nimisha bhat
@mishiebhat.bsky.social
librarian. a south dakotan in ohio. she/her (views are my own)
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The update here left me weepy with how full of love it is. If you can help with end of life expenses, here's where and how.
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The update here left me weepy with how full of love it is. If you can help with end of life expenses, here's where and how.
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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...
www.propublica.org
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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I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚
Making the Academic Librarian Interview Less Painful - ACRLog
To be unexpectedly unemployed in the U.S. is to be in a state of desperation. If you haven’t been out of work lately, it’s a particularly challenging time. The labor market is cooling, and people are ...
acrlog.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚
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SB1 in Ohio does all of this and prohibits faculty from going on strike. It's a laundry list of ways to push faculty out the door. It was passed with zero voter input.
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
SB1 in Ohio does all of this and prohibits faculty from going on strike. It's a laundry list of ways to push faculty out the door. It was passed with zero voter input.
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
absolutely heartbreaking. a brilliant and kind individual who made our profession better.
February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
absolutely heartbreaking. a brilliant and kind individual who made our profession better.
I love trains but when they’re choo chooing so loudly before 5am it’s like, ok we get it
February 4, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I love trains but when they’re choo chooing so loudly before 5am it’s like, ok we get it
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Thomas Fountain Blue was the first Black person to head a public library, in 1905. The Western Colored Branch was the first Carnegie "colored library" in KY; the first public library in the US to serve Black patrons with an exclusively Black staff. #BlackHistoryMonth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Thomas Fountain Blue was the first Black person to head a public library, in 1905. The Western Colored Branch was the first Carnegie "colored library" in KY; the first public library in the US to serve Black patrons with an exclusively Black staff. #BlackHistoryMonth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
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TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
I love when I tell students I'll order books for them for the library and they're horrified because they think I'm paying for it with my own money
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I love when I tell students I'll order books for them for the library and they're horrified because they think I'm paying for it with my own money
every day is dumber and bleaker than the last
The Ohio House of Representatives just passed the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." It encourages teachers and professors to teach about the "positive aspects" of US History. Let's break it down: thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/12/12/o...
Ohio’s “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act” and the politics of teaching U.S. history
On November 19, 2025, the Ohio House of Representatives passed the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act (House Bill 486). Written by Republican representatives Gary Click and Mike Dovilla, the bill s…
thewayofimprovement.blog
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
every day is dumber and bleaker than the last
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While we worry about attacks on free speech and the right to protest nationally, we need to pay attention to what's happening in SD. Nick Tilsen, who is Oglala Lakota and the founder of NDN collective, is facing criminal charges that he allegedly accelerated his vehicle toward a South Dakota cop...
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 AM
While we worry about attacks on free speech and the right to protest nationally, we need to pay attention to what's happening in SD. Nick Tilsen, who is Oglala Lakota and the founder of NDN collective, is facing criminal charges that he allegedly accelerated his vehicle toward a South Dakota cop...
the library hired an architectural firm that surveyed students on library space and asked them which movie library is most attractive to them including...harry potter & minority report. the survey designer has never seen minority report. absolutely bananas levels of corporate nonsense.
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM
the library hired an architectural firm that surveyed students on library space and asked them which movie library is most attractive to them including...harry potter & minority report. the survey designer has never seen minority report. absolutely bananas levels of corporate nonsense.
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
I’ve driven over an hour through backroads just to get to drive in movie theaters, bozo
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
www.avclub.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I’ve driven over an hour through backroads just to get to drive in movie theaters, bozo
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The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.
Oglala Sioux Tribe accuses federal authorities of treaty violation after four members detained by ICE
“Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are United States citizens. We are the first Americans.”
www.wjtv.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM
The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.
there are so many librarians who use it to “teach critically.” I have no idea how to get to it directly. and I plan to never know.
People think I’m exaggerating when I say this, but I have absolutely no idea how to access ChatGPT. I don’t know if it’s an app, a website, or software that I have to download. I don’t care because I’ll never use it. But the people that think it’s universal have no idea how many people are like me.
Until I saw this "challenge" earlier today, I didn't even know how to access ChatGPT.
Having seen how easy it is, I'm even more determined to never use it and mock those who do for their "writing."
Having seen how easy it is, I'm even more determined to never use it and mock those who do for their "writing."
January 15, 2026 at 10:55 AM
there are so many librarians who use it to “teach critically.” I have no idea how to get to it directly. and I plan to never know.
it’s so nice that no matter how terrible the news is we can unite together to laugh at aaron rodgers getting his shit rocked
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
it’s so nice that no matter how terrible the news is we can unite together to laugh at aaron rodgers getting his shit rocked
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Heard a reference to Fobazi and the concept of vocational awe in Cory Doctorow’s new book “Enshittification” and wanted to bump the latest post about her GFM.
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Heard a reference to Fobazi and the concept of vocational awe in Cory Doctorow’s new book “Enshittification” and wanted to bump the latest post about her GFM.
new year's resolution at work this year is to have every clarivate email sent directly to my junk folder
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
new year's resolution at work this year is to have every clarivate email sent directly to my junk folder
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"Unfortunately, no library schools apparently include a curricular unit on "Denying Wrongful Authority.""
Library school faculty curriculum planners, your move!
Library school faculty curriculum planners, your move!
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"Unfortunately, no library schools apparently include a curricular unit on "Denying Wrongful Authority.""
Library school faculty curriculum planners, your move!
Library school faculty curriculum planners, your move!
tie between pharcyde’s “drop” and “virtual insanity” by jamiroquai
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
tie between pharcyde’s “drop” and “virtual insanity” by jamiroquai
merry crimbus from 1994’s little women, my dog gingerbread, and the baby gate around our tree this year
December 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
merry crimbus from 1994’s little women, my dog gingerbread, and the baby gate around our tree this year
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Facing Major Funding Loss? Educopia’s New Workshop Series Offers Tools, Structure, and Support educopia.org/blog/loss-of...
Facing Major Funding Loss? Educopia's New Workshop Series Offers Tools, Structure, and Support — Educopia
Loss of Primary Source of Funding: a four-session workshop designed to help teams move from uncertainty and panic to grounded, values-aligned decision making.
educopia.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Facing Major Funding Loss? Educopia’s New Workshop Series Offers Tools, Structure, and Support educopia.org/blog/loss-of...