Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social · 3d
"It really did start in the British Library, researching the history and ingredients of tonic – and then we went out to go and find them" foodism.co.uk/features/int... #LibrariesChangeLives #BIPCs #GrowthMission #FeverTree
The story of Fever-Tree: how the gin & tonic made the UK's most valuable soft-drinks company
From humble beginnings, Fever-Tree's mixers have found worldwide success as well as industry acclaim. we take a look at the brand's recipe for greatness.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 2d
A new report found that many popular protein powders and drinks contain measurable levels of lead. Of the 23 protein supplements tested, more than two-thirds had more lead per serving than what is considered safe for daily consumption.
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Testing Finds Lead in Popular Protein Powders
THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heavy metals might be hiding in your post-workout shake. A new report from the publisher of Consumer Reports fou
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𝚆𝚁𝙰𝙸𝚃𝙷 🦕ΘΔ🪶 【COMMS: Open*】 @hallowraith.bsky.social · 3d
Something that always stuns me is how people- after getting a library card again for the first time in several decades- just absolutely light up with joy and shock at the fact modern libraries provide so many services beyond paper literature. It brings me a lot of joy to be the messenger of that.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 3d
Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google’s hand.
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3d
You need to read this. A collision of the CIA, the Smithsonian, a famous sculptor, and two writers with a love of library sciences.
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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · 3d
The Perseus Digital Library is pleased to announce an initial release of the new Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact (A&A) Browser that is based on CollectionBuilder and uses AirTable to manage the extensive metadata found within the A&A collection. perseus-aa.github.io
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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 3d
Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books by Joan Westenberg medium.com/westenberg/w...
Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books
The Smartest People You Know Still Read Novels
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WIRED @wired.com · 3d
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
Here’s What Your Browser is Telling Everyone About You
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 3d
California to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed program
California to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed program
California will begin offering its own brand of low-cost insulin in 2026, becoming the first state to contract for and sell an affordable version of the drug to residents, Gov. Gavin Newsom announc…
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Heidi @heidilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d
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7 surprising ways the public library can save you money : Life Kit
Baking pans, legal help, language classes and more — libraries can provide so much more than books. See if your local branch offers these free or discounted resources and services.
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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 2d
A different approach to readers’ advisory, a “Book Tasting” is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to different books and authors in a brief period. Like a food sampling event, students can “taste” different books and write down their own “tasting notes” about each one. #libraries
Book Tasting: Finding Their Next Favorite Series | Classroom Connections - LibraryPass™
A “Book Tasting” is a fun and engaging way to introduce readers to different books and authors in a brief period. #ReadAllTheComics #ReadersAdvisory
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 4d
Wikimedia Foundation Signs the Open Heritage Statement: A Global Call for Unrestricted Access to Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age medium.com/wikimedia-po... #openheritage #culturalheritage @wikimediafoundation.org
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 4d
🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4
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