Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
@buxuyaojieguo.bsky.social
Indexer, editor, once and future STEM librarian. Research data management consultant. Western MA, USA. Hire me for your book index or copyedit: https://www.sarahoelker.com
Focusing on practices, not outcomes. they/они/X也. KC1MTX. 万物可爱。
Focusing on practices, not outcomes. they/они/X也. KC1MTX. 万物可爱。
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
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FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK
www.popsci.com/environment/...
FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK
www.popsci.com/environment/...
The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever
Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.
www.popsci.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK
www.popsci.com/environment/...
FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Fat Bear Week cheers me up because it's such good science and nature education, and it's just a fun respite from all of the serious and upsetting things going on in the world.
There are FAMILIES of bears this year!
Voting starts later today (Tues 2026-09-22). explore.org/fat-bear-week
There are FAMILIES of bears this year!
Voting starts later today (Tues 2026-09-22). explore.org/fat-bear-week
Fat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
explore.org
September 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Fat Bear Week cheers me up because it's such good science and nature education, and it's just a fun respite from all of the serious and upsetting things going on in the world.
There are FAMILIES of bears this year!
Voting starts later today (Tues 2026-09-22). explore.org/fat-bear-week
There are FAMILIES of bears this year!
Voting starts later today (Tues 2026-09-22). explore.org/fat-bear-week
Dillard's An American Childhood is a comfort reread, and an upper-class youth's mirror to my mother's working-class youth. (Same age, Dillard's family eventually owned the porcelain factory my grandfather was a foreman in.) It stacked on my love of Thurber to influence my own writing voice.
September 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Dillard's An American Childhood is a comfort reread, and an upper-class youth's mirror to my mother's working-class youth. (Same age, Dillard's family eventually owned the porcelain factory my grandfather was a foreman in.) It stacked on my love of Thurber to influence my own writing voice.
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
living fossil achievement unlocked 🔓✨
the US Fish & Wildlife Service was sampling near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and recaptured 3 Lake Sturgeon that were tagged & stocked in 2025 (2 from Rivergate Park, 1 from the Boston Mills area).
all 3 have nearly doubled in length in one year's time.
the US Fish & Wildlife Service was sampling near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and recaptured 3 Lake Sturgeon that were tagged & stocked in 2025 (2 from Rivergate Park, 1 from the Boston Mills area).
all 3 have nearly doubled in length in one year's time.
September 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
living fossil achievement unlocked 🔓✨
the US Fish & Wildlife Service was sampling near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and recaptured 3 Lake Sturgeon that were tagged & stocked in 2025 (2 from Rivergate Park, 1 from the Boston Mills area).
all 3 have nearly doubled in length in one year's time.
the US Fish & Wildlife Service was sampling near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and recaptured 3 Lake Sturgeon that were tagged & stocked in 2025 (2 from Rivergate Park, 1 from the Boston Mills area).
all 3 have nearly doubled in length in one year's time.
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
It's finally out! www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...
September 16, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It's finally out! www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
Librarians Suing Over Wrongful Termination for Defending Books Are Winning.
A look at the librarians who've settled lawsuits for defending the right to read and where that stands in contrast to lawsuits about the right to read more broadly.
bookriot.com/librarians-s...
A look at the librarians who've settled lawsuits for defending the right to read and where that stands in contrast to lawsuits about the right to read more broadly.
bookriot.com/librarians-s...
Librarians Suing Over Wrongful Termination for Defending Books Are Winning: Book Censorship News, September 11, 2026
Librarians who've been fired for not banning books and sued are winning settlements in their cases.
bookriot.com
September 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Librarians Suing Over Wrongful Termination for Defending Books Are Winning.
A look at the librarians who've settled lawsuits for defending the right to read and where that stands in contrast to lawsuits about the right to read more broadly.
bookriot.com/librarians-s...
A look at the librarians who've settled lawsuits for defending the right to read and where that stands in contrast to lawsuits about the right to read more broadly.
bookriot.com/librarians-s...
I was at Rutgers in fall 2001. I don't really enjoy memories of most of that time, not just 25 years ago today. People I barely knew helped me, that week and that fall. Work for the liberation of all sentient beings, my friends, and please, show compassion for people who are not like you.
September 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I was at Rutgers in fall 2001. I don't really enjoy memories of most of that time, not just 25 years ago today. People I barely knew helped me, that week and that fall. Work for the liberation of all sentient beings, my friends, and please, show compassion for people who are not like you.
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
Journals should stop offering to store supplemental information. Everything that is shared with a paper should have it's own DOI, and live in a proper repository. As authors, link to files (e.g., Zenodo), but never add them as supplemental files.
September 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Journals should stop offering to store supplemental information. Everything that is shared with a paper should have it's own DOI, and live in a proper repository. As authors, link to files (e.g., Zenodo), but never add them as supplemental files.
I was served an ad for the documentary World Without Cows.
It sounded uplifting but I could smell greenwashing.
Unsurprisingly it's bankrolled by a huge animal feed company.
It sounded uplifting but I could smell greenwashing.
Unsurprisingly it's bankrolled by a huge animal feed company.
September 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I was served an ad for the documentary World Without Cows.
It sounded uplifting but I could smell greenwashing.
Unsurprisingly it's bankrolled by a huge animal feed company.
It sounded uplifting but I could smell greenwashing.
Unsurprisingly it's bankrolled by a huge animal feed company.
Friend @ahstrongmorse.bsky.social articulated the following list for differentiating different comfort levels with using AI tools and products. Playing with comparison to the concepts of vegetarianism and veganism have also been really helpful for me. www.facebook.com/adam.strongm...
www.facebook.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Friend @ahstrongmorse.bsky.social articulated the following list for differentiating different comfort levels with using AI tools and products. Playing with comparison to the concepts of vegetarianism and veganism have also been really helpful for me. www.facebook.com/adam.strongm...
I regret, and am amused, to report that "1 Hour of Balatro's Background" which is both the swirly graphic and the music track, is in fact getting me to concentrate on work this afternoon. The slight annoyance and deep familiarity this track makes me feel....
September 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I regret, and am amused, to report that "1 Hour of Balatro's Background" which is both the swirly graphic and the music track, is in fact getting me to concentrate on work this afternoon. The slight annoyance and deep familiarity this track makes me feel....
Your Local Epidemiologist recommended this piece about the family who lost their baby to congenital measles, a death disputed by anti-vaccine jerks in the US including the Secretary of HHS. archive.ph/XHRiH
Tom Bartlett is a wonderful reporter (I used to know his sister), it's good to see his name
Tom Bartlett is a wonderful reporter (I used to know his sister), it's good to see his name
archive.ph
September 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Your Local Epidemiologist recommended this piece about the family who lost their baby to congenital measles, a death disputed by anti-vaccine jerks in the US including the Secretary of HHS. archive.ph/XHRiH
Tom Bartlett is a wonderful reporter (I used to know his sister), it's good to see his name
Tom Bartlett is a wonderful reporter (I used to know his sister), it's good to see his name
Just referred to the Bay of Fundy as "tidal heights Georg," while talking about average tide height differences in US and Canada, so that can't be unsaid or unthought, now....
August 31, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Just referred to the Bay of Fundy as "tidal heights Georg," while talking about average tide height differences in US and Canada, so that can't be unsaid or unthought, now....
Strength to you who have a school term starting now or soon. I do not, but this morning I took on overdue and stressful administrative stuff which was very uncomfortable to tackle, and somehow it felt like the right time for it. I get the residual nerves anyway, might as well do it now.
August 31, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Strength to you who have a school term starting now or soon. I do not, but this morning I took on overdue and stressful administrative stuff which was very uncomfortable to tackle, and somehow it felt like the right time for it. I get the residual nerves anyway, might as well do it now.
The original Doom 1 soundtrack, not the 2016 expanded/remastered thing, is such good indexing/editing music. I did not play video games much during the 90 so I never just listened to it, but it's about the right blend of "interesting enough" and "not distractingly exciting" for me right now.
August 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The original Doom 1 soundtrack, not the 2016 expanded/remastered thing, is such good indexing/editing music. I did not play video games much during the 90 so I never just listened to it, but it's about the right blend of "interesting enough" and "not distractingly exciting" for me right now.
Regarding my last repost and subjects once thought of as unworthy of serious study, I am enjoying the development of so much popular media study, and cannot wait for future Korean pop music retrospectives. Yes, I have read the 33 1/3 volume on Pretty Hate Machine.
August 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Regarding my last repost and subjects once thought of as unworthy of serious study, I am enjoying the development of so much popular media study, and cannot wait for future Korean pop music retrospectives. Yes, I have read the 33 1/3 volume on Pretty Hate Machine.
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
The class looks super interesting, & more generally, people who belittle subjects of study/research because they're 'unserious' just lack curiosity. In the current moment, this is surely also gendered, but in the past happened e.g. with game studies, too. *Cue Ted Lasso Darts speech*
I actually do not get, at all, the instinct that dolls are not worth studying. It does actually strike me as pretty interesting that we have so consistently throughout history made little people and used them as make belief aides. Why would that be even prima facie contemptible or absurd to study?
well, Craig, we can't all be studying money and bitcoin now can we?
August 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The class looks super interesting, & more generally, people who belittle subjects of study/research because they're 'unserious' just lack curiosity. In the current moment, this is surely also gendered, but in the past happened e.g. with game studies, too. *Cue Ted Lasso Darts speech*
Today in reading more of Facing the Text and questioning various of my recent subheading and entry structure choices: subtopic subheadings. Ooof.
Also refreshing my memory on when an -ing verb form is a gerund and when it is a participle. (Explaining them is a different skill than using them.)
Also refreshing my memory on when an -ing verb form is a gerund and when it is a participle. (Explaining them is a different skill than using them.)
August 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Today in reading more of Facing the Text and questioning various of my recent subheading and entry structure choices: subtopic subheadings. Ooof.
Also refreshing my memory on when an -ing verb form is a gerund and when it is a participle. (Explaining them is a different skill than using them.)
Also refreshing my memory on when an -ing verb form is a gerund and when it is a participle. (Explaining them is a different skill than using them.)
Reading this NY Times article on Moldova and a little relieved I was already aware of this but also worried about renewed attacks on Odesa region, next door to Ștefan Vodă region of Moldova, in the last month. Russia hit the bridge between the regions last Sunday night.
August 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Reading this NY Times article on Moldova and a little relieved I was already aware of this but also worried about renewed attacks on Odesa region, next door to Ștefan Vodă region of Moldova, in the last month. Russia hit the bridge between the regions last Sunday night.
When it's approaching election time, I think about my Moldovan friends a lot. I was pretty worried last week when a Russian drone landed in their region, though they assured me it was far away from their village.
I've promised my mom I won't visit until Ukraine has peace. May it come soon.
I've promised my mom I won't visit until Ukraine has peace. May it come soon.
August 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
When it's approaching election time, I think about my Moldovan friends a lot. I was pretty worried last week when a Russian drone landed in their region, though they assured me it was far away from their village.
I've promised my mom I won't visit until Ukraine has peace. May it come soon.
I've promised my mom I won't visit until Ukraine has peace. May it come soon.
Meet the Stop Fals campaign campaign against biased information, run by Asociația Presei Independente - the Independent Press Association. They've been doing this since 2017, and around election time they send press village to village, presenting on identifying and not spreading misinformation.
Campania împotriva informației false și tendențioase STOP FALS!
#StopFals! #API
stopfals.md
August 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Meet the Stop Fals campaign campaign against biased information, run by Asociația Presei Independente - the Independent Press Association. They've been doing this since 2017, and around election time they send press village to village, presenting on identifying and not spreading misinformation.
Many Moldovan Orthodox churchgoers are aware that their priests are influenced by Moscow; the entire Moldovan Orthodox Church is under the supervision of officials in Moscow after all. They shrug, and ignore a lot. I wish they had autocephaly, but I'm not Orthodox or a theist, it's not my call.
August 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Many Moldovan Orthodox churchgoers are aware that their priests are influenced by Moscow; the entire Moldovan Orthodox Church is under the supervision of officials in Moscow after all. They shrug, and ignore a lot. I wish they had autocephaly, but I'm not Orthodox or a theist, it's not my call.
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
Reporting on what literacy means and why it feels so broken these days made me realize I had far more to say than could be captured in one feature. I’m so, so thrilled to say that now I get to write a whole book about it!
August 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Reporting on what literacy means and why it feels so broken these days made me realize I had far more to say than could be captured in one feature. I’m so, so thrilled to say that now I get to write a whole book about it!
The thing about Facing the Text is that it's so meta you sound very strange trying to explain why it's awesome, unless you're talking to another indexer or indexing curious person.
August 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The thing about Facing the Text is that it's so meta you sound very strange trying to explain why it's awesome, unless you're talking to another indexer or indexing curious person.
Reposted by Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo)
if you like books intended for children about wizards with facial scarring who go off to magic school, forge meaningful friendships, and go on to save the world,
ursula k. le guin’s earthsea series is right there, and actually worth reading
ursula k. le guin’s earthsea series is right there, and actually worth reading
We should really work together, hand and hand, to focus all of our community’s poorly-suppressed and totally ruthless bullying energy on the single demographic we all agree actually deserves it: Harry Potter Adults in the year of our lord 2026
August 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
if you like books intended for children about wizards with facial scarring who go off to magic school, forge meaningful friendships, and go on to save the world,
ursula k. le guin’s earthsea series is right there, and actually worth reading
ursula k. le guin’s earthsea series is right there, and actually worth reading