Casey Rawson
@drcasey.bsky.social
Library scientist / UNC Chapel Hill SILS / All the Crafts
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Sign the petition to support reinstating the library board and safeguarding the library’s mission for children, families, and our community. www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/re... @everylibrary.bsky.social
Reinstate the Randolph County, NC, Library Board
Sign the petition to support reinstating the library board and safeguarding the library’s mission for children, families, and our community.
www.fightforthefirst.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Sign the petition to support reinstating the library board and safeguarding the library’s mission for children, families, and our community. www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/re... @everylibrary.bsky.social
Doctorow is so skilled at cutting through the noise to communicate effectively about sociotechnical problems (cf. "enshittification"). This piece is well worth your time, and I'm sure his upcoming book will be too.
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Doctorow is so skilled at cutting through the noise to communicate effectively about sociotechnical problems (cf. "enshittification"). This piece is well worth your time, and I'm sure his upcoming book will be too.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
They can't even let us keep *one* nice thing, can they?
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
They can't even let us keep *one* nice thing, can they?
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If you're looking for a group of library workers who understand the power of labor organizing, social justice, & anti-racism, consider applying for the Library Freedom Institute. It's a 15-week program in privacy, intellectual freedom, & critical technology. libraryfreedom.org/institute/
Institute – Library Freedom Project
libraryfreedom.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you're looking for a group of library workers who understand the power of labor organizing, social justice, & anti-racism, consider applying for the Library Freedom Institute. It's a 15-week program in privacy, intellectual freedom, & critical technology. libraryfreedom.org/institute/
In many counties in my state, "how to apply for SNAP" is one of the onboarding sessions for new teachers each year.
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In many counties in my state, "how to apply for SNAP" is one of the onboarding sessions for new teachers each year.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
I can't say what I think on here, because I need to keep my job. But apparently I'll be working for an AI school very soon. 😡 www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
www.dailytarheel.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I can't say what I think on here, because I need to keep my job. But apparently I'll be working for an AI school very soon. 😡 www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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This seems a) unwise, b) half-baked, and c) completely dismissive of library science as a worthwhile course of study and research. Embarrassing and disturbing treatment of a 100-year old program and its excellent faculty (toward which I am admittedly biased).
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
Breaking: UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
www.dailytarheel.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This seems a) unwise, b) half-baked, and c) completely dismissive of library science as a worthwhile course of study and research. Embarrassing and disturbing treatment of a 100-year old program and its excellent faculty (toward which I am admittedly biased).
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.
October 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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The idea that an instructor can and *should* be fired for daring to teach something not explicitly mentioned in course catalog is the pinnacle of the "students as customers" idiocy that's been steadily destroying American universities for decades now.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The idea that an instructor can and *should* be fired for daring to teach something not explicitly mentioned in course catalog is the pinnacle of the "students as customers" idiocy that's been steadily destroying American universities for decades now.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
This should be a wake-up call for anyone in higher ed who has managed to keep their head in the sand thus far about threats to academic freedom. This time it's in Texas, but if you think it's not coming soon to your state I have a bridge to sell you.
Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This should be a wake-up call for anyone in higher ed who has managed to keep their head in the sand thus far about threats to academic freedom. This time it's in Texas, but if you think it's not coming soon to your state I have a bridge to sell you.
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Very happy to read about these young, principled, and interesting librarians working in various places in Philadelphia 📚
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/08...
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/08...
For Gen Z, the Library Is Political
People say libraries are dying. Young librarians think they’re just evolving — and expanding their social conscience as they do.
www.phillymag.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Very happy to read about these young, principled, and interesting librarians working in various places in Philadelphia 📚
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/08...
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/08...
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Library Freedom Project is seeking survey responses about library workers’ attitudes, experiences, and concerns about AI!
forms.gle/c9tt8zQ5zs8y...
forms.gle/c9tt8zQ5zs8y...
AI in Libraries Survey
Library Freedom Project is conducting this survey to understand library worker attitudes, experiences, and concerns towards artificial intelligence (AI). LFP is a values-driven organization, with a sk...
forms.gle
August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Library Freedom Project is seeking survey responses about library workers’ attitudes, experiences, and concerns about AI!
forms.gle/c9tt8zQ5zs8y...
forms.gle/c9tt8zQ5zs8y...
Librarian and educator Betty Rosenberg's First Law of Reading was "never apologize for your reading tastes," and it's the first thing we talk about in my adult readers advisory course. Read what makes you happy, and let others do the same!
"Don't feel bad if you're not reading every great book. No one ever has, and no one ever will."
Read Whatever the Hell You Want
Enjoy yourself.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Librarian and educator Betty Rosenberg's First Law of Reading was "never apologize for your reading tastes," and it's the first thing we talk about in my adult readers advisory course. Read what makes you happy, and let others do the same!
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Updating my AI critical libguide this week. What are some articles, newsletters, podcast eps, etc that you would file under Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced? I'm looking for a variety of things that can work for these 3 knowledge levels; ie I have the ChatGPT I a Blurry JPEG essay as Beginner.
August 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Updating my AI critical libguide this week. What are some articles, newsletters, podcast eps, etc that you would file under Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced? I'm looking for a variety of things that can work for these 3 knowledge levels; ie I have the ChatGPT I a Blurry JPEG essay as Beginner.