Kate "Platypus Warlock" Deibel, PhD

Okay #ALA2025, it begins! For those who will be fighting time zone lag, I highly recommend Nook Coffee and Bakery on 20th street between Market and Chestnut. Best coffee in town in my opinion and some of the best baked goods too.

Support a local business and say hi to Mike and Edna!

Awww. That's a shame. Would have been nice to have seen you. BTW, love the portrait and hope to snag a photo Fiona near it at some point.

Been meaning to ask, who will be attending #ALA this weekend in Philadelphia? Anyone want to meet up? #ALA2025

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Photo of an office door with a window. Two trans pride flag stickers are in the window.

My little act of defiance at work. That's the door to my office at work. Just putting up a bit of trans pride in my library.

Oh, to have the time and the musical talent to write a parody of Fiddler's "Tradition" to describe the foibles of my library's "Migration!"

A digital illustration of a medieval banner. It says in medieval inspired script "ye olde trans rights". It is decorated with plants and blue, pink, and white flowers.

ye olde trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️🌿

Black and white photo of a clean shaven young white man wearing a white cowboy hat standing outside in the sun. On top of the hat is perched a little shorthaired black tuxedo kitten.

The dress code said “wear a tuxedo”. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

Sodom comet paper to be retracted two years after editor’s note acknowledging concerns The authors’ reconstruction of what the blast’s impact area may have been. Source Scientific Reports will retract a controversial paper claiming to present evidence an ancient city in t…

Scientific Reports will retract a controversial paper claiming to present evidence an ancient city in the Middle East was destroyed by an exploding celestial body – an event the authors suggested could have inspired the Biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah.

You might not be aware, but publishers don't allow libraries to buy permanent copies of ebooks/audiobooks. They are rented to them at a much higher rate than an individual can buy them. And they're limited to a low number of rentals before being charged again.

#supportLibraries

Darwin’s letters and books recognised as a UNESCO documentary heritage | Natural History Museum The documents will join other important archives such as the illuminated manuscripts of Charlemagne’s court.

Charles Darwin is best known for his work on evolution.

But he was a prolific scientist who studied much more. Now, over 20,000 of Darwin's letters, books and publications have been recognised as a UNESCO heritage.

Find out what this means 👇
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Admittedly, if anyone is an expert on violating IRS policies, he is the expert.

[Supposed] allies:
When you defend leadership from outwardly saying that the institution will always support group X because "it's a political dance right now", realize that your argument can and does apply to all groups under threat.

Excuse disrespect for trans people now at your own peril.

Hiveworks Comics sunsets publishing program Web and print publisher Hiveworks, will shut down its publishing operations by the end of the year and will soon be running a sale

Huh www.comicsbeat.com/hiveworks-co...

Oh, no. No no no.

Librarians: don’t do this!!

Being a Reader's Digest collection, the sourcing just says "U.S. National Park Service". I have found similar photos but not the same ones related to excavations in the Carnegie Quarry of the Morrison Formation. In fact, I suspect the fossil is one on display at the Dinosaur National Monument.

Image of a dusty man in a hat chiseling around a large dinosaur backbone. The caption reads: "STARK RELIEF: A dinosaur skeleton emerges as a paleontologist, working with great care, chiels sandstone away from a fossil at a site in Utah. The creature, a Camarasaurus, was 25 feet long.

Hey library friends, I'm doing a for fun reference task. We're looking for the original source of the image below. It was used in a reader's digest collection from 1975 but some sleuthing suggests that it is originally from the 1950s and published by the National Park Service.

This article is well worth a read as both a personal story and an explanation of why trans rights matter.

Take action today. Right to Read Day. April 7, 2025 #RightToReadDay. #DrawnToFreedom. Unite Against Book Bans. bit.ly/RightToReadDay. Above the text is an illustration by Nate Powell featuring people at a public library and various things you can do at the library.

It’s #RightToReadDay.
NEW data from @oif.bsky.social shows that 72% of book bans in 2024 were initiated by organized groups and elected officials. We need EVERYONE to #UniteAgainstBookBans & take action against these organized attempts today: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea... #DrawnToFreedom

Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Libraries and Museums NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the

"NY Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide"

Stay safe, Matt.

a cartoon character with red hair is sitting at a table with her hands on her chin . Alt: Merida from "Brave" slamming her head down on a table in exasperation. Her red curls go flying.

I've been using this gif of Merida head-desking way too much lately.

And for those who are asking on this TDOV, I still lack a reflection in the mirror because the mirror world runs on a different calendar (it's backwards!) and my reflection is invisible because it is not TDOV. Simple multiversal physics at play.

It's one thing to have the full stack as one's responsibilities but to add "above the stack" responsibilities such as contracts, CISO negotiations, etc. is... I feel like Sisyphus but with two rocks.

Hi everyone. Today is TDOV!. I'm trans. I exist. I've always been here, lurking in the shadows, poisoning your vital fluids...

Excuse me.

(off screen) Visibility? Not Vampirism? Are you sure? Ooops.

Hi everyone. I'm trans. And I joke a lot. I swear. Any chance anyone has A- blood? Just asking...

Early voting is taking place for the special elections in Florida for seats in the U.S. House in the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts.

Election Day is on Tuesday, April 1st.

Get out and vote for Democratic candidates Gay Valimont and Josh Weil!

California attorney general urges people: Consider deleting genetic data from 23andMe 23andMe, which analyzes saliva samples and provides personalized genetic, health and ancestry reports in return, is facing the potential of shutting down.

23andme just declared bankruptcy. Urge people to delete their data: www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

I'm listening to the BBC adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the part where a planet shot their useless population into space under the guise of "you're going to a brand new planet first, we'll follow" struck me as a possible solution to our Billionaire Problem.

I just commit to things at least 10 billion years in the future.

Ai guys have re-invented the Mechanical Turk, but the twist is it's really bad at chess.