ILL Communication
@almullender.bsky.social
LIS PhD Candidate (studying radical/critical/experimental classification theory, and temporality in LIS) and Interlibrary loan library worker.
Immigrant (it's not a dirty word).
Me and my cat are The Jim Morrison Biscuit Cooperative
Immigrant (it's not a dirty word).
Me and my cat are The Jim Morrison Biscuit Cooperative
Pinned
Time and The Catalogue
This paper explores the multiple ways in which concepts of time are incorporated in cataloguing and classification to see how these temporal concepts influence how material is organised in library spa...
ideaexchange.uakron.edu
Very pleased to say that my article was published! Yay for Document Academy!
ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol11/...
ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol11/...
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📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans'
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#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
#Bookban
#Book
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#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
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#LGBT
#Gay
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#Book
LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans
"We build collections that allow people to find themselves on the shelves," notes one queer librarian.
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans'
www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg...
#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
#Bookban
#Book
www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg...
#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#Research
#Employment
#Workplace
#LGBTQ
#LGBT
#Gay
#Bookban
#Book
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and former Green MP Mike Morrice, respond to the 2025 Federal Budget: “There’s no way we can, as Greens, vote yes on this budget.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and former Green MP Mike Morrice, respond to the 2025 Federal Budget: “There’s no way we can, as Greens, vote yes on this budget.”
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If you are someone who has the privilege to do this, DO IT.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Michael Davis, “Conspicuously Exercising Academic Freedom as a Response to Incremental Threats”
www.aaup.org/JAF16/conspi...
www.aaup.org/JAF16/conspi...
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If you are someone who has the privilege to do this, DO IT.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
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Solidarity with everyone going through it right now.
You are not alone.
Official donation link for supporting Jamaica:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
You are not alone.
Official donation link for supporting Jamaica:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Solidarity with everyone going through it right now.
You are not alone.
Official donation link for supporting Jamaica:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
You are not alone.
Official donation link for supporting Jamaica:
supportjamaica.gov.jm/donate
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A hallmark of this year's Banned Books Week? The censoring of Banned Books Week.
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
The Banning of Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 31, 2025
Banned Books Week is being quietly banned in public libraries across the US. This is a political choice in an era where libraries continue to claim being "not political."
bookriot.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A hallmark of this year's Banned Books Week? The censoring of Banned Books Week.
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
How come when I hallucinate terrifying shit they call it epilepsy and try to use it to take away my driving licence, but when AI hallucinates terrifying shit they call it a tech revolution and try to use it to take away everyone's job?
I now know how it feels to receive psychic damage. I'm not even kidding, this gave me a new kind of headache. Something not totally physical but painful nonetheless.
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
How come when I hallucinate terrifying shit they call it epilepsy and try to use it to take away my driving licence, but when AI hallucinates terrifying shit they call it a tech revolution and try to use it to take away everyone's job?
I know I'm human, and if you were all these things you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human...
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I know I'm human, and if you were all these things you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human...
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AI supercharging the mass surveillance of the digital public sphere. Important reporting by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
See also our recent piece where we talk about AI as a tool for deportations and political terror, too:
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
See also our recent piece where we talk about AI as a tool for deportations and political terror, too:
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
A Silicon Valley firm has contracted with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to build out a social media surveillance dragnet. Critics say that the AI-driven software will target immigrants for polit...
jacobin.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
AI supercharging the mass surveillance of the digital public sphere. Important reporting by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
See also our recent piece where we talk about AI as a tool for deportations and political terror, too:
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
See also our recent piece where we talk about AI as a tool for deportations and political terror, too:
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
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‘Suffering’ British Library staff take to picket lines.
Library “operating reduced service” as PCS members demand better pay, two years on from cyberattack.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Library “operating reduced service” as PCS members demand better pay, two years on from cyberattack.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
‘Suffering’ British Library staff take to picket lines - Research Professional News
Library “operating reduced service” as PCS members demand better pay, two years on from cyberattack
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
‘Suffering’ British Library staff take to picket lines.
Library “operating reduced service” as PCS members demand better pay, two years on from cyberattack.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Library “operating reduced service” as PCS members demand better pay, two years on from cyberattack.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
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Funnily enough, after the 2008 banker-caused financial crash, the austerity obsessed uk government would use points 3 and 4 to justify closing a large number of britain's libraries. The more things change, eh?
1850. The Public Libraries Act means councils in England & Wales can now spend local taxes on libraries. Some London regions are VERY slow to adopt the act. St Pancras rate-payers object to “wasting” money on “showy luxuries”. Fifty years pass before a free library opens in the district #PubLibs 💙📚
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Funnily enough, after the 2008 banker-caused financial crash, the austerity obsessed uk government would use points 3 and 4 to justify closing a large number of britain's libraries. The more things change, eh?
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Tell Doug Ford No.
Tell him we will not subsidize his landlord buddies and their obscene, parasitic lifestyle while we’re at risk of being evicted even when we pay rent, even when we follow every law to the letter.
TELL HIM NO. 🚨🚨🚨
#OnPoli
Tell him we will not subsidize his landlord buddies and their obscene, parasitic lifestyle while we’re at risk of being evicted even when we pay rent, even when we follow every law to the letter.
TELL HIM NO. 🚨🚨🚨
#OnPoli
Call Doug Ford. Call your MPP, tell them they will never be allowed to rest for a solitary second if they don’t decisively vote down this bill.
This is not a drill. We will never get these protections back if we lose them.
Call Doug Ford.
This is not a drill. We will never get these protections back if we lose them.
Call Doug Ford.
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tell Doug Ford No.
Tell him we will not subsidize his landlord buddies and their obscene, parasitic lifestyle while we’re at risk of being evicted even when we pay rent, even when we follow every law to the letter.
TELL HIM NO. 🚨🚨🚨
#OnPoli
Tell him we will not subsidize his landlord buddies and their obscene, parasitic lifestyle while we’re at risk of being evicted even when we pay rent, even when we follow every law to the letter.
TELL HIM NO. 🚨🚨🚨
#OnPoli
What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
What's it like inside your head?
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Middle East Eye: The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that 54 bodies of Palestinian bodies, previously held by Israeli forces, will be laid to rest after being returned bearing clear signs of torture.
Live: Israel must allow UN to deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza, ICJ says
Meanwhile, Israel refuses to reopen Rafah crossing
www.middleeasteye.net
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Middle East Eye: The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that 54 bodies of Palestinian bodies, previously held by Israeli forces, will be laid to rest after being returned bearing clear signs of torture.
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Need help applying for a passport or finding a new job? Head to the library!
7 Adulting Resources at the Library
Need help applying for a passport or finding a new job? Head to the library!
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October 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Need help applying for a passport or finding a new job? Head to the library!
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If you're going on to a protest today, leave your phone at home.
I know it's hard but,
Palantir.
And any smart devices
I know it's hard but,
Palantir.
And any smart devices
October 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you're going on to a protest today, leave your phone at home.
I know it's hard but,
Palantir.
And any smart devices
I know it's hard but,
Palantir.
And any smart devices
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This is the kind of shit I've been worried about for years. And it wasn't just la Migra doing the gaslighting.
(My married last name is a common enough Ashkenazi Jewish-American last name. )
(My married last name is a common enough Ashkenazi Jewish-American last name. )
A U.S. citizen and Chicago resident was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents despite carrying documentation proving her citizenship.
She reported that the agents questioned the validity of her passport and told her she “doesn’t look like” her family name, Greeley.
She reported that the agents questioned the validity of her passport and told her she “doesn’t look like” her family name, Greeley.
October 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is the kind of shit I've been worried about for years. And it wasn't just la Migra doing the gaslighting.
(My married last name is a common enough Ashkenazi Jewish-American last name. )
(My married last name is a common enough Ashkenazi Jewish-American last name. )
Publishers should have to put a note on the first page of each book informing people exactly how much extra they charged the local libraries for their copies of the exact same book (especially ebook copies).
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Publishers should have to put a note on the first page of each book informing people exactly how much extra they charged the local libraries for their copies of the exact same book (especially ebook copies).
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Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
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alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.
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This is important and everyone working in a gallery, library, archives, or museum should participate.
#library #archives 📚
#library #archives 📚
Government launches consultation on new AI strategy. This one has a tight timeline - responses due by the end of the month. Can respond to a survey or offer comments. Says it expects the new strategy to be developed by the end of the year.
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ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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This is a GREAT graphic.
I'm going to add to it this one from @johnnorcross.bsky.social, which visualizes the text below.
I'm going to add to it this one from @johnnorcross.bsky.social, which visualizes the text below.
October 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is a GREAT graphic.
I'm going to add to it this one from @johnnorcross.bsky.social, which visualizes the text below.
I'm going to add to it this one from @johnnorcross.bsky.social, which visualizes the text below.
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Another reason we can't "just get private bookmobiles to schools to get kids banned books" is that this isn't about the books. It's about the fundamental rights to democratic spaces that represent a whole community.
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights
A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.
bookriot.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Another reason we can't "just get private bookmobiles to schools to get kids banned books" is that this isn't about the books. It's about the fundamental rights to democratic spaces that represent a whole community.
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.
bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
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For every $1.00 the Canadian Women’s team received of funding from your government the English women receives $142.00. You don’t invest in the success of women so don’t use them for social media content.
On behalf of a proud nation, massive congratulations to Team Canada for an incredible run in the Rugby World Cup 🇨🇦
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Au nom d’une fière nation, je tiens à féliciter sincèrement l’équipe canadienne féminine pour son incroyable parcours à la Coupe du monde de rugby. 🇨🇦
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Au nom d’une fière nation, je tiens à féliciter sincèrement l’équipe canadienne féminine pour son incroyable parcours à la Coupe du monde de rugby. 🇨🇦
September 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For every $1.00 the Canadian Women’s team received of funding from your government the English women receives $142.00. You don’t invest in the success of women so don’t use them for social media content.