Scott Walter
@slwalter123.bsky.social
Librarian | Teacher | Speaker - San Diego State University Fighting against book bans and for public schools & libraries. Loves cats & dogs (since you asked)
I remember thinking when my daughter was applying to college that she could be a 3rd generation IU student … she wisely turned down the offer and now, neither of us could imagine her going there.
My undergrad alma mater, Indiana University, has gone full Project 2025 - from eliminating liberal arts majors, to suppressing campus protest to shuttering the student paper. A group of alums are organizing thanks to @juliedicaro.bsky.social. Join us by filling the form.
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Alumni For a Better IU
Connecting alumni to save IU
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November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I remember thinking when my daughter was applying to college that she could be a 3rd generation IU student … she wisely turned down the offer and now, neither of us could imagine her going there.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
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We're SO looking forward to the finale of #CelebrityTraitors. Whoever wins we have just one message.
Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!
Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We're SO looking forward to the finale of #CelebrityTraitors. Whoever wins we have just one message.
Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!
Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!
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I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
This is desperate, pathetic, and sad
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is desperate, pathetic, and sad
While we are not hosting a voting site this year, the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social is still here to help Aztecs get to the polls and exercise their right to vote libguides.sdsu.edu/voting
Research by Subject: Voting and Elections: Voter Registration and ID
Research by Subject: Voting and Elections: Voter Registration and ID
libguides.sdsu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
While we are not hosting a voting site this year, the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social is still here to help Aztecs get to the polls and exercise their right to vote libguides.sdsu.edu/voting
Looking forward to having @sdsulibrary.bsky.social & Stony Brook University Libraries team up to discuss AI and discovery at #cnif25 @cni-org.bsky.social www.cni.org/events/membe...
Project Briefings (Breakout Sessions)
CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting December 11-12, 2025 Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Hotel, Washington, DC Preliminary Title List Subject to Change Aligning Library Consortia for Collecti…
www.cni.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Looking forward to having @sdsulibrary.bsky.social & Stony Brook University Libraries team up to discuss AI and discovery at #cnif25 @cni-org.bsky.social www.cni.org/events/membe...
Happy to have voted for @jbpritzker.bsky.social while living in Illinois
@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:
“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”
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November 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happy to have voted for @jbpritzker.bsky.social while living in Illinois
Congratulations to my SDSU and CETYS colleagues on the successful (re-)launch of the Transborder Library Forum in Mexicali, Mexico, last week @sdsulibrary.bsky.social www.cetys.mx/foro-transfr...
XVII Transborder Library Forum - CETYS Universidad
www.cetys.mx
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Congratulations to my SDSU and CETYS colleagues on the successful (re-)launch of the Transborder Library Forum in Mexicali, Mexico, last week @sdsulibrary.bsky.social www.cetys.mx/foro-transfr...
This is tragic www.bbc.com/news/article...
Super Sentai: Japanese series that inspired Power Rangers reportedly ending
The franchise is the inspiration for many other superhero shows that have aired in Asia.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is tragic www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Billie Eilish has a message for billionaires: “Give your money away, shorties.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Billie Eilish has a message for billionaires: “Give your money away, shorties.”
A quick search of the #HACU2025 agenda retrieves no evidence of a deep dive into libraries - the place where scholarship, teaching, learning, student success, & community engagement comes together. Who’s ready for a conference proposal for 2026?
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A quick search of the #HACU2025 agenda retrieves no evidence of a deep dive into libraries - the place where scholarship, teaching, learning, student success, & community engagement comes together. Who’s ready for a conference proposal for 2026?
Excited to start my first HACU conference with the Deans’ Forum at an unprecedented moment for those of us committed to the work of Hispanic-Serving Institutions. On the lookout for my @calstate.bsky.social colleagues & anyone interested in discussing the role of libraries
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to start my first HACU conference with the Deans’ Forum at an unprecedented moment for those of us committed to the work of Hispanic-Serving Institutions. On the lookout for my @calstate.bsky.social colleagues & anyone interested in discussing the role of libraries
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Why people archive parts of federal websites & run data rescue hackathons to improve access to the content of the archive 📚:
If a document disappears off a website, did it ever really exist? With more and more people facing food insecurity, the USDA is washing its hands of SNAP contingency funding.
#NoKings #NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #ReleaseTheEpsteinTrumpFiles #TogetherWeCan
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#NoKings #NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #ReleaseTheEpsteinTrumpFiles #TogetherWeCan
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USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP — NOTUS
The 55-page “lapse of funding” document for USDA is no longer available online.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Why people archive parts of federal websites & run data rescue hackathons to improve access to the content of the archive 📚:
"One thing about book bans, [they] continually evolve”
@cbldf.bsky.social @slj.com www.slj.com/story/Moment...
@cbldf.bsky.social @slj.com www.slj.com/story/Moment...
A “Momentous” Victory and the Future of Censorship Efforts
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund interim director Jeff Trexler spoke with SLJ about the Texas House Bill 900 court decision and what comes next in this case, which has been appealed, and the larger battl...
www.slj.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"One thing about book bans, [they] continually evolve”
@cbldf.bsky.social @slj.com www.slj.com/story/Moment...
@cbldf.bsky.social @slj.com www.slj.com/story/Moment...
Today is the day for the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Public Opinion Crawl! If you are an SDSU student with an opinion to share on library spaces and services (and would like a slice of pizza or a snack), come to the After-Hours Study Area before 2 pm
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today is the day for the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Public Opinion Crawl! If you are an SDSU student with an opinion to share on library spaces and services (and would like a slice of pizza or a snack), come to the After-Hours Study Area before 2 pm
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It's useful to recognise that, just 3 years ago, the UK government made it a specific CRIMINAL OFFENCE to procure a live person to complete university coursework for a student, but that government, and all major institutions, are now saying the use of a machine to complete such work is inevitable.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's useful to recognise that, just 3 years ago, the UK government made it a specific CRIMINAL OFFENCE to procure a live person to complete university coursework for a student, but that government, and all major institutions, are now saying the use of a machine to complete such work is inevitable.
Looking forward to this public talk with our @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social comics scholar and artist in residence @libcomix.bsky.social @sdsulibrary.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Looking forward to this public talk with our @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social comics scholar and artist in residence @libcomix.bsky.social @sdsulibrary.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive
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October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I used to be proud of my IU education, even as the state, as a whole, went from bad to worse, but now … @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Did Indiana University Axe Its Award-Winning Print Newspaper?
If the administration can censor the Indiana Daily Student—one of the most acclaimed student publications in the nation—then student journalism everywhere is at risk.
www.thenation.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I used to be proud of my IU education, even as the state, as a whole, went from bad to worse, but now … @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The most banned book in America (about growing up LGBTQ+) is getting a new expanded edition
The most banned book in America (about growing up LGBTQ+) is getting a new expanded edition
A new, expanded edition of Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir 'Gender Queer' with commentary by queer and trans artists and scholars will be released in May.
www.latimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The most banned book in America (about growing up LGBTQ+) is getting a new expanded edition
The real-life benefits of having been a Linguistics major www.georgetown.edu/news/six-sev...
What Does ‘6-7’ Mean? We Don’t Know Either, So We Asked a Linguist - Georgetown University
A linguist unpacks the two numbers that have perplexed — and frustrated — parents, teachers and Americans across the country this year.
www.georgetown.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The real-life benefits of having been a Linguistics major www.georgetown.edu/news/six-sev...