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Joe Kraus

@oajoe.bsky.social

One of the librarians. I'm at the Colorado School of Mines #scholcomm #openaccess #libraries #beer #repositories (not necessarily in that order) https://libraryjoe.wordpress.com/

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I would avoid Illinois, too.

08.10.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sitting in the pitch black in the back yard among the trees sipping coffee staring at the stars contemplating how small I really am and how a smaller snake can slither across my foot. Anyway, I’m back inside now.

05.10.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow, I shall write about the banality of avocado toast.

05.10.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope your procedure went ok.

05.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that C or F?

03.10.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CAPITALIZATION RULES ARE NOT ARBITRARY!

28.09.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pumpkin spice gravy.

26.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is Of capitalized in both uses? Looks odd.

26.09.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I always read that as New South Fucking Wales, Australia.

26.09.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant.

26.09.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A group of mathletes sponsored by BP:

The Eulers

10.12.2024 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Which is worse? Alaska or Colorado?

25.09.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this, post a robot.

21.09.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

No there's not.

19.09.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

19.09.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29969    πŸ” 6741    πŸ’¬ 657    πŸ“Œ 463

Ooof or Yeesh is much better.

17.09.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That sub shop is pretty good though.

16.09.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ScienceOnline made my head explode! People who know me know how excited I get by ideas. The pace and pitch of my voice increases and my hands move wildly like the lovechild of Peter Garrett and Kermit the Frog. My mind leaps from one…

It was this session at a conference that made me understand that simply giving correct information to people who do not believe you is not working. heatherstuffnthings.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/s...

15.09.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People who have internalized misinformation and disinformation will not accept correct information because it goes against their beliefs. The "Information deficit model" is not the best way forward. As an academic librarian, I used to think that way, but no more.

15.09.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The good news is there is a solution to misinformation and disinformation.

The bad news is: it's information

13.09.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 822    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6

How does jackets rhyme with exits in the song Closing Time?

15.09.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ruin a song by adding the word 'literally' to the title

I, Literally, Palindrome I

14.09.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You just want to repress their freedom.

14.09.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What? Bozo died?

14.09.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The answer is rainbow trout, right?

14.09.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A photogenic eruption of plasma from the Sun’s backside! (Yesterday). Gorgeous stuff!

13.09.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10

β€œmaybe i will get to 18k followers by my birthday on friday” i say while twitching at the meaninglessness of existence

09.09.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 4

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

11.09.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 21427    πŸ” 5008    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 105

Will a candy pop ring do?

10.09.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They gave you a heads up. I bet you knew this day (Monday) was coming.

08.09.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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