Abigail Goben
Data, Open Scholarship, Libraries, Knitting, Cats. I named Executive Function Theft. The opinions of the Hedgehog Librarian, Professor. Chicago-based. She/her
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- My various Girl Scout cookie orders have begun to arrive and I am sorely tempted to just eat an entire box of Samoas and call it lunch
- May she rest in power. May we not forget the brilliance she shared with us. 📚
- Well now this is a call for applications www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
- In the 15 minutes I spent warming up lunch, unloading the dishwasher, and eating -- I got 3 new 2-3 hour tasks in my inbox.
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- ‘Bloodbath’ at Washington Post as one-third of staff laid off by Jeff Bezos www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
- Seven meetings and two loads of laundry so far today.
- It was cold in Florida y'all. We were on the Gulf side. I didn't know "ocean effect snow" was a possibility on the Gulf of Mexico
- From NOAA Satellites: The arctic blast that put much of Florida into a deep freeze also created these mesmerizing cloud streets caught by bsky.app/profile/noaa.gov 's GOESEast. Learn more in our #SatelliteSnapshot: bit.ly/3NVBiT5
- Reposted by Abigail GobenAre female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
- A certain Small Gray Cat would like you to know that I was absent last weekend and came home nearly 12 hours later than promised and things are still not correct and she deserves 3 days worth of treats today. Also she's the very best and I love her so much.
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- Oh hey look, the next Murderbot is now available on @libro.fm and Audible for pre-order. Time to start a re-listen of @kevinrfree.bsky.social reading me @marthawells.com in anticipation. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
- Reposted by Abigail GobenFirefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off
- Reposted by Abigail GobenAnother day, another Ipsos survey that uses gender as a lens on public attitudes to science without taking into consideration that 1 in 8 British men think they could win a tennis point against Serena Williams www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/public-...
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- New dino footprints phys.org/news/2026-01...
- Thought as I got my nails done this morning Has someone written a murder mystery where "detail revealing the murderer" is something to do with nails/manicures? Preferably not a cozy set in a nail salon , though now I might go rummage around finding if that series has been written too
- From Adrian Tchaikovsky's book Service Model.... Laughing at the description of AI art
- Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college Autobiographies Italian Renaissance History Vocal Lessons Irish Literature Shakespeare Tragedies
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- @somethingmodern.bsky.social book I told your mom about
- Also brain.fm is exceptional. I've got a deep focus track on and it quiets the weasels a lot.
- Been meaning to buy this book for a while -- will look forward to my copy covered with post it notes and hand written notes
- I'm at 35000 feet and working through a giant pile of scrawled notes and post it notes trying to form a coherent to do list. Ask me anything 😁
- We do not all have the same 24 hours.... Curious if there's extensive Executive Function Theft of a partner going on.
- Reposted by Abigail GobenThe college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
- Reposted by Abigail Gobeni was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
- Reposted by Abigail GobenI am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
- Reposted by Abigail Goben"Professors are fighting an asymmetric battle against the tide of anti-intellectualism, illiberalism and bad-faith complaints, and will be for the foreseeable future."
- I have already bought from four scouts but perhaps one or four more boxes of thin mints
- A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
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- It's not pitch black by 5 p.m. anymore
- Happy Publication day to @jessiemihalik.com ! I had forgotten that I pre-ordered this on Bookshop and what a delight to find it in my ebook library.
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- This is horrifying
- AI will transform medicine. But today’s chatbots are overselling what they can safely do with your body data. I walked away more worried — not more informed. My full @washingtonpost.com column here (gift link): wapo.st/49GEASP
- It is not great when all the people who know you do data management for a living text you this before you wake up on a Saturday www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
- The Missing Path Data Librarianship at Mid-Career crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr... Newest from me and @sappnelson.bsky.social 📚 #DataLibrarians #DataProfessionals
- Sweater lots of BMFA STR in the Raven Clan colorway for me.
