Killian

Sometimes you have to learn basic hand drawn animation for work. I'm pretty proud of this 😅

I don’t ever want hear another “oh, he wouldn’t do that” He just did babe, now what are you going to do about it? If citizens being plucked off the streets due to legalized racial profiling isn’t enough, then how about free speech. I thought y’all cared about that?

It’s not us versus our neighbor. It’s us vs government. It’s us vs amoral billionaires. It’s us vs the healthcare system. POLITICIANS. WORK. FOR US. The greatest and most successful power move was to make us *forget* that we have any power at all before systematically taking it away

We are not witnessing the collapse of Democracy. We are living through the solidification of a fascist regime. We are not spectators. This is at our doorstep and like frogs in boiling water, we have normalized the thing trying to hurt us. Because the tactic is overwhelm, exhaust, and divide.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Raiding homeless encampments is a form of political violence, btw.

A conversation I keep having with teachers who add genAI to their curriculum (as opposed to those who are required to use it from top down mandates) is what is the learning goal? They give me a bunch of jargon, but when you sift out the hype you're not left with much. 1/

I know there's a lot of 1776 rebellious American patriotism going around right now- but I must remind you that the roots of our society is not throwing tea in a harbor- it's committing genocide and enslaving people.

If you're gonna claim one, you have to take accountability for the other.

Just got home from a youth services focused conference and heard "use AI to save time" SO MANY TIMES.

Not to mention the people I know personally who use it to give a starting point for almost everything from emails to planning programs, etc.

I hate it.

When you're presenting to children's and teen librarians about video games, you've got to dress on theme.

Didn't realize National Public Health Week and National Library Week were the same week, but it does seem fitting!

My hope is that y'all will note all the people who turned out in the states you so callously mock and label deserving of this suffering. Even in the smallest of towns, people showed up because they hate this man.

If the Democratic Party was smart, after yesterday's turnout they would actually start talking to people in red states. They would spend money in elections at every single level. It's time to end the generations of elitism on the left. Ignoring half the country has only pushed them further right.

Update: I am a sobbing puddle.

Getting set to watch the livestream of two of my guard students spinning in Dayton at WGI for the first time. I'm gonna cry so much - I'm so proud!

I may be enjoying the first daytime thunderstorm of the season, but the cats aren't loving it, so I'm glad I'm able to be home with them today ⛈️

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Trying to get back in the swing of things, so morning coffee & DBD it is! twitch.tv/killianshea

Post winterguard vacation week - let's play some Sims 4!
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My alarm is set for 2 am. In spite of knowing that, I remain incapable of making it to bed before 10:30. This is very much going to be me tomorrow:

ALA GameRT presentation is in the books - time to build on that for MLA Spring Institute!

DMing for kids yesterday made me realize today's kids don't have a healthy fear of/respect for the fey and that seems like a failure on the part of all us older generations 😂

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It's winter guard circuit championships week (so normal rehearsals plus our final rehearsal/community show Friday & EARLY call time on Saturday), I have 2 D&D one-shots I need to finish planning by Thursday, and my ALA Gaming Roundtable March Mini Con presentation on Friday.

*deep breath*

What I need to impress on y'all, and that I have been saying for years now, is that the vagueness IS THE ENTIRE POINT. It's so they can call anything they wish "sexually explicit," especially LGBTQ+ books.

This isn't new or innovative. It's the same old shit, year 4.5.

There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY.

But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.

Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.

This outlines how losing IMLS funding would affect Michigan libraries. If you're not in Michigan, look into your own state organizations and libraries to find out how this would affect you.

This. All of this.

If your job as a library is to provide information and facts, if you're pussyfooting around it, you're not doing your job.

When the crucial library services funded by IMLS are gone shortly, no library can play the "neutral" card anymore, no matter how much they've stuck their feet in the mud about it.

Libraries need to be clear and precise why these services are gone: Presidential orders.