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aboutness.bsky.social
Still warming up since returning from the protest on Veterans Memorial Bridge between Fargo and Moorhead today. Organizer who came by counting people with a clicker told me I was number 584!
January 10, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring news about critical #cataloging. cataloginglab.org/2025/11/30/c... #critcat

Metadata & cataloging librarians, please consider taking the surveys shared to help your colleagues! 📚
Critcatenate: #critcat in November 2025 – Cataloging Lab
cataloginglab.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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zinelib.bsky.social
Here's Sandy Berman's whole self-interview lowereastsidelibrarian.info/interviews/s...
He starts with "Q: Should ALA really be celebrating its 150th anniversary?"

"A: No. Instead, it should be devoting its energy and resources to atoning for its checkered history" and continues in that vein.
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
aboutness.bsky.social
The American Library Association Core Subject Analysis Committee's Working Group on Local Headings seeks to survey libraries, archives, museums and associated institutions about their involvement in the work of revising subjects, genres, and other authority data in their local catalogs.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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omarfatehmn.com
When the right to organize is under attack at the federal level, it is more important than ever to fight for and to protect that right with every tool at our disposal. We all deserve dignity and respect in our workplace. I was proud to join @seiumn.bsky.social today.

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Omar Fateh speaking at the rally. Wider angle of Fateh speaking. Group shot of press conference. Omar Fateh in a group photo.
September 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
An easy thing to do from home is to send a note of appreciation when an organization or institution refuses to comply.
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
I left some rambling comments on the Draft PCC Guiding Principles for Use of AI and Machine Learning Technologies in Cataloging and Metadata Work. (Find the link in the "what's new" section wiki.lyrasis.org/display/PFCC...)

Encourage other #cataloging folks to give feedback; deadline: August 8th.
Four paragraphs of text (part 1 of 2). This document is much better than other documents relating to the adoption of AI that I've read. I appreciate that ethical aspects are included, but most are relegated to the end, and not incorporated within the other principles. What I see lacking is consideration about when AI should be used, and when librarians should NOT use it. Ok, so AI should "improve access and discovery," yes, but how do we weigh that against pollution necessitated by AI-processing data centers? That's happening RIGHT NOW, in communities around the U.S. & the world, not in some theoretical place/time. Why make a list of what catalogers are useful for, when you could instead focus on the limited aspects that AI is useful for? What about labor concerns? Where is the principle that says that increased efficiency is not an excuse for laying off workers? It is absolutely impossible to ensure that "a record labelled as PCC does not vary in quality depending on whether AI was used." There will ALWAYS be a tradeoff in quality. We may judge that that tradeoff is worthwhile, based on limited resources and the capacity for machine learning to do more work in a shorter amount of time, but you CAN NOT ensure the same quality from AI that you can from an experienced cataloger. It's irresponsible to say that within these principles. Another four paragraphs of text (2 of 2). As a PCC member, I absolutely DO NOT believe that catalogers have a role in "testing, training, and providing feedback for AI features and tools." Vendors should be paying their employees to do that!! How is that our job to do that work for free?? Why have we accepted that our students and faculty are the guinea pigs to role out inferior products?? I take issue with the idea that AI "may be incorrect, biased, or incomplete." It, by design, is always limited! This stuff was trained on Reddit, folks. It WILL be incomplete, and it WILL have errors, and it WILL be biased. I understand that this short document can't list all the harms, and that your deliverables are limited in scope to result in this rather anodyne document. But we have to take these harms seriously, and incorporate them into all parts of the document, not shunt them into an "oh, yeah, by the way, this stuff's 100% toxic for all living things, too bad!" end section. I appreciate your efforts and look forward to a future draft. Thanks for your consideration.
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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keithedwards.bsky.social
This is why it’s ok to compare you to nazis btw
July 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide - ACRLog
This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the c...
acrlog.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
aboutness.bsky.social
I am quite psyched to have two poems in the new issue (#49) of Meridian. (I don't think they are on BlueSky or I'd tag them...)

www.readmeridian.org/view/49/#pag....
text of poem "I am Not Famous Anymore" (go to link to read it!) cover art for Meridian no.49 text of "At the Polarity Hotel" (go to link to read it!)
June 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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merriam-webster.com
Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
aboutness.bsky.social
A petition you should sign! chng.it/Lffr4rjXsb
Sign the Petition
Reinstate Fired Meteorologist Sam Kuffel to CBS Channel 58 (Milwaukee)
chng.it
January 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
aboutness.bsky.social
Reposting to bring this to the attention to various library friends who I think would appreciate it-- a great summary of the dilemma, and the list of "green flags" is awesome!
December 30, 2024 at 7:53 PM
aboutness.bsky.social
I'm psyched to have three poems in the latest (No. 15, Winter 2024) issue of Exacting Clam (@exactingclam.bsky.social), including one I wrote about my niece (growing up and) learning to drive. **sniff**
Cover image of Winter 2024 of Exacting Clam page 1 of poem (I can't put in the whole text here, but message me if you'd like to receive it by email) page 2 of poem (I can't put in the whole text here, but message me if you'd like to receive it by email)
December 5, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
📣 New zine!! "A Librarian Against AI; or, I Think AI Should Leave" is a 40-page zine about why we should think twice about using & supporting generative AI. violetbfox.info/against-ai/ #noAI #zines
Cover of the zine "A Librarian Against AI; or, I Think AI Should Leave", featuring a design of bold color blocks inspired by the opening titles of the TV show "I Think You Should Leave"
November 18, 2024 at 4:04 PM
aboutness.bsky.social
I'm thrilled that my poem "Ways to Gauge How Windy It Is" appears in the new issue (#26) of @JetFuelReview. Whee!
www.jetfuelreview.com/tina-gross-f...
December 30, 2023 at 4:14 AM
aboutness.bsky.social
I highly recommend this recent talk (hosted by @Librarians2Pal) with Sim Kern and Rashid Khalidi: youtube.com/live/Y9z6SdKDv…#GreatBookRobberyry
December 5, 2023 at 2:59 AM
aboutness.bsky.social
I actually had not realized before watching this film that Palestinian prisoners (like Mohammed Batrawi) were forced to do this "work." #GreatBookRobbery
December 5, 2023 at 2:07 AM
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jesseltaylor.bsky.social
Before you say something mean about Henry Kissinger, take a breath and see if you can think of something meaner
November 30, 2023 at 2:05 AM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
Please join @aboutness.bsky.social & me on Mon Dec 4th for a watchalong of The Great Book Robbery (2012), a documentary about the 70,000 Palestinian books that were looted during the Nakba in 1948.

The 57-minute film is available free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdtCrCsKlw0 #GreatBookRobbery
November 28, 2023 at 3:49 AM
aboutness.bsky.social
Delighted as heck to have three poems in the second issue of Lost Pilots @lostpilotslit !! Including a typographical #oulipo one, beloved nerds.
photo of poem "nowness moves on" (can't put the whole poem in alt text, but if you contact me I'll send it to you!) photo of poems "Casual Causal" and "Birds Are So Real" (can't put the whole poems in alt text, but if you contact me I'll send them to you!)
September 22, 2023 at 12:08 AM