Why copyediting matters:

Two cartoonish shrimp with big smiles and claws raised. Shrimp bowl (close-up). Bowl. Peru: Ica, Nasca. 100 B.C.E.-800 C.E. MOA Collections 2990/180. Photo by Joshua Doherty.

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Shrimp bowl (close-up). Bowl. Peru: Ica, Nasca. 100 B.C.E.-800 C.E. MOA Collections 2990/180. Photo by Joshua Doherty.

myvancity.ca/2026/02/27/m...

We toured a nuclear power plant and a chocolate factory. On the same day.

Tornadoes in Illinois since 1950 This interactive map pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction.

Really cool state-by-state map of tornadoes since 1950!

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Fun thread of transportation report covers. Genuinely curious to know what the problem was...

An educational infographic titled TORNADO TERMINOLOGY featuring a stylized tornado icon. Tornado Watch: Weather conditions could lead to the formation of severe storms and tornadoes. BE PREPARED: Know your safe location. Be ready to act quickly. Tornado Warning: A tornado has been spotted or indicated by radar. TAKE ACTION: There is imminent danger. Seek refuge immediately. Tornado Emergency: A rare situation with a severe threat to life and catastrophic damage. TAKE ACTION.

Severe storm season is here. Do you KNOW the difference between a Tornado Watch, a Tornado Warning and a Tornado Emergency? www.weather.gov/safety/torna...

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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Both campus libraries (Jackson and HSML) will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday due to adverse weather. Please stay tuned for updates. You can still connect with us online by visiting library.uncg.edu.

What a great idea!

Spring 2026 course 205 offering free online textbooks with illustrated school supplies on lined paper background.

Did you know that the University Libraries provide FREE access to more than 200 course textbooks? Not all courses are covered, but check the list to see if yours are available. https://uncg.libguides.com/coursetexts

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

Carnegie Mellon has cancelled hosting the Code4Lib conference this year because Code4Lib has scholarships supporting diverse attendees. Some lame fuckery indeed.

National Weather Service Weather101 flyer listing free online weather classes for the week. Topics include Severe Storms tonight at 8 p.m., The Basics on Tuesday, Flash Flooding and Storm Damage Surveys on Wednesday, Rip Currents on Thursday, and Hurricanes on Friday. Classes are hosted by NWS meteorologists, open to all ages, and last about an hour with a Q&A. Registration link: weather.gov/ohx/weather101.

#Weather101 returns TONIGHT! Get your taste of some FREE weather education right from the source. Classes will run through mid-December so don't miss out! Check out weather.gov/ohx/weather101 to see the full list of remaining classes this fall.

Close up of Handwritten speech

A look at the two page document

A look at the case, a dimly lit black box

One of only 5 handwritten copies of the Gettysburg Address is on display at the Lincoln presidential library/museum thru this month in this protective smart glass case that is fully opaque unless you push a button.

Join us on Tuesday, 11/18 from 2:30pm to 4pm for a special celebration of Jackson Library's 75th anniversary!

comic strip with call and response text. who are we? CEOs what do we want? AI! AI to do what? We don't know! When do we want it? Right now!

every company in 2025

Heads up, Chicagoland—

ICE is OTG again, someone just spotted the Chicago ICE SRT guys (not National Guard, impt reminder) alongside other federal agents arresting someone in Cicero.

There's also a report of one arrest in Little Village.

I keep going back and forth from being excited about this data to concerned. 📚

Library Service Changes: What Duke Faculty Need to Know - Duke University Libraries Blogs The following email was sent by the Provost’s Office to all Duke University faculty on August 15, 2025. Dear Colleagues, I’m writing to share some important updates from the Duke University Libraries....

Duke University Libraries prepares faculty for some of the changes coming to library services 📚 blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2025/08...

Well that sounds great.

Report: DOJ Investigating George Mason Faculty Senate The Justice Department is now investigating the Faculty Senate at George Mason University after the panel backed the university president and affirmed that “diversity is our strength,” The New York Ti...

I really want us to sit and consider that the Department of Justice is using their time and resources to read faculty senate statements that support having a diverse faculty.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Conservative Org. Requests Materials for 70 Chapel Hill Courses The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.

🚨Conservative Group Requests Materials for Over 70 UNC Courses🚨

“It’s a violation of academic freedom…of individual free speech rights &… teaching…in the name of…a right-wing agenda.”

—Joan Scott, AAUP Committee on Academic Freedom

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social

Rose Library awarded Getty Foundation grant to process Jim Alexander photography collection | Emory University | Atlanta GA Thousands of iconic images of African American authors, athletes, artists and activists, taken by documentary photographer Jim Alexander and housed at the Rose Library, will soon be easier to access a...

We are ecstatic to share that we recently received a $280,000 grant from the Getty Foundation for the Black Visual Art Archives to process the Jim Alexander photograph collection! 🥳

news.emory.edu/stories/2025...

This consortium is dissolving over reciprocal borrowing. Because some board members don't want patrons being able to access information they don't control, 27 public libraries lose access to some part of the collection they've built together.

TODAY!

Join us in person or via Zoom livestream.

@womenknowhistory.bsky.social

Cover image of magazine Dark Fantasy No. 22, March 1980

@queensu Library has been collaborating with the @internetarchive.bsky.social on a digitization project that uses Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) to make copies of small print-run fanzines or zines of science fiction/fantasy/speculative fiction available.
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/07/15/s...

Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.

Gifting this article! I loved my time in Champaign-Urbana and in the University of Illinois's Political Science Department. It transformed my life & made me into the scholar I am today. My life wouldn't be the same without that department.
h/t: @avitallivny.bsky.social