James Neal

Keep hope alive ...

Please Barak ... We got this ...

I am looking forward to long hot summer nights ...

How the Oakley Meta smart glasses beat my Ray-Bans on a 5-mile test walk Oakley's Meta Vanguard smart glasses combine the brand's iconic look with a plethora of AI features for athletes.

As @hypervisible.blacksky.app would say: "Today in #LuxurySurveillance" ... "Oakley's Meta Vanguard smart glasses combine the brand's iconic look with a plethora of AI features for athletes." www.zdnet.com/article/oakl...

That feeling when a DC bartender says: "Your last round is on me" #UX #UserExperience ...

These are the kinds of things I like to see in our still great nation ... Watermelon Sugar High...

Tribute Post for Fobazi Ettarh - ACRLog With immense sadness, the writers of ACRLog acknowledge the passing of Fobazi Ettarh, library worker and influential LIS scholar. If you are able to contribute, there is a GoFundMe established for Fob...

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...

Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

Barack Obama honoring Jesse Jackson: Because of his courage, his audacity, that that two decades later, a young black senator from Chicago's South Side would even be taken seriously as a candidate for the presidential nomination.

Obama is so good. Miss this man.

SZA Feels Like She’s ‘At War Because of AI,’ Slams ‘Weird, Stereotypical Struggle Music’ Being Generated By Artificial Intelligence SZA feels like she's 'at war because of AI,' specifically calling out the 'weird, stereotypical struggle music' generated by artificial intelligence.

“SZA lamented that the AI creep is happening ‘disproportionately with Black music…’”

Can ‘Suggestion-Box Science’ Make Public Health More Useful? An epidemiologist's visit to her hometown helped her understand how to put positive community impact at the center of public health research.

"Skepticism around public health policy, experts and institutions has left some researchers asking basic questions about their role and relationship with the public. Can public health be done better? Epidemiologist Erica Walker has a perspective on just that." www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pub...

"Verve Records is thrilled to announce the release of 'The Oscar Peterson Trio At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge', out April 17. The stunning collection of previously unreleased performances was recorded in August of 1960 at Detroit’s legendary Baker’s Keyboard Lounge" oscarpeterson.lnk.to/AtBakersKeyb...

Congratulations on your retirement. I hope to see you again when the weather warms up. I hope you'll continue to be active on social media. Thanks for your service.

The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next. The proliferation of cheap, powerful GPS jammers has airline operators, shipping firms and militaries alike scrambling for alternatives.

"The good old Global Positioning System—built by the U.S. during the space race and dependent on signals so weak it’s a miracle any device can detect them—is showing its age."
www.wsj.com/tech/gps-jam...

The Apartments at the Center of Mamdani’s Affordable Housing Crisis

"...the crisis can be reduced to the gulf that separates the ownership class from the tenant class. And that gulf can be reduced to a single word: rent. The rent is the crisis." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/m...

Today on Texas Standard: ‘Riverbend’ returns to audiences after decades of obscurity The 1989 film “Riverbend,” shot in East Texas and centered on a story of Black resistance in the American South, has been restored in 6K and is returning to theaters.

"‘Riverbend’ returns to audiences after decades of obscurity---The 1989 film “Riverbend,” shot in East Texas and centered on a story of Black resistance in the American South, has been restored in 6K and is returning to theaters." www.texasstandard.org/stories/toda...

The Earth, the Fire, the Water, and the Winds

"The first US exhibition of Édouard Glissant’s personal art collection is fertile landscape for thinking through the poetics of relation." 4columns.org/d-souza-arun...

Harvard Lays Off 55 Alumni Affairs and Development Office Staff Amid Budget Strain | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard laid off 55 staff members in its Alumni Affairs and Development office on Tuesday, citing budget constraints — the latest in a series of staff layoffs as the University faces mounting financia...

"Harvard laid off 55 staff members in its Alumni Affairs and Development office on Tuesday, citing budget constraints — the latest in a series of staff layoffs as the University faces mounting financial pressure" www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

#Mood

The National Association Of Black Bookstores Launches State Of The Black Bookstore Report And Directory The State of the Black Bookstore Report and directory offers a comprehensive overview of Black-owned bookstores nationwide.

"The National Association of Black Bookstores is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the visibility of Black-owned bookstores in the United States." www.blackenterprise.com/national-ass...

Riding with Death

Riding with Death, 1988
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5311

Chicago’s Newberry Library gets $4 million to help tribal nations revitalize Indigenous languages The research library received a Mellon Foundation grant to expand access to its vast Indigenous collections, including materials related to 300 languages.

'Chicago’s Newberry Library gets $4 million to help tribal nations revitalize Indigenous languages" www.wbez.org/museums/2026...

Chinatown in DC has changed a great deal ...

De La Soul: Tiny Desk Concert One of the most influential groups in hip-hop honors its legacy and the late Trugoy the Dove with a set of classics and new material.

"This Tiny Desk releases on March 3, which is known as De La Soul Day" www.npr.org/2026/03/03/g...

I am excited to learn that in early April at the SNF Parkway Theater in Baltimore as part of the 27th annual Maryland Film Festival: TCB - THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING with a special post-screening conversation ... snfparkway.org/mdff/special...

Amelia Acker book talk today in person at UMD and virtually. "This book talk examines how data archiving processes, the computational techniques of storage, exchange, and transmission, have transformed memory practices and created new regimes of asymmetric access." umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Have you seen New Mexico Public Education Department's #OER library with standards-aligned, culturally & linguistically relevant resources? Check out the New Mexico Indigenous Instructional Scope Hub that honors & elevates indigenous perspectives oer.ped.nm.gov/hubs/nmiis #OEWeek26 #openeducation

That's *Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Saturday, March 6, 2026: Morehouse College Glee Club Concert at DCPL ... dclibrary.libnet.info/event/15623773

"AI literacy is more than knowing how to use artificial intelligence tools; it must include a deep understanding of AI concepts, including ethical and environmental concerns."

Plan to Close DePaul Art Museum Faces Community Backlash Over 2,000 faculty and students have called on the Chicago school to reverse its decision, which came after budgetary concerns and layoffs in December.

DePaul University’s decision to close its campus art museum has sparked outrage in Chicago, including an open letter that criticized the move as “short-sighted, wrong-headed, and grounded in some deeply disappointing principles of prioritization.”