Molly
@medlibmolly.bsky.social
Medical librarian, nerd, cookie aficionado.
The questions I get as a librarian for a medical school are much different this year. Things like, "What will happen if PubMed goes away?", and "Should I set up a VPN so can I safely search the literature for research on 'taboo' topics?". I feel for these students- it's going to be rough
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The questions I get as a librarian for a medical school are much different this year. Things like, "What will happen if PubMed goes away?", and "Should I set up a VPN so can I safely search the literature for research on 'taboo' topics?". I feel for these students- it's going to be rough
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Ohh "America First" was a hit list
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ohh "America First" was a hit list
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RFK Jr is promoting a new study claiming "vaccines cause autism" but it doesn't add up. Literally.
epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-... #MedSky
epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-... #MedSky
RFK Jr is promoting a new study claiming "vaccines cause autism" but it doesn't add up. Literally.
This paper is so badly done. Let's read it together!
epiellie.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
RFK Jr is promoting a new study claiming "vaccines cause autism" but it doesn't add up. Literally.
epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-... #MedSky
epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-... #MedSky
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Librarians are trying to plan for the 45% reduction of ERIC. While the Department of Education has not (yet) released a title list of journals that are being de-selected, we're trying to create a list via a grassroots effort. View and contribute journal titles here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Journals No Longer Being Indexed by ERIC
Journals No Longer Being Indexed By ERIC -To suggest a journal title for inclusion on this list, please use this google form -Please feel free to share this widely. Journal Titles -At this point tit...
docs.google.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Librarians are trying to plan for the 45% reduction of ERIC. While the Department of Education has not (yet) released a title list of journals that are being de-selected, we're trying to create a list via a grassroots effort. View and contribute journal titles here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Well, this is terrifying and confirms my worst fears about what is about to happen to us in the US
What the heck happens next in USA? According to Chris Hedges, The Empire Self-Destructs.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
The Empire Self-Destructs
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
chrishedges.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Well, this is terrifying and confirms my worst fears about what is about to happen to us in the US
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By being “in lockstep” with the Admin, the IMLS will not support the range of projects & initiatives it has been since its inception. Instead, it will support projects, ideas, & institutions which align with values & beliefs aligned with the oligarchical ruling class.
bookriot.com/imls-propaga...
bookriot.com/imls-propaga...
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Is Now a Propaganda Machine: Book Censorship News, March 21, 2025
DOGE didn't dismantle the only federal agency supporting public libraries. It was instead turned into a propaganda machine. That, plus this week's book censorship news.
bookriot.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
By being “in lockstep” with the Admin, the IMLS will not support the range of projects & initiatives it has been since its inception. Instead, it will support projects, ideas, & institutions which align with values & beliefs aligned with the oligarchical ruling class.
bookriot.com/imls-propaga...
bookriot.com/imls-propaga...
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In this proposal, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) & NHGRI would become part of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
The GOP plan is to "reform" NIH by reducing the number of research institutes in the NIH from 27 to 15.
This article includes a link to the GOP plan (link says "whitepaper"), which does not include a National Human Genome Research Institute.
What you're seeing is probably the first salvo of that.
This article includes a link to the GOP plan (link says "whitepaper"), which does not include a National Human Genome Research Institute.
What you're seeing is probably the first salvo of that.
March 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In this proposal, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) & NHGRI would become part of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
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A new tool helps to assess the risk of bias in network meta-analysis of healthcare interventions.
Read the guidance article
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Read the guidance article
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A new tool helps to assess the risk of bias in network meta-analysis of healthcare interventions.
Read the guidance article
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Read the guidance article
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Not that we in the library wish to encourage profanity, but if you want to get rid of these AI-search summaries (which are often absolute nonsense), just swear in your search terms.
It really works.
It really works.
March 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Wow!
The 2025 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100
March 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Wow!
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Remember when "conservatives" warned us "PC" would limit "free inquiry" in college? Remember when they told us "DEI" would warp curricula and make people afraid of honest discussions? Remember when they bitched about "chilled intellectual climates?" Every accusation was fucking projection.
How One State’s ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law Has Changed Professors’ Teaching
Public colleges in Indiana are now required to make rules for disciplining faculty who don’t promote free expression. Instructors across the state say they’ve gotten the message.
www.chronicle.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Remember when "conservatives" warned us "PC" would limit "free inquiry" in college? Remember when they told us "DEI" would warp curricula and make people afraid of honest discussions? Remember when they bitched about "chilled intellectual climates?" Every accusation was fucking projection.
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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Gross
Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔
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March 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Gross
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Today marks the beginning of OpenRxiv, which replaces bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world's largest preprint platform for life and medical science
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today marks the beginning of OpenRxiv, which replaces bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world's largest preprint platform for life and medical science
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social
Can we have one fucking day without the worst news coming out
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Can we have one fucking day without the worst news coming out
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!["The original is unfaithful to the translation."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"The evidence keeps building that we have reason to be worried... the continued chopping of money and departments from the federal government; and the censoring of government websites, datasets, and other health resources. PubMed could be next." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medlibs
Opinion | Will They Come for PubMed Next?
Here's what we lose if the administration takes away this invaluable resource
www.medpagetoday.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The evidence keeps building that we have reason to be worried... the continued chopping of money and departments from the federal government; and the censoring of government websites, datasets, and other health resources. PubMed could be next." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #medlibs
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OK #HoosierSky so this is happening
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
February 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
OK #HoosierSky so this is happening
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
Share amongst your peeps
Those who are in science
Those who like science
Those who have been helped by science
Those who value truth and facts
Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists
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[Watched] Part 2: What can AI help with in relation to literature search? Concludes with the very reasonable & obvious idea that most of these new AI tools, lack transparency & likely have poor sensitivity so can only be used for exploring/scoping. (1) youtu.be/9DI1lO_U9lE?...
Part 2: What can AI help with in relation to literature search?
YouTube video by Cochrane Training
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
[Watched] Part 2: What can AI help with in relation to literature search? Concludes with the very reasonable & obvious idea that most of these new AI tools, lack transparency & likely have poor sensitivity so can only be used for exploring/scoping. (1) youtu.be/9DI1lO_U9lE?...
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
YAAAAAY. Finally something good in my news feed
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
YAAAAAY. Finally something good in my news feed
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Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
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Well isn't this special (said in Dana Carvey's Church Lady voice) #medlibs
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal
The journal’s editorial board includes multiple scientists, such as Trump health nominees Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, who opposed Covid public health measures.
www.wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Well isn't this special (said in Dana Carvey's Church Lady voice) #medlibs
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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This piece by @dereklowe.bsky.social for @science.org is everything you want to know about the current state of governmental science in the US
It is not good
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
It is not good
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This piece by @dereklowe.bsky.social for @science.org is everything you want to know about the current state of governmental science in the US
It is not good
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
It is not good
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...