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156 - The American Worker feat. Kevin Van Meter | librarypunk
We’re talking with Kevin again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947.
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156 - The American Worker feat. Kevin Van Meter
We’re talking with @americanwork47.bsky.social again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947.
www.librarypunk.gay/e/156-the-am...
We’re talking with @americanwork47.bsky.social again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947.
www.librarypunk.gay/e/156-the-am...
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We're really close to $10,000 raised for Black Zine Fair. It's 50% of what we need to raise. gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
We're really close to $10,000 raised for Black Zine Fair. It's 50% of what we need to raise. gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
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Behold, the guys who were on TV a few weeks ago asking 19-year-old lance corporals to defy their chain of command lmfaoo
Asked if he supports Congress using its power of the purse to hold Trump accountable for Venezuela, Chuck Schumer replies: "Let's first get the facts."
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Behold, the guys who were on TV a few weeks ago asking 19-year-old lance corporals to defy their chain of command lmfaoo
Watching Eraserhead tonight
January 4, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Watching Eraserhead tonight
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If you just stand outside on a street corner with a sign that says "no war but a class war" you will be morally correct 99% of the time over the Harvard educated ghouls that works at the elite liberal media institutions.
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
If you just stand outside on a street corner with a sign that says "no war but a class war" you will be morally correct 99% of the time over the Harvard educated ghouls that works at the elite liberal media institutions.
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'Hands off Venezuela' -betrays the speakers own helplessness, a sad little demand dressed up like tough talk, unpleasant implication of sexual violence, innocence and victimhood
'Death to America'! -actionable, solves problems for many countries at once, actually makes people upset
'Death to America'! -actionable, solves problems for many countries at once, actually makes people upset
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
'Hands off Venezuela' -betrays the speakers own helplessness, a sad little demand dressed up like tough talk, unpleasant implication of sexual violence, innocence and victimhood
'Death to America'! -actionable, solves problems for many countries at once, actually makes people upset
'Death to America'! -actionable, solves problems for many countries at once, actually makes people upset
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
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All U.S. presidents belong in the Hague
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
All U.S. presidents belong in the Hague
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When editing Wikipedia, sometimes it's funnier to add the tag than to fix the sentence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
![A sentence from the Wikipedia article on Police stating "Police forces have become ubiquitous and a necessity in complex modern societies." A [citation needed] tag has been added to the sentence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j4xglvgn5zlrqmdu5ihxmetr/bafkreickh6fijq4ji47adslznmzpt72nfjz337sz7xe7wpdqngxpmouwa4@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
When editing Wikipedia, sometimes it's funnier to add the tag than to fix the sentence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
Need something to listen to? Desk Set is kinda a new years movie! www.librarypunk.gay/e/093-desk-s...
093 - Desk Set (1957) | librarypunk
This week we’re doing the other library school movie, Desk Set. But first, we solve the eternal war between goths and librarians by talking about the Mütter Museum’s changes. Then we get into AI, auto...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Need something to listen to? Desk Set is kinda a new years movie! www.librarypunk.gay/e/093-desk-s...
New Year’s resolution: more soundboard drops
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New Year’s resolution: more soundboard drops
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You don't need to take my word for it. You can simply ask yourself what you would expect to see from an opposition party that was serious about abolishing ICE right now. Are you seeing these things from the Democratic party or from its voters?
December 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
You don't need to take my word for it. You can simply ask yourself what you would expect to see from an opposition party that was serious about abolishing ICE right now. Are you seeing these things from the Democratic party or from its voters?
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Librarians are one of the groups that have an opportunity to serve as a kind of "third person" in young people's lives. We aren't parents or teachers, and if we treat them with respect for their personhood, they get practice dealing with adults not as much in power over them.
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Librarians are one of the groups that have an opportunity to serve as a kind of "third person" in young people's lives. We aren't parents or teachers, and if we treat them with respect for their personhood, they get practice dealing with adults not as much in power over them.
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For anyone that thought disinformation was a social media problem, it’s great to see all of the legacy media organizations giving best book of the year to a Princeton University press published book full of Covid disinformation.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For anyone that thought disinformation was a social media problem, it’s great to see all of the legacy media organizations giving best book of the year to a Princeton University press published book full of Covid disinformation.
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It was only a matter of time before they came knocking here in #Maine
"The proliferation of AI is, at its core, an anti-democratic process to create a deeply authoritarian world. The lack of public input to this process is a feature of this technology, not a bug."
Article by @cascobay.bsky.social
"The proliferation of AI is, at its core, an anti-democratic process to create a deeply authoritarian world. The lack of public input to this process is a feature of this technology, not a bug."
Article by @cascobay.bsky.social
But I didn’t link the post initially, which is here: mainemorningstar.com/2025/12/22/o...
Opposition to AI is a political force. Maine’s leaders should catch up. • Maine Morning Star
A plan to build an AI data center in Lewiston’s Bates Mill complex was set to get the green light by the city council last week. The city arranged a tax break for the relatively unknown company develo...
mainemorningstar.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It was only a matter of time before they came knocking here in #Maine
"The proliferation of AI is, at its core, an anti-democratic process to create a deeply authoritarian world. The lack of public input to this process is a feature of this technology, not a bug."
Article by @cascobay.bsky.social
"The proliferation of AI is, at its core, an anti-democratic process to create a deeply authoritarian world. The lack of public input to this process is a feature of this technology, not a bug."
Article by @cascobay.bsky.social
We need a resurgence of sabotage as a strategy
#OtD 23 Dec 2013 after an unfavourable review with a manager, a Citibank worker downed 90% of the bank's networks. He did it so management could "see what the guys on the floor [are] capable of doing when they keep getting mistreated" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9554...
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We need a resurgence of sabotage as a strategy
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Lady was at the reading room during my shift to look at some collection. She said her husband had done some reporting on the klan. I mentioned the famous radio Superman episode that was inspired by a klan exposé. She said yeah that was my husband.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lady was at the reading room during my shift to look at some collection. She said her husband had done some reporting on the klan. I mentioned the famous radio Superman episode that was inspired by a klan exposé. She said yeah that was my husband.
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we don't need IP law on our side. if anyone steals our "monet style painting of bugs bunny having a train run on him by 15 versions of bugs bunny dressed up as a woman" we'll settle it in the old ways
Omg. You are right.
ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/02/c...
ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/02/c...
Can AI Prompts Be Patented? Don’t Be Too Quick to Dismiss this Question
Recent debates about AI patentability have focused on whether the outputs of an AI system, such as a neural network, can be patented. If you thought that was a cutting-edge question, then consider whe...
ipwatchdog.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
we don't need IP law on our side. if anyone steals our "monet style painting of bugs bunny having a train run on him by 15 versions of bugs bunny dressed up as a woman" we'll settle it in the old ways
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elsevier can scrub every sci-hub DOI from their back catalog but they can't check if an article is real?
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
elsevier can scrub every sci-hub DOI from their back catalog but they can't check if an article is real?
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And so checked out Google Scholar. Now on my profile it doesn't appear, but somwhow on Nelli's it does and ... and ... omg, IT'S BEEN CITED 42 TIMES almost exlusively in papers about AI in education from this year alone... scholar.google.com.vn/citations?vi...
scholar.google.com.vn
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And so checked out Google Scholar. Now on my profile it doesn't appear, but somwhow on Nelli's it does and ... and ... omg, IT'S BEEN CITED 42 TIMES almost exlusively in papers about AI in education from this year alone... scholar.google.com.vn/citations?vi...
wow
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
wow
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The government wants to tell half of this country's states what it is they can read and what it is they can think.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The government wants to tell half of this country's states what it is they can read and what it is they can think.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
They *want* public institutions of democracy and civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs. That's all.
Please, for the love of god, GIVE A SHIT.
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TWENTY
OTHER
STATES
20, yes 20, filed an Amicus Brief asking the 11th Circuit to hear the appeal of this case.
drive.google.com/file/d/1-zr4...
OTHER
STATES
20, yes 20, filed an Amicus Brief asking the 11th Circuit to hear the appeal of this case.
drive.google.com/file/d/1-zr4...
AmicusBrief_AK.pdf
drive.google.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
TWENTY
OTHER
STATES
20, yes 20, filed an Amicus Brief asking the 11th Circuit to hear the appeal of this case.
drive.google.com/file/d/1-zr4...
OTHER
STATES
20, yes 20, filed an Amicus Brief asking the 11th Circuit to hear the appeal of this case.
drive.google.com/file/d/1-zr4...
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I know too many folks have written off Florida because they don't want to bother to understand two things: 1. Florida is the BLUEPRINT for book bans nationwide and 2. Florida is comprised of so many disenfranchised and gerrymandered voters–the only tools the GOP has to keep power.
Here's the thing
Here's the thing
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I know too many folks have written off Florida because they don't want to bother to understand two things: 1. Florida is the BLUEPRINT for book bans nationwide and 2. Florida is comprised of so many disenfranchised and gerrymandered voters–the only tools the GOP has to keep power.
Here's the thing
Here's the thing