Meg Wood
@megwood.bsky.social
just a shape to fill a lack
#medLibs
#medLibs
Just watched a Reel in which a kid called something “tuff” and their mother explained that they were saying “‘tough’ — 2025 slang for cool” and lord, this is why we never should have let schools pivot away from the humanities.
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just watched a Reel in which a kid called something “tuff” and their mother explained that they were saying “‘tough’ — 2025 slang for cool” and lord, this is why we never should have let schools pivot away from the humanities.
The Snuggle Bully woke me up at 3:30am for hugs and is still going strong 4 hours later. Gonna be a long one (worth it).
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Snuggle Bully woke me up at 3:30am for hugs and is still going strong 4 hours later. Gonna be a long one (worth it).
Post you from a different era.
Grad school grad, 1998!
Grad school grad, 1998!
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Post you from a different era.
Grad school grad, 1998!
Grad school grad, 1998!
Wow, so “subversive.”
October 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Wow, so “subversive.”
Yep, those are my shopping trends, all right.
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yep, those are my shopping trends, all right.
In the midst of a flood of automatic replies to one of my email newsletters from furloughed NIH staff, I got this beaut, which takes absolutely NO prisoners:
![Screenshot that reads "Hello. I am no longer with the University of [redacted]. I have relocated to a country led by a progressive woman president who is making change for the greater good. Unlike the U.S. Take care."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mpnmxph3u62khhf4oqjjs2a3/bafkreihljmxd67fyendhfndfhhre26qur6i7ijdm5jbl7bjlljf7jka5be@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In the midst of a flood of automatic replies to one of my email newsletters from furloughed NIH staff, I got this beaut, which takes absolutely NO prisoners:
Brb gotta write a letter to the editor explaining the difference between Cookie Monster and Yip-Yips. Shocking disrespect for Martians.
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Brb gotta write a letter to the editor explaining the difference between Cookie Monster and Yip-Yips. Shocking disrespect for Martians.
I wouldn’t let him sit ON my lap, merely NEAR my lap, and now he’s staring at me like this and fr we gotta have a talk about the grudges, man, this is not acceptable. (Love you, buddy.)
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I wouldn’t let him sit ON my lap, merely NEAR my lap, and now he’s staring at me like this and fr we gotta have a talk about the grudges, man, this is not acceptable. (Love you, buddy.)
Congratulations to Eamonn Mullally’s wife and mother to his two children!
October 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congratulations to Eamonn Mullally’s wife and mother to his two children!
We lost our very beloved cat Otis last week, and he is finally home with us again. The mailman set the box labeled "PET CREMAINS" on the porch so I could sign for it, then picked it back up again, handed it to me gently, and said, "I'm so sorry for your loss."
Love is a gift. Give it.
Love is a gift. Give it.
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We lost our very beloved cat Otis last week, and he is finally home with us again. The mailman set the box labeled "PET CREMAINS" on the porch so I could sign for it, then picked it back up again, handed it to me gently, and said, "I'm so sorry for your loss."
Love is a gift. Give it.
Love is a gift. Give it.
That was the one incident they counted on the right:
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
That was the one incident they counted on the right:
The report contains evidence that can be used in an international court proceeding to legally declare it a genocide, but the UN itself can’t (and won’t) formally declare it such until that international court does. www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The report contains evidence that can be used in an international court proceeding to legally declare it a genocide, but the UN itself can’t (and won’t) formally declare it such until that international court does. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gang’s back together. ❤️ RIP to the both of ‘em.
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Gang’s back together. ❤️ RIP to the both of ‘em.
Is he skipping breakfast because cancer stole his appetite or because he’s decided the three foods I offered are now terrible and only a mysterious fourth food will do? The eternal riddle!
September 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Is he skipping breakfast because cancer stole his appetite or because he’s decided the three foods I offered are now terrible and only a mysterious fourth food will do? The eternal riddle!
Just had to explain to the painter that the "Attack Cat" sign on the catio is about hugs not violence.
September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just had to explain to the painter that the "Attack Cat" sign on the catio is about hugs not violence.
One of NNLM's Book Club selections for September is a 338-page book on how technology has destroyed our ability to focus on anything longer than 65 seconds, and I just wanted to let you know that reports of the death of irony have been *greatly* exaggerated. #medLibs
September 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One of NNLM's Book Club selections for September is a 338-page book on how technology has destroyed our ability to focus on anything longer than 65 seconds, and I just wanted to let you know that reports of the death of irony have been *greatly* exaggerated. #medLibs
I tried to get him to look to the right, but he's a cat so obviously the request was denied. However: close enough.
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I tried to get him to look to the right, but he's a cat so obviously the request was denied. However: close enough.
When my spouse is away we have to take in extra orders from the Biscuit Factory, you see, and it is Very Serious Business.
August 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When my spouse is away we have to take in extra orders from the Biscuit Factory, you see, and it is Very Serious Business.
Nitazenes aren’t benzos, they’re synthetic opioids.
August 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nitazenes aren’t benzos, they’re synthetic opioids.
And STOP. Banana time.
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
And STOP. Banana time.
Shut up, nobody asked you
August 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Shut up, nobody asked you