Beth Blackwood 💾

Librarian into critical thinking, privacy, and plants. Lord, beer me strength (she/her).

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

COVID Update: Anti-vaxxers on Twitter/Facebook are a whole different breed from people who haven’t been vaccinated IRL. 1/

[Lousy Librarian @LousyLibrarian]

People think library work is low-key and relaxing but they have no idea. Between working the ref desk, weeding adult fiction, planning programs, and doing committee work, I don't even know when I'm going to find the time to set fire to a dumpster full of perfectly good books.

[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

Apparently it sold out on Amazon, cool, but also shame on those librarians

[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

I wrote a chapter:

[ALA News @alanews]

Teaching data literacy in academic libraries https://t.co/qFyP8IFDzC

[Stacked Librarian @StckedLibrarian]

Libraries cannot subsist on good intentions, & sheer determination. They need adequate funding, & qualified Staff.

[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

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[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

Hey #librarytwitter come work with me! We’re looking for an ERM librarian! I’m allowed to say to say the following phrase about it: “approximately $80k;” you get to deal with Alma:

[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

https://t.co/gsPgVfoP6c

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

I prefer watching the launches of independent bookstores. They’re a lot more entertaining. And they actually occupy space.

[Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra]

As I’ve dealt with bullying / harassment from a peer in my research field, I’ve often been told “he’s just jealous of your success.”

This is so unhelpful. WTF am I supposed to do with this…try to be less successful?

His actions are what need to change, not mine.

[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

@warmaiden

[Bishop Eaton @ELCABishopEaton]

There is nothing in the Lutheran theological tradition that forbids vaccination. Science and religion come from the same source - God. Getting vaccinated serves the neighbor. I and all my family are vaccinated not just for ourselves but for the community.

[Beth Blackwood 💾 @beth_backwoods]

Over the moon to hear dr. @safiyanoble speak tonight at @csuci at our campus reading celebration! Major ILS and CSU LOVE rn.

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

"The AI industry has talked a good game about AI ethics. But if some of the most sophisticated companies in this field cannot even convince their own employees of their good intentions, they will struggle to convince anyone else."

[Thing Bad @Merman_Melville]

boomers flat out cannot handle being online. the whole generation needs to go back to landline phones and handwritten letters. i'm serious

[Mark Hurst @markhurst]

10/ Finally, today, the Big Game. 1-6. Everything comes together: terrorists from the hate groups, recruited by the algorithm, chant the lies fed to them by the happy customer in the White House. And the system works just as it did in the Philippines and Brazil. Perfectly.

[Dr. Casey Fiesler is no longer on here @cfiesler]

Someone on TikTok asked if I could recommend books about tech ethics and I have never been so hyped to create a piece of content in my life. https://t.co/0N4MsnOJs3