jude 📚
@plumsdeify.bsky.social
librarian. leukemia survivor. unwholesome and offputting. she/her.
https://gracelessbuteffective.neocities.org/
https://gracelessbuteffective.neocities.org/
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“We need to protect each other, we need to have solidarity with each other, and we need to use the power that we have in our numbers to organize and demand that our rights and dignity as employees are upheld.” — Phoebe, Customer Services Specialist, Linden Branch
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“We need to protect each other, we need to have solidarity with each other, and we need to use the power that we have in our numbers to organize and demand that our rights and dignity as employees are upheld.” — Phoebe, Customer Services Specialist, Linden Branch
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“I believe my coworkers and I have the right to fight for a better workplace.” — Ryan, Adult Services Librarian, Main Library
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“I believe my coworkers and I have the right to fight for a better workplace.” — Ryan, Adult Services Librarian, Main Library
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“Library workers need every tool available to ensure our ability to continue to provide vital resources to our community. A union will strengthen our voice in our workplace, our job security, & ability to sustainably do the work we love.” — Maria, Librarian, Local History and Genealogy
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“Library workers need every tool available to ensure our ability to continue to provide vital resources to our community. A union will strengthen our voice in our workplace, our job security, & ability to sustainably do the work we love.” — Maria, Librarian, Local History and Genealogy
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Why are @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers organizing their union?
“I believe we as employees know what our communities need. Our voices should be reflected in decisions at CML to better support our patrons and each other.” — Caitlin, Information Service Specialist, Franklinton Branch
“I believe we as employees know what our communities need. Our voices should be reflected in decisions at CML to better support our patrons and each other.” — Caitlin, Information Service Specialist, Franklinton Branch
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Why are @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers organizing their union?
“I believe we as employees know what our communities need. Our voices should be reflected in decisions at CML to better support our patrons and each other.” — Caitlin, Information Service Specialist, Franklinton Branch
“I believe we as employees know what our communities need. Our voices should be reflected in decisions at CML to better support our patrons and each other.” — Caitlin, Information Service Specialist, Franklinton Branch
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“The current administration is trying to scrub websites, datasets, and now signs in National Parks (and on other public lands) of words or ideas that they don't like. We're trying to preserve this content to help preserve our full history, not just a tidy whitewashed version.”
Listen now:
Listen now:
A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
Podcast Episode · The 404 Media Podcast · 2025-11-10 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“The current administration is trying to scrub websites, datasets, and now signs in National Parks (and on other public lands) of words or ideas that they don't like. We're trying to preserve this content to help preserve our full history, not just a tidy whitewashed version.”
Listen now:
Listen now:
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Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks.
This week, @samleecole.bsky.social speaks to a group of data preservationists behind "Save Our Signs" who want to save the real history of parks before the administration erases it.
This week, @samleecole.bsky.social speaks to a group of data preservationists behind "Save Our Signs" who want to save the real history of parks before the administration erases it.
Volunteers Archived 10,000 Signs from National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
YouTube video by 404 Media
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks.
This week, @samleecole.bsky.social speaks to a group of data preservationists behind "Save Our Signs" who want to save the real history of parks before the administration erases it.
This week, @samleecole.bsky.social speaks to a group of data preservationists behind "Save Our Signs" who want to save the real history of parks before the administration erases it.
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I’ve seen several Godzilla flicks in the theater over the past few years and you can feel, viscerally, that we are all praying for Godzilla to rise from the sea and give us what we deserve
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’ve seen several Godzilla flicks in the theater over the past few years and you can feel, viscerally, that we are all praying for Godzilla to rise from the sea and give us what we deserve
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I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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"By insisting on the term 'automation,' Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding."
Erik J. Larson discusses "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-return-of-the-luddites/
Erik J. Larson discusses "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-return-of-the-luddites/
The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books
Erik J. Larson considers “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"By insisting on the term 'automation,' Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding."
Erik J. Larson discusses "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-return-of-the-luddites/
Erik J. Larson discusses "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-return-of-the-luddites/
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I think every time someone pitches this article, which we have seen in one form or another for as long as class has existed, they should get a fastball from a pitching machine right to the groin
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I think every time someone pitches this article, which we have seen in one form or another for as long as class has existed, they should get a fastball from a pitching machine right to the groin
nicole kidman as aimee semple mcpherson in a limited series about her life……..
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
nicole kidman as aimee semple mcpherson in a limited series about her life……..
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I once had to go to a food pantry in November, and because it was close to Thanksgiving, the line to get in wrapped around the block. This was back in the early 2000s. Also when people had access to SNAP. Imagine what it will be this year without it.
If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I once had to go to a food pantry in November, and because it was close to Thanksgiving, the line to get in wrapped around the block. This was back in the early 2000s. Also when people had access to SNAP. Imagine what it will be this year without it.
black phone 2 runs aground on the fact that it’s just not possible to ice skate in a menacing way
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
black phone 2 runs aground on the fact that it’s just not possible to ice skate in a menacing way
wifi down at the library . may god have mercy on our souls
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wifi down at the library . may god have mercy on our souls
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I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down
NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down
if Indy doesn’t get his Oscar i am burning the academy to the goddamn ground
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
if Indy doesn’t get his Oscar i am burning the academy to the goddamn ground
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The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
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This whole section really.
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This whole section really.
am i going to have to invest in a cardigan that says “WORKING LIBRARIAN, DO NOT PET”
September 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
am i going to have to invest in a cardigan that says “WORKING LIBRARIAN, DO NOT PET”
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As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer:
1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors!
2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy
3) Language learning via Mango
💙📚 And:
1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors!
2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy
3) Language learning via Mango
💙📚 And:
Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
September 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer:
1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors!
2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy
3) Language learning via Mango
💙📚 And:
1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors!
2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy
3) Language learning via Mango
💙📚 And:
so Kaleidoscope Youth Center is shutting down their shelter program, which could leave the kids there homeless again in a matter of weeks.
this fundraiser is for them. please give and share if you can.
chuffed.org/project/supp...
this fundraiser is for them. please give and share if you can.
chuffed.org/project/supp...
Support Homeless LGBT Youth After KYC
Columbus, Ohio's Kaleidoscope Youth Center (KYC) has verbally notified the LGBT+ youth in their emergency housing program that the program will be ending. They may be evicted in as few as seven weeks....
chuffed.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
so Kaleidoscope Youth Center is shutting down their shelter program, which could leave the kids there homeless again in a matter of weeks.
this fundraiser is for them. please give and share if you can.
chuffed.org/project/supp...
this fundraiser is for them. please give and share if you can.
chuffed.org/project/supp...
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...