Briar Levit
@briarlevit.bsky.social
Pop culture obsessive.
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🎓 Professor, Graphic Design IG @psugd
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🎥 Graphic Means, Director; IG @graphicmeans
🎓 Professor, Graphic Design IG @psugd
📂 People’s Graphic Design Archive IG @peoplesgdarchive
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Small thing to do for your visa/green-card grads rn. Make sure they collect the numbers of several *trusted* senior faculty and family/friends. Then teach them how to set up an action button that texts everyone at once with one button/Siri. Share location enabled. www.google.com/search?clien...
Google Search
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March 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Small thing to do for your visa/green-card grads rn. Make sure they collect the numbers of several *trusted* senior faculty and family/friends. Then teach them how to set up an action button that texts everyone at once with one button/Siri. Share location enabled. www.google.com/search?clien...
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This is not an exaggeration at all.
Read this, and then do the most meaningful thing you can to resist it:
(1) Join @aaup.bsky.social to help fight on national level,
(2) Organize, organize, organize with your AAUP chapter at your university level.
Now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Read this, and then do the most meaningful thing you can to resist it:
(1) Join @aaup.bsky.social to help fight on national level,
(2) Organize, organize, organize with your AAUP chapter at your university level.
Now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | The End of the University as We Know It (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is not an exaggeration at all.
Read this, and then do the most meaningful thing you can to resist it:
(1) Join @aaup.bsky.social to help fight on national level,
(2) Organize, organize, organize with your AAUP chapter at your university level.
Now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Read this, and then do the most meaningful thing you can to resist it:
(1) Join @aaup.bsky.social to help fight on national level,
(2) Organize, organize, organize with your AAUP chapter at your university level.
Now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Attention printers of all types and those in the allied professions! This should be a great reference by the very knowledgable Glenn Fleishmann! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition
Help create an affordably priced version of this book that spans 600 years of the history of typography, type casting, and printing
www.kickstarter.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Attention printers of all types and those in the allied professions! This should be a great reference by the very knowledgable Glenn Fleishmann! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
What’s an album you got based on the cover? I’ll start—
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What’s an album you got based on the cover? I’ll start—
I'm no cook, but as a designer, I've noticed what appear to be incredible new cookbooks rooted in the culture of the food/author rather than appropriated. This article lays it all out.
It's @tinavasquez.bsky.social on a "new era" for Latino cookbooks, actually written by Latino authors: "For every Bayless instance of white exceptionalism speaking for, and over, an entire culture, there are thousands more examples of white mediocrity crowding the culture out of its own kitchen."
A New Era for Latino Cookbooks
Latino cookbooks written by Latino people used to be an anomaly, but with the publication of “SalviSoul” and “Bodega Bakes,” the canon is expanding even further.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm no cook, but as a designer, I've noticed what appear to be incredible new cookbooks rooted in the culture of the food/author rather than appropriated. This article lays it all out.
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In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.
March 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.
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Seeing what happens >> telling people nothing interesting will happen so don’t try
www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...
www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...
Target Loses Web Traffic As Costco Gains On Feb. 28 Economic Blackout Day
Target's website traffic dropped 9% on Feb. 28 in the People's Union online shopping boycott with its app usage down 14%, compared with mid-February Friday results.
www.forbes.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Seeing what happens >> telling people nothing interesting will happen so don’t try
www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...
www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...
“I picked the wrong week to remember I'm a writer” by @andizeisler.bsky.social lurking-glass.ghost.io/i-picked-the...
a group of people standing next to each other on a plane .
ALT: a group of people standing next to each other on a plane .
media.tenor.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“I picked the wrong week to remember I'm a writer” by @andizeisler.bsky.social lurking-glass.ghost.io/i-picked-the...
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Encountering these WPA posters (URLs below) for Des Moines's public forums (1936-41) at the Library of Congress has made me want to learn more about the Federal Forum Project [1/3]
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Encountering these WPA posters (URLs below) for Des Moines's public forums (1936-41) at the Library of Congress has made me want to learn more about the Federal Forum Project [1/3]
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US Dept of Ed launched this garbage yesterday, for reporting individuals and schools who practice “divisive ideologies and indoctrination” like “critical theory and rogue sex education”
enddei.ed.gov
enddei.ed.gov
Department of Education FormLock
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
US Dept of Ed launched this garbage yesterday, for reporting individuals and schools who practice “divisive ideologies and indoctrination” like “critical theory and rogue sex education”
enddei.ed.gov
enddei.ed.gov
Watching Trump talk over and raise his voice at Zelensky is truly difficult to watch.
February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Watching Trump talk over and raise his voice at Zelensky is truly difficult to watch.
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A LOT of people out there saying "I don't like what's going on but a boycott will hurt tipped servers" and "I'm super mad about all this but putting up a protest sticker/flyer seems too radical" and folks, I cannot.
*fyi, buy-nothing day tomorrow focuses on big chains. Use cash @ small businesses
*fyi, buy-nothing day tomorrow focuses on big chains. Use cash @ small businesses
February 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A LOT of people out there saying "I don't like what's going on but a boycott will hurt tipped servers" and "I'm super mad about all this but putting up a protest sticker/flyer seems too radical" and folks, I cannot.
*fyi, buy-nothing day tomorrow focuses on big chains. Use cash @ small businesses
*fyi, buy-nothing day tomorrow focuses on big chains. Use cash @ small businesses
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Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
Travel what’s in my bag edition. Somehow I amassed a lot of purple things. Not mad.💜
February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Travel what’s in my bag edition. Somehow I amassed a lot of purple things. Not mad.💜
Is there a way on Flashes to only see ppl you follow? I looked at settings and Disney find, but maybe one of you are smarter…
February 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is there a way on Flashes to only see ppl you follow? I looked at settings and Disney find, but maybe one of you are smarter…
Survival book published by the US army. 1970.
February 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Survival book published by the US army. 1970.
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After weeks of protests and an investigation from the state, the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said on Friday it was reversing course and would resume offering hormone therapy for patients seeking gender-affirming care.
laist.com/news/health/...
laist.com/news/health/...
Children's Hospital LA reverses course on youth gender care after Trump order
The hospital previously said it would pause accepting some new patients in response to a federal executive order. Now after pressure from advocates and the state, it is reversing course.
laist.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
After weeks of protests and an investigation from the state, the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said on Friday it was reversing course and would resume offering hormone therapy for patients seeking gender-affirming care.
laist.com/news/health/...
laist.com/news/health/...
Over and over again, they advised higher ed leaders: If there isn’t a federal or state law yet—or there’s wiggle room within the law—don’t overcomply.
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Over and over again, they advised higher ed leaders: If there isn’t a federal or state law yet—or there’s wiggle room within the law—don’t overcomply.
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They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Anticipatory obedience is the key phrase.
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Anticipatory obedience is the key phrase.
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
I started making photocopies for my students again.
February 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I started making photocopies for my students again.