christine
@cms.bsky.social
bay arean & flutist in wisconsin • “librarian” (DH & stuff) • ex-WNBA quiz writer • they/them • 🇭🇹🏳️🌈
more: christinesalek.com/zines
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christine
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· Sep 23
Feature: one poem by Christine Salek — fifth wheel press
Christine Salek is a former high school water polo player living in Wisconsin. Once a WNBA reporter, they’re now content with their library science degree and the lifestyle that entails. Learn more a...
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I have a new poem out today at @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social called “#latergram” about social media, growing up on the internet, and the expectations of ~*being online*~
can’t believe people would use genAI to write emails when what really gives sending emails the juice is spending ten minutes agonizing over word choice, hitting send, and realizing you used “I’d be happy to…” twice in a row anyway
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
can’t believe people would use genAI to write emails when what really gives sending emails the juice is spending ten minutes agonizing over word choice, hitting send, and realizing you used “I’d be happy to…” twice in a row anyway
my explicitly aromantic little piece is now award-nominated 🥰
keep the congrats train rolling for our best small fictions nominees!
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
my explicitly aromantic little piece is now award-nominated 🥰
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Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
#6294 was seen outside Madison a few days ago, change is coming
NYC bus on the Ohio Turnpike outside Toledo. The front says NOT IN SERVICE
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#6294 was seen outside Madison a few days ago, change is coming
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sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
the worst part about adulthood is that you are constantly running out of stuff and need to replace it
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the worst part about adulthood is that you are constantly running out of stuff and need to replace it
today at work i joked to the correct person "we have a tool library, why not a fool library" and ten minutes later i had a meeting on my calendar for the beginning of next semester to make it happen
librarians are never beating the world's weirdest people allegations
librarians are never beating the world's weirdest people allegations
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
today at work i joked to the correct person "we have a tool library, why not a fool library" and ten minutes later i had a meeting on my calendar for the beginning of next semester to make it happen
librarians are never beating the world's weirdest people allegations
librarians are never beating the world's weirdest people allegations
you wouldn’t download a hockey team
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
you wouldn’t download a hockey team
yes!
could we really get a millennial mayor of nyc the same year we get a millennial saint
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
yes!
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UCLA
Maryland
Michigan
Washington
USC
Iowa
Michigan State
Minnesota
Ohio State
Nebraska
Illinois
Oregon
Indiana
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
18 Previews. 32,853 Words. In 18 Weeks.
‼️ OFFSEASON GRIND IS OVER, READ ABOUT ALL THE BIG TEN TEAMS ON HOOPLA ‼️
Maryland
Michigan
Washington
USC
Iowa
Michigan State
Minnesota
Ohio State
Nebraska
Illinois
Oregon
Indiana
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
18 Previews. 32,853 Words. In 18 Weeks.
‼️ OFFSEASON GRIND IS OVER, READ ABOUT ALL THE BIG TEN TEAMS ON HOOPLA ‼️
The Hoopla Newsletter
The home for Big Ten Women's Basketball (and other occasional ramblings)
hooplanewsletter.beehiiv.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
UCLA
Maryland
Michigan
Washington
USC
Iowa
Michigan State
Minnesota
Ohio State
Nebraska
Illinois
Oregon
Indiana
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
18 Previews. 32,853 Words. In 18 Weeks.
‼️ OFFSEASON GRIND IS OVER, READ ABOUT ALL THE BIG TEN TEAMS ON HOOPLA ‼️
Maryland
Michigan
Washington
USC
Iowa
Michigan State
Minnesota
Ohio State
Nebraska
Illinois
Oregon
Indiana
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
18 Previews. 32,853 Words. In 18 Weeks.
‼️ OFFSEASON GRIND IS OVER, READ ABOUT ALL THE BIG TEN TEAMS ON HOOPLA ‼️
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Ok, back to rooting for the Giants like a civilized person
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Ok, back to rooting for the Giants like a civilized person
wrote letter #300 today and starting to reflect on what it'll be like in 2026 to not be thinking about a different person in depth every day
I’m still doing this btw! and now that we’re somehow in the last third of the year, I’m thinking about how I’m going to write about this experience, the (digital) data I *did* keep and why, etc. 👀 #DHmakes
honestly, #DHmakes, not just for the zine but for my 2025 letter-writing project mentioned!
I’m (hand) writing a letter to a different person every day, mostly not to be sent. some of the only digital data I’m keeping right now is who & how I know them, but we’ll see how that evolves over time.
I’m (hand) writing a letter to a different person every day, mostly not to be sent. some of the only digital data I’m keeping right now is who & how I know them, but we’ll see how that evolves over time.
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
wrote letter #300 today and starting to reflect on what it'll be like in 2026 to not be thinking about a different person in depth every day
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Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!
just had the epiphany that the reason everyone thinks I’m so busy is that I AM so busy, and the reason I don’t see how busy I am is that I don’t write things down anymore because I don’t like seeing all the things I have to do
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
just had the epiphany that the reason everyone thinks I’m so busy is that I AM so busy, and the reason I don’t see how busy I am is that I don’t write things down anymore because I don’t like seeing all the things I have to do
regular PSA that when an independent literary magazine is “hiring,” it is likely unpaid because no one is paid, not even the people doing the hiring
if you’re looking for a paid literary opportunity, the “we operate at a loss so we can share cool art with the public” crowd is probably not for you 💕
if you’re looking for a paid literary opportunity, the “we operate at a loss so we can share cool art with the public” crowd is probably not for you 💕
October 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
regular PSA that when an independent literary magazine is “hiring,” it is likely unpaid because no one is paid, not even the people doing the hiring
if you’re looking for a paid literary opportunity, the “we operate at a loss so we can share cool art with the public” crowd is probably not for you 💕
if you’re looking for a paid literary opportunity, the “we operate at a loss so we can share cool art with the public” crowd is probably not for you 💕
happy #AceWeek, please enjoy my zine “not like that,” a reflection on my ace journey from 2021 (freshly divorced & allowing myself to be myself) to 2024 (when I annotated and published this). it meant a lot to be to be able to write so much about my asexuality even a little coherently!
Not Like That by christine
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October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
happy #AceWeek, please enjoy my zine “not like that,” a reflection on my ace journey from 2021 (freshly divorced & allowing myself to be myself) to 2024 (when I annotated and published this). it meant a lot to be to be able to write so much about my asexuality even a little coherently!
one of the best bits I’ve committed to (really joined others in) in 2025 is referring to Madison as a northern suburb of Chicago
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
one of the best bits I’ve committed to (really joined others in) in 2025 is referring to Madison as a northern suburb of Chicago
i liked tolkien’s “beowulf” and got bad vibes from seamus heaney’s
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i liked tolkien’s “beowulf” and got bad vibes from seamus heaney’s
gonna be thinking about this one awhile
Jasmine Aikey scores off a bicycle kick from a corner to put Stanford up against Virginia.
October 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
gonna be thinking about this one awhile
my institution is also going in this direction. alums and current students got a survey over the summer asking us to pick the new name for the (already merged) compsci/datasci/infosci school, most of them mentioned AI, zero mentioned libraries
Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚
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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
www.dailytarheel.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
my institution is also going in this direction. alums and current students got a survey over the summer asking us to pick the new name for the (already merged) compsci/datasci/infosci school, most of them mentioned AI, zero mentioned libraries
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melchie ballon d’umornay
October 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
melchie ballon d’umornay
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icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?
tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!
tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!
October 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?
tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!
tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!
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here for Iowa to continue collecting 6’2” wings named McKenna W.
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
here for Iowa to continue collecting 6’2” wings named McKenna W.