Annalyce
@annalyce.bsky.social
Early career librarian. I also sing sometimes and love Clara Schumann. She/they, Naarm/Melbourne.
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Odd that he doesn’t like Philip Glass considering how much he likes repeating himself.
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Odd that he doesn’t like Philip Glass considering how much he likes repeating himself.
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Customers are advised to delay software updates on affected devices and find alternative ways to communicate if needed.
Telstra warns older iPhones may be unable to connect to Triple Zero
Customers are advised to delay software updates on affected devices and find alternative ways to communicate if needed.
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Customers are advised to delay software updates on affected devices and find alternative ways to communicate if needed.
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"Learn Accessibility" is a course that takes you through the essentials for building accessible websites and web apps. Created for both beginners and advanced users, this course can be taken beginning to end, or used as a reference for specific topics.
web.dev/learn/access...
web.dev/learn/access...
Learn Accessibility | web.dev
An evergreen accessibility course and reference to level up your web development.
web.dev
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"Learn Accessibility" is a course that takes you through the essentials for building accessible websites and web apps. Created for both beginners and advanced users, this course can be taken beginning to end, or used as a reference for specific topics.
web.dev/learn/access...
web.dev/learn/access...
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Narrative obligation to buy more cool jackets
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Narrative obligation to buy more cool jackets
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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Still documenting things from my SLV residency. I'm adding a few general tools & techniques to the GLAM Workbench, for example, here's a notebook about getting structured data from the SLV catalogue via an item's MARC record. https://glam-workbench.net/state-library-victoria/get_marc_data/
Access MARC data describing an item in the SLV catalogue - GLAM Workbench
If you have an item's Alma identifier, you can retrieve structured metadata describing the item from the SLV catalogue in a couple of ways. One approach is to download a text representation of the item's MARC record and extract data from it. This notebook provides some examples of how you can do this.
glam-workbench.net
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Still documenting things from my SLV residency. I'm adding a few general tools & techniques to the GLAM Workbench, for example, here's a notebook about getting structured data from the SLV catalogue via an item's MARC record. https://glam-workbench.net/state-library-victoria/get_marc_data/
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For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility
YouTube video by UCSF Documents & Media Photography
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
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I saw a post the other day that noted that one of the notable things about genAI content is that the only person ever interested in the output is the one who asked for it. No one else wants to read AI books or look at AI 'art' in preference to the human-made alternative.
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I saw a post the other day that noted that one of the notable things about genAI content is that the only person ever interested in the output is the one who asked for it. No one else wants to read AI books or look at AI 'art' in preference to the human-made alternative.
I am trying to be a “gym girlie”, in that I do like 3 brief exercises, stretch, and then leave.
January 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I am trying to be a “gym girlie”, in that I do like 3 brief exercises, stretch, and then leave.
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Australian Gov Disaster Recovery Payment activated for people directly affected by bushfires in some areas in Victoria, Provides $1,000 for adults and $400 per child. Can claim from Wednesday 14/1 arvo
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/support-for-...
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/support-for-...
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Australian Gov Disaster Recovery Payment activated for people directly affected by bushfires in some areas in Victoria, Provides $1,000 for adults and $400 per child. Can claim from Wednesday 14/1 arvo
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/support-for-...
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/support-for-...
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what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
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Alt text always depends on context. Imagine an icon of a computer printer. It could be used on a page of free icons. It could be on a school's computer lab site. Or it could be part of a button that allows you to print the current page. In each instance, the same icon would need different alt text.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Alt text always depends on context. Imagine an icon of a computer printer. It could be used on a page of free icons. It could be on a school's computer lab site. Or it could be part of a button that allows you to print the current page. In each instance, the same icon would need different alt text.
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I named my fists Strunk and White because if we're doing this, there will be elements of style.
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
I named my fists Gilbert and Sullivan because they are slaves to duty
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I named my fists Strunk and White because if we're doing this, there will be elements of style.
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SLV is a beautiful, useful and very busy research space, and I use it regularly. I hope that they rethink these cuts & recognise that the library is so much more than a tourist destination.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
SLV is a beautiful, useful and very busy research space, and I use it regularly. I hope that they rethink these cuts & recognise that the library is so much more than a tourist destination.
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Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them
A new report shows that visits to Australian public libraries are up 10% – though funding is down. They provide everything from books and internet to help with CVs.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
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honey, I'm home. yes I had a great day at work. as you know I recently worked in HR for a large gambling company. one thing led to another and the state library has made me their acting COO. yes. yes. yes honey of course I will fire as many librarians as I can asap
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
honey, I'm home. yes I had a great day at work. as you know I recently worked in HR for a large gambling company. one thing led to another and the state library has made me their acting COO. yes. yes. yes honey of course I will fire as many librarians as I can asap
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I've visited the SLV many times in the last few months to view some magazine collections. It's always packed. It makes no sense they'd cut services. Only people left will be security.
archive.md/2025.11.21-0...
archive.md/2025.11.21-0...
archive.md
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I've visited the SLV many times in the last few months to view some magazine collections. It's always packed. It makes no sense they'd cut services. Only people left will be security.
archive.md/2025.11.21-0...
archive.md/2025.11.21-0...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Wendy Carlos, BOTD in 1939, worked closely with Robert Moog in developing many of the modules and features of early Moog synthesizers in the 1960s.
Here, in 1970, Carlos shares the clearest and most easy to understand explanation of how a synthesizer works that you'll ever hear:
#musicsky #moviesky
Here, in 1970, Carlos shares the clearest and most easy to understand explanation of how a synthesizer works that you'll ever hear:
#musicsky #moviesky
Wendy Carlos on the BBC in 1970
Wendy Carlos demonstrates how a Moog synthesizer works.
vimeo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Librarians, help us celebrate 1 trillion web pages preserved by the #InternetArchive! 🌐
Use our resource guide, complete with templates, visuals & event ideas, to connect your community to the web’s history.
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Use our resource guide, complete with templates, visuals & event ideas, to connect your community to the web’s history.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Librarians, help us celebrate 1 trillion web pages preserved by the #InternetArchive! 🌐
Use our resource guide, complete with templates, visuals & event ideas, to connect your community to the web’s history.
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/10/07/
🧵
#Wayback1T #Libraries
Use our resource guide, complete with templates, visuals & event ideas, to connect your community to the web’s history.
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/10/07/
🧵
#Wayback1T #Libraries
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Okay, everyone needs to ALT text for accessibility purposes but also for muted words (I don't want terrible people turning up on my feed - name them!)
October 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Okay, everyone needs to ALT text for accessibility purposes but also for muted words (I don't want terrible people turning up on my feed - name them!)
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hello, we are running a little behind on our fundraising yet again! help us pay back our volunteers a little faster while maintaining ongoing eSim usage in Gaza. #ConnectingGaza
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
hello, we are running a little behind on our fundraising yet again! help us pay back our volunteers a little faster while maintaining ongoing eSim usage in Gaza. #ConnectingGaza
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
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It should be noted that Google has noticed the backlash enough that they quietly published a code that would removed AI results for their searches.
An enterprising person built a default site to search without AI, and the results are goddamn refreshing as hell.
udm14.org
An enterprising person built a default site to search without AI, and the results are goddamn refreshing as hell.
udm14.org
&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.org
October 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It should be noted that Google has noticed the backlash enough that they quietly published a code that would removed AI results for their searches.
An enterprising person built a default site to search without AI, and the results are goddamn refreshing as hell.
udm14.org
An enterprising person built a default site to search without AI, and the results are goddamn refreshing as hell.
udm14.org