Julia Bullard

Global News’ Ben Mulroney Shared a Video of Airstrikes. The Footage is Actually from a Video Game. The host of Global News’ West Block gets lost in a misinformation-driven fog of war as American and Israeli forces strike Iran

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While US and Israeli forces launched strikes against Iran this weekend, Global News' The West Block host Ben Mulroney reposted video of fighter jets that had been miscaptioned as American F-15s attacking Iran

I double-checked. Ben was actually sharing footage from a video game

Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh

As a 2016 UT Austin PhD grad, the speed of the deliberate dismantling of this public university is stunning. I wasn’t naive about Texas politics but still. Damn.

A graph of database connections, showing a massive spike at around 18.30.

This is what AI scrapers are doing to our platform. Our database capacity is just being ruined every time they initiate a fresh scrape and our tech team has to scramble, taking radical measures, to keep the platform up.

A Love Letter to Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee The northern community faces some of its darkest days ahead, but is famously resilient.

“For those who are just learning about Tumbler Ridge for the first time, know that it is so much more than the events of this week. The town is a portrait of resiliency. It has survived against the odds and emerged stronger.”
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YouTube video by WeRateDogs The Very Dystopian Dog Super Bowl Ad

Thank you, @weratedogs.com for this reportage: www.youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...

What an effective curse you've placed on me

Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard NEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs

It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit.

Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.

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NEW STUDY!

@juliahusar.bsky.social and I have a grant to build trans health and wellbeing tech, and we need input from other trans women and transfems to make sure it serves us all well. This is research BY transfems FOR transfems and we're inviting y'all to be part of it. Also, we're paying!

Making the Academic Librarian Interview Less Painful - ACRLog To be unexpectedly unemployed in the U.S. is to be in a state of desperation. If you haven’t been out of work lately, it’s a particularly challenging time. The labor market is cooling, and people are ...

I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚

How Canada’s Labour Traffickers Trap Workers | The Tyee Reports warn a growing number of foreign workers are being victimized. But criminal charges are rare.

An immigrant worker shares his story of paying thousands to secure a low-paying Canadian job - then, his employer took a cut of his wage.

Reporting by @isaacphannay.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social in collab with @theijf.org thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Earth)

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I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

Donate to Help Save a Queer bookstore! Cross and Crows needs you, organized by Meesh Beech This queer-owned bookstore has given back to our community again an… Meesh Beech needs your support for Help Save a Queer bookstore! Cross and Crows needs you

@crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social needs urgent help to stay open in Vancouver, BC. @charliejane.bsky.social @yilinwriter.bsky.social gofund.me/313858e1c

Registration for #BCLA2026 is now open! bclaconnect.ca/blog/registr...

Equipment issue led to excessive LNG Canada flaring, docs reveal | The Narwhal LNG Canada delayed reporting ‘integrity issue’ to regulators and never fully informed the public, while locals raised concerns about noise, smoke and emissions

LNG Canada has known there was an issue with its flaring equipment for over a year. While locals raised concerns about noise, smoke and emissions, until now, they didn’t have answers. The Narwhal reviewed more than 2,000 pages of documents for this story: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f... #bcpoli

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping. Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.

Call for papers: the 54th Canadian Association for Information Science conference, 22-26 June 2026, free online, hosted by UBC iSchool.

Theme: "Information in Repair."

Submissions due 31 January.

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Call for Proposals: Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) 2026 Annual Conference librarianship.ca/news/cfp-cai...

Conference Dates: June 22-26, 2026
Theme: Information in Repair
Location: Online
Deadline for proposals: January 31, 2026

Veycosi! Can't remember when I've last had that kind of reaction to someone's internal narrative (and have it pay off so well)

and finally, if you are seeking something that affirms there are still new things under the sun AND you are neither squeamish nor prudish, I wish for you to read Spread Me by @sarahgailey.bsky.social and revel in the feeling of "yes, that’s certainly a new feeling to have while reading"

and finally, if you are seeking something that affirms there are still new things under the sun AND you are neither squeamish nor prudish, I wish for you to read Spread Me by @sarahgailey.bsky.social and revel in the feeling of "yes, that’s certainly a new feeling to have while reading"

Best PhD-horror: Katabasis by @rfkuang.bsky.social
Best archivist: Mouthful of Dust by @nghivo.bsky.social
Best mythology-fic: Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social

Best robot-fic: Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social
Best prairie dog: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social

Best series-opener: The Witch Roads by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social
Best cannibalism-fic: The Starving Saints by @caitlinstarling.com

Best fae-fic: The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com
Best merfolk: When the Tides Held the Moon by @venessakelley.bsky.social

Best twist: Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social
Best the-real-horror-isn’t-the-supernatural-part horror: The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social

Best audio re-read: Dayspring by @meakoopa.bsky.social & so, so many talented voice actors
Best witch: Motheater by @lincodega.com