2026-07-24T21:50:00Z https://nostr.ae Dorothea Salo https://nostr.ae/npub1ffalxk56jxgv0wzk2g5tv24q8sv00um9afew39kmvx3ww06086esg4r8hz https://digipres-club.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/000/021/217/original/e41a8bf8ec1948c1.jpg https://digipres-club.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/000/021/217/original/e41a8bf8ec1948c1.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyeuzym8njuras5vh2spmzkxrkq6p70a0567shavujnjj7zfv9j9gzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxjut4vz In my head there&#39;s a marketing campaign somebody should sponsor that goes something like &#34;Don&#39;t burn AI tokens for hallucinated bullshit -- hire a librarian for truth!&#34; 2026-06-16T14:18:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvyctgjwshcfhz4rzkdsulxmjmrpsay58hp026cye0ah6lzs3f0sqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxhqvnn7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfhxyhrkvvgshsgm7ej8q6thkcg0knvzkx2ev9may5xxlglw8fexcyrtfs0'>nevent1q…tfs0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One thing that inclines me toward this hypothesis is the phenomenon of professionals (usually in law or healthcare) finding that their clients/patients prefer LLM advice to theirs.<br/><br/>The underlying reasoning there could be &#34;the doc/lawyer hasn&#39;t Read All The Things, so...&#34; Also fueled by the Dr. Google phenomenon; perhaps even a turbocharged version of it.<br/><br/>TF/IDF and PageRank are not a substitute for judgment and experience, buuuuuuuuuut they can kiiiiiiiiiiiiinda resemble one sometimes. 2026-06-11T13:45:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfhxyhrkvvgshsgm7ej8q6thkcg0knvzkx2ev9may5xxlglw8fexczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx7dxgu4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv70jayfm5xwjuapf822txsp47vn9l668n2exmn2lf3heeqf47d7s2y85xq'>nevent1q…85xq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But I can see where a heaping helping of automation bias plus the idea of model training being &#34;read all the things!&#34; could lead to wholly unwarranted trust in LLMs and AI agents.<br/><br/>Not totally sure how to fight this one, but I&#39;ll certainly try. 2026-06-11T13:42:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv70jayfm5xwjuapf822txsp47vn9l668n2exmn2lf3heeqf47d7szyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxpjazd3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf30r052y7gau9cgvtsg2fpf2z46nulnq822j93srq44yaj4gd95chm86j0'>nevent1q…86j0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why so many people trust them is an interesting question that should be researched by someone who is Not Me. (And may have already been, in fairness; I haven&#39;t looked.)<br/><br/>I have a suspicion.<br/><br/>My suspicion is that it&#39;s tied to a deeply-held feeling many people have that reading a text = knowing the knowledge.<br/><br/>Which. I mean. It&#39;s not. In library-school reference classes, frex, instructors are VERY CLEAR that Westlaw access doesn&#39;t make a librarian into a lawyer. 2026-06-11T13:40:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf30r052y7gau9cgvtsg2fpf2z46nulnq822j93srq44yaj4gd95czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxreqqrf Seeing a lot of &#34;now with AI!&#34; product launches lately, which makes sense given product cycles.<br/><br/>I suspect we&#39;re going to see a lot of sheepish product cancellations in the next couple-three months, as the AI-infused products prove to be -- hilariously or horrifically -- incapable.<br/><br/>LLMs are bullshit machines. They can&#39;t not bullshit. They&#39;re not to be trusted. 2026-06-11T13:38:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqy7xxhp0x4g7v6t9mus9c4898gtgu37nv8jv0r0drkhxzducsmqgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxe2q9u8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszw5w4za9x83c0y4mzz7m6czw5m6al7fndfaj6rh72nw4cylfm22c0aynn7'>nevent1q…ynn7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well done. 2026-05-01T20:33:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0uttkkpw8y0tm6tads2v0nty98phxyejew9jzkn4ta7jkus44u4czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxe87jga RE: <a href="https://social.lansky.name/@hn100/116477185850550757">https://social.lansky.name/@hn100/116477185850550757</a><br/><br/>well this was utterly inevitable<br/><br/>dear qual researchers: quit pissing and moaning at data curators who tell you to be REALLY CAREFUL with cheap automated transcription services<br/>nostr:note1vwpqf0fez8h6tuhy4qmu9jme04merqyqj9zgh6j97ss3lx0v3xfq0s9jf5<br/> 2026-04-27T14:41:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9k0t6n7e9w2t0x2hcqfh4tu932xnqzfgq6ty24cyvlxa6jq2ypqqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx36kfe0 the chairs in the polling place where I work are the actual worst and I need ibuprofen<br/><br/>but Chris Taylor&#39;s going to the Wisconsin Supreme Court so it&#39;s all good 2026-04-08T02:33:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfxa34lqjnnhyzrevulhtw9kae6xkvmsxzm80ugtfd278lcsw4esgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxz0mvz0 So here you go, today&#39;s PLA presentation. Not verbatim, because I always riff a bit and I skipped one slide for time, but talk notes are included.<br/><br/>&#34;Protecting Patrons&#39; Privacy with Digital Vendors&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://speakerdeck.com/dsalo/protecting-patrons-with-digital-vendors">https://speakerdeck.com/dsalo/protecting-patrons-with-digital-vendors</a><br/><br/>And no, I am still not Sarah Lamdan. Wish I were. 2026-04-01T18:57:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0hux3cmeecz00m8myh8t4qtn9j933tt66p0xju3pst47p98qvvrgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxukrdz4 The Discworld Humble Bundle is back, for a little bit. <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-encore-2026-books">https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-encore-2026-books</a> 2026-02-17T21:42:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp46gacfnh5h884q6eg9a82thaj893lpkvnyrqm9jy3qeuxx5nvkqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxkuhyxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs252fuk2v3genrgfgaq89a94jn854xq9ual8d83sq5fkjxyd4rqvcsh67ne'>nevent1q…67ne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still use your name when I teach authority control. 2026-02-06T02:41:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfxppnzgxu6cuca6j4raf205vjrd6f87e3lzpcdq7uk5l8eh5llcqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxtuu3ur Microsoft sure is saying the quiet part out loud.<br/><br/>Amplify this, Satya. 🖕<br/> <img src="https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/115/944/874/762/533/641/original/2f1fe49e97539032.png"> <br/> 2026-01-23T14:28:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpl6luah75xuhguj9nzskrspnnyu72e7jw5ej3yzymsgryqaw4jszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxnhl2c7 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1prsjp48zup4rrp4xldg66x7zff2ykvusk47awlhsmaqhm3apl95s53eh8y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jessamyn</span> (<span class="italic">npub1prs…eh8y</span>)</a></span> is librarian.net getting DDoSed? I&#39;m getting a lot of 503s. 2026-01-15T16:27:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs87elau3d38j5jrrte0ght5jhh48s28kyvja772me2aul22dsk63czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx574yd2 Feel free to tell Discord what you think about AI.<br/><br/><a href="https://discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5BGtstVUidXadts">https://discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5BGtstVUidXadts</a> 2026-01-10T12:03:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszayul8fyn6rrdumte24cgvlcxf9c7mrc5h9a3n9p3xypfq8clpaczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxka5g4p Library/archives peeps: <br/><br/>It is likely (not guaranteed, but likely) that we will have an opening for a metadata instructor this coming fall, asynchronous online. <br/><br/>If you are or know somebody who&#39;d be interested, let me know! 2026-01-07T20:59:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstncfnxj8hat5u2v9mw59fcgfj5ercefhrh3gsea7tj53l70m4hwczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxe8rxlm A metadata student who struggled some in the front half of the class turned in THE BEST piece of documentation. <br/><br/>Sometimes the struggle actually helps! 2025-12-15T20:37:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyyh3neq6866j3mq4cuu4hlj9n9nvq0z3egf597cgjl093gl6zq9szyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxsrlnrx Looking for data-rescue efforts that are newbie-friendly. In initial discussions of a possible data-rescue-thon sometime spring semester.<br/><br/>Newbie-friendly most likely means:<br/><br/>* good workflow documentation<br/><br/>* no software installation needed (or at LEAST make it minimal and cross-platform)<br/><br/>* automation-friendly, but by-hand work (e.g. dataset metadata) also available<br/><br/>* a clear destination for completed work 2025-11-12T21:49:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2n726qxl4zfkyaxnhsv87mkre2q8nlpcyn3k88se7xsy22jsy9jqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx0m4qq2 Remote repository software-developer position at UW-Madison: <a href="https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/repository-developer-madison-wisconsin-united-states">https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/repository-developer-madison-wisconsin-united-states</a><br/><br/>Sharp eyes will note that this is my old stomping grounds, which I left in highish dudgeon. That was fifteen years ago and Things Have Changed. Ask questions if you got &#39;em.<br/><br/>I note they&#39;ve been doing Very Cool and Interesting Work around digital preservation.<br/><br/>Boosts welcome. I&#39;d like to see somebody awesome land this.<br/><br/>#getFediHired 2025-11-12T20:20:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9w28sf6xgy9zam2xmw0ta7ae0fy53hjw968xhtel2y748djp2fgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx0355wq #Library coll-dev people:<br/><br/>What would you expect to see on the syllabus of a Collections Strategy course?<br/><br/>(Boosts welcome.) 2025-11-06T20:15:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs08d7znp5y8hmap0z8l83tgam0qyyf9fcnpwatlxd6qgvffqe58cgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxp9500a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hgmtflg0d6tjksfanuet9gg86j6fg6nvtduyncvttklad8wv2dq7pzdwg'>nevent1q…zdwg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>😉 2025-11-01T02:05:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddv4qqydrvc39n2aqyjdf9lahuczvlg25v00wue2arqm988fhg2gzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx6ncm85 Pondering a Sergeant Jackrum costume for next year. Secondhand marching-band jackets have to be a thing, right? 2025-10-31T21:59:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8q2u9sr6puampeaw66j5zyj63dz9wkn83jlj6mss3u8pkxqz3jagzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxazwq4u So <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1psarfgt80qj428x4nhmn2g5j54kpr8lyyqpu8ljwdcjrjl3d0hds3wj5uh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>404 Media</span> (<span class="italic">npub1psa…j5uh</span>)</a></span> has a grant to file a ton of sunshine-law requests over library censorship (any type of library, best I can tell).<br/><br/>They&#39;ve been doing the best library news coverage anywhere. I trust them. <br/><br/>Let&#39;s help them out. All they want is leads -- whom should they request records from?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/help-us-investigate-book-bans-and-educational-censorship-around-america/">https://www.404media.co/help-us-investigate-book-bans-and-educational-censorship-around-america/</a><br/><br/>Contact via Signal at jason.404; email jason@404media.co. (That&#39;s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nn0latxyc9czt4kj4j5kmw49ml98l8ezjq3e4em87j2rekasusrsa0qf5k" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jason Koebler</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nn0…qf5k</span>)</a></span>, but remember Mastodon isn&#39;t private.) <br/><br/>#libraries #publiclibraries #academiclibraries #censorship 2025-10-10T13:56:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27rdw9a3tv93aa3dhhg50580kvgswm8s24mmdtzhrh9tnltlxjggzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxjkdvzn Obituary for Irwin Rovner: <a href="https://rfhr.com/obituaries/irwin-rovner/">https://rfhr.com/obituaries/irwin-rovner/</a><br/><br/>Funeral is tomorrow. 2025-09-30T18:08:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgedau2l8xh49u80gw5zuudnlyaua2v9u92jle2uraf80vj24yw8qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx976x7e If I were still working in institutional repositories, I think a business I&#39;d want to get into is &#34;research project websites.&#34; Like Project InfoLit.<br/><br/>Because we KNOW those have expiration dates. Wouldn&#39;t it be hugely cleaner if the outputs were already in the IR and we could just decommission the accompanying website chrome? 2025-08-21T16:33:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgeupyvtqutlm8azd9juxcuhjtylj92r0t2ve5teksv62ky4p6uqszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxm3vya2 IR librarians, web archivists: tell me somebody&#39;s grabbing a copy of this for long-term preservation, please.<br/><br/><a href="https://projectinfolit.org/">https://projectinfolit.org/</a> 2025-08-21T14:21:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjqecd7m0fepyw4fcr3czasnjld3t80g9z2xpedh6z4p9ewkl70qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxpyys4l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3c7u7dekma797s3zg0uyq9unnf5q6q03sf39x465xnpnt6wa6qgucaeeq'>nevent1q…aeeq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>US Mobile also. My plan is under ten bucks a month. Verizon reseller, but I think they also can do T-Mob. 2025-08-08T00:37:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstgz7mvdttn7u4n0az2z6c4nynpfkvvn3z50at8ml35gmj85gagtczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxdwrdhg Fuck AI bros. <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/">https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/</a> 2025-08-04T14:38:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs02dr4dsc4x9732w68n7y383aqpufpw8q6zrck0e3xmthrp6vqy7czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxq0zv9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lrl9jxwxaz2ywd9c72q9rvz5dp9ys3mnen7jmkatm8xfrjep8hs8uq6cq'>nevent1q…q6cq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would think <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xlnd8p0yhhjr7kd43zw90f8tnf4cwutmzuy6r6jhykv3x2l3lq9swjs0wy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Library Futures</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xln…s0wy</span>)</a></span> would talk about this. Kyle K. Courtney and Nancy Sims are excellent lawyerbrarians.<br/><br/>I can take a stab at it if I have to, but I&#39;m not the most up-to-date. Also IANAL. 2025-07-27T19:09:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4nv2prhwh3q9p8rll9hvfwhsvdgzde58szpus60jmuv6msjwv9qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx54lx86 Shot, chaser.<br/><br/>(The slide is about eight months old. Our Workday implementation is ten days live.)<br/> <img src="https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/114/868/700/390/935/819/original/8148b23b93466492.png"> <br/> <img src="https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/114/868/706/953/520/635/original/d970371eea466552.png"> <br/> 2025-07-17T13:03:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2w7mnqg0mkzcqvz5cj8f4q7fzryxhtk2grteufens2cdye20zdczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxaqhl4s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfkl5g9zwzmaqssgjgwq2af2q6y9htayg3mygl47kx7p4z7p33zcasfv52'>nevent1q…fv52</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Really blunt question: why are you doing this? Are you funded for it? Is it worth the effort?<br/><br/>I would be inclined to dump the whole thing in a bit-preservation system with collection-level metadata and leave it the hell alone there.<br/><br/>If even that much. 2025-07-01T15:13:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2m2wyy9jfvu7s75l4m3jv4d5d5vu9xfh7l255akt8c5dxx2p8qczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxd6e3cn Library batsignal: <br/><br/>Throw me examples of US public or school libraries reporting on individual minor patrons&#39; information use (books or Internet) to their parents/guardians, either willingly or under (legal or other) duress?<br/><br/>Asking for something I&#39;m writing. A reasonably recent systematic survey of this phenomenon would be wizard if it exists. 2025-06-30T17:22:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspuptp93wkac7ensk8tc8x0dgtcsuzzrmn4f58rty0qxqzs8y0avqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxpfjwpm Libxml2&#39;s &#34;no security embargoes&#34; policy [LWN.net] <a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1025971/73f269ad3695186d/">https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1025971/73f269ad3695186d/</a> 2025-06-26T14:00:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxe8054xndr9gg395ukcamdvkvg8754vd0mmmrhc967rg5crrry6qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx8z4xht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8a4q5tdpyspwq8jxhc4jc2j7w7v3wzf2jjutch6lysgdvne9am8cxvwe8w'>nevent1q…we8w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thinking about whether I can pull this off in my weed-ridden front yard. Difficulty level: significant slope on two sides, grass-obsessed neighbor on one side. 2025-06-23T16:25:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqwvqkqhq3kv4lcgvcs7q5k7fnu0emr099l0df7lfy5vsnlukw5gszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx8amfm2 Hello yellow! My back yard this morning. #Florespondence<br/> <img src="https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/114/733/072/661/614/880/original/0e3761ad12bee81d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-23T14:10:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvrxmewnx4rc7pxack2nm7jhp4wkjz6lc63u60vaajrqd4tyr92lgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx0y5a08 On the topic of &#34;C&amp;RL sure has been publishing some puzzlingly bad stuff lately,&#34; here is a KABOOM of a response well worth reading:<br/><br/><a href="https://acrlog.org/2025/05/27/open-letter-to-crl-from-the-academic-wing-of-criplib/">https://acrlog.org/2025/05/27/open-letter-to-crl-from-the-academic-wing-of-criplib/</a><br/><br/>My thanks to the authors for this. It takes courage to do it at all, and significant skill and knowledge to do it as well as this. 2025-05-27T19:28:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv582v2gcz54a0p6ett22mry9ctxmjc093krxlpt65q28mcaee7aczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxmxl02x Dear <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18jrp6r2wryupr0w7xr9z500anmfsv69hwztjllf7xd09uuw2z4tsd8z02s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>EDUCAUSE</span> (<span class="italic">npub18jr…z02s</span>)</a></span>: Brewster Kahle is not a librarian and does not speak for librarians. Stop pretending he does. Talk to ACTUAL LIBRARIANS, please. 2025-05-19T15:17:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9dx2c3mdaj5hcp6gj3w20vuzcxupk8630s7szkzad2tuzsaqcgmqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxmvzclm Hey, so I finished The AI Con today. <br/><br/>And, like, for people who have been paying a lot of attention, there isn&#39;t a lot in it that will be new. But there is a LOT that is extremely well-expressed in ways I am absolutely gonna reuse-with-credit.<br/><br/>And I just wanna thank <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e2zt6n5m6h6x0a659artfnv700kyl2nsp6v00nzyv2l5en24huustsn97d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Hanna</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e2z…n97d</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15xvq07ttjr063lkf99nvm62y74w9fgkhqsehg96ynjqpmh37uukqmq0jms" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15xv…0jms</span>)</a></span> for the final-chapter shout-out to librarians.<br/><br/>Yeah. Appreciated the respectful clueful non-stereotyped shout-out. A LOT. 2025-05-18T21:57:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvgkhvfrax95mlz50phrsx3nsan5chjrvmn4kdggf3myvstrsts3gzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxpkgwkl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxtw2ppva4hs0jpy7c5yjzrj0943p3d2guwuw56hdlszsszjqwjc20zjd4'>nevent1q…zjd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was horrified and then I read the rest of your toot. *g*<br/><br/>And yeah, no, not naming that asshole. 2025-04-11T18:43:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg7l92q7hzkf0e7zsdmla3vjzv7cw9fvc55fc6dgawxp2yxckavaqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx8eydr3 #lastBoost I&#39;ve gotten several of those.<br/><br/>Joke&#39;s on them; I don&#39;t own a car and rarely drive. 2025-04-06T18:01:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswez5ncu9zm7zqngh643t42easzl8rwgzuknw0vvurwhg7ez88pjgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx9t3avm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8hdmtllvuvfrvxh907xw55gnzessecj50jvxm6wlyfsuk2eexsgc27max'>nevent1q…7max</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Session info:<br/><br/>Kit Bash! Building a Media Lab in a Box<br/><br/>Our patrons and communities are losing their history to obsolete and deteriorating media, from cassette tapes and VHS to floppy diskettes and data CDs. <br/><br/>Expecting every library to have a full-blown media lab is unrealistic -- but what if most of a lab could be packed into a traveling kit? Learn to build such a kit based on two existing ones, one for audio/video and one for digital media. 2025-03-31T20:00:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8hdmtllvuvfrvxh907xw55gnzessecj50jvxm6wlyfsuk2eexsgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx793qz3 Hey, I got my Upgrade proposal accepted! (And don&#39;t say &#34;of course.&#34; Believe me, my colleagues have no compunction about kicking my butt when they think it needs kicking.) 2025-03-31T20:00:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqm9x9hvqcavyln33karevlc0uwl9jv2c5265hsc2r7dezd5qwzjgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxt22723 In better news, HOLY CRAP they found part of the Vulgate Merlin!<br/><br/><a href="https://reactormag.com/a-lost-bit-of-the-story-of-merlin-and-arthur-has-been-found-at-cambridge/">https://reactormag.com/a-lost-bit-of-the-story-of-merlin-and-arthur-has-been-found-at-cambridge/</a><br/><br/>The book-length translation from Spanish that I did as an undergrad... I did it because the Vulgate Merlin was (is) thought lost, and what I was translating one of its few offshoots.<br/><br/>This is huge and very cool. 2025-03-28T22:18:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst0vujrs664k02twhdzk44253jucn67jc3tea3y0cys3apzjjuaugzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxjuzzkq Me: *in grungies at home, doing odds and ends of work*<br/><br/>10:15: *phone rings* Hi, it&#39;s Ashley from WMTV. Can you do an interview on the 23andMe bankruptcy?<br/><br/>Me: Uh, sure. When and where?<br/><br/>Ashley: How about 11, your office?<br/><br/>Me, out loud: Sure, I&#39;ll meet you there.<br/><br/>Me, inwardly: *FUCK*<br/><br/>But I got my face on and some non-embarrassing clothes, and it should air this afternoon/evening. 2025-03-25T17:19:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvnc6pwuf9zl9unc6s9g5xe66dapqkcj8l4lje99rex2d9cm43dczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxmrdlhu Just wrote this. Make this hypothetical project worse!<br/><br/>A rogue librarian with no care for library ethics could design and carry out an assessment project that systematically collects and analyzes fully-identified data on patrons’ use of the library and its services and materials, both physical and electronic, while neither informing patrons of that collection and analysis nor offering them a chance to protect their information privacy by refusing to participate. 2025-03-18T20:54:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsthspsvqrkrdea24zl5s9nyt6zcu2lsec5qwghc30ytzgw8w4vaggzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxghkz7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvuezrmw6fgvh5h950ec04zarrvef922lvhv69uklszlhv7h4rrg49v53r'>nevent1q…v53r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh lord wtf has stuart reges done now 2025-03-07T22:58:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4z93xduv5sv0l3xux8pqg3kwj7ev2upkplcpf3y9zshqdgwfj8czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx77l9nm New Tattle Tape post: When we fight, sometimes we win<br/><br/><a href="https://dsalo.info/when-we-fight-sometimes-we-win/">https://dsalo.info/when-we-fight-sometimes-we-win/</a> 2025-02-20T15:32:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdgg57dkpm2azas76w9jzep3wvnxffuj89se4d3ezpv8098vsag4czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxse0skc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyx72vlh9nypuqer8mqfufgfl9taz9fx33ednh7k0fjl6ta0z2pmguhl88v'>nevent1q…l88v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>did you see The Beaverton? <a href="https://thebeaverton.com/2025/01/chinas-new-and-cheaper-magic-beans-shock-americas-unprepared-magic-bean-salesmen/">https://thebeaverton.com/2025/01/chinas-new-and-cheaper-magic-beans-shock-americas-unprepared-magic-bean-salesmen/</a> 2025-01-30T18:44:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cap9fmwxtpmtjyl8p9mr0xx2uc5ul2fu6tgkscxjj83tmrf7esszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx9kfpxt Yeah, put a fork in Creative Commons, it&#39;s done.<br/><br/>Its new strategic plan is a milquetoast pile of useless bromides. 2025-01-23T14:35:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszsdnhyq85ppjffge7tr4xt5tysg4feqc6elmxkhfph8xru6wfnvgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxvmnz88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0t389ynd0dn0su52cqqsx0uphurm08rd8wcxyas2lwe32nk09csge5mju'>nevent1q…5mju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>stop, are you me? 2025-01-19T23:25:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszs65ucy63k5wrxcnjhd8k9d0k67j4v8aqswa7pck4mh3kpfvl0zczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxcydknh I have stayed out of several squabbles/quarrels this week that I could have dived right into.<br/><br/>Good job, me; I am proud of you. 2025-01-17T21:49:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv6nw5t4l0aps9v0p3cf6pu3fvrusnh22r906404wn9tz9jc7jexczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxeghg5a Oh hey, it my students and me. (Data Privacy Week is week after next, but the campus office wanted to be prepared early.)<br/><br/><a href="https://it.wisc.edu/data-privacy-week/data-privacy-week-faculty/">https://it.wisc.edu/data-privacy-week/data-privacy-week-faculty/</a> 2025-01-15T20:08:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp7xywcvy0lnela0hdjemcd35g3a33d7klzjk694kpg83v6p6nu9czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxgr73yy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jg65xlmmxpc0dr7t3yw9yzmc7zzzmg3csxs77fe6uttmufxw2jszscdfe'>nevent1q…cdfe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, a ton of it the only threat model I can think of is a Perry Mason &#34;I can prove THIS is the camera with which...&#34; scenario.<br/><br/>But timestamps and GPS, yeah, I&#39;d want that gone. 2025-01-15T00:52:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tvyg8hsp77rppxs9p09pjpz9wn057965ujezy89ny93ggrgs4zczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx5exac4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw3qs27c86vnnp4xlnskd2qaqsdj3h92548eval0lvmzrgn2qkzlqjq9x2x'>nevent1q…9x2x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, brief EXIFtool walkthrough built. Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1prsjp48zup4rrp4xldg66x7zff2ykvusk47awlhsmaqhm3apl95s53eh8y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jessamyn</span> (<span class="italic">npub1prs…eh8y</span>)</a></span> for the awesome example of one of her Wikimedia Commons selfies. 2025-01-14T19:45:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw3qs27c86vnnp4xlnskd2qaqsdj3h92548eval0lvmzrgn2qkzlqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxlvl3du In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9794u286pre5m5pgun2cu4pcw22n3w5jflcejv7ac8wu4k74l8sk2plyj'>nevent1q…plyj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... Looks like no, which is the result I need for purposes of my course, though it also gives me the blue creevles for privacy reasons. 2025-01-14T19:01:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9794u286pre5m5pgun2cu4pcw22n3w5jflcejv7ac8wu4k74l8szyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx7zr3yl When you teach digital curation and metadata, you have to wonder things like &#34;does Canvas scrub embedded image metadata on upload?&#34;<br/><br/>Will let y&#39;all know what I find out... 2025-01-14T18:59:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqqv9cd94uh0ttgeslwy5afnj5lvynkxenr3kz3jxut3yvu7fw8dqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxjh8zes In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0mwuhl3ssn5ehczjvcmzelf5vj3dntq239nz5c2hx626j87gzgpgnqv4hd'>nevent1q…v4hd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gonna get stabby at the first person who asks why it wasn&#39;t all digitized already. 2025-01-12T00:37:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4854m655qhatgznmqma5cqfct4s2kyjcf0cuc9weascjmygr6kszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx2ltust In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f2zc6462mqsllqhwxdarvfv69xdktxhg65yduju7ajcjyh5j96can7fe6'>nevent1q…7fe6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>N.b. I&#39;m a librarian. Libraries have totally pulled the same &#34;we&#39;re neutral&#34; and &#34;the fix for bad speech is MOAR SPEECH&#34; bullshit you&#39;ve been pulling all this time.<br/><br/>I teach soon-to-be librarians now why this is not okay and how to move beyond it. The profession hasn&#39;t caught up with what I&#39;m teaching yet, but I teach the way I do so that it will, someday.<br/><br/>You can change. You should change. Free speech absolutism is no longer acceptable. Grow up. 2025-01-10T15:02:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8f2zc6462mqsllqhwxdarvfv69xdktxhg65yduju7ajcjyh5j96czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxgp6hzl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlj9jde9rqmqtd79zexlellgpuf5ypl7nfdzmnafm5u0y3pajf0ssksd0c'>nevent1q…sd0c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Y&#39;all will do or say anything to avoid OWNING YOUR SHIT, won&#39;t you?<br/><br/>Own. Your. Shit. <br/><br/>You&#39;ve been simping for hate for a long time. Figure out how you&#39;re going to NOT DO THAT ANY MORE, apologize for doing it at all, and then don&#39;t do it again.<br/><br/>You get not one penny and not one word of praise from me until you fix your hearts and your practices. 2025-01-10T14:58:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8jhm00segkhdj8hwnhrtkg5wnpns4253svn8ejdpwmslqusf86jqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxstfgec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8f9p5d247wvg6rt7svzpgn6gfwhwq8ejgq4qeyvzlt38jpxcx2csl4uqa'>nevent1q…4uqa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>omg YOU?!<br/><br/>like, do they even KNOW YOU?! 2025-01-09T23:33:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq22xl6xhdut8w4vd6xrl88rupfserr5ekrkljmjy66nqyu9ensaqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxqx5gyn In fairness to Elsevier, I was talking to a colleague just yesterday on how stigmatized it obviously is in many circles to call gen-AI the con job it is.<br/><br/>These circles emphatically include way too much of academe. I read my colleague the bit from the introduction to AI Snake Oil about how its authors called out AI papers for arrant bullshit but their critique was deemed unpublishable.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve also run into that tone-policey bullshit (not about gen AI yet). Fuck. That. Sideways. 2025-01-07T15:49:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxl3nwxd5ymd448v3r8g2j97u7whesa03hs2h4a4j30j2xzc4wcnszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxlsff6a Infosec folks! Read any good books lately?<br/><br/>Looking for novella-or-longer fiction from the last couple-three years with some kind of infosec slant. Does NOT have to be realistic in any way (sff is fine!). Does not have to be amazing literature (pulp is fine!).<br/><br/>Asking for a me-and-my-syllabus. For context, you can find the assignment under &#34;Learn (?) from a book&#34; in <a href="https://dsalo.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/510syllf2023.pdf">https://dsalo.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/510syllf2023.pdf</a> 2025-01-06T19:33:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstsjna7sjr80rw2kvy47pn5mrmj9apagf2cupvdazmsky05096ltgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxawhnr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg6t5f53smlseqt00j4nak6nss7yg25evujrzc509kj44h7mfrqqskt80d'>nevent1q…t80d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I dig it. It gives me a source of images for my students to run exiftool on. I&#39;m a privacy wonk and scrub my own images, so... 2025-01-03T20:14:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy9mzqeqkyj89j4jsg4jlrsyv6xwlme9r8zfh7ftmf5zzf87lcrtczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx8lu6xr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg57fh0mxc3xaundsn5k6pdtry4dwhcw26t2rq23lsulh7wm674hgcmhv77'>nevent1q…hv77</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>interesting application of technical metadata! may borrow for metadata class 2025-01-03T17:59:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7m4fpmg6vhvydlfu6uj00azdhy8w6q39kp2z79c40c4zclamm5qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxc4k4sk בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָֽינוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמָן הַזֶּה. 2024-12-25T21:40:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw2d7eeyurpamkmh0cjuv7my4vx4zaw9naqw8ycdhaayslz065f2qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx0gczvq GRADES ARE IN. 2024-12-20T15:28:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszscse3crqx5kcjv0zsfymdrek0u48567v24lwn7uap8mvf9scc2gzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx88kmkq The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship continues punching WAY above its weight. <br/><br/>IMO it&#39;s the equal of any theory journal in LIS and vastly superior to most.<br/><br/>Latest issue: <a href="https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/issue/view/2802">https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/issue/view/2802</a> 2024-12-18T15:13:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrvqq5udu53ry7cxz8qyx8skaxdzeyfmp7mamq5nj4utequch3adczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx4tmqcp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgrxxwywx7h7r6s6zf4eu5hu73l7f27qs88l3typacnrneunqsprs3fsa82'>nevent1q…sa82</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is this self-hosted Ghost or Ghost Pro? 2024-12-17T21:28:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxlng392q4sk86n449d682nyngljeau0xunc6d5a9vaee4cgjd4hszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxcagjtc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwxz85wmrxgpwupv5jh0hgs0g2pwnh7ty5q78pt62gsxc09cznaq8hdpwu'>nevent1q…dpwu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish I didn&#39;t think a lot of that had to do with crab-bucketing in librarianship... but I do think that. Unfortunately. 2024-12-05T18:04:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9a29692hxqzj6zpysg85f54pc2ngssk0n4y3uv3n5u9sreg9l3hczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx53t6rh Found my stash of rubber ducks for next Monday. <br/><br/>(I give them to any graduating seniors in my tech-related classes, inducting them into the Right Noble Order of the Rubber Duck.) 2024-12-04T16:57:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyjwwpg4w7sutsc8ryn4ks97g5ny7umx4rgtz27f542498pydq5dqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx5w2zqp Operation Fucking Stop Calling Brewster Kahle A Librarian<br/><br/>(he is also not an archivist) 2024-12-03T15:08:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqju6kc8ee54jl5mvy6vzld3eu9mlq6tfsw8mj6un2nr0shkcrpczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxhqmahf Whew, it&#39;s just pithy quote day, I tell you what.<br/><br/>&#34;... the mega-platforms themselves, at the core of which are machines for turning human action and feeling into saleable data objects.&#34; -- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sacl4yvfyeurcng493dnfsq4w0hnelqcs9fzk2fk60rn3mpj49ds90kcpe" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Erin Kissane</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sac…kcpe</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/">https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/</a> 2024-11-22T15:37:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjqu7se2tz6gfyqh8qjt74zj8zu8wgsc9csf4tqgxda4e89walxszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxe2zwtg &#34;Today we don’t have a manufacturing model of software development; we have a literary model, where everyone gets to make up their own version of what we often already have.&#34; -- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1udn9dsz5hxu4akxgjk7q8ax3g6jmujaamarukkxt096mjxt8vaqsnl3tjr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Wendy Nather</span> (<span class="italic">npub1udn…3tjr</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>OH DANG will I ever be quoting that in class.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.securityweek.com/rising-tides-wendy-nather-on-resilience-leadership-and-building-a-stronger-cybersecurity-community/">https://www.securityweek.com/rising-tides-wendy-nather-on-resilience-leadership-and-building-a-stronger-cybersecurity-community/</a> 2024-11-22T15:10:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswa8pmeafqrtmwt0n4x6psedp75xasp2d64r6aml9jkgwjahh7hrqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxc5vk0u fluffy gripper socks are the best thing in the universe when you&#39;ve biked home from work through a driving rain and are therefore tired and cold and wet 2024-11-19T00:59:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf35f4f03g928ctuyp57p2yv63d3gjvjhs588wm8s9ketw6lgtzuqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxe67kyq So I last-minute threw together a talk for INFOCon (<a href="https://www.ischools.org/infocon">https://www.ischools.org/infocon</a>) today, and it was a little scattered but not too bad (attendee questions were AWESOME), so.<br/><br/>Taking Arms Against a Sea of Chatbot Sludge<br/><br/><a href="https://speakerdeck.com/dsalo/taking-arms-against-a-sea-of-chatbot-sludge">https://speakerdeck.com/dsalo/taking-arms-against-a-sea-of-chatbot-sludge</a> 2024-11-13T19:32:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxw8ayj5kula4jkkj6vst725xfle8ksq8j9ajdc0a53uuhfzp3asqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxdrf782 ugh, this is my day for asking questions apparently<br/><br/>I remember the Cat&amp;Girl webcomic... but there was another site (home tips and similar, I think?) that talked openly about chatbot-generated web sludge eating its lunch vis-a-vis advertising.<br/><br/>Who was this? 2024-11-12T17:43:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgqyuug9095a3jl2m8qnykjtht5yhwtd9fdzt4vwpxttqysk2svvqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx9ez55e All conferences who still use a two-column whatever-flavor-of-TeX template:<br/><br/>STOP. STOP IT. PEOPLE READ THOSE PDFS ONSCREEN. Two-column sucks for that.<br/><br/>One column (plus marginalia if you like; that&#39;s a great way to handle notes or citations), please.<br/><br/>Looking at you today, [@PET_Symposium](<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@PET_Symposium">https://infosec.exchange/@PET_Symposium</a> ) 2024-11-11T18:09:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhuply7um4a45phusumwm5wljvvy478ny6ythtun4kstzxqsgnsqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx4lq88s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ztateqj9phc94fz3hq47q3dage8z85zklvmh3j0g6m9lr3h62dgmva0v4'>nevent1q…a0v4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>filtering is also good as a spat/squabble prevention measure<br/><br/>can&#39;t spat over something I didn&#39;t see 2024-11-06T15:38:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp399gzl5axs6wep2tg4twlcs20phhxh6vdhy0t0g78w0fjw72huczyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx43ztct One of my infosec students is a collegiate-level figure skater and she showed me video of her latest competition skate after class and HOW AWESOME IS THAT 2024-11-04T23:47:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2uu6ar8dlvz0cdwkpzdv9tud4unpv8wrag2wg2u9qjg3k6802afszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxh4k0sh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsukznc2f5h5248zulddmtc7dfcvqwmkqlkm529g9h5q9wmwj05skhmw08'>nevent1q…mw08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, that would be awesome. The issue, I suspect, is the disconnect between CPanel-type apps and those that need *spit* Docker or similar.<br/><br/>I&#39;m currently kinda frustrated with the WordPress situation because my hosting is CPanel-type and the app selection is Not Great, Bob. To do better I&#39;d have to move to the pricier, DIY-ier Docker service. 2024-10-29T20:21:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvwux5v7dl3hcvn9sz2t35qfssje0qp58tqad8qvqlzksh8g3nvdqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxkfp69u it lives! IT LIVES! IIIIIIIIIT LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES! *evil cackling*<br/><br/>... ahem.<br/><br/>My research article &#34;Data Ethics in Library Learning Analytics&#34; has been published by the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.<br/><br/><a href="https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.16245">https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.16245</a> 2024-10-21T16:07:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9h3x3t3fkd2n840j524eg7s369dw7yvju7dept8s8e5fvqlu7r0qzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxs2gzz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96sfms8y32cv7rllfa92xngv4c7495ahzmvefdznq0elue0fsmqgxdpqp9'>nevent1q…pqp9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>backblaze saved my azz a couple months ago when my home laptop abruptly gave up the ghost 2024-10-16T14:13:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf804acjjpjzfvccxqutsd40uy03g4uxfz6h7uqwvrjwj0q8zafqszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxgzq96h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg2uj3fpws87wlp06ma2v8amqlvpak54nud4kfxgxshrdl5vlczc92gsxq'>nevent1q…gsxq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unfortunately, if I had to guess, it&#39;d be an implosion at BU. The libraries there have had some painfully bad leadership the last decade or so. 2024-09-29T22:18:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ntxpnqyjlsgy5dqcglcd7cfnla6xffgaxh9p7epvlqy3k5y6mnqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxfg5hl5 From Tumblr.<br/><br/>Ranganathan&#39;s Five Laws of Feline Science:<br/><br/>1. Boxes are for cats.<br/>2. Every cat its box.<br/>3. Every box its cat.<br/>4. Save the boxes for cats.<br/>5. Cats are growing organisms. 2024-09-25T20:29:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2y4yhj0h8gnc0j67x264v5dgzm5lsc0s9w04f282x9surfwmy4hqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx3yy7mf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vn5ck3un8a7rymz2dcq55qhau7v0skpwalp8vsh2ls8lsdw93pg4zwehr'>nevent1q…wehr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s ALWAYS DNS 2024-09-24T00:32:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqs4hgpy93qdkj43wuuym568twn4g2p0fqula6vt3vchza8j4tqjqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxhf4wp9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2glgmdeewu0nrz6py6juxat69zhwwv868mmd92jvs75vrfaysacy97e83'>nevent1q…7e83</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>uuuuuuuuuuuuugh I&#39;m sorry and furious at once<br/><br/>I am fighting a not-dissimilar battle on a much smaller stage in my department, as the loudest gen-AI &#34;it&#39;s a fucking mania what is WRONG with this fucking campus why are we uncritically climbing on this ridiculous bandwagon&#34; skeptic<br/><br/>but <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e2zt6n5m6h6x0a659artfnv700kyl2nsp6v00nzyv2l5en24huustsn97d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Hanna</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e2z…n97d</span>)</a></span> is visiting us next week, so I&#39;m not wholly without hope (and will try to get there; I have to shed a meeting but I think it&#39;s sheddable) 2024-09-18T20:12:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdvswqlyu86mqj3xyf80ss82w6gr3vkg9020gcfuqsnklkh7z06mqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxy7vx9v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfv30u7s6njlcy47pvvxnvgkk9fyp7gdyr22cwwjvl3zlu04mwwc0x6k8s'>nevent1q…6k8s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t love six months either -- shorter is better! -- but I strongly suspect that given cross-campus library politics (one campus&#39;s UL is a known surveillance monster, and no, it&#39;s not Madison&#39;s), it was the shortest they could achieve consensus on.<br/><br/>And it&#39;s at least reasonable. 2024-09-06T16:21:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvryhkldku24c99gujhcdp95rdxd9hw4dxy8s3rl8a56ls788sl3czyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxwlm3jz 2024.08.23 EFF Amicus Brief Draft - Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs - 2024-08-28_amicus_curiae_dckt_.pdf <a href="https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-08-28_amicus_curiae_dckt_.pdf">https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-08-28_amicus_curiae_dckt_.pdf</a> 2024-09-06T16:01:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsykzmqmw6talwc89awp5sc7lmccq24zsjqdea59uzxcjne66rt3sszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxa6em6t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xy4l7psu3crkwn2ncxchfw8dhyn6y8w2t2dg2265zj6mpx7gwjq8c90l7'>nevent1q…90l7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I really like it.<br/><br/>I am not opting in! But happy for others to, if they want.<br/><br/>And because I&#39;ve ripped those libraries up one side and down the other over circ record retention, I just wrote a post congratulating them on this. Only right that I do. 2024-09-06T14:43:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2a8sm03p0qq7xu5zrjrxresfz9xmn8x3yl8jyq00enhh3zahdfegzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxlzlxes LOAN HISTORY, THEY DOIN IT RITE.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.library.wisc.edu/borrow-request/loan-history/">https://www.library.wisc.edu/borrow-request/loan-history/</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m really very happy about this. 2024-09-06T14:16:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsde28lyqd82qglqakmdk7ke72rnlwg086klfqz3ekrgdhvn3gst5szyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx2a0hd0 Seattle Public Library recovers from ransomware attack, makes moves to strengthen tech security – GeekWire <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattle-public-library-recovers-from-ransomware-attack-makes-moves-to-strengthen-tech-security/">https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattle-public-library-recovers-from-ransomware-attack-makes-moves-to-strengthen-tech-security/</a> 2024-09-06T14:01:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs863qlqgcngs2040mcv8q0g9r0j80d8p5chgmf5fj8mqa7k4yc4cgzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxjkl3vg How the Hourglass Won - Systems Approach <a href="https://systemsapproach.org/2024/08/19/how-the-hourglass-won/">https://systemsapproach.org/2024/08/19/how-the-hourglass-won/</a> 2024-09-06T14:01:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxk9lwstj69k8cn9vwcj7xjceusqu6z6lptu9qj8entrly75fxkpqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx96pnlj Shocking video: Flood water smashes through library wall, destroys historic documents | CTV News <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/historical-documents-swept-away-in-catastrophic-long-island-library-flooding-1.7026459">https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/historical-documents-swept-away-in-catastrophic-long-island-library-flooding-1.7026459</a> 2024-09-06T14:01:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2avku2wurctl6v3cwmgwtccz38leqw9lwa8ma67y0fnxyh0uz5pqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxkcylju Hah. The reason my new MacBook was rebooting during sleep appears to be that the keyboard cover I put on it only has half-height covers in the top row, so the cutout for the power button wasn&#39;t big enough. The half-key cover there was pressing the power button during sleep.<br/><br/>Guess those affordances are real real thin. I fixed it by cutting off the offending key cover. Seems fine now. 2024-09-06T13:34:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9nknzuh7xdms9ajddyhft9mg9u75lg22s87cqswl2ern97f5qxqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxcs09qf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs23lstw6mm3susy8j3v879qhsvx9aty5j0trrmq3l9as2wmfxpsvqkkdfy0'>nevent1q…dfy0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I get it too. <br/><br/>Too many yahoos out there currently going &#34;Banned books? I&#39;M IN FAVOR!&#34; 2024-09-05T22:25:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv88ktds6e0m3ylyjpe6g8arl43lsua4y0u9llut9ydvs438gu6kqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx5n8thl The Links x Hivemind Swarmed reading guide to Gamergate <a href="https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/p/the-links-x-hivemind-swarmed-reading?triedRedirect=true">https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/p/the-links-x-hivemind-swarmed-reading?triedRedirect=true</a> 2024-09-05T20:01:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf4mnfh9044m4dnnvagy5s7pqzuzkqus87c9ndlwth73fjprhn8tqzyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultx7jj8p8 Corporate surveillance technology is out of control - Sherwood News <a href="https://sherwood.news/tech/corporate-surveillance-technology-is-out-of-control/">https://sherwood.news/tech/corporate-surveillance-technology-is-out-of-control/</a> 2024-09-05T20:01:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy880xdzerq5h9lheme62502f3tdupz9weu8fjv68zztvvk9gfjqszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxtnrh3q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrxrnc4xfr90lujm4gzk7rlcg33vu4xzaqu27hde2u3vjq58c65qxamaj0'>nevent1q…maj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that is a Midsomer Murder in the making right there 2024-09-05T19:15:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgqrtmf5ktjj80nrd55hemd4asw99ztdu4rcf2q4ju0h340ggkvcszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxgwtjrp 50 students and a few waitlisted for human-factors-infosec. Quite good for the in-person version (which is capped by room space).<br/><br/>Happy about it; I was concerned last spring that it didn&#39;t seem to be enrolling. 2024-09-05T19:14:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvx6vqajg95t54574sss70j53evl4uwuc7whms9twzv5tyze9axdszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxd772qt Threads is trading trust for growth <a href="https://werd.io/2024/threads-is-trading-trust-for-growth">https://werd.io/2024/threads-is-trading-trust-for-growth</a> 2024-09-05T18:01:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgatrsfplst2wlwatm6k7jfkgc6u2vt6674hd9r2ud3yj00jykraszyp98hu66n2gep3ac2efz3d325q7p3alnvh4896ykmds69eelfultxq3jqsr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqutl2vunf24k4jt26aaykn332dff0wekfqumxh3mskju3v6v3fxcnhz04j'>nevent1q…z04j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope your birthday is as comfortable as Lancelot in his cat cave!<br/> <img src="https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/113/085/919/430/231/284/original/b880aed15e492f59.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-05T16:37:33Z