Brian Flota

Brian Flota

@brianflota.bsky.social

Humanities Librarian at JMU; co-editor of COMIC BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY; co-author of "Sustainable Futures for Comics Collections"; #FirstGen; Opinions mine, vinyl records, etc.

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Text heavy poster with images of five middle aged women, four of whom are white. The text reads: The Fresno State Library invites you to a FREE webinar! Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today Ethics, Power, and Possibility Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT/ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET. Please join us for a conversation with four nationally known librarian leaders in the critical cataloging/critical librarianship movement. They will explore how we can continue to move forward with this important work in the shifting political landscape. The panel will also discuss why it matters in higher education and in society today more than ever. Speakers 1. Emily Drabinski Associate Professor and Chair, School of Information Studies, Queens College, City University of New York 2. Dr. Karen Snow Professor and Ph.D. Program Director, School of Information Studies, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois 3. Violet Fox Creator of The Cataloging Lab, Minnesota 4. Billey Albina (FKA Amber Billey) Social justice rockstar librarian turned clinical social worker, Toronto, Canada. Host: Julie Renee Moore Special Collections Catalog Librarian, Fresno State Library, California State University, Fresno. Use the QR code to register! This webinar is sponsored by The Womack Lecture Series named for late librarian emeritus, Printise J. Womack, at Fresno State.

Join @edrabinski.bsky.social & Karen Snow & Billey Albina & me for a free webinar, "Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today: Ethics, Power, and Possibility" on Tuesday April 14th. Part of the Womack Lecture Series sponsored by @fresnostatelibrary.bsky.social. 📚 #critcat

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Maybe she'll participate in the sequel to Montage of Heck

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Record #1477: The Flaming Lips, Heady Nuggs—The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 (2011, 6x12” box set, US, Warner Bros. Records)

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Record #1476: Hole, Pretty on the Inside (2011 reissue, 12”, US, Plain Recordings)

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Record #1475: Henny Youngman, Take My Jokes Please! (1973 reissue, 12”, US, Artco Records)

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Record #1474: Neil Young, On the Beach (1974, 12”, US, Reprise Records)

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Record #1473: Sun Ra, Media Dreams (2004 reissue, 12”, UK, Art Yard Records)

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Record #1472: L.L. Cool J, Radio (1985, 12”, US, Def Jam Recordings)

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Yeah that’s a toothless sketch.

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I'd not heard this one before. Thanks for sharing!

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Record #1471: Black Flag, Damaged (1982 reissue, 12”, US, Unicorn Records)

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The B-side, "God Speed," is great too (and not on the album Easter).

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This document is intended to help the Ecampus Course Development Team, as well as faculty and staff, use a principles-based approach in deciding if and how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into course development, research, and other work projects. After reviewing the risks identified below, consider whether the overall benefits of using the tool outweigh the risks.

This AI Decision Tree someone shared with me from Oregon State is pretty great, I think, once you move past the obligatory step 1*

*important to consult existing policy, but there is no assurance said policy is good or even thoughtful

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ecampus.oregonstate.edu/faculty/arti...

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Record #1470: Patti Smith Group, Because the Night b/w God Speed (1978, 7”, US, Arista Records)

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Record #1469: Bob Dylan, Infidels (1986 reissue, 12”, US, Columbia Records)

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Wow!

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The #1 hit the week I was born!

Record #1468: David Bowie, Fame / Right (1975, 7”, US, RCA Victor)

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Record #1467: The Beatles, The Beatles Christmas Records (2017 reissue, 7x7” box set, US, Apple Records)

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Record #1466: Prince & The Revolution, Around the World in a Day (1985, 12”, US, Paisley Park Records)

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Record #1465: Kirkwood, Master of Dragons (2025 reissue, 12”, US, Out of Season)

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Today's favorite line from Finnegans Wake.

p. 67: “We might leave that nitrience of oxagiants to take its free of the air and just analectralyse that very chymerical combination, the gasbag where the warderworks.” #FinnegansWake

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Record #1464: Hawkwind, Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974, 12”, US, United Artists Records)

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Record #1463: Paul McCartney, Man on the Run—Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (2026, 12”, US, Capitol Records)

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Record #1462: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to be Murdered By (1980 reissue, 12”, US, DRG Records)

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Record #1461: My Bloody Valentine, Before Loveless (2009, 12”, bootleg, Lazy Records)

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I've cooled on THIS Elvis over the years, and don't typically enjoy reggae, but this song, thanks to Nick Lowe's punchy production and Costello's clever lyrical turns of phrase, remains a favorite single of mine from the 1970s.

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Record #1460: Elvis Costello, Watching the Detectives (1978 reissue, 7”, US, Columbia Records)

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Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

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