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Rebecca
@jeybecques.bsky.social
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Current librarian, former classicist, perpetual nerd. Expect special collections, book history, yarn.
“Is there anything you aren’t interested in??”
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Rebecca @jeybecques.bsky.social · Jan 15
New year, new spines! This is a new favorite for me
The Avant-gardener. (Journal run starting with blue paper spines with blocky italic titles, transitioning to red buckram spines with stamped sans serif titles, from 1968-1974)
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oldenoughtosay.com
I know there’s that thing of “every day a combination of words is uttered that has never been said before” but something I love even more is “these words have absolutely been said before but never in this context, wtf”
vulture.com Vulture @vulture.com · 9h
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
jeybecques.bsky.social
other duties as assigned
#librarylife
photo of your correspondent on the floor under a desk, holding a screwdriver
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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bcnjake.bsky.social
AI 👏 is 👏 fundamentally 👏 and 👏 inescapably 👏 dehumanizing
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13h
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"

A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->

www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
View Amanda Gautier-Ronopawiro’s graphic link Amanda Gautier-RonopawiroAmanda Gautier-Ronopawiro • 2nd2nd Medical Illustrator at Gautier Scientific IllustrationMedical Illustrator at Gautier Scientific Illustration 1d • Edited • 1 day ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow AI is everywhere. In general, as many other (medical) illustrators I am sure, I have feared it will one day take our jobs. Yesterday, my friend Stephanie E. sent me the image on the right. A surgeon with a large Instagram following (Alexandre Mensier) posted it to teach people about Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. I am the illustrator of the image on the left, it was part of my dissertation. In order to create this work, I witnessed a (breathtaking) fetoscopic laser surgery in person by the specialists of Fetal Therapy LUMC, Leiden I have spent weeks researching in books as well as in the anatomy lab, speaking to specialists, making sure I would get the anatomy and proportions exactly right. Thinking about color use and how that would affect the viewer of the image. Waiting for feedback, sketching, resketching, and eventually painting every stroke by hand and digitally finishing the illustration. All to get to this carefully crafted illustration. And then someone took it. Asked AI to make an image of it, just so they don’t have to pay an actual artist. No permission or credits needed. This is legal theft and there is not a thing I can do about it. Not only did AI ‘take my job’. It, or rather the person using it, took my actual work, time and effort and stripped it of its very core: accuracy. A surgeon without gloves and a random number of fingers on each hand. Don’t even get me started on the anatomy of the mother or the poor fetus getting a laser through its head. I have felt every emotion seeing this monstrosity of an image. Created in mere seconds, directly from not only my work, but all the specialists involved that put their time and knowledge of years into it… a drawing on the left of a needle being injected into a foetus, and a machine-assisted copy of it the surgeon used
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
It's axiomatic! You have to hold them by the head!

In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
biologizing.bsky.social Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 1d
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
jeybecques.bsky.social
reshelving books should definitely count as gym time
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
jeybecques.bsky.social
I’ll probably rearrange when I finish the blue one or if I bring in the set of three, but I’m pleased for now
A cross stitched poppy in a hoop, surrounded by other bits of art
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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gwillow.me
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
jeybecques.bsky.social
it is possible that my mug of tea at 11 this morning was too much, too late
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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lynnnothegger.bsky.social
Anyone in Würzburg? The St Andreas church in Sanderau is empty at the moment as it was used as a movie set last week.

Without the benches, the stunning brutalist architecture is even more striking. You can really appreciate the light and shadow effects from the huge skylights. #brutalist
A concrete triangular roof form with window slits through which light pours into the church below, the organ and chancel almost dwarfed by the space above. Another view of the dramatic roof form with the windows illuminating the concentric paving of the floor The top of the pyramid was set onto the side panels in one piece, according to a local woman who remembered seeing the church built. The chancel is concrete, in fitting with the architecture. During services, it’s often softened by the use of tablecloths, candles, and flowers.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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i.amnot.social
Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
A 3x3 grid titled "What is a social media site?" It has "reach purist", "reach neutral", and "reach radical" as its columns, and it has "structure purist", "structure neutral", and "structure radical" as its rows. There are descriptors for each label. Reach purist says, "A social media site allows users to post messages that can be seen by anyone". Reach neutral says, "A social media site allows users to post messages that can be seen by a target audience." Reach radical says, "A social media site allows users to post messages." Structure purist says, "A social media site is a live service that lives on the Internet, providing feeds of posts to users." Structure neutral says, "A social media site is accessible via a computer." Structure radical says, "A social media site is anywhere people can send messages." The blocks are: Structure purist, reach purist: "Bluesky is a social media site." Structure purist, reach neutral: "Discord is a social media site." Structure purist, reach radical: "Nostr is a social media site." Structure neutral, reach purist: "Craigslist is a social media site." Structure neutral, reach neutral: "AIM was a social media site." Structure neutral, reach radical: "A BBS is a social media site." Structure radical, reach purist: "A skywriter is a social media site." Structure radical, reach neutral: "The post office is a social media site." Structure radical, reach radical: "The bathroom stall at your local dive bar is a social media site."
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
jeybecques.bsky.social
going through to set up a sewing box by my chair and found a few pieces from many years ago

I think I’ll tack down the back of this one and hang it at my desk
Watercolor style cross stitch poppies on a very geometric blackwork background
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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theupfront.media
Also out today: part 4 of 5 of @garius.bsky.social's remarkable history of the California Clipper, the feat of commercial aviation that brought a Pan Am flying boat the wrong way around the world from Auckland to LaGuardia.

This time: it's Christmas in Sri Lanka.

theupfront.media/christmas-in...
Christmas in Sri Lanka: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 4
The crew of the California Clipper are forced to spend Christmas in Sri Lanka. While there, their thoughts turn naturally to home.
theupfront.media
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Rummaging around for something (as one does), and stumbled on this 2012 story about a 1977 April Fools joke still infamous among the typesetting crowd. Interesting to think how long the half-lives of jokes are. I'll bet more people know font names now than in '77. www.theguardian.com/gnmeducation...
April fool - San Serriffe: teaching resource of the month from the GNM Archive, April 2012
Each month we provide resource material that can be used in the classroom. This month we are looking at the Guardian’s most successful April Fool’s joke, San Serriffe
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
jeybecques.bsky.social
just want to log a complaint with hardware designers:
whomst among you thought it was a good idea to make drawer pulls with hook ends.
three drawers with metal pulls that have long sticky outy bits at each end a demonstration of how the sticky outy bits are at a perfect height to grab pockets of people working at a kitchen counter
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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martian-observer.art
So, I'm really kind of fucking annoyed and disappointed with Mozilla enabling AI in Firefox by default and not giving users a simple opt out switch.

I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
How to Disable AI Features in Firefox Browser
Are you looking for clean user experience in your Firefox browser? Here's how you can disable AI features in Firefox for a simple, no-nonsense usage.
gadgetstouse.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
jeybecques.bsky.social
oh no this is the one that made me howl with laughter irl
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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ilikemints.bsky.social
what i would give to be a fly on the wall listening to zohran tell his aloof wife alllllllll about his day
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
jeybecques.bsky.social
it has been such a weird day
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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magpie.tips
Is this loss
Donald Trump posting 4 photos of him and zohran on truth social
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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joshuabull.bsky.social
I reckon you can learn a lot about the atmosphere in various Oxford colleges by looking at what they choose to name their cats (courtesy of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social ). We should all aspire to the energy of a Teabag, Isambard Kitten Brunel, or an Admiral Flapjack

oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
Oxford Clarion's "Cat map" of Oxford cats
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 6d
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics. The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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vuc.bsky.social
He said "Amen" straight into the drop

Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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bryguy.bsky.social
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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janineveazue.bsky.social
I'm putting the etsy shop on vacation for a week starting tomorrow (Saturday) night, so all those lookie-loos who were thinking of buying something, now's the time!

www.etsy.com/shop/Stitcha...
a screenshot of several thumbnails of products from an etsy store
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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jessemlocker.bsky.social
Sir Anthony Weldon, A Cat May Look Upon a King (printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard, 1652)
Frontispiece of a book with a portrait of James I of England and opposit, a sleepy looking cat
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM