Kelly

haha going after a donut shop a decade after they sold out actually checks somehow

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Calling all higher ed library workers!

HELU is hosting a library workers organizing call next Wednesday, Aug. 20th at 4pm MST. You can register for it at bit.ly/HELU_LW_Aug25

lol nope!

A colorful display of queer zines

"sorry this is late..." said every perzinester ever... so even though we missed the end of International Zine Month by a couple of days, we're still stoked to share this "What Kind of Queer Zine Are You" quiz that QZAP intern @bluespringwrites.bsky.social made:

gittings.qzap.org/quiz-what-ty...

Out now! Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers from @alaeditionsns.bsky.social

Grateful for all the library unionists who spoke to us for the book, and to co-authors @kellymce.bsky.social @mkahn.bsky.social and Angelo Moreno!

alastore.ala.org/oryrlib

Can’t wait to read it!

Yes please! I don’t think I can DM you, but I would like to preorder a few.

Yes please

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Everyone should be so lucky!

🥹 if this is my legacy I am so honored!

IMLS Matters Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.

forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...

imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

"A computer can never be spiteful or horny Therefore a computer must never make art"

Reminder

Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk about it.

Make sure you’re inviting the right person to your Signal group!

To help confirm someone’s identity and keep track of your contacts, @signal.org offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts.

Learn about Signal’s identifiers:

🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

No amount of complicity is going to save you from fascism, so you might as well fight.

80s looking graphic with text "Call for Zine Pavilion 2025 volunteers"

Would you like free registration to the American Library Association conference #ALAAC25 in Philly this June? Volunteer for a 3-hour shift at the Zine Pavilion and we'll get you in! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

After five months of turning down invitations to talk about AI, I'm gonna talk about AI.

Join me Weds March 19th for a free webinar through @mediaedlab.bsky.social, "Questioning Generative AI Through Zinemaking."
mediaeducationlab.com/events/quest...

💖💖💖 this event sounds like such a great way to dig into these issues!!

This is part of a long term strategy to bypass libraries in Clarivate’s revenue model entirely, even if this isn’t explicitly the intent now.

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

How does a nation even conceive of recovering from having all the private taxpayer data of its citizenry stolen by Nazis? Any ideas?

🚨 RED CARD UPDATE 🚨

Due to unprecedented demand, our original Red Card portal is backlogged and these are not available for order via the non-profit and private firm portals right now.

However, this 🔗 guides you to the raw Red Card page you can print for 🆓 RIGHT NOW 👇🏽

ilrc.org/red-cards

I feel like we're always 48 hours away from an "All Social Security Numbers Accidentally Deleted" headline now

Border Surveillance Towers (Spring 2025) - Google My Maps (Updated 11/21/2024) Click the datapoints for links to Google/Bing satellite and Google Streetview images, as well as source materials, when available. Credit: Electronic Frontier Foundation This ...

There's interest in this again, so I'm sharing @eff.org's complete publicly available and open source map of border surveillance infrastructure so people can see the constant surveillance border communities are under as well as the money and resources put to the great nationalist boondoggle.

Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now:

Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...

How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...

Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

redesign of the piece that has gotten me restricted/suspended at least 4 times 😇

hey yeah just a quick question, what the fuck is happening

A National Day of Action for Higher Ed On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ...

On April 17, 2025 @aaup.bsky.social will bring together major higher ed unions, trade unions, student groups, and allied organizations in the fight to “Free Higher Education.” LEARN MORE: www.dayofactionforhighered.org?source=twitt...