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they/m | brimwats.com | PhD., etc. | UWOFA strong professing @westernufims.bsky.social on how GLAMS describe marginalized folks; information's histories & identity in sociotechnical systems 🔗 Homosaurus.org HistSex.org CritCat.org NCPWG.org QMDC & TMDC

screenshot: Applicant Watson, Brian; Western University Co-applicant Allison, Stacy; Dalhousie University Bullard, Julia; The University of British Columbia Liu, Tianyi; McGill University Collaborator Adler, Melissa; Western University Browning, Jennifer; Carleton University Lee, Yoo Young; University of Ottawa Smart, Laura; Western University Title The Collaborative Canadian Catalogue/Le Catalogue canadien collaboratif Years 2 Funding $89,829
a graphic of the coffee crisp logo and a image of a coffee crisp presented head in and cut in half. it is a chocolate bar with wafer and coffee inside
a mother cat sleeping in the hay with 8 kittens sleeping beside and on her
screenshot of Homosaurus Demisexual people – https://homosaurus.org/v5/homoit0000344 Identifier homoit0000344 Preferred Label Demisexual people English Personas demisexuales Spanish Demisexuelle Personen German Personnes demisexuelles French Demiseksuele personen Dutch Demisexuella personer Swedish Description Individuals who do not experience sexual attraction unless they have first formed a strong emotional connection with a person. English Personas que no experimentan atracción sexual a menos que primero hayan formado una fuerte conexión emocional con una persona. Spanish Menschen, die keine sexuelle Anziehung empfinden, bevor sie eine starke emotionale Bindung zu einer Person aufgebaut haben. German Personnes qui n'éprouvent pas d'attirance sexuelle à moins d'avoir d'abord établi un lien émotionnel fort avec une personne. French Mensen die geen seksuele aantrekking ervaren, tenzij ze een sterke emotionele band met iemand vormen Dutch Personer som inte upplever sexuell attraktion till andra om de inte först har etablerat en stark emotionell anknytning till en person. Swedish
a white person with long dark brown hair, wearing a dark blue dress with a flowery skirt and sleeves is smiling and standing in front of academic/church looking buildings and trees
the cover of don't talk about politics by stein-lubrano
a calico cat laying on her back with her white belly up looking very happy
a video that shows a backyard going from cloudy to fine to extreme storm weather within 40 seconds
screenshot of https://queersearch.org/en/home-2/ QueerSearch. Umbrella association of German-speaking queer archives, libraries, and collections Since 2017, organisations with collections related to the culture, art and history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ*) people from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands have been networking under the umbrella of QueerSearch. QueerSearch is a registered association based in Berlin and currently has eleven member organisations.
screenshot of https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/competition-results/award-recipients/2026/destination-horizon-grants-january.aspx Project director Watson, Brian; Faculty of Information & Media Studies - Western University Co-applicant Adler, Melissa; Faculty of Information & Media Studies - Western University Bullard, Julia; School of Information - The University of British Columbia Keilty, Patrick; Faculty of Information - University of Toronto Collaborator Bergenmar, Jenny; Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion - University of Gothenburg Humlesjo, Siska; Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities - University of Gothenburg Travieso, Críspulo; Biblioteconomía y Documentación - Universidad de Salamanca Wessel, Gerrit; Homosaurus German Translation - Queersearch Title Building Up & Building out the Homosaurus Collective in Europe and Canada Years 1 Funding $15,000
screenshot of the front page of archives gaies du québec, which is a very pink site with white text: ACQ : Quebec Gay A non-profit organization dedicated to the intergenerational transmission of Quebec's LGBTQ+ heritage
a screenshot of text: Award recipients for Connection Grants: February 2026 Competition Filter items Showing 1 to 1 of 1 entries (filtered from 86 total entries) Show entries Applicant Brian Watson, Western University Collaborator Anita Mazur, Polytechnique Montréal Hortense Chopart, Université de Montréal Mylène Larivière-Langlois, Université de Montréal Nicolas Longtin-Martel, Archives Gaies du Quebec Title A Community de communautés: supporting the Québécois Homosaurus Years 1 Funding $50,000
Screenshot: Earth.com Fish could hear before rivers existed Earth sciences professor Neil Banerjee
a stylized black on white mug picture: pencil style drawing of Prince Andrew with red eyes and the words Prince Andrew Arrest 19.02.2026
a poster in red saying "women's work is never done"
wall mural of a squirrel jumping downwards
screenshot: Workshop 663: Toward accessible information theories: Crowdsourcing plain language descriptions This intellectually engaging and creative workshop focuses on making information science theories more accessible for students and research participants. Come learn about our research project where we developed plain language descriptions of twelve classic information behaviour theories. We will discuss the challenges of making theory accessible to non-research audiences, nd you wil try your hand at creating plain language descriptions of theories through a crowdsourcing exercise with fellow workshop attendees. If you want to geek out about theory, have fun with other conference attendees, and come away with some useful ideas for your research and teaching, this workshop is for you!
an incredibly complex model map of the compositional process on the digital age
image of the UN Cc page which grows a lot over time
picture of IF and ID encodings
environmental impact of internet
a picture of a slide comparing FRBR to fluid pumps
image of FRBR model
a full English breakfast; minus beans and toast
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Dear Colleagues & Peers, My name is Deanna Zarrillo (she/they), and I am a PhD candidate at Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics. I am conducting dissertation research on the experiences of trans and gender diverse authors who have changed their name on academic publications and perspectives around digital identity more broadly. This work is aimed at assessing the community impact of post-publication name change policies from major publishers and enhancing policy around author privacy in the publication process. As part of this work, I am recruiting eligible participants for a survey on this topic. If you are an academic and have changed your name in the past, whether on publications or not, please consider responding to this survey! As publishing policies evolve, your experiences can help shape more inclusive practices for current and future scholars. You’re eligible if you: You are an academic student or faculty member (current or previous) with a history of publications in academic journals You are transgender, gender diverse, or otherwise self-identify outside of the gender binary. You have changed your name and have used, or have considered using, a post-publication name change policy or have changed your name on a publication in another way. Are fluent in English. What to Expect: This survey includes questions about your experiences with post-publication name changes and utilizing publisher policies. Your participation in this survey is voluntary. You may refuse to take part in the research or to exit the survey at any time. Partial responses will not be retained. Should you volunteer as an interviewee*, further consent information will be provided via email prior to the scheduled interview in addition to a verbal consent agreement at the beginning of the interview. Your responses will provide vital information to help assess current policies, identify barriers and challenges, explore impact, develop recommendations for improvem…
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picture of the front of Ashes book: The Hellfire clubs: a history of anti morality. front cover shows an upper class man bowing religiously and creepily over something that has been cut out of the picture frame (it's a naked lady)
two Skeets back to back, the first from @davidkaib.bsky. social and the second from @internethippo.bsky. social seeming to read David Kaib It may not seem like it, but right now is a great time to think about the different world we want.... (second skeet) Better Things Are Possible But we're going to have a beautiful police state and it'll be very brutal. And you'll be free, perhaps more free than ever before
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a picture of an office fridge with a sign and three sticky notes attached to the sign. top to bottom: 1. please remember to put your name and date on any food / condiments 2. please date condiments 3. but I'm already seeing someone and [that] isn't fair to them 4. #POLY-CONDI-AMORY: date your condiments & eat them too
meme of Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power is a line of dialogue spoken by Omni-Man to Invincible in the animated TV series Invincible during a fight between the two. The line is in reference to a pair of fighter jets, used to illustrate how weak humans are in comparison to superhumans. the meme text reads NEUROTYPICALS' "ADMIN PARTIES" over the humans and over the superhumans : Entire ASD/ADD BODYDOUBLING COMMUNITIES
a brown cat and a orange black and white cat are cuddling together, asleep, in the same position their heads on each other and their legs and tails entangled
a series of books on a shelf. the skeet is talking about Bowers book the standing blue one on the right
two cats cuddling in a yingyanh shape
same two cats but even more stretched out in the blanket
a orange and black and a grey striped cat are stretched out and sleeping on a blue and white heated blanket
Lewis pointing at Cato Institute and magazine ads showing photos of all of these tech dudes (Schmidt, Andreessen, etc)
Lewis in front of a slide of NYT 1993 article "building the electronic superhighway"
Lewis in front of a slide of "the power of the Microchip" (and a pic of a microchip)
Lewis in front of a newspaper article about Gilder "out to turn back the clock on feminism"
Lewis in front of 4 magazine photos
Slide about the Californian Ideology alongside a picture of a Wired magazine
a big auditorium with a poster of Becca Lewis ' speech projected on the wall
reply skeet to me from @katie.bzky.team saying "700 PAGES?!"
screenshot of Katie's guide, the URL bar is pink
screenshot of an email reading <CENSORED> has officially launched its Research Information Management System (RIMS)—an initiative to support our collective research and academic mission.
the book don't talk about politics by Sarah Stein Lubrano
5 Library Shelves: 000 - has issues of LCSH and Kinsey card Catalogue, has a pink lamp and Archives Are Not Neutral Mug with some LEGO flowers in it 100 - primary sources, some books turned out to see the full covers 200 - various academic texts on the history of the family, sex, and the book
a black and grey cat rolling around with a stick of catnip
a black and grey cat rolling around with a stick of catnip
any gray cake pop in the shape of raccoon is being held up by a person with light blue painted fingernails. one of the raccoons ears has been bitten off and replaced with whipped cream
large buses driving down a crowded city street
screenshot of http://hdl.handle.net/2429/92159: Open Collections UBC Theses and Dissertations UBC Theses Logo Featured Collection Expanding the margins in the history of sexuality & galleries, libraries, archives, museums & special collections (GLAMS) Watson, B. M. Abstract This dissertation centers on understanding and fixing the persistent and wicked problem of marginalization in systems. I do this by examining the “power to name” utilized by cultural heritage institutions (like Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Special Collections; GLAMS) and informational infrastructures (like databases, psychological schema, or social media platforms). As systems are defined by boundaries, the act of naming or labelling people, places, and things in these Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSes) produces marginalizations and exclusions. I undertake a comprehensive analysis to understand how a.....
screenshot of an email: Dear Bri, Your thesis has been accepted into cIRcle. It will be available online in 3 - 4 days, and you will be sent a link to it on the UBC Library web site. This email is your official thesis receipt. Your program will receive a copy, and provided you have met all other requirements, your program will be closed as of August 29, 2025. Please allow 5-7 business days for this to show up on your record.
the number 10,000 styled after the 💯 emoji
screenshot of the article in the reskeet: wolf attacks predict far-right voting
screenshot of https://infopetitenation.ca/understanding-the-impact-of-the-grand-canyon-fire/ talking about October 2023 grand canyon fire
a long silver blade with a wrapped hilt is held in the hand with the point down
a wooden wheel with ~10 magazines that spins but always presents the book right side up