Annie, MLIS, Mercenary Librarian 🍄📚🥌
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Librarianship is about literacy not reading.
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Just like journalists rarely talk to experts in English ed or children's lit about censorship and book banning, they aren't talking to high school English teachers, college writing program adminstrators, or anyone in rhetcomp about ChatGPT and generative AI.
We hate to see it.
We hate to see it.
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Just like journalists rarely talk to experts in English ed or children's lit about censorship and book banning, they aren't talking to high school English teachers, college writing program adminstrators, or anyone in rhetcomp about ChatGPT and generative AI.
We hate to see it.
We hate to see it.
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My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 14 Blade:
Sen. Markey (MA), Reps. Jayapal (WA) and Jacobs (CA) reintroduce Trans Bill of Rights. Co-sponsors in Senate: Warren (MA), Hirono (HI), Wyden (OR), Heinrich (NM), Padilla (CA), & VT's Sanders & Welch. In House: Takano (CA) + ~100 other Representatives.
Sen. Markey (MA), Reps. Jayapal (WA) and Jacobs (CA) reintroduce Trans Bill of Rights. Co-sponsors in Senate: Warren (MA), Hirono (HI), Wyden (OR), Heinrich (NM), Padilla (CA), & VT's Sanders & Welch. In House: Takano (CA) + ~100 other Representatives.
Top Democrats re-introduce trans bill of rights
Lawmakers spoke outside US Capitol on Wednesday
www.washingtonblade.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 14 Blade:
Sen. Markey (MA), Reps. Jayapal (WA) and Jacobs (CA) reintroduce Trans Bill of Rights. Co-sponsors in Senate: Warren (MA), Hirono (HI), Wyden (OR), Heinrich (NM), Padilla (CA), & VT's Sanders & Welch. In House: Takano (CA) + ~100 other Representatives.
Sen. Markey (MA), Reps. Jayapal (WA) and Jacobs (CA) reintroduce Trans Bill of Rights. Co-sponsors in Senate: Warren (MA), Hirono (HI), Wyden (OR), Heinrich (NM), Padilla (CA), & VT's Sanders & Welch. In House: Takano (CA) + ~100 other Representatives.
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‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
What are all these jobless people going to do after?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
What are all these jobless people going to do after?
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Art gift ideas for Mother's day, Easter or a spring birthday.
Small original artworks at a small price that can be sent direct as a gift with a message and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#MothersDay #Easter #Spring #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork#GiftIdeas #bsnm
Small original artworks at a small price that can be sent direct as a gift with a message and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#MothersDay #Easter #Spring #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork#GiftIdeas #bsnm
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Art gift ideas for Mother's day, Easter or a spring birthday.
Small original artworks at a small price that can be sent direct as a gift with a message and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#MothersDay #Easter #Spring #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork#GiftIdeas #bsnm
Small original artworks at a small price that can be sent direct as a gift with a message and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#MothersDay #Easter #Spring #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork#GiftIdeas #bsnm
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ICE took a severely disabled mans caregiver away, and it killed him.
Wael Tarabishi was dependent on his father to be his arms, his legs and his lungs.
His dad went for his regular immigration check in and never came home.
He’s rotting in a camp, and Wael died.
The cruelty is the point:
Wael Tarabishi was dependent on his father to be his arms, his legs and his lungs.
His dad went for his regular immigration check in and never came home.
He’s rotting in a camp, and Wael died.
The cruelty is the point:
ICE Took Wael Tarabishi's Full Time Caregiver Away... and it Killed Him
Wael Tarabishi was a 30 year old disabled man who's father Maher was his full time caregiver. ICE took Maher in October, leaving Wael without support. He died three months later.
www.disabledginger.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:11 AM
ICE took a severely disabled mans caregiver away, and it killed him.
Wael Tarabishi was dependent on his father to be his arms, his legs and his lungs.
His dad went for his regular immigration check in and never came home.
He’s rotting in a camp, and Wael died.
The cruelty is the point:
Wael Tarabishi was dependent on his father to be his arms, his legs and his lungs.
His dad went for his regular immigration check in and never came home.
He’s rotting in a camp, and Wael died.
The cruelty is the point:
Made Tofu Musubi Bake for dinner and I would show a picture but we all ate it too fast because it was so good
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Made Tofu Musubi Bake for dinner and I would show a picture but we all ate it too fast because it was so good
Excellent thread but also, representation makes me love the show more.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Excellent thread but also, representation makes me love the show more.
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Delighted to be included in the next Infected By Art book ~ thank you to the judges and IBA!
And, an ✨Honorable Mention✨ in the Sculpture category for "Hungry For Knowledge"!!! 🥰
And, an ✨Honorable Mention✨ in the Sculpture category for "Hungry For Knowledge"!!! 🥰
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Delighted to be included in the next Infected By Art book ~ thank you to the judges and IBA!
And, an ✨Honorable Mention✨ in the Sculpture category for "Hungry For Knowledge"!!! 🥰
And, an ✨Honorable Mention✨ in the Sculpture category for "Hungry For Knowledge"!!! 🥰
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Surya Bonaly: Why Is Her Name Important In This Moment
Surya Bonaly: Why Is Her Name Important In This Moment
Surya Bonaly became a sports icon during the 1998 Winter Olympics after landing the then-banned backflip during her figure skating routine.
newsone.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Surya Bonaly: Why Is Her Name Important In This Moment
I'm just going to go stare into the sun until I explode
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I'm just going to go stare into the sun until I explode
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Redlining links Black women & higher rates of breast cancer, @shapersyris.bsky.social reports. Recent research shows that living in redlined neighborhoods not only increases the risk of breast cancer for Black women, but also shapes their survival rates & broader health outcomes.
Redlining links Black women and higher rates of breast cancer
Recent research shows that living in redlined neighborhoods increases the risk of breast cancer for Black women
prismreports.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Redlining links Black women & higher rates of breast cancer, @shapersyris.bsky.social reports. Recent research shows that living in redlined neighborhoods not only increases the risk of breast cancer for Black women, but also shapes their survival rates & broader health outcomes.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Assuming a machine trained on a massively cultural database shot through with inequality will not reproduce that inequality is magical thinking on a level that I’ve rarely seen.
February 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Assuming a machine trained on a massively cultural database shot through with inequality will not reproduce that inequality is magical thinking on a level that I’ve rarely seen.
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There's still time to take action for Mexican gray wolves.🚨 Congress is considering a bill (H.R. 4255) that would end Endangered Species Act protections for Mexican gray wolves, based on misinformation. 📣Take action now: https://engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&cmd=display&id=217
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
There's still time to take action for Mexican gray wolves.🚨 Congress is considering a bill (H.R. 4255) that would end Endangered Species Act protections for Mexican gray wolves, based on misinformation. 📣Take action now: https://engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&cmd=display&id=217
Tag yourself. I'm "I am very tired, very stomachy &hate nearly the whole world"
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Tag yourself. I'm "I am very tired, very stomachy &hate nearly the whole world"
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This map is also a map of where the people are in America. It's important.
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This map is also a map of where the people are in America. It's important.
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Happy Valentines Week fellow book lovers, enjoy! Feel free to screenshot our literary themed Valentines to send to your loved ones. And if you’d like the whole PDF to download and print, you can find it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KzV_fTC6FfPgn-ZD6s7bJ0If-PtpSCw2/view?usp=drive_link❤️📖💕💌📚💘
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Happy Valentines Week fellow book lovers, enjoy! Feel free to screenshot our literary themed Valentines to send to your loved ones. And if you’d like the whole PDF to download and print, you can find it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KzV_fTC6FfPgn-ZD6s7bJ0If-PtpSCw2/view?usp=drive_link❤️📖💕💌📚💘
I guess he got Trump Media after all
Bad news: CBS producer reveals stories are being vetted for ideology www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Bad news: CBS producer reveals stories are being vetted for ideology
Now-former CBS News producer Alicia Hastey revealed in a memo announcing her departure from the network that under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, stories are being vetted for their ideological content, ....
www.dailykos.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I guess he got Trump Media after all
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We’re excited to share that iCivics is joining the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations! iCivics is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization and the largest provider of civic education curriculum in the US. Learn more about their work: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2026/02/09/f...
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We’re excited to share that iCivics is joining the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations! iCivics is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization and the largest provider of civic education curriculum in the US. Learn more about their work: joanganzcooneycenter.org/2026/02/09/f...
It always is about misogyny
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It always is about misogyny
Crickets from all the "law & order" people on the right
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Crickets from all the "law & order" people on the right
I don't think that test was supposed to be open note
Pam Bondi Caught With Burn Book Notes on Democrats in House Hearing newrepublic.com/post/206469/...
Pam Bondi Caught With Burn Book Notes on Democrats in House Hearing
A person sitting behind Bondi would tell her which page to turn to as Democratic representatives questioned the attorney general.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I don't think that test was supposed to be open note
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Gallup has measured Presidential approval ratings for 88 years.
Their last report on Trump had him with the lowest rating for any President record in history.
Today they announced they won’t measure approval ratings anymore.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
Their last report on Trump had him with the lowest rating for any President record in history.
Today they announced they won’t measure approval ratings anymore.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
February 12, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Gallup has measured Presidential approval ratings for 88 years.
Their last report on Trump had him with the lowest rating for any President record in history.
Today they announced they won’t measure approval ratings anymore.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
Their last report on Trump had him with the lowest rating for any President record in history.
Today they announced they won’t measure approval ratings anymore.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.