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Christina Riehman-Murphy

@cer-mit.bsky.social

Librarian + OER. Fueled by seltzer - plain and warm

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How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

This, actually works. For me at least.

17.08.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1834    πŸ” 736    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 149

Gun restrictions work. This horrendous act could have been even worse.

03.06.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 359    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why do British people sing in American accents? @akilahhughes.com and @hankgreen.bsky.social cover it in the latest episode of Ask Hank Anything out now at YouTube.com/complexly

28.05.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 0
● Stimulants: According to best trial data available, these widely used ADHD drugs cause longterm height loss averaging an inch;443 of note, the only long-term trial found exclusively shortterm (14-month) behavior benefits, which were not found at 3 years.444 Indeed, at 3, 5, 8, and 14
years, no benefits were seen in grades, relationships, achievement, behavior, or any other
measure.

● Stimulants: According to best trial data available, these widely used ADHD drugs cause longterm height loss averaging an inch;443 of note, the only long-term trial found exclusively shortterm (14-month) behavior benefits, which were not found at 3 years.444 Indeed, at 3, 5, 8, and 14 years, no benefits were seen in grades, relationships, achievement, behavior, or any other measure.

I'm going to have to check and double check my work here but at first glance it seems this line in the "MAHA" report is horrible misrepresentation of the study it cites (seen here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17667478/).

31.05.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Demoing SIFT Toolbox: First Pass
YouTube video by Mike Caulfield Demoing SIFT Toolbox: First Pass

Gotta get my screencasting chops back, I'm rusty. But I believe in this toolbox too much to wait to get it perfect, so here is a first pass at a demo of my LLM "mega" prompt *SIFT Toolbox*, which turns your LLM from a chatbot into something more like a research assistant youtu.be/dTzukP7OLuA

16.05.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress:

"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

14.05.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 18636    πŸ” 7267    πŸ’¬ 348    πŸ“Œ 987

This is a great resource for folks looking to protect themselves and their communities.

Share with lgbtq+ folks in your networks, please.

13.05.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pink heart-shaped flowers dangle along a horizontal branch like little lanterns. Each one has what looks like a white drop at the point of the heat.

Pink heart-shaped flowers dangle along a horizontal branch like little lanterns. Each one has what looks like a white drop at the point of the heat.

Pink heart-shaped flowers dangle along a horizontal branch like little lanterns. Each one has what looks like a white drop at the point of the heat.

Pink heart-shaped flowers dangle along a horizontal branch like little lanterns. Each one has what looks like a white drop at the point of the heat.

Bleeding hearts seen on my walk.
#bloomscrolling
#flowerreport

10.05.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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2 U.S. Code Β§ 136-1 - Appointment and term of service of Librarian of Congress

I hope she fights it. There's no authority in law for the president to fire the Librarian mid-term, even if the president appoints this member of the legislative branch.

09.05.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who doesnt love infrastructure!

08.05.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIF YOU DONT USE AI YOU WILL FALL BEHIND!!”

Dear god how far back can I fall?? We talking Black Michael Jackson or white Michael Jackson??? Do I need the actual Delorean or will the AI spin up the flux compacitor in my laptop?

06.05.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8
Yesterday 8:56 PM
Why do I have to put a hold for an ebook

Today 8:03 AM
Because libraries pay for each time a patron checks one out. Libraries don't actually own ebooks. They pay for each time an ebook is used. So libraries have to limit how many patrons can borrow an ebook at any given time.
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Yesterday 8:56 PM Why do I have to put a hold for an ebook Today 8:03 AM Because libraries pay for each time a patron checks one out. Libraries don't actually own ebooks. They pay for each time an ebook is used. So libraries have to limit how many patrons can borrow an ebook at any given time. Delivered

well, i finally had to have the talk with my son. πŸ“š

06.05.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 433    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

06.05.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11912    πŸ” 3667    πŸ’¬ 687    πŸ“Œ 521
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Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip Trump has effectively given Netanyahu a green light to do as he sees fit, Israeli officials say.

This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride.

If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.

05.05.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6449    πŸ” 2590    πŸ’¬ 195    πŸ“Œ 115

A white man, 50, 60, 70 yrs old, doesn't need 37 billion dollars. They could be very happy with 2, 3, 4 billion.

05.05.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

the thing about the tates and trump and musk is that what they offer is the illusion of control and dominance and mastery. in truth, they are absolute slaves to their passions and their worst instincts, and they have paid for it in that they are literal degenerates

02.05.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5787    πŸ” 680    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 52
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White House comes out with sharp spending cuts in Trump's 2026 budget plan President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget plan would slash nondefense domestic spending by $163 billion, while increasing expenditures on national security.

⚠️ The White House budget proposal would fully eliminate IMLSβ€”the only federal agency for library servicesβ€”in FY2026. This would gut access to information and opportunity, especially in rural areas.
We can’t let this stand.
apnews.com/article/trum...
#FundLibraries

02.05.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
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What an embarrassment. It’s wild that the official position of the US Government is now pro-Nazi.

02.05.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3219    πŸ” 832    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 50
Nightly votive in the porch garden.

Nightly votive in the porch garden.

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. β€” Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
πŸŒ±πŸ“·

02.05.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Left unchecked, this man has the potential to be an accessory to and root cause of your child's unnecessary death. He's worse than the worst drunk driver ever.

02.05.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2585    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 61
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John Fetterman’s Struggle The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.

β€˜Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, β€œLet’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, β€œHe said, β€˜Kill them all.’”’

02.05.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6885    πŸ” 2024    πŸ’¬ 744    πŸ“Œ 499
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This statistic blew my mind

01.05.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3090    πŸ” 1064    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 71

All these bros conveniently forgetting that the U.S. government was instrumental in creating the Internet through NSF grants to universities and research hubs through the 80s and 90s.

06.02.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1359    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 25

Kennedy is among the most malevolent figures in all of American history.

01.05.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4082    πŸ” 665    πŸ’¬ 171    πŸ“Œ 29
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This University Hoped Donations Would Save It. They Didn’t. The 180-year-old Limestone University is shutting down. β€œThis is the first closure of this magnitude in our state,” said South Carolina’s higher-education commission.

Limestone University in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to get close to their last-ditch fundraising goal.

01.05.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spot on guidance from @mahabali.bsky.social about how to approach the endless AI stuff being thrown our way!

30.04.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧡on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.

I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

28.04.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 164    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

this is what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has been saying, yeah

Americans don't recognize their poor quality of life bc we've been able to mimic affluence

and that's not going to be the case for most of us much longer

29.04.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

@cer-mit is following 20 prominent accounts