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Nor will they, because they don’t care.

Also, it is “unincorporated territory” aka colony.

It’s September 23, so I’m thinking about the Grito de Lares. We’re still screaming 156 years later. Fuck colonialism. Viva Betances.

Harassing librarians is a really boring hobby tbh

You could do literally anything else

Fobazi has given so much to our profession and has fearlessly spoken truth to power on a variety of critically important issues that impact the well-being of library workers. Please contribute if you can and think healing thoughts for her.

Related, librarians as a class do not support social justice or DEI. Because most librarians will cave at the thought of someone in power being mad at them before they'll stand up for someone unlike them.

(for those outside the field: it has been near 90% white for decades, this isn't an accident)

Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Community college faculty launch billboard campaign over low wages Educators say chronic understaffing threatens the success of MassEducate, the state’s free community college initiative.

Fair pay for Community College workers!

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Trump has fired the register of copyright, Shira Perlmutter. Shira is one of the most knowledgeable and talented copyright lawyers in the country. This is definite about AI.

This volume is out, and I’m glad to be one of its contributors.

And if I were to write a “rebuttal” using cherry picked citations and vibes to this would I too get published in CRL? Or is that only for bigoted opinions?

Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard.

And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”

"404 Media obtained a presentation showing some of these AI characters. These include a “radicalized AI” “protest persona,"...Another AI persona in the presentation is described as a “‘Honeypot’ AI Persona.”

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#TrAntiFa starter pack. You're welcome.

Nominations in the comments, feel free to self-nominate.

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The image shows a social media exchange regarding the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form for 2025-26. The first post is from an account called "Department of Government Efficiency" (@DOGE) that simply states "Fixed." This is in response to another post from "Libs of TikTok" (@libsoftiktok) that discusses the FAFSA form's gender options. The image includes a screenshot of the actual FAFSA form showing the "Student Demographic Information" section, which displays only two gender options: Male and Female. The form includes a notice stating these questions are "Used for Research Purposes Only and Do Not Affect Federal Student Aid Eligibility." The Libs of TikTok post claims that FAFSA forms were previously listing a "nonbinary" option for gender selection, and expresses approval that the form now only includes male and female options, stating this needed to be changed immediately. The post is dated February 14, 2025.

The nonbinary gender option has been removed from FAFSA applications.

This is what's called a 'dysaffordance:' nonbinary students will now be forced to select an option that doesn't reflect who they really are, potentially causing gender dysphoria, in order to complete the application.

Librarians and related folks - Send your emails TODAY. A couple of sentences will do.

Filme puertorriqueño estrena en Rotterdam brindando una mirada a la década de 1950 en la isla Dirigido por el puertorriqueño Ramón Rivera Moret, el filme se mostrará em varios festivales de cine alrededor del mundo.

Filme puertorriqueño estrena en Rotterdam brindando una mirada a la década de 1950 en la isla.

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#DivEdCo #PuertoRico #TodoParecíaPosible

Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes.

They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going.

Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.

Petition against the denial of an approved withdrawal from PSA's Extended Sick Leave Fund The BPL Professional Staff Association has successfully managed our Extended Sick Leave Fund ("sick bank") since its inception. Members donate one, two, or three days worth of hours each year to the b...

I can’t believe libraries are still doing this! Even after Latanya literally DIED because her library wouldn’t let her use her sick days. Please sign this petition, and remember that no job loves you back. Take care of yourselves out there! bit.ly/sickbankpetition

Empezaron los aranceles de Donald Trump. 25% a todo lo llegado de Canadá y México y 10% a China. La colonia puertorriqueña está completamente indefensa ante esto.

Thomas Rivera Schatz radica medida que busca transferir las funciones del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña al DDEC El Proyecto del Senado 0273 derogaría la Ley 89 de 1955 que promulgó la creación del ICP

“Thomas Rivera Schatz radica medida que busca transferir las funciones del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña al DDEC”

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Haitians and Dominicans rounded up by ICE in Puerto Rico.

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

The other shoe… www.npr.org/sections/sho...

US (and Puerto Rico) graduate students: Would you like to participate in a 8-9 week paid summer internship working in archives in Puerto Rico? This program is for you. Organized by Aldo Lauria Santiago, from Rutgers. More information here: prac.rutgers.edu/archival-int...

Manifestación multisectorial: Sin U no hay PR.
miércoles 29 de enero de 2025, 10:00am
Frente al portón principal de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Jan. 24, 1874: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Born Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile, collector, writer, who spent his life championing Black history, was born on this day.

"We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul & body, with phosphorescent light, brighten the chasm that separates us." ― Arturo Schomburg, born #tdih 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico

Read⬇️
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AAUP opposes "anticipatory obedience" to Trump, GOP The American Association of University Professors released a statement Thursday urging universities not to engage in “anticipatory obedience,” which it defined as “acting to comply in advance of any p...

Important: The AAUP released a statement urging universities not to engage in “anticipatory obedience,” which it defined as “acting to comply in advance of any pressure to do so.”

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WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference  Online via Zoom    Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."

More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

#WomensHistory #GLAM

Your local government isn't ready to evacuate disabled people California's fire-prone counties left people to die. Other communities don't have to.

Harrowing but helpful: When it comes to disasters like the Los Angeles fires and evacuations, “The public needs to understand that whatever planning & services are in place that do exist have almost certainly not considered a myriad of disabled people’s needs.”

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One task that AI might truly be useful for but no, we want to generate bullshit headlines, terrible art, and automated kill lists

Imagen del impreso del artículo. La columna de opinión está en un recuadro azúl, entre otros dos artículos breves. La fotografía que acompaña la columna es una niña vestida en sudadera frente a anaqueles de libros. La niña está parada l, leyendo un libro. Se asume que los libros se encuentran en una biblioteca y que la colección es de textos infantiles o juveniles.

Debí luchar por más bibliotecas en Puerto Rico de Ana Medina Hernández. #Bibliotecas #PuertoRico

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