Meghan Stigge, MLS

High school librarian & IB teacher. Brain tumor survivor. Personal account.

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

Oh hey look! My first professional byline! 😀 https://t.co/ChU0X5dVHK

[SchoolLibraryJournal @sljournal]

How My Library Doubled Its Circulation https://t.co/PkRC3ANqKT

[chad burner @BootleggedChad]

4 days out from my life-changing surgery, @Aetna has denied the appeal for my brain surgery.

to be clear, when i signed up to aetna months ago, the coordinator had confirmed they would cover this surgery. then, a week ago, they said the surgery was too experimental/elective and denied coverage. we appealed. that appeal was just denied today.

now, my neurosurgeon is trying to do a peer-to-peer consult with someone at aetna to explain why i need it so we don’t lose the surgery date on monday morning. aetna is not being responsive.

this is sadistic and a violation of basic trust. please spread this so they can’t ignore it. they may not care if i live or die but people should know just what kind of company they’re dealing with. and please pray they are able to have a peer-to-peer consult with my neurosurgeon and have a change of heart.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

We can no longer count on the internet to be a permanent digital archive. Governments are disappearing information from their websites, authors are seeing their life’s works deleted. Netflix has three movies from before 1970. It is time to invest in physical media.

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

@mrs_g_rider YES. And among the boys this round.

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

@FollettSoftware @kelseybogan I've emailed your tech support. All of my district high school librarians have been experiencing this, and there are a number on this thread who have as well, indicating a widespread issue. We will look forward to solutions.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens.

54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative.

The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i’m not saying nothing but it does seem like people are very mad about the healthcare situation in this country.

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

@kelseybogan @FollettSoftware I can't have students paying for books that they've returned that the software doesn't check in. Have you gotten a response from @FollettSoftware ? Are there forums where I can read more about this issue?

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

@kelseybogan @FollettSoftware Wait, others are experiencing this? I thought it was only me!

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

I'm convinced that declining student achievement is in large part due to 1-to-1 computer programs in schools.

[parm🔬 @parmita]

"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does."

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I'm so serious, if you stop using your creativity, imagination and thinking abilities you will LOSE them. Millions of people willingly giving up their intellects, the very thing that makes them human, is a nightmare straight out of our darkest science-fictions.

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

We're making the same mistake again today. Education is leaning hard into teaching the mechanics, and neglecting to foster a love (or even like) of reading.

[Tave @0hbetave]

Reminder that George W Bush is why we lost Reading Rainbow.

[zoë ✨🌙 @zoenone0none]

we need to stop chatgpt and other AI efforts EXPEDITIOUSLY or literally we are all going to die sooner rather than later. this is not an escapable truth. opt out. speak against it at your companies. do your best to make it completely unprofitable

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

For real: do not use generative AI for anything. No cutesy profile pics, no absurdist images, nothing. More will be needed to save us, but this is one thing we can do.

[Climate Defiance @ClimateDefiance]

This is the graph from the new report. Sear this into your memory. The green line represents how fast we must cut emissions to stay below 1.5 degrees. The top line represents current policies. The bars on the right show the gap between where we are and where we must be.

(6/9)

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

The replies to this are alarming

[Joe Wicks @thebodycoach]

What’s your biggest barrier to getting fitter? ☺️

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

This is so dangerous. So, so dangerous.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said https://t.co/mRjYfdxWgR

[anthony edwards fan page @_beccaswan]

if you don’t like the AI answers that pop up when you search things on Google, just add “-ai” at the end of your search and they won’t appear 💗 enjoy

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

In IB TOK, we talk a lot about how the "landscape of history" is vastly different when you view historical events through different lenses.

[sunsetrider @zunzetrider]

If you guys wanna see something really funny, view an article about Israel on wikipedia, change the language to hebrew, and translate to English. Tends to be some differing beliefs

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

Notable to me that every for-profit information hub is injecting AI into every corner of their services while the largest nonprofit information hub is fighting it off like their the Night's Watch

[Meghan Stigge, MLS @StiggeMe]

@melissajenna @karriehiggins Calm movements, low voice, calm engagement. This metaphor is very applicable (and sad).