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Heroes live among us, and farfalle is a crime.
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This is why expanded IMLS funding isn't really a good thing under the current regime--funding is the tool through which they will seek to push and control a narrative that will unmake and disassemble our libraries under the fascist image of trump's big government plan that we likely will never undo.
NEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.
But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This is why expanded IMLS funding isn't really a good thing under the current regime--funding is the tool through which they will seek to push and control a narrative that will unmake and disassemble our libraries under the fascist image of trump's big government plan that we likely will never undo.
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Hey, my talk on open education and authoritarianism from #OpenEd25 is up on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ta4...
Open Education in the Age of Authoritarianism: A New 5Rs to Meet the Moment
YouTube video by Open Education Conference
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February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Hey, my talk on open education and authoritarianism from #OpenEd25 is up on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ta4...
Five minute task of the day: send a cranky email to researchers sending out a survey via CAUT/ Faculty Associations on Academic Freedom, which appears to be worded to either exclude academic librarians, or ignorant that they are also usually Faculty Association members. With Academic Freedom.
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Five minute task of the day: send a cranky email to researchers sending out a survey via CAUT/ Faculty Associations on Academic Freedom, which appears to be worded to either exclude academic librarians, or ignorant that they are also usually Faculty Association members. With Academic Freedom.
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I'm pleased to have co-authored a new article out today in the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. Kevin Sanders, @sluginkpress.bsky.social, and I reflect on the Radical Librarians Collective and how we situate radical librarianship alongside critical librarianship. doi.org/10.33137/cja...
A Genealogy of Radical Librarianship: Collectivity, Action, and Organisation as an Alternative to Critical Librarianship
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
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February 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I'm pleased to have co-authored a new article out today in the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. Kevin Sanders, @sluginkpress.bsky.social, and I reflect on the Radical Librarians Collective and how we situate radical librarianship alongside critical librarianship. doi.org/10.33137/cja...
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PSA: it is in fact possible for universities to address financial challenges by slashing (incredibly expensive and largely useless) admin positions.
Memorial University just downsized VPs from 7 to 3.
Yes we can!
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Memorial University just downsized VPs from 7 to 3.
Yes we can!
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February 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
PSA: it is in fact possible for universities to address financial challenges by slashing (incredibly expensive and largely useless) admin positions.
Memorial University just downsized VPs from 7 to 3.
Yes we can!
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Memorial University just downsized VPs from 7 to 3.
Yes we can!
universityaffairs.ca/news/memoria...
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Turns out that the publisher of the property law textbook I use, Thomson Reuters, "holds a contract worth up to $22 million (U.S.) that began in May 2021 to provide ICE with access to a law enforcement investigative database subscription". Welp, new book time...
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More than a dozen Canadian companies – including Thomson Reuters – have done business with ICE, Star analysis reveals
Such contracts have become controversial as concerns mount that products or services sold to ICE could be used by the agency in activities that may violate human rights.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Turns out that the publisher of the property law textbook I use, Thomson Reuters, "holds a contract worth up to $22 million (U.S.) that began in May 2021 to provide ICE with access to a law enforcement investigative database subscription". Welp, new book time...
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I just posted a free workbook that aims to help university workers better understand when and how to take risks in the fight against fascism in higher ed.
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Taking Action in Higher Ed
Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.
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August 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I just posted a free workbook that aims to help university workers better understand when and how to take risks in the fight against fascism in higher ed.
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My kid got a furby two years ago, and probably once a week I think about how smart it was to have "DOES NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET" in big letters on the box.
AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company's stuffed animals.
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An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company's stuffed animals.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My kid got a furby two years ago, and probably once a week I think about how smart it was to have "DOES NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET" in big letters on the box.
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"I find myself wondering if I still have a home here in Minnesota, in America, in the world of the people who get to decide who is valuable and who is not, who belongs and who does not, who lives and who dies."
- Kao Kalia Yang, one of the best writers in MN and in the rest of the universe
- Kao Kalia Yang, one of the best writers in MN and in the rest of the universe
Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…
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January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
"I find myself wondering if I still have a home here in Minnesota, in America, in the world of the people who get to decide who is valuable and who is not, who belongs and who does not, who lives and who dies."
- Kao Kalia Yang, one of the best writers in MN and in the rest of the universe
- Kao Kalia Yang, one of the best writers in MN and in the rest of the universe
Some days you have an incredibly busy work day, but you also have My Ding-a-Ling by goddamned Chuck Berry in your head.
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Some days you have an incredibly busy work day, but you also have My Ding-a-Ling by goddamned Chuck Berry in your head.
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In other, hilarious news: I found a search that broke Primo, and every week or so I get updates about what their “team” has figured out about why 85-ish junk results appear instead of the actual item. The search?
“What Could a University Be”
“What Could a University Be”
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
In other, hilarious news: I found a search that broke Primo, and every week or so I get updates about what their “team” has figured out about why 85-ish junk results appear instead of the actual item. The search?
“What Could a University Be”
“What Could a University Be”
Interesting tender from the Association of Canadian Publishers (won by HESA, it appears). If you click through, the first potential cause of reported publishers' declining revenue identified is OER & Inclusive Access. Together. Because those are obvious similar models.
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publishers.ca/rfp-higher-e...
Request for Proposals: Higher Education Publishing Market Research - Association of Canadian Publishers
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January 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Interesting tender from the Association of Canadian Publishers (won by HESA, it appears). If you click through, the first potential cause of reported publishers' declining revenue identified is OER & Inclusive Access. Together. Because those are obvious similar models.
publishers.ca/rfp-higher-e...
publishers.ca/rfp-higher-e...
There is a Canadian research grant program currently aimed at recruiting international researchers in key strategic areas:
- advanced digital technologies (including artificial intelligence, quantum and cybersecurity);
- health, including biotechnology;
- clean technology and resource value chains;
- advanced digital technologies (including artificial intelligence, quantum and cybersecurity);
- health, including biotechnology;
- clean technology and resource value chains;
January 26, 2026 at 10:28 PM
There is a Canadian research grant program currently aimed at recruiting international researchers in key strategic areas:
- advanced digital technologies (including artificial intelligence, quantum and cybersecurity);
- health, including biotechnology;
- clean technology and resource value chains;
- advanced digital technologies (including artificial intelligence, quantum and cybersecurity);
- health, including biotechnology;
- clean technology and resource value chains;
Comfort listening
Ringing of Revolution
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January 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Comfort listening
Winter storm tip: wheat paste is probably your most effective postering tool in cold weather, but you gotta protect your hands (with gloves you don't care about) and make it thicker.
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Winter storm tip: wheat paste is probably your most effective postering tool in cold weather, but you gotta protect your hands (with gloves you don't care about) and make it thicker.
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The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
Alarming news for Canadians: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices
More than 2,000 employees at Health Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
Naomi Klein personally (mass) emailed me to join the party and vote for him as leader, and Cory Doctorow endorses him, so for Canadians who are interested in shifting the window of electoral politics left, trying to get Avi Lewis in as national NDP leader might be your jam.
There are only 7 days left to join the NDP to vote in the leadership race.
Don’t take it from me. Take it from the thousands who’ve joined this movement: we're building something big here. For the many, not the money!
Join by Jan 28 and help shape what comes next: https://avilewis.link/join
Don’t take it from me. Take it from the thousands who’ve joined this movement: we're building something big here. For the many, not the money!
Join by Jan 28 and help shape what comes next: https://avilewis.link/join
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Naomi Klein personally (mass) emailed me to join the party and vote for him as leader, and Cory Doctorow endorses him, so for Canadians who are interested in shifting the window of electoral politics left, trying to get Avi Lewis in as national NDP leader might be your jam.
I would sign up for a streaming service that was just Columbo episodes. Nothing else. Don't distract me from the purity of the experience.
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I would sign up for a streaming service that was just Columbo episodes. Nothing else. Don't distract me from the purity of the experience.
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The People's Consultation on AI launched today! Whether you have in-depth expertise in AI issues, or don't consider yourself an "expert" but have firsthand experience with AI or its impacts and want to have your say, this is for you. Participate by March 15, 2026: www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The People's Consultation on AI launched today! Whether you have in-depth expertise in AI issues, or don't consider yourself an "expert" but have firsthand experience with AI or its impacts and want to have your say, this is for you. Participate by March 15, 2026: www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca
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The Canadian 🇨🇦 govt, and its Minister of AI and Innovation, is rushing headlong into full blown AI.
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The Canadian 🇨🇦 govt, and its Minister of AI and Innovation, is rushing headlong into full blown AI.
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
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Excellent reminder to always read Sarah Lamdan: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/ice-sur...
January 22, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Excellent reminder to always read Sarah Lamdan: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/ice-sur...
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Given all the news about ICE in the past few weeks, can I kindly remind you all that RELX (owners of Elsevier & LexisNexis) is "mission-critical" to ICE.
ICE pays RELX Group and Thomson Reuters millions of dollars for the personal data it needs to fuel its big data policing program […]
ICE pays RELX Group and Thomson Reuters millions of dollars for the personal data it needs to fuel its big data policing program […]
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January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Given all the news about ICE in the past few weeks, can I kindly remind you all that RELX (owners of Elsevier & LexisNexis) is "mission-critical" to ICE.
ICE pays RELX Group and Thomson Reuters millions of dollars for the personal data it needs to fuel its big data policing program […]
ICE pays RELX Group and Thomson Reuters millions of dollars for the personal data it needs to fuel its big data policing program […]
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For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...
OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that
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January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...