Kathleen
@deloebrenti.bsky.social
Librarian, copyright nerd, music lover, kpop stan, rabblerouser. All unintelligible typos my own and unintentional. Yet ubiquitous.
Daily potato: hot cocoa crawl edition
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Daily potato: hot cocoa crawl edition
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In a recent edition of The Torment Nexus, I wrote about Wikipedia, which I argued was one of the best things the internet ever created. There is another thing that ranks right up there with Wikipedia on the list of great things, and that is the Internet Archive mathewingram.com/work/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In a recent edition of The Torment Nexus, I wrote about Wikipedia, which I argued was one of the best things the internet ever created. There is another thing that ranks right up there with Wikipedia on the list of great things, and that is the Internet Archive mathewingram.com/work/2025/11...
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Get in losers we're ruining the workplace.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Get in losers we're ruining the workplace.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Hot take: AI will destroy libraries bc we turned away from collecting to being license brokers and the brokers are leaning into AI-driven censorship. If we aren't serious about this, we'll inherit the broken trust this seeds in our users. Who wants a library they can't trust?
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hot take: AI will destroy libraries bc we turned away from collecting to being license brokers and the brokers are leaning into AI-driven censorship. If we aren't serious about this, we'll inherit the broken trust this seeds in our users. Who wants a library they can't trust?
If folks knew how the internet worked.....*sigh*
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If folks knew how the internet worked.....*sigh*
The inevitable future we've been told we must accept.
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The inevitable future we've been told we must accept.
13 pages of writing on the books! A great day for hoping to shift the needle even a smidge.
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
13 pages of writing on the books! A great day for hoping to shift the needle even a smidge.
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Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I will never understand how musicians are sitting back and letting mega corporations sell their rights to these tools who are clearly very invested in proving they shouldn't exist.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I will never understand how musicians are sitting back and letting mega corporations sell their rights to these tools who are clearly very invested in proving they shouldn't exist.
@aaron.bsky.team what is going on????
Free Sarah Kendzior.
Find her here substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@aaron.bsky.team what is going on????
Daily potato: Sunday dinner is late edition
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Daily potato: Sunday dinner is late edition
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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The iconic 86-year-old singer covers Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen and more on 'Sad and Beautiful World.'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review ↓
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review ↓
Mavis Staples Creates A Soul Canon All Her Own
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The iconic 86-year-old singer covers Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen and more on 'Sad and Beautiful World.'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review ↓
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review ↓
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“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
In a day with wonderful colleagues imagining how we can have a positive AI future, this is mega depressing.
matthewsag.com/copyright-wi...
matthewsag.com/copyright-wi...
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?) – Matthew Sag
matthewsag.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In a day with wonderful colleagues imagining how we can have a positive AI future, this is mega depressing.
matthewsag.com/copyright-wi...
matthewsag.com/copyright-wi...
Welp.
Flight canceled.
Flight canceled.
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Welp.
Flight canceled.
Flight canceled.
How can am AI be a party to a contract? Can we please stop taking about software like it's people?
AI-Generated Artist, Xania Monet, Signs $3M Recording Deal www.blackenterprise.com/ai-xania-mon...
i have so many questions, including several about how this became a" number 1 hit" song
i have so many questions, including several about how this became a" number 1 hit" song
AI-Generated Artist, Xania Monet, Signs $3M Recording Deal
Telisha Jones, a woman who utilized artificial intelligence to create Xania Monet, has signed a $3 million recording deal as her AI character
www.blackenterprise.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How can am AI be a party to a contract? Can we please stop taking about software like it's people?
This is the wildest moderation move I've ever seen.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is the wildest moderation move I've ever seen.
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Sorry I just had to say that. “Mayor elect Mamdani“ is delightfully euphonious.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sorry I just had to say that. “Mayor elect Mamdani“ is delightfully euphonious.
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Some good stuff here. With Khan on the transition committee, there's leadership to lay the groundwork for much of this.
Full text here: www.techpolicy.press/mayor-elect-...
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press
By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Some good stuff here. With Khan on the transition committee, there's leadership to lay the groundwork for much of this.