#science library

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Conrad G. Mueller, Mae Rudolph and the Editors from Time-Life Books - Light and Vision - Time - 1975

#witches #visionaries #occult #vintage #light and vision #light #vision #science library #conrad g. mueller #mae rudolph #time-life books #time books #sight #1975

[mydirtyvalentine]

pretty normal podcast listening experience i think,

#the magnus archives #jonathan sims #the archivist #tma podcast #the magnus protocol #rusty quill #horror podcast #tma jon #library science #audio drama enjoyer/deragatory

[nitewrighter]

#librarianship #libraryblr #bookblr #libraries #information sciences

[pyjamacryptid]

Feeling like the ultimate nerd niche right now. I’m studying information science, specifically cataloguing, while in a library. Immersive experience. Like a 4D movie.

Self-portrait on Lined Notebook Paper, c. 2023

#ren rambles #library #libraries #information science #library and information science #cataloguing #my art #ren doodles #doodle #doodling

[anxi0usgh0st]

if you see this I’m taking you on a date to the planetarium then we’re going to a cat cafe and a library. best places on earth criticism isn’t taken

#concerts are also up there on the list of charlie’s favorite places #and science museums I fucking love science museums. #ever been to california academy of science? insane #first date I’m being a nerd you get what you see #science #cats #cat cafe #cute cats #books & libraries #safe space #date night #date ideas #planets #planetarium #space #outer space

[ikiprian]

Barbara Gordon's Coding & Computer Cram School is a popular YouTube series. Tucker Foley is a star student.

Barbara Gordon's Cram School posts free online courses for both coding and computer engineering. Think Crash Course in terms of entertainment, but college lecture in terms of depth. Hundreds of thousands of viewers flock to it— students who missed a class, people looking to add new skills to a resume, even simple hobbyists. It’s a project Barbara’s proud of.

Sometimes, when she wants to relax, she’ll even hop in the comments and spend an afternoon troubleshooting a viewer’s project with them.

User “Fryer-Tuck” has especially interesting ones. Barbara finds herself seeking out his comments, checking in on whatever this crazy kid is making next. An app for collecting GPS pings and assembling them on a map in real-time, an algorithm that connects geographic points to predict something’s movement taking a hundred other variables into account, simplified versions of incredibly complex homemade programs so they can run on incredibly limited CPU’s.

(Barbara wants to buy the kid a PC. It seems he’s got natural talent, but he keeps making reference to a PDA. Talk about 90’s! This guy’s hardware probably predates his birth.)

She chats with him more and more, switching to less public PM threads, and eventually, he opens up. His latest project, though, is not something Barbara has personal experience with.

FT: so if you found, hypothetically, a mysterious glowing substance that affects tech in weird and wacky ways that could totally have potential but might be vaguely sentient/otherworldly…. what would you do and how would you experiment with it. safely, of course. and hypothetically

BG: I’d make sure all my tests were in disposable devices and quarantined programs to keep it from infecting my important stuff. Dare I ask… how weird and wacky is it?

FT: uhhh. theoretically, a person composed of this substance once used it to enter a video game. like physical body, into the computer, onto the screen? moving around and talking and fighting enemies within the game?

FT: its been experimented with before, but not on any tech with a brain. just basic shields and blasters and stuff, its an energy source. also was put in a car once

FT: i wanna see how it affects software, yk? bc i already know it can. mess around and see how far i can push it

BG: […]

FT: … barbara?

BG: Sorry, thinking. Would you mind sharing more details? You said “blasters?”

Honestly. Kid genius with access to some truly wacky materials and even wackier weapons, she needs to start a file on him before he full sends to either hero or villain.

[OR: Tucker is a self-taught hacker, but if he were to credit a teacher, he'd name Barbara Gordon's Coding & Computer Cram School! He's even caught the attention of Dr. Gordon herself. She's full of sage advice, and with how she preaches the value of a good VPN, he's sure she's not pro-government. Maybe she'll help him as he studies the many applications of ecto-tech!]

#she does end up sending tucker a PC lol #and after she learns he has experience supporting a superhero team maybe pushes his name forward to WEs outreach program for r&d potentials #picks him up by the scruff and says MY coding buddy #also fun fact she had a phd in library science at one point. i like that about her i think we should talk about it a little more #also tucker was making a ghost reporting & tracking app for amity parkers #dpxdc #dcxdp #barbara gordon #tucker foley #prompt #kipwrite

[vintagewildlife]

A tree full of baby opossums By: Charles Philip Fox From: The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences 1958

#virginia opossum #opossum #marsupial #mammal #1958 #1950s #Charles Philip Fox #The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences

[intheobituaries]

Islamic and Buddhist funeral customs are so interesting!

#minimalist #minimalist lifestyle #light academia #chaotic academia #study aesthetic #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #uni life #mortuary science #studyspo #studying #study motivation #studyblr #bookworm #books #booklr #books and reading #books & libraries #aesthetic #intheobituaries

[loktauri]

Tma au where nothing is wrong ever and Jon gets to pet as many cats as he likes

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #tim stoker #sasha james #its just an office comedy at this point #idk the horrors are still there but now it's the horrors of genuinely needing a masters for archival sciences #BE SO FR what the hells is the point of a masters #listen this is my gripe about the educational ladder you have to climb in order to even think about going to library sciences #and getting some sort of guaranteed work off it #oh martin got through alright by lying but he got real lucky with this boss being a literal cult leader #but nooooo I have to finish my bachelors and get another 30k or so in debt BAR student finance #as if med school isnt already a scam!!! #and furthermore-- #oh old art tag

[archivist-dragonfly]

Book 472

Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s

Adam Rowe

Abrams 2023

Another new book from Abrams. We’ve gotten to the point in publishing where, if you’re like me and like large-format art books, you need to get used to the idea of buying them when they are released. Fewer and fewer publishers are taking the risk of releasing art books, and they are staying in print for shorter and shorter periods of time. So, when I heard about this book, I made a point of getting myself a copy, and I’m glad I did. While my preference in vintage book cover art leans more toward the pulp era, it is the 70s covers that I find myself the most familiar and nostalgic. Featuring some all-time greats—Frazetta, Vallejo, Elson, Emshwiller, Mead, the Dillons, et al—and divided into subject categories such as spaceships, cities and landscapes, plants, animals, aliens, fantasy realms, and cryptozoology, this is a beautiful and very welcome look at an incredibly creative, experimental, and occasionally ridiculous sci-fi decade.

#bookshelf #library #personal collection #personal library #books #bibliophile #booklr #book lover #illustrated book #worlds beyond time #adam rowe #abrams books #science fiction #cover art #illustration

[hurglewurm]

old men yaoi. no this isn't any fandom, these are prominent academics in my field (and the field adjacent). the two in the comic hated each other a lot but those are real quotes or paraphrases that they said about each other. i will not apologize

#tr schellenberg #hilary jenkinson #sr ranganathan #robert s taylor #academia #archival studies #library studies #information science #my art #i am insane.

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

have a meme from grad school that i don't remember making

#neon genesis evangelion #library tag #library science

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Cover detail from Engine Summer. John Crowley. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. Jacket by Gary Friedman.

#gary friedman #engine summer #john crowley #books #book covers #library books #book #book cover #science fiction #science fiction books #scifi #cats #design #detroit public library

[stuckinapril]

my GOD I love science. i love chemistry. i love medicine. i love my life

#so happy to have made the choices I have #even if somehow something changes I never want this love for science & learning beaten out of me #no matter what I always want to treasure everything I’ve learned #one day I will be 70 at the library hunched over a book w lip gloss on bc the pursuit of knowledge never ends #and we are so fortunate for that #p

[teaboot]

Kink at pride, drag queens, traditional family values, blah blah blah. I'm washing laundry and listening to my radio shows and stitching together a body harness on my sewing machine. I've worked at a dungeon and I've worked at a sunday school and nothing matters and we should all calm down. Put on a garter belt and go to the fucking farmer's market. Fucking hell

#Vent post #Jesus just be aware of where you are and act appropriately its not rocket science #Drag queens aren't stripping during story time at the public library how did this become a huge deal #I'm so tired #Poking the hornets nest #Jesus christ just ignore me

[vintagewildlife]

A boy covered in young opossums By: Charles Philip Fox From: The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences 1958

#captivity #virginia opossum #opossum #marsupial #mammal #1958 #1950s #Charles Philip Fox #The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences