Laura Ridenour, Ph.D

It was me. Looking back, it took one small opportunity to launch a cascade.

They missed some PNW moonshine…

Please send them my way so they can eat ticks out of my yard.

I’m so glad that I spent over an hour coming up with a name for a work. I think I’m happy with the end result, but dang…

Same 🫠

Try to explain okcupid to him, I dare you.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Who hurt these people? Not the folks applying for licenses.

Why on earth?

I just explained dial up internet to my 8yo and played the connection sound to her. “Was that music? That was annoying.” “No, that was the sound of trying to get anything on the internet.”

Today's batch include the yaz client, a Z39.50/SRU command line interface; and w3m, a text-based command line browser.

It's day 2 of filing IT software request forms that may or may not be necessary in an effort to make IT aware that LIS does tech things. Yes, my director knows, no, I'm not wasting my time because if IT doesn't know what we need to do, how are they supposed to support it?

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That’s niche.

So they already got the pipes?

Public data is a public good. Thanks for telling our story @storytracer.org
#DataRescue

Prior authorizations nearly killed me, and I’m able to advocate for myself fairly well. This is a vulnerable population. WTAF.

Hey prospective #phdapplicants! Wherever you are applying, please make sure you contact who you want to work with and make sure that you are a mutually good fit. Read some of their work. Identify how your research interests align, or what you want to learn from them. Most importantly, EMAIL THEM.

…you can here? But we also grow it.

I'm glad I can participate in #NASKO2025 virtually, but it's a federal holiday and my children are home. The dysregulation over their routine being trashed is making focusing on the conference difficult.

He's going to have an absolute blast.

Absolutely not. This is beyond unreasonable.

I can't give you a keynote, but want to give a talk to my 7301 class about the role of trustworthy information in an AI-laden world?

Trump administration slapped with ‘impoundment’ violation for freezing library, museum funding The Government Accountability Office’s conclusion follows a similar finding last month for a different pot of cash.

Nope: The President can't withhold money that Congress already approved.

Thanks, @murray.senate.gov (quoted), Sen. Susan Collins, Rep. Tom Cole, @delauro.house.gov & colleagues for funding America's libraries. We're counting on you to #FundLibraries in FY2026!

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FWIW, I'd love to see something about this published in Knowledge Organization.

I can’t say I’m surprised.

Huh what?? Did you submit to NASKO?

Wow. I appreciate everyone sharing, but wow.

They don’t.

Poor baby. Have you tried dribbling water out of a syringe? If she loves the sink, that might work?