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skparker.bsky.social
Librarian in B.C. always looking to the mountains and the lakes. Cat parent. Once a runner. Now a swimmer.
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Wow. The darkness descends. 75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com Where to? "Anywhere that supports science..."

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

submitted 29 days ago • 88 comments

Ok, this is so timely as I put together a history of climate science display for Climate Emergency Week. #climatesciencehistory bsky.app/profile/beea...

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

The sweetest torti I know. I'm always so grateful to see this little face every day. #midweekchill #linathecat #catsofbluesky #whiskerwednesdays

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

submitted 63 days ago • 425 comments

Damn, the wellness space is filled with darkness. Influencers are using the Los Angeles fires to hawk wellness products www.motherjones.com/politics/202... @this_is_mallory: “heartbreaking and really irresponsible.”

submitted 76 days ago • 4 comments

Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. 💜 #14notforgotten #16days

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

Study: Browsing negative content online makes mental health struggles worse news.mit.edu/2024/study-b... "...a causal, bidirectional relationship between health and what you do online." “After browsing this content, their symptoms become worse. It is a feedback loop.”

submitted 115 days ago • 6 comments

Excellent new @ubcmedicine.bsky.social led paper re: expert consensus of key elements of AI integration into the medical curriculum. I'd like to see librarians as experts as key learning elements (ie. copyright, equity, bias) overlap with our work in medical libraries! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 130 days ago • 0 comments

News piece marking 20 years of Google Scholar instead reads to me as a recognition it will soon be overtaken. #OpenAlex in particular is well-suited. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for the find, @aarontay.bsky.social & @jevinwest.bsky.social for quotes.

submitted 132 days ago • 2 comments

I've made the switch and deactivated my X account. I hadn't used that account since it became X. Despite the photo, it's a cloudy and rainy day, but I'm feeling the blue sky around the corner. #silverlinings #newtobluesky #byebyex

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments