Andy Hickner

I think this is a really cool idea

Thank Betty Who!

My household's version of this is I sing "I like your little butt, doo-doo-doo" to our dog, to the tune of the chorus of "I Like the Way You Move."

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...

Also it's going to get much, much worse now that NIH/other federal research funding is drying up and our libraries stop hiring. There's going to be a pool of experienced medical librarians who will have no choice but to take the first job they/we are lucky enough to get.

Yup, and it pervades the entire profession, not just health sciences. Too many ALA-accredited diploma mills churning out too many LIS grads chasing too few jobs. Unless we do what physicians did and restrict entry to the profession, it will never change.

According to Google, Chicago (specifically Chicago Turabian). I checked the Chicago Manual of Style to confirm.

“Homophobic” is the appropriate adjective in this case!

Yeah, I think older workers who have spent their entire careers with a single employer/hiring ecosystem have a hard time imagining a happy career outside of it. The attitude is pervasive in academia too.

Certainly every reference cited by RFK Jr & Co.

I’m watching Bullets Over Broadway for the first time, and I’m enjoying it.

They are right by where we live! There is a big sign on the cemetary gate telling people not to walk their dogs in the cemetary because the parents are very protective of the pups right now.

I'm relieved to see Gottheimer all the way down at 4th.

After tonight they are updating the criteria for clinical diagnosis of homosexuality to test whether the patient can recognize Cole’s wig as an homage to Bernadette Peters

At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I have to say I really don't think the library literature needs another study about imposter syndrome among librarians. We get it. It's a thing that some of us have.

... the proportion of "here's another shitty thing Trump has done" content was too high compared to everything else they posted. I don't need my nose rubbed in it constantly!

I'm finding i need to be very reflective about who i'm following and how i find i'm responding to their posts. I've unfollowed a couple of accounts recently b/c...

If someone's feeling depressed/anxious, the first thing they should do is delete these apps! And tiktok. And frankly, Bluesky too. I am already seeing a LOT of the toxic behavior here we saw on Twitter, it's just from left-leaning people instead of right-wingers. (2/2)

I kept my FB account but deleted it from my phone, and only log in occasionally to check for event invites, and same as you, it's been so good for my brain. I have all this free time now that I used to waste on mindless scrolling. (1/2)

I feel like MAGA are probably the only people who are crazy enough to apply for a federal job under this administration

Stolen from substack:

As a 40-year-old heading to Detroit for Movement this weekend I ask myself this question a lot

Enjoy, it’s kind of a downer!

Everyone on social media loves to hate Matt Yglesias, but if you actually read him it turns out he does, in fact, have fairly persuasive reasons for supporting heterodoxy among Democrats that aren’t just trolling progressives.

When returning from travel, what are your favorite things to come home to? Mine are 1. Our dog, 2. Our big bed pillows, 3. Our bidet.

Kelsa explains how the Committee determined the name change was necessary, and how its work and mission remains unchanged. (2/2)

Name Change Statement by MLA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee On April 9, 2025, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee requested that the MLA Board approve its name be changed to the Community Building and Belonging (CBB) Committee and requested…

Medical Library Association members: I'm sharing this statement about the difficult decision to change the name of MLA's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, authored by Community Building and Belonging Committee Chair Kelsa Bartley. (1/2)

What's up with librarians randomly putting proper names in all caps? I'm thinking of Ovid, which for some reason everyone writes out as OVID (my favorite is "OVID Medline"), and then today I encountered "CANVAS" (for the Canvas LMS).

Usually “Little Bear” or “Princess”

My favorite part is always catching up with old friends from all over the country. It's one stop shopping!