Dyani Sabin

EEEE AND THIS NEWS

I am late to shout about this news but!~!!!! Ahhhh!!!! This is literally the greatest. Cannot wait to see what comes next

I love this move by @wired.com and hope other publications will follow. Public records (like public lands!) belong to all of us.

If you're in Michigan, please join me in calling Gary Peters. Then I'll see you at Zingerman's.

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And if you're still doing your #HugoAwards noms still today, check out @marisca.bsky.social 's works!!!

How to Nominate Instructions for nominating works for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.

Okay it is the last day for #HugoAwards nominations! my poem: smallwondersmag.com/piece/abstai... is eligible if you are looking for works to nominate in poetry!
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I know I am biased because I have loved working on this book, but if you're curious, it's going to be a really cool event and a chance to hear from the authors about what inspired their chapters! Hope to see you there!

“Information Literacy Beyond the Binary” Holling Smith-Borne and Sara J. Beutter Manus

“Decolonizing Orchestral Repertoire: A Special Collection Vision” Gary Galván

“Music Information Literacy Advocacy at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)” Nurhak Tuncer Bayramli and Juliet M. Boykins

“Using Stephen Foster’s Statue to Teach Critical Information Literacy” Karen J. Olson

The agenda for today!
Introduction by editors Kathleen Abromeit and Dyani Sabin--
and then we'll hear from these authors about their chapters:
“Engaging Students in Anti-Racist Information Literacy Through Critical Assessment”
Liz Lang and Shannon Simpson representing for their chapter

book cover graphic with launch information

I am so behind on promoting this but! The book I co-edited, Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy, is having a virtual book launch (1 of 2) today at 1:30-2:30pm with @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social !

Go here to register: libraryjuice.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Those who know me know I was highly critical of what I saw as some of the rhetorical excesses of the campus protests. Khalil and I wld probably get into a spat immediately. It's all the more important for people who believe as I do to say clearly, the protections of the law are for everyone.

Congratulations to everyone on the long list of Rhysling Award nominees!

Are you looking for nominees for the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem? This could be a good starting point--nominations end March 15!

It's now that time of year again that I am beefing with this one (1) particular squirrel who likes to use my patio for things, usually my plants for sunflower seed storage. Today though? They just ripped the tassels off my outdoor pillows and yes, I am sure it's so cute and fluffy in its nest. BUT

Oh! She has! In at least one interview she talked about the briefings she's received on counter-intelligence. She has made music videos to click tracks instead of audio so it wouldn't leak.
Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.

It does seem very strange for this to be a one-time, Seattle-only special Hugo category, especially given the vibrancy (but the nonetheless under-read vibrancy) of the sff poetry field.

We are SO excited to see so many Small Wonders poems on the Rhysling nomination list! Congratulations to @prioryruins.bsky.social, @dyanisabin.bsky.social, @cafenowhere.bsky.social, and @elismontgomery.bsky.social!
We'll be linking to their poems in a thread below. 💜

Thrilled to share space with phenomenal poets like @dyanisabin.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social @angelvleal.bsky.social & so many more 💙

James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon Barbara Broccoli and co-producer Michael G Wilson annouce they are stepping down.

If you like Bond this is disastrous.

Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers | Bridge Michigan Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers. Dozens, if not hundr...

"Dozens of workers focused on lamprey control were among scores of Michigan federal workers fired without notice in the past week"

'I'd like to ask them why ... it doesn’t seem like they realize who they’re getting rid of, and the impact it’s going to have.'"

via @bridgemi.com

For those outside of metro Philly, the Inquirer is one of the few remaining major city papers owned by a nonprofit foundation, not by a billionaire.

Hakeem Jeffries tells members that Dems will soon introduce a bill restricting access to Treasury’s payment system

Hi folks! If you're a climate researcher whose work has previously benefited from NIH funding, or whose work is currently being affected in any way by the freezes, I'd love to chat. Feel free to DM or email!

Read aggressively, read broadly, try to figure out how the writers you admire pull off their tricks. This will help you more than any workshop or MFA program, but more importantly it will fill you with the love for this stuff you absolutely must have in order to endure the bullshit

Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able.

#academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social

NIH officials assess threat of H5N1 Balancing enhanced vigilance and “business as usual.”

More on how the NIH was working to address bird flu, before the change in federal administration www.nih.gov/news-events/...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

I actually was with folks who tried this (it was 100 degrees and 9 am as we tried to make the fair work, not a good combo) and the first one went down pretty easy, it seemed--fried, creamy, yum. But they came in packs of three... and after the first bite of number two.... no one was having fun

YES!

Here’s the thing I take from this: we absolutely have to hold our governments to their net zero pledges, and to try to over deliver. 3 C is beyond catastrophic. 2.5 C is devastating.

Less than 2 C is still going to lead to heartbreaking results.