Dr. R, Ph.D
@imparseable.bsky.social
Disabled human assistant professor parent person. Science of science. Knowledge creation. Cats. Yarn. Cats destroying yarn. Programming. Masks.
I’ve been off here for a while, but after some work gets submitted—wow do I have some wild Science of Science to share…
August 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I’ve been off here for a while, but after some work gets submitted—wow do I have some wild Science of Science to share…
ALISE panel: accepted!
July 22, 2026 at 12:02 AM
ALISE panel: accepted!
When a Midwesterner signs an email with “cordially,” you know it’s bad.
July 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
When a Midwesterner signs an email with “cordially,” you know it’s bad.
On the list of things that make me think “ew”: “cashmere and rain” scent. Cashmere fiber is made from goat, and the yarnie in me can’t get over the idea that what unprocessed animal fibers smell like aren’t a selling point for branding shampoo scents. Wet goats stink.
June 21, 2026 at 4:21 AM
On the list of things that make me think “ew”: “cashmere and rain” scent. Cashmere fiber is made from goat, and the yarnie in me can’t get over the idea that what unprocessed animal fibers smell like aren’t a selling point for branding shampoo scents. Wet goats stink.
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As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.
May 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM
As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.
I was not thrilled when I realized that my CV is still largely in Chicago A-D, and all of my other third year review materials are in APA-7. Whoops.
May 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I was not thrilled when I realized that my CV is still largely in Chicago A-D, and all of my other third year review materials are in APA-7. Whoops.
Spouse: we should take the kids to a civil war reenactment so they can see what it is
Me: 1) this sounds like the most “white people” thing to do, and 2) only if we go wearing Star Trek uniforms.
Me: 1) this sounds like the most “white people” thing to do, and 2) only if we go wearing Star Trek uniforms.
April 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Spouse: we should take the kids to a civil war reenactment so they can see what it is
Me: 1) this sounds like the most “white people” thing to do, and 2) only if we go wearing Star Trek uniforms.
Me: 1) this sounds like the most “white people” thing to do, and 2) only if we go wearing Star Trek uniforms.
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Things I talk to my #MLIS students about:
*my salary (as an adjunct & as a librarian)
*my student loans (how much I owe & the PSLF process)
*vocational awe (RIP Fobazi)
*Melvil's legacy & why it matters
*the job hunt (I show them my academic interview day schedules & they're horrified).
📚
*my salary (as an adjunct & as a librarian)
*my student loans (how much I owe & the PSLF process)
*vocational awe (RIP Fobazi)
*Melvil's legacy & why it matters
*the job hunt (I show them my academic interview day schedules & they're horrified).
📚
April 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Things I talk to my #MLIS students about:
*my salary (as an adjunct & as a librarian)
*my student loans (how much I owe & the PSLF process)
*vocational awe (RIP Fobazi)
*Melvil's legacy & why it matters
*the job hunt (I show them my academic interview day schedules & they're horrified).
📚
*my salary (as an adjunct & as a librarian)
*my student loans (how much I owe & the PSLF process)
*vocational awe (RIP Fobazi)
*Melvil's legacy & why it matters
*the job hunt (I show them my academic interview day schedules & they're horrified).
📚
I've been sitting on this for a while, but I was awarded an IMLS grant last year. Since it's on the banner for my school's website, I guess I might as well announce it here...
April 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I've been sitting on this for a while, but I was awarded an IMLS grant last year. Since it's on the banner for my school's website, I guess I might as well announce it here...
<software redacted> company responded to me. We’ll see how this goes…
April 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
<software redacted> company responded to me. We’ll see how this goes…
<software redacted> with an academic license gives me a "license expired" notice, and the online platform asks me to purchase access. I assume my license is expired, so I reapply. The response? "You already have a license." No, apparently I do not. And I'm in the middle of the semester /
April 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
<software redacted> with an academic license gives me a "license expired" notice, and the online platform asks me to purchase access. I assume my license is expired, so I reapply. The response? "You already have a license." No, apparently I do not. And I'm in the middle of the semester /
I was asked for a 250 word author bio. I am not writing that much about myself; they got about 75.
April 1, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I was asked for a 250 word author bio. I am not writing that much about myself; they got about 75.
Eldest insisted on taking tuna salad for lunch to spring break camp. This will be interesting…
March 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Eldest insisted on taking tuna salad for lunch to spring break camp. This will be interesting…
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MapQuest is NOT forcing AI down your throat like Big Tech. Our directions are like grandma's recipes. They've worked for decades and nobody’s asking a robot to optimize her mac & cheese.
March 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
MapQuest is NOT forcing AI down your throat like Big Tech. Our directions are like grandma's recipes. They've worked for decades and nobody’s asking a robot to optimize her mac & cheese.
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Come think about Feminist Bibliography with me this summer! I’m teaching a one-week online course for @calrbs.bsky.social—I love this class and am excited to do it again. Description below; priority deadline April 15; all details at www.calrbs.org/feminist-bib...
March 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Come think about Feminist Bibliography with me this summer! I’m teaching a one-week online course for @calrbs.bsky.social—I love this class and am excited to do it again. Description below; priority deadline April 15; all details at www.calrbs.org/feminist-bib...
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this is what it feels like to write code with your fingers these days
February 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
this is what it feels like to write code with your fingers these days
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Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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A PSA to turn off your Ring doorbells, in case the implications of that Super Bowl commercial are not clear! thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A PSA to turn off your Ring doorbells, in case the implications of that Super Bowl commercial are not clear! thehill.com/opinion/tech...
I was asked a question today by a student that I think needs to be considered by faculty: “how do I prove I didn’t use AI?”
So I told them:
-version your documents YYYYMMDDassignment
-use Zotero for references to establish a trail of references added and used over time
1/2
So I told them:
-version your documents YYYYMMDDassignment
-use Zotero for references to establish a trail of references added and used over time
1/2
February 5, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I was asked a question today by a student that I think needs to be considered by faculty: “how do I prove I didn’t use AI?”
So I told them:
-version your documents YYYYMMDDassignment
-use Zotero for references to establish a trail of references added and used over time
1/2
So I told them:
-version your documents YYYYMMDDassignment
-use Zotero for references to establish a trail of references added and used over time
1/2
“Buy it once” is a philosophy that seems to only apply to people who do not have young children.
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
“Buy it once” is a philosophy that seems to only apply to people who do not have young children.
I just submitted what is possibly the oddest expenditure request I’ve ever submitted. Now I’m waiting to see if it’s approved…
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I just submitted what is possibly the oddest expenditure request I’ve ever submitted. Now I’m waiting to see if it’s approved…
I just had a doctor ask me why I was masking in a hospital. What the hell.
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I just had a doctor ask me why I was masking in a hospital. What the hell.
Have you ever got some data that is just *so clean* that it’s almost unreal to work with? I have some. It’s amazing.
January 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Have you ever got some data that is just *so clean* that it’s almost unreal to work with? I have some. It’s amazing.
Mundane break projects: sort and separate kid clothes by size that were dumped in the same bins, pull clothes and other items for donation, and keep the toddler from mixing things back in and ripping the labels off the bins again.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Mundane break projects: sort and separate kid clothes by size that were dumped in the same bins, pull clothes and other items for donation, and keep the toddler from mixing things back in and ripping the labels off the bins again.
What deadlines?
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What deadlines?