Jess Schomberg
@schomj.bsky.social
Librarian, disability, union member 🏳️🌈
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Contact info and various socials: https://linktr.ee/schomj
(they/them)
Contact info and various socials: https://linktr.ee/schomj
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lol let's talk about facts: Jamaica's poverty rate was lower than the USA.
Jamaica had a poverty rate of 16% in 2023 and went down to 9% in 2025(pre storm).
USA poverty rate is 10% in 2025(pre department of labor no longer tracking the figures)
USA poverty rate is 10% in 2025(pre department of labor no longer tracking the figures)
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
lol let's talk about facts: Jamaica's poverty rate was lower than the USA.
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I love food banks & Food Not Bombs (used to do it in NYC out of ABC No Rio) but where they fail is being unable to accommodate dietary restrictions. $$$ in people’s hands DOES
(Love you FNB, but why are vegans so obsessed with mushrooms, the one food that can literally kill me????)
(Love you FNB, but why are vegans so obsessed with mushrooms, the one food that can literally kill me????)
People deserve to have agency over their dietary needs. Food banks and charities undermine that agency in favor of feeding the masses.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I love food banks & Food Not Bombs (used to do it in NYC out of ABC No Rio) but where they fail is being unable to accommodate dietary restrictions. $$$ in people’s hands DOES
(Love you FNB, but why are vegans so obsessed with mushrooms, the one food that can literally kill me????)
(Love you FNB, but why are vegans so obsessed with mushrooms, the one food that can literally kill me????)
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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I must’ve been a postdoc at MIT or a new-ish engineering professor when I first heard the story of how Ben Barre overheard colleagues talking about how his research was so much better than his ‘sister’ Barbara’s.
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I must’ve been a postdoc at MIT or a new-ish engineering professor when I first heard the story of how Ben Barre overheard colleagues talking about how his research was so much better than his ‘sister’ Barbara’s.
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Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
19thnews.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
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BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
So I've been going through another Bjork phase and it occurred to me that she's like the antithesis of tiktok music.
Yeah she had singles but most of her music is album-length art pieces that make more sense in context than when separated out like that. (Even her singles.)
Yeah she had singles but most of her music is album-length art pieces that make more sense in context than when separated out like that. (Even her singles.)
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So I've been going through another Bjork phase and it occurred to me that she's like the antithesis of tiktok music.
Yeah she had singles but most of her music is album-length art pieces that make more sense in context than when separated out like that. (Even her singles.)
Yeah she had singles but most of her music is album-length art pieces that make more sense in context than when separated out like that. (Even her singles.)
Dang, a BN membership is now $40/yr
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Dang, a BN membership is now $40/yr
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The fact that they have intolerance set to warn, but rudeness set to hide just shows you their priorities. They would rather you see people say bad things about trans people than bad things to transphobes.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The fact that they have intolerance set to warn, but rudeness set to hide just shows you their priorities. They would rather you see people say bad things about trans people than bad things to transphobes.
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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"This is partially a story of my own cowardice and partially a cautionary tale about employee retention, but perhaps more importantly, it is a story of institutional cultural ineptitude."
"This article speaks to the cultural context of the harm that racism and colonialism cause for Indigenous peoples that they encounter in institutions of higher education, including libraries."
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/more-th...
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/more-th...
More Than Sage Smoke and Mascots: How Well Do You Know Your Indigenous Patrons and Employees? – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"This is partially a story of my own cowardice and partially a cautionary tale about employee retention, but perhaps more importantly, it is a story of institutional cultural ineptitude."
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Don't trust a New York Times reporter. Don't talk to a New York Times reporter. They are the most ambitious journalists on the planet and will do anything to get the story their editor wants. The truth doesn't matter to them, only getting the story their editor wants so they can move up.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Don't trust a New York Times reporter. Don't talk to a New York Times reporter. They are the most ambitious journalists on the planet and will do anything to get the story their editor wants. The truth doesn't matter to them, only getting the story their editor wants so they can move up.
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BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
I think my favorite part of people asking for book recs on social media is seeing people respond with like "I love these 4 authors they're so amazing!" and you recognize 3 of the 4 as authors whose work you really did not enjoy and now you can remove the 4th author from your over-long TBR list
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think my favorite part of people asking for book recs on social media is seeing people respond with like "I love these 4 authors they're so amazing!" and you recognize 3 of the 4 as authors whose work you really did not enjoy and now you can remove the 4th author from your over-long TBR list
And now I'm ready for a November full of novellas! (Inspired by a post I can no longer find about making this month focused on novellas)
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
And now I'm ready for a November full of novellas! (Inspired by a post I can no longer find about making this month focused on novellas)
Really loved this book, perfect mix of witty, gruesome, heartfelt, cynical
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Really loved this book, perfect mix of witty, gruesome, heartfelt, cynical
For reasons, I'm thinking that a lot of people were sold the lie that if they got a doctoral degree they'll be shoe-in for jobs and I want to give whoever has been telling people that a swirly
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For reasons, I'm thinking that a lot of people were sold the lie that if they got a doctoral degree they'll be shoe-in for jobs and I want to give whoever has been telling people that a swirly
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My students read this. They really don’t like the idea of their work going into an LLM and they want professors to be transparent about how AI will be used or not used in class.
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My students read this. They really don’t like the idea of their work going into an LLM and they want professors to be transparent about how AI will be used or not used in class.
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JJ interviews @nnedi.bsky.social on her books Death of the Author, Space Cat, and LaGuardia. They talk about the challenges of explaining disability, the lack of age diversity in books, the magic of the creative process, and cats.
[Audio recording and transcript available]
[Audio recording and transcript available]
Interview with Dr. Nnedi Okorafor on Death of the Author
JJ Pionke interviews Nnedi Okorafor about her books Death of the Author, Space Cat, and LaGuardia. They talk about the challenges of explaining disability, the lack of age diversity in books, the magi...
cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
JJ interviews @nnedi.bsky.social on her books Death of the Author, Space Cat, and LaGuardia. They talk about the challenges of explaining disability, the lack of age diversity in books, the magic of the creative process, and cats.
[Audio recording and transcript available]
[Audio recording and transcript available]
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Homey literally said "touch mass"
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Homey literally said "touch mass"
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.