Jessica LaBrie 😷 (she/her)

See also that one mega library vendor that is dropping all perpetual-access sales and going subscription-only

(5/5) media offerings as disposable space fillers; people aren't buying products, they're paying for access to a library and a library's value is directly connected to offering *new* content. Once each property is sufficiently "juiced," finding a way to jettison it to recover resources saves costs.

ChatGPT was asked to compare terms "generative AI" & "LLMs". Can't stop thinking abt the output:

"Generative AI is the chatterbox at the cocktail party who keeps the conversation flowing with wild anecdotes, while LLMs are the meticulous librarians cataloging every word ever spoken at every party."

people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future

If you’re a leftist, you need to be discussing disability rights because it’s one of the most pressing issues of our time. People are becoming more and more disabled in a society that has been allowing high risk people to die. Eugenics is happening RIGHT NOW!!

Interested individuals (library workers or librarians), please sign by midnight on May 17, 2025.

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this is ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. Never speak to the cops. NEVER SPEAK TO THE COPS .

Only kids who get measles die from measles.

George W. Bush was the worst President of the last few generations and it's really not close. what we in the US are (rightly!) up in arms about is that Trump is the worst President for us, specifically - which is a different thing

AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.

Basically traps AI crawlers and sends them down an "infinite maze" of static files with no exit links, where they get stuck and thrash around for months. Once trapped, the crawlers can be fed gibberish data, aka Markov babble, which is designed to poison AI models arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Yup, and it's so hard to get liberals/leftists to see how their embrace of Covid denialism is directly connected to things like losing cancer therapies. Reminder that Covid/the pandemic never ended, Biden lied to the public to force ppl back to work. Mask up and fight for public health!

Exasperatingly frequently necessary reminder that the weaponization of ableism and fatphobia and homophobia and transphobia against your political enemies still works to NORMALIZE those things, thus SYSTEMICALLY HARMING your supposed allies.

personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

This is an *active* current example of democrats helping to pass a law that will actively hurt people fighting civil rights and civil liberties in our current crisis moment. Either help the movement, get out of the way, or admit what side you’re on.

YES. So many ppl think masks are onerous because they've never had a chance to wear a really nice one that fits.

Say, no one knew about shoes. You go somewhere & they say "You have to wear foot coverings in here" as they point to a stack of hospital socks.

Why don't ppl want to cover their feet?!?

i would not under any circumstances take their word for it and it is entirely likely that they will do it now without publicizing it because, after all, there is no fucking oversight anymore

179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:

Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.

New global consensus just dropped.

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Whoever taught white dudes that skepticism in the face of evidence makes them smart needs to be destroyed.

BYU student's visa reinstated after unexpected revocation A Japanese doctorate student at BYU will now be able to stay in the U.S. after his visa was revoked earlier this month.

Another story of

1. Admin sends fascist order

2. Media reports on it

3. People are outraged, say no

4. Admin says “actually that order was a mistake”

Lesson is defy fascist orders

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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now

The truth is, we never, in any systematic way, made classrooms safe, like ensuring upgraded ventilation and air purification in schools.

And COVID ripped through classrooms. Kids fueled household spread and hundreds of thousands of them lost caregivers to the virus.

But we don’t talk about THAT.

The Novavax shot produced one day of mild fatigue for my wife. The mRNA shots caused dysautonomia and POTS flares that knocked her out for several days. Please support this. The deadline is 11:59 PM EST on 4/11/25.

Literally three minutes. You can comment anonymously. Losing Novavax would be a huge step backward. We need to let them know we’re watching.

If you’d like a script for the public comment, here’s one:

Please approve the 2025 version of Novavax for patients who are contraindicated for mRNA vaccines. Patients who cannot tolerate mRNAs deserve protection and another effective option.

please do me this favor as well

i am DEATHLY allergic to an ingredient in the mRNA vaccines

it’s simple: we deserve the choice of vaccine. novavax offers something for those of us who can’t deal with the mRNA ones for whatever reason!

I wrote: Novavax is my family's favorite booster shot. We got mRNA shots initially but switched to Novavax in 2023 and 2024. There is good data on Novavax's effectiveness, and it's an easy shot with zero side effects (in our experience). We need this option.

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back