Gene @dzshuniper@ausglam.space

I struggle with #introductions, which is why I've never done one before. With every word I choose to communicate who I am, I get anxious about the many others I'm not choosing, so end up saying nothing at all. Despite being a systematiser and classifier by nature and profession, I bristle and squirm when being classified. Identity labels and hashtags feel inadequate and constraining. Instead, I try to demonstrate who I am in my digital presence and interactions. So, here I am. Hello.

Good grief. Preserve archivists from meddling HR who think that delicate women aren't capable of lifting archive boxes (see question 2): https://www.askamanager.org/2022/06/did-candidate-invent-his-alma-mater-coworker-doesnt-want-me-to-lift-things-and-more.html

Just got around to joining the union for the sector I now work in, and discovered that their LGBTIQ caucus is called GLAM: http://www.asu.asn.au/campaigns/glam

A first hand account about the impact school librarians can have on trans youth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr0DKBhc48

I'm in administrative hell. I'm trying to renew my UK passport. The photo I submitted was rejected for not meeting the photo standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation because I was wearing a headcovering, even though this is permitted for religious reasons. The online system said I could explain why I needed the exemption when I uploaded my new photo, but my kippah is too small to be detected, so it just accepted the photo. Now I'm on endless hold to Her Majesty's Government. 😫

Beware emerald green books. The Poison Book Project seeks to identify books dyed with toxic pigments: https://www.iiconservation.org/content/poison-book-project

Shoutout to Matthew Proctor for providing this community sourced dataset of Australian Post Codes, which was exactly what I needed this afternoon: https://github.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes/

Just finished Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer. The title story, which Monáe co-wrote with Alaya Dawn Johnson, is about the Director Librarian of the Little Delta memory repository. It explores the connection between the control of information, surveillance, and political power, as well as who these information systems marginalise. Something more librarians should pay attention to.

Platypus livestream 🦆 🦦 📹 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nothing-on-netflix-tune-in-to-platycam-for-a-non-stop-creature-feature-20220601-p5aq6t.html

So how long until they stop staffing libraries entirely and replace us all with robots? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-30/robots-filling-gaps-in-singapores-workforce-after-covid-19/101111684