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@linguistory Give it a li'l listen; what could go wrong?

Big "our greatest moments are behind us" vibes from Triangle academic libraries:

https://trln.org/2025/03/upcoming-changes-for-trln/

Upcoming Changes for TRLN - Triangle Research Libraries Network

The following message was sent by the TRLN Executive Committee to the staffs of the member libraries on March 17, 2025. Dear Colleagues, We are writing to inform you of […]

Triangle Research Libraries Network

Accepting weakness in a culture that valorizes strength; accepting illness in a world that’s intolerable to it; needing help at a time when empathy is not very easy to find,

these are the challenges that extend beyond one’s own suffering and into a collective pain, one most of us remain in denial about until something bad happens to us, too.

- Kate Wagner, "The Hairshirt Doldrums"

https://www.late-review.com/p/the-hairshirt-doldrums

the hairshirt doldrums

on having a brain injury

the late review

@archenoth @misty

Is now the right time to bring up that Summon (the library search tool) switched _to_ hashbang-based URL structure in 2013 and the platform still relies on them?

To make it worse, the URL encodes the query _both_ as regular query terms and as a hashbang. The "true" query makes the URL bookmarkable, but the application translates the terms to a hashbang and only uses the hashbang portion when in actual operation.

fedi may not be the best place to post this, but i dont have a better one

would anyone be interested in being part or helping create a community for queer entities that are into trains, or public transport in general, likely on discord for the lack of a better platform?

generally that community is very diverse but spread out :< i have not seen anything like that, that wouldnt be limited to one country.

boosts are very welcome!

@platypus

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15 years after launch and these clowns have _finally_ implemented a bulk export option. And it doesn't support RIS? CSV only, for Reasons.

A quick conceptual hack you can use when technologists are arguing that a particular legal regime shouldn't apply to their new shiny stuff: imagine that they are saying that holding up a bank is fine as long as you do it with a raygun.

"rayguns are extremely futuristic, and therefore your old laws don't apply to them"

"rayguns are very good for holding up banks, do you want to stand in the way of progress"

"you can't put the genie back in the bottle, rayguns are here to stay"

@brainwane Important update. We can rest easy knowing that your original question has an official answer.
I guess @leonardr was correct!
@jonny @joss Ulrich's also doesn't list it as refereed, but I guess that's not so surprising because it's also owned by Clarivate.