Claudia (they/she)

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Stickers illustrating animals that incorporate orange lock open access logo. Parrot, bunny, snail, cat.

It’s almost #OAWeek, which means an extra busy calendar and a new addition to our OA critter sticker collection. Files CC0 for anyone who needs some extra joy drive.google.com/file/d/1WCg7... #DHmakes

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

I cannot get over how good this ad is

Rest in Power, Miss Major. You were an inspiration to so many of us. A legend. Kind, fierce, and funny as hell💙💜

Other trans journalists have also covered Mamdani’s incredible ad. It was so meaningful to so many.

The Bari Weiss-led CBS News has had this up for 3 days and misspelled his name in the hed.

Every year I bring up the accessibility of the library's Halloween decorations and every year they completely cover the stair railings making them unusable.

. @prisonculture.bsky.social's zine is very popular in our library free zine distro (76 copies have been taken, # only limited by that's what I've had time to fold/staple/put on the rack yet). It's a friendly+free workbook for connecting your values, strengths, needs to advocacy you can do now:

Yes:

Poets & Writers was getting $300k from the NEA by 1980. Well before the decline era, no literary org will ever receive anything near this.

& literature has always been an outlier in the NEA. Funding levels went up in the growth era but are dwarfed by funding levels in disciplines like music

Once we are no longer a single-income household (my partner was laid off over the summer) I will be joining!

Everyone deserves a friend like @literaturegeek.bsky.social who will send them a big ol' box of zines! What a thrilling package to receive after a long day of work and then teaching a night class.

Younger me did not foresee a world in which I am ideologically far more aligned with the current Pope than with most major US institutions, but here we are.

He puts his finger on much of what's at the heart of the moral rot we see all over.

Adjusted for inflation, NEA funding was highest--$1.8 billion--over the four years of the first Reagan administration & has remained stagnate--about $750 million per presidential term--for the last 25 years.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

yes, us! here you go:

In this fragile world, Sukkot reminds us that safety comes best from solidarity, from making peace with neighbors, from being good hosts & guests, from sharing food, from remembering that we are small & precarious, from worshipping what is holy. Not from building walls and making war.

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Hi all! Yes, this is my current role and yes, I will be leaving Sarah Lawrence in 2 weeks! Some exciting things on the horizon I will be announcing soon, but in the meantime I am happy to answer questions about this role and campus.

There was face paint and a Kpop demon hunters sing-along, so she was in heaven

An adorable small child showing off her face paint: a blue base with black and white swirls around her eye

A person smiling at the camera with a small child on their lap looking at a soccer field

5 people sitting in a row of stadium seats ranging from 2.5 years old to 95.

I brought my perfect nibling to the Gotham game today and we had so much fun. My parents and grandfather came too, so we had 4 generations represented with a 93 year age span!

I only did the double and I've been knocked out all weekend. Oh and I got a full body rash!

A great book relevant to this:

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!

We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!

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Sadly I can't attend, but happy to share!