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My favorite book spine is circulating on Tumblr once again and I don't know that I've ever posted it here. https://houghtonlib.tumblr.com/post/66202591072/batman-stephen-d-1584-the-doome-warning-all
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John Overholt
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mastodon 4.7.3Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts, Houghton Library, Harvard University. Opinions are my own. He/him/his
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A tour-de-force "backless binding" without a spine that according to the bookseller was a showcase of the binder's skill and actually kind of a pain to read. https://www.olsonrarebooks.com/books/p/backless-bindings
Gizmodo asks “Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?”
I love this answer: “I know of one data storage form that can be permanent: a library. Or rather, a world full of libraries. Libraries aren’t perfect storage devices (nothing is), but they are fiercely committed to self-repair. A good library is a collection of people, technologies, and practices that pass an obligation—to remember the things we must remember—from the last generation to the next.”
https://gizmodo.com/will-we-ever-solve-the-problem-of-losing-data-2000792386 #libraries
There’s a newly launched drive to unionize Harvard’s professional librarians and when the organizers asked us what issues we might want them to address, I said I wanted protection against being required to incorporate AI hallucinations in my work, a profound violation of my professional ethics. https://aftermath.site/ai-resistance-tips-workforce-llm-workers/
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I think if my scientist told me he was only able to travel back in time a *little*, I’d still be willing to continue his funding. #Monsterdon
I am from Mntehmon, and you are going to have to show me that AI produces gibberish. https://gizmodo.com/which-ai-chatbot-did-this-school-use-to-make-such-a-ridiculous-map-2000800045
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If you go back and watch the movie again, you can see subtle distortions in the original scene that the future travelers return to.
LOL, no you can’t. #Monsterdon
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Gosh I sure hope the rich guy doesn’t get an ironic comeuppance due to his greed. #Monsterdon
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“And we believe if the Amboy Dukes project proves successful, we may one day be able to journey to the center of the mind.” #Monsterdon
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I love that the Time Machine has a laser but also one of those giant Frankenstein style electrical switches. #Monsterdon
If this wasn’t on Tubi, I would have thought the film broke, that was so abrupt. #Monsterdon
RE: https://mastodon.online/@universalhub/117327260997444389
I cannot stress enough how lucky everyone who does this is that I do not have Scanners powers.
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#MBTA next week turns on bus cameras to catch motorists who block bus stops and lanes
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/mbta-gets-ready-turn-bus-cameras-catch-motorists-who-block-bus-stops
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Did you know: That was the 500th time in film history that people said “That was close.” “Too close.” #Monsterdon
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I will give this movie a crisp $20 bill if it will make Junior button one more button on his shirt. #Monsterdon
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Apparently the quote was shocking enough they've rewritten the post, but IA has the receipts. https://web.archive.org/web/20260720152647/https://isbndb.com/blog/print-books-sourcing-ai-training/
My message to the Fediverse. https://youtu.be/gDc2iF_8wDw
3-2-1 Contact! [VBZ Mixtape Vol. 8]
Finalizing selections for our spring exhibition “Picturing Work” which surveys the history of books of trades and other depictions of labor both early and modern.
Fly Ergles Fly
Interview with Dale Grimes, who holds a number of roles at the University of Tulsa's McFarlin Library, including "Junior Morale Officer, Chair of Impromptu Play Sessions, Director of Hallway Patrol, and, more recently, Senior Nap Strategist." https://libraries.utulsa.edu/blogs/mcfarlinmemo/staff-spotlight-mr-dale-grimes
So wait, you’re telling me I take the blue pill, I wake up in my bed and believe whatever I want? That sounds amazing.
I’m going to pass on tonight’s #Monsterdon because I’ve seen it before, but I do treasure this screengrab from it.
Tonight on #Monsterdon we’re watching a Scottish-American man improvise unlikely solutions to desperate situations with whatever materials he happens to be locked up with… [touches earpiece] #TheGuyver
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Man, if I freaked out like this every time I saw my spilled food crawl back into its container. #Monsterdon
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@sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie I am so glad to be in charge of material mostly recorded on incredibly durable parchment and rag paper that will need little more than a safe and stable environment to remain usable for centuries. Digital records are mayflies in comparison.
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The Stuff is a substance that fell to Earth, presumably from outer space. Do not taunt The Stuff. #Monsterdon
@universalhub@mastodon.online Stop me if you’ve heard this before, there’s signal problems at Harvard some more.
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Surely no harm can come to me within this tanker truck at Stuff headquarters. #Monsterdon
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@Violinknitter@wandering.shop [delicately coughs green blood into a lace handkerchief] #Monsterdon
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@LingLass@hcommons.social And the company that will bring it to you is AT&T. #Monsterdon
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“I am Lyle Waggoner the White, and I come to you now at the turn of the tide.” #Monsterdon
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“You mean they’ve traveled somewhere into time? How could this have happened to the time traveling experiment?” #Monsterdon