Ken Irwin

That email is a f*cking disgrace.

To be clear, though: all this says is the DJT is open to it, not that ANYONE else said they were considering it.

The banana slept wrong

I’m trying to interpret these posters and I’m a bit stumped!

Yes! Someplace I have this same screencap.

…it is more important than ever for us to stand together: with our libraries, with our users, with our universities, our unions, and our profession. I value our collaboration and find strength in solidarity.

When I started down the path to academic librarianship almost 30 years ago, I didn’t expect for this field to be a site of cultural strife. But we find ourselves at a time when our value and values are in dispute, and…

ACRL Member of the Week: Ken Irwin Ken Irwin is a Web Services Librarian at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Ken has been a member of ACRL for 17 years and is your ACRL Member of the Week for April 7 2025. Describe yourself in th...

I am thrilled to be honored as Member of the Week by my primary professional organization, the Association of College & Research Libraries. I did this interview back in January and didn’t know just how salient the last bit would be in April.

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Look, those are all great things. He should run on that platform instead of this nonsense.

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Congratulations @uaou.bsky.social on your victory!

citation: www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

Yesterday, EPA Admin Zeldin announced starting the process to repeal clean air and water regulations as well as the repeal of measures to fight climate change. He had the unmitigated gall to describe the regulations as "suffocating" as he moves to make our planet more unlivable.

But… who wears a Walgreens hat? Do people do that? I don’t think workers at our local store do - i can only imagine wearing a Walgreens hat if I were paid to.

Senator Merkley: "Well, maybe you could some other time go on television and express those points of view, but... do you mind just answering the question I asked?"

Thanks @firebirdshelly.bsky.social - I had seen ppl saying something like this but with enough details to be actionable.

Almost 2 years ago, I voted to unionize my library. It’s been an unnecessarily long, hard fight, but today I’m voting to ratify our first contract. #UnionStrong

It’s hard to be aware of all of it, and easy to miss various atrocities when there are dozens every day. I appreciate folks boosting one’s they care about that I have missed.

Album of was probably Def Leppard- Hysteria, ca 1988

Probably this one, ca 1995

I just read Travis Baldree’s Legends and Lattes, and it was such a respite from *gestures at everything*. I predict a lot more cozy in my literary diet four, I dunno, the next four years or so?

I want to hear the full reversal of John Denver singing War Pigs

My sister had a similar experience in high school. It has been a longstanding regret of mine that I was living too far away at the time to see her play.

That’s a good book and one I had forgotten about!

How long do we think it'll be before Trump re-names the Kennedy Center, probably after himself?

I sometimes see friends post a meme with a message like “I want this on my tombstone.” And I note it down in their phone contact with the date and platform bc citations ftw.

As long as it doesn’t happen too often, that sounds like a fun feature 🦝

It gets results!

Trump's war on DEI an assault on the dreams my parents and I share | Opinion The war on diversity, equity, and inclusion is about the so-called "woke." It will keep my community back.

Ohio's SB1/HB6 proposes to eliminate all DEI programs at Ohio state universities. Here's a great op-ed from a student on why DEI in university matters: www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Ohioans, please ask your representatives to opposed this bill!

Google owner Alphabet lifts ban on its AI being used for weapons The tech giant has updated the principles governing its development of artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, Google/Alphabet has strayed so far from "don't be evil" all the way to "sure, use our AI-systems to kill people".
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Same. Having an approximately-daily plan to call representatives doesn't feel like quite enough.