Jeannette Ho
@jeannho.bsky.social
Cataloging/Metadata Librarian at Texas A&M University
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The Evolving University Library 📚
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What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library
What’s gained, what’s lost.
www.insidehighered.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Evolving University Library 📚
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While stars like Taylor Swift make headlines, fringe musicians navigate a system that prioritizes profit.
Michael Menna & Anjali Vats unpack how copyright really works outside the mainstream on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/mus...
🧵 From our speakers👇
Michael Menna & Anjali Vats unpack how copyright really works outside the mainstream on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/mus...
🧵 From our speakers👇
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
While stars like Taylor Swift make headlines, fringe musicians navigate a system that prioritizes profit.
Michael Menna & Anjali Vats unpack how copyright really works outside the mainstream on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/mus...
🧵 From our speakers👇
Michael Menna & Anjali Vats unpack how copyright really works outside the mainstream on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/mus...
🧵 From our speakers👇
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KRISTI NOEM ORDER: DOJ says in a court filing DHS' Kristi Noem made the call to continue removals of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran prison, despite a federal judge’s order to stop the deportations @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/noem...
Noem ordered deportation flights to El Salvador after judicial halt, DOJ tells court
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice acknowledged in a court filing that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the call to continue removals of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran prison, desp...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
KRISTI NOEM ORDER: DOJ says in a court filing DHS' Kristi Noem made the call to continue removals of Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran prison, despite a federal judge’s order to stop the deportations @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/noem...
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There is always some anxiety from my LIS students about finding a job.
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There is always some anxiety from my LIS students about finding a job.
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
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Whoever at Google thought it was a good idea to make the Gmail mobile app search results default to "most relevant" instead of "most recent":
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Whoever at Google thought it was a good idea to make the Gmail mobile app search results default to "most relevant" instead of "most recent":
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
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Indiana May Reject New Degrees That Don’t Commit to “Values of American Society” https://bit.ly/4ohT3sf
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Indiana May Reject New Degrees That Don’t Commit to “Values of American Society” https://bit.ly/4ohT3sf
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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📢📢The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to admin: “We are deeply concerned that the directives outlined in Chancellor Khator's email present significant risks to academic freedom, to the integrity of our teaching mission + to the University’s legal obligations.”
AAUP @ Univ. of Houston Opposes Campus Censorship
CONTACT: Daniel Morales, JD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at the University of Houston, daniel.ibsen.morales@gmail.com
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
📢📢The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to admin: “We are deeply concerned that the directives outlined in Chancellor Khator's email present significant risks to academic freedom, to the integrity of our teaching mission + to the University’s legal obligations.”
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Abraham, a physician who is not board certified in any specialty & has made a career as an extremely partisan politician, is now #2 at CDC.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
BREAKING via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: The CDC's internal email server now lists Louisiana physician Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, as the agency's principal deputy director -- "an irresponsible choice," according to one public health expert.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
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Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Abraham, a physician who is not board certified in any specialty & has made a career as an extremely partisan politician, is now #2 at CDC.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
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8 long-COVID symptoms
1. Persistent high symptoms
2. Intermittently high symptoms
3. Moderate symptoms that gradually improved
4. Low-level symptoms resolved by month 6
5. Worsening symptoms over time
6. Delayed-worsening symptoms
7. Stable but persistent symptoms
8. Fluctuating symptoms
1. Persistent high symptoms
2. Intermittently high symptoms
3. Moderate symptoms that gradually improved
4. Low-level symptoms resolved by month 6
5. Worsening symptoms over time
6. Delayed-worsening symptoms
7. Stable but persistent symptoms
8. Fluctuating symptoms
Study maps 8 long-COVID symptom patterns in adults
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
8 long-COVID symptoms
1. Persistent high symptoms
2. Intermittently high symptoms
3. Moderate symptoms that gradually improved
4. Low-level symptoms resolved by month 6
5. Worsening symptoms over time
6. Delayed-worsening symptoms
7. Stable but persistent symptoms
8. Fluctuating symptoms
1. Persistent high symptoms
2. Intermittently high symptoms
3. Moderate symptoms that gradually improved
4. Low-level symptoms resolved by month 6
5. Worsening symptoms over time
6. Delayed-worsening symptoms
7. Stable but persistent symptoms
8. Fluctuating symptoms
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Ken Paxton is suing Texas school districts for refusing to display the 10 commandments. Please pay no attention to the fact that he broke the 7th commandment when he committed adultery earlier this year.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Ken Paxton is suing Texas school districts for refusing to display the 10 commandments. Please pay no attention to the fact that he broke the 7th commandment when he committed adultery earlier this year.
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⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️
AAUP @ Texas A&M: Reinstate Prof. Melissa McCoul
CONTACT: Leonard Bright, PhD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station, drleonardbright@hotmail.com
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️
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Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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ALA is proud to join @PENamerica & dozens of @UAbookbans partners on a letter to the TN Secretary of State, whose call for TN libraries to review materials within 60 days "has created widespread confusion, fear and operational disruption across the state's public libraries."
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Advocacy Groups, Major Publishers Reject Call by Tennessee Demanding Compliance with White House Executive Order on Gender Identity
PEN America today joins 33 major publishers and national library and literary advocacy groups denouncing directives from the Tennessee Secretary of State warning public libraries to review their colle...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
ALA is proud to join @PENamerica & dozens of @UAbookbans partners on a letter to the TN Secretary of State, whose call for TN libraries to review materials within 60 days "has created widespread confusion, fear and operational disruption across the state's public libraries."
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
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Two things that I think would be beneficial to track in our current library attacks/book censorship era that I do not have capacity to do and suspect others who've been doing this for years don't, either.
1. Canadian library budget cuts. There are a LOT.
2. Libraries banning ALA membership.
1. Canadian library budget cuts. There are a LOT.
2. Libraries banning ALA membership.
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Two things that I think would be beneficial to track in our current library attacks/book censorship era that I do not have capacity to do and suspect others who've been doing this for years don't, either.
1. Canadian library budget cuts. There are a LOT.
2. Libraries banning ALA membership.
1. Canadian library budget cuts. There are a LOT.
2. Libraries banning ALA membership.
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It’s Books We Love day! There are a ton of excellent titles to dig into, and I’m going to link the 8 books I wrote recommendations for in the thread below. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s Books We Love day! There are a ton of excellent titles to dig into, and I’m going to link the 8 books I wrote recommendations for in the thread below. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
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This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
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The Mapping Deportations project has an animated timeline of who gets deported in the US. In the 1910s the US starts deporting more Mexicans than any other group & doesn't let up through the present day. You can follow which groups are the targets of immigrant panics pretty clearly.
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
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November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Mapping Deportations project has an animated timeline of who gets deported in the US. In the 1910s the US starts deporting more Mexicans than any other group & doesn't let up through the present day. You can follow which groups are the targets of immigrant panics pretty clearly.
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What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
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Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves
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Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves • Missouri Independent
A Jackson County Circuit Court struck down a 2022 law that criminalized school employees for providing "sexually explicit material."
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves
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missouriindependent.com/2025/11/18/m...
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Behavioural scientists at Monash Uni broke down the act of #reading into a series of behaviours.
Why book browsing may be one of the biggest barriers to reading – and what we can do about it - Australia Reads
Research shows that not enjoying or prioritising book browsing is a major barrier to reading for many people. So how do we make it easy and enjoyable for them?
australiareads.org.au
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Behavioural scientists at Monash Uni broke down the act of #reading into a series of behaviours.
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