#Libraries

Tired of looking at SV calls and thinking "WHY was this called, it's TERRIBLE?" Us too So we trained a model. Gets rid of 47% of FPs. Keeps 97% of
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1/ Overpriced coffee, libraries, hugs... what small-but-important things are you missing lately? Here, Medium writers reminisce about the little things they want back. 3/ @amyshearn misses her local library. “My
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I did a big thread on pirating #bigfinish (I don't agree with it but I sympathise with those who can't afford it), and I listed some places to make the
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Blockbench turned 4 years old this week.Even though I still write all code myself, the project has gotten so big that it would no longer be possible to maintain it
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Now is a great time to expand #scholcomm programs in libraries. We have seen intense faculty interest as they shelter at home. @lisalibrarian challenged me to show the data. Here
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Out of curiosity, I was going through the list of candidates in the #Cumberland byelection and decided to check out @catherinekitts.I looked up her 2018 @OttawaCitizen candidate survey. According to
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Education , Healthcare and Macro Economics are my forte. I spend hours combing through any information related to these sectors daily. Where I may be - home, clubs, pubs, traffic.If
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At the of COVID Week 4, the total combined #museum furloughs/layoffs tracked on this sheet stands at 8485, or nearly 5% of the total people employeed in this profession according
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We’ve gathered stories from teachers and librarians who have used the National Emergency Library in the 3 weeks it has been online. Read more here & in our “Stories from
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#FunPalaces always makes me emotional, I always end up crying for some part of the weekend because watching people get together and connect and share the things they love, that
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This is a fascinating thread! Will add a couple of thoughts of my own?https://twitter.com/chris_herd/status/1279791256286224387 Just as power suits evolved as women started to gain momentum charge in the workplace, we’ll
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For National Library Week, I’m making some embroidery to creatively express how I’ve been feeling about the whiteness in my MLIS program and profession, anxiety of graduating in 4(!) weeks,
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Here’s 2 main reasons why I support @PeteButtigieg’s plan for college affordability 1/ No. 1- I asked my colleague who is a dietitian, why do you charge a (small) fee
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As I study a bit of the PRC back story (including Australians part of the POW Olympics 1952) things look awfully similar to today. Eisenhower created the Code of Conduct
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Listening to one of my favorite podcasts, in which experts and outliers give advice. My main complaint? "I only read classics/literature/real fiction." Look, y'all know Dickens was pulp and Willy
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Things that will happen when there’s a PRHSS monopoly:-fewer imprints and fewer editors-ever-shrinking midlist-fewer debuts being published, and fewer sophomore books -agents and writers hold significantly less leverage, leading to
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