Tiffany Broadbent Beker @tb623@higheredweb.social

#books #reading #BannedBooks #DPLA

'The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has launched The Banned Book Club... The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned. The e-books will be available to readers for free via the Palace e-reader app.'

(Please boost if you dig it)

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digital-public-library-of-america-launches-the-banned-book-club-to-ensure-access-to-banned-books-301881735.html

Great long weekend visiting Shenandoah National Park. 3 days of hiking and nature bathing. #nps #nature #touchinggrass

Hivemind question: We are using #Google's "Programmable Search Engine" (formerly known as Custom Search Engine). A particular search result is showing up in our results, and we need to get rid of it. However, when I try to inspect that URL using the "Search Console" (formerly Webmaster Tools), it tells me that URL is not indexed anywhere. If that URL isn't indexed, why the heck is it showing up in our search results, and how do I get rid of it?

Happy Pride Month to the LGBTQIA+ Community! Amidst the celebrations, let's not forget that this year, more than ever, the community continues to face battles for survival and acceptance. I stand with you all, ready to fight for love, equality, and respect!

PSA, if someone asks you for contact info (e.g. a phone number) of someone you know, the correct response is "I can't give that to you, but I can give them yours".

It's efficient and adds no round-trips, it's privacy friendly, it's non-awkward and it's social engineering resistant. It's a universally good rule.

And the corollary, of course: Don't ask someone for another person's contact info - ask them to pass on yours.

Type in your ZIP, and this will tell you which weather app is most accurate for your area: https://www.forecastadvisor.com.

As an amateur weather nerd, glad to see the service I use at the top of the list: https://www.wunderground.com (owned by IBM, btw)

Alrighty #SEO folks out there. Can anyone point me in the direction of resources that might explain where Google and Bing are getting different (and wrong) capitalizations of our acronym in results? SUNY =/= Suny and I can't see anything in what *we* provide that could be yielding that.

Beautiful 10-day sequence of Venus and Jupiter drawing together in the western sky. The variety of twilight colors is a sweet bonus.
Photos: Soumyadeep Mukherjee
https://earthsky.org/earthsky-community-photos/entry/56315/ #astronomy #conjunction

As a followup from my "I'm not at Food52 anymore" post, I spent some time over the weekend putting down my thoughts on what kind of role and more importantly what kind of company I am looking to find.

https://confusticate.com/2023/01/21/new-beginnings.html

This includes links to my resume and other such administrivia as well as bonus content linking to great articles by Angela Riggs and the every popular @mipsytipsy

Enjoy!

I am sad to say that I am no longer working at Food52 and am starting my search for a new role. My search is early but I know what drives me.

Simply put, solving technical problems and working with others to see them succeed is what brings me joy.

I am likely looking for a Principal/Staff level IC role at a company whose mission I can get behind. Remote-only. My recent experience is with Ruby on Rails, but I love learning new technology.

Any leads are appreciated!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremybeker/

Are you or someone you know switching to #1Password? Send them over to https://1password.com/switch/

We will credit you the remainder of your current password manager subscription. You make the move, we’ll help cover the cost.

Wait for it: https://pointerpointer.com

2023 already has a theme song. And it slaps.
https://youtu.be/V61BVW56UKU

For this year's gingerbread I made... Curiosity!

#space #gingerbread #nasa #mars #curiosity #baking #astronomy

Remember the sound of an old slide projector? A chewing gum machine? A coffee mill?

#ConserveTheSound puts together a virtual audio #museum of (almost) lost everyday #sound:

https://www.conservethesound.de/category/sound

There’s snow on the ground where I am, reminded me of this flipbook I made into a GIF when I was a teenager.

#snowman #snowmen #animation

Has anyone seen if MachinePix from the other site has made its way over?