karuna timkova
@karunatimkova.bsky.social
Cataloging librarian. Institutional present and past: NYPL CUNY IU Drew New School NYU. Born and bred Jersey girl living in Queens (the Jersey-est borough).
This is infuriating. I don't recognize this IU. I'm so glad I left when I did. This is bullshit. A STUDENT complained to a *senator* about a *graduate* class in SOCIAL WORK called "Diversity, Human Rights and Social Justice." No way this was a real student. A ringer, for sure. Jesus.
IU professor removed from class over white supremacy graphic that lists MAGA
A student complained to U.S. Sen. Jim Banks' office, and he contacted the IU administration, according to lecturer Jessica Adams.
www.indystar.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is infuriating. I don't recognize this IU. I'm so glad I left when I did. This is bullshit. A STUDENT complained to a *senator* about a *graduate* class in SOCIAL WORK called "Diversity, Human Rights and Social Justice." No way this was a real student. A ringer, for sure. Jesus.
When was the last time we could go to bed pleased and relieved on Election night? Hallelujah! This feeling is genuinely astonishing.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When was the last time we could go to bed pleased and relieved on Election night? Hallelujah! This feeling is genuinely astonishing.
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This is one of the greatest, most profound, historically significant speeches ever made in American politics.
youtu.be/uGBQwCsIhn0?...
youtu.be/uGBQwCsIhn0?...
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is one of the greatest, most profound, historically significant speeches ever made in American politics.
youtu.be/uGBQwCsIhn0?...
youtu.be/uGBQwCsIhn0?...
!!!!!
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins
Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
!!!!!
Not really a late night movie. Just need something to start and maybe doze. I'm currently obsessed with Vivien Leigh. And I've seen this several times before.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Kazan. 1951.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Kazan. 1951.
September 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Not really a late night movie. Just need something to start and maybe doze. I'm currently obsessed with Vivien Leigh. And I've seen this several times before.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Kazan. 1951.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Kazan. 1951.
Didn't realize this is a bit of a niche podcast. History of academia stuff. Terribly interesting. They could have come up with a pithier title. Not at all right-wing. This ep features a conversation with a professor targeted by Turning Point.
This went up this morning, I think. 😲
TurningPointUSA and the Professor Watchlist with Matthew Boedy
Podcast Episode · American Campus Podcast · 09/10/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Didn't realize this is a bit of a niche podcast. History of academia stuff. Terribly interesting. They could have come up with a pithier title. Not at all right-wing. This ep features a conversation with a professor targeted by Turning Point.
This went up this morning, I think. 😲
TurningPointUSA and the Professor Watchlist with Matthew Boedy
Podcast Episode · American Campus Podcast · 09/10/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This went up this morning, I think. 😲
In November, I’ll be in London when Radiohead will be playing the O2 arena, so I registered to get tickets (fingers crossed). This morning, during my commute, I listened to OK Computer for the first time in a long time. At least 10 years, for sure. (1/5)
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In November, I’ll be in London when Radiohead will be playing the O2 arena, so I registered to get tickets (fingers crossed). This morning, during my commute, I listened to OK Computer for the first time in a long time. At least 10 years, for sure. (1/5)
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
😚
Went to a movie today!
Ellis. The Cut. 2024.
I recommend it.
Ellis. The Cut. 2024.
I recommend it.
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Went to a movie today!
Ellis. The Cut. 2024.
I recommend it.
Ellis. The Cut. 2024.
I recommend it.
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We've seen what collaboration with Trump has brought us: money stolen from city accounts, cuts to essential services, New Yorkers as young as six deported. Cuomo offers more of the same.
I am prepared to fight back.
I am prepared to fight back.
September 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We've seen what collaboration with Trump has brought us: money stolen from city accounts, cuts to essential services, New Yorkers as young as six deported. Cuomo offers more of the same.
I am prepared to fight back.
I am prepared to fight back.
How are we supposed to live in a world like this? One day, the government is proudly celebrating war crimes. The next, it seems it was all a joke? A trick to make us even more afraid than we already are? What is happening? It is a living nightmare.
I think it's important to note that Venezuela is saying this didn't happen.
They've recovered no debris, and they contend the video appears to be a deep fake. Yet crucially, the US media is mostly avoiding reporting this, or examining the video.
www.cbsnews.com/video/venezu...
They've recovered no debris, and they contend the video appears to be a deep fake. Yet crucially, the US media is mostly avoiding reporting this, or examining the video.
www.cbsnews.com/video/venezu...
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
How are we supposed to live in a world like this? One day, the government is proudly celebrating war crimes. The next, it seems it was all a joke? A trick to make us even more afraid than we already are? What is happening? It is a living nightmare.
"Protecting these workers isn’t just about labor justice, it’s about preserving the infrastructure of informed citizenship itself. The question isn’t whether libraries will survive digital capitalism’s transformation, but whether they can become sites of resistance to it."
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism - The Scholarly Kitchen
In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices -- protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Protecting these workers isn’t just about labor justice, it’s about preserving the infrastructure of informed citizenship itself. The question isn’t whether libraries will survive digital capitalism’s transformation, but whether they can become sites of resistance to it."
Movie night. Teorema. Pasolini. 1968.
RIP Terence Stamp.
RIP Terence Stamp.
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Movie night. Teorema. Pasolini. 1968.
RIP Terence Stamp.
RIP Terence Stamp.
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The NYT covers some of the problems with library ebook pricing. What they fail to mention is that authors are not seeing profit from library ebook licensing--as LF ED @littlewow.online notes, those go to the publisher and the platform. /1
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
Libraries Pay More for E-Books. Some States Want to Change That.
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The NYT covers some of the problems with library ebook pricing. What they fail to mention is that authors are not seeing profit from library ebook licensing--as LF ED @littlewow.online notes, those go to the publisher and the platform. /1
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
The man can't take a hint. We said no. Knock it off, creep.
cuomo announced he's running third-party and mamdani responded by dropping a link to his own fundraising site in the replies lol
July 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The man can't take a hint. We said no. Knock it off, creep.
I think it's now available to those who have Amazon Prime.
I nearly jumped out of my armchair for a solo standing ovation. I cannot recall the last time I had certain expectations and desires for a film -- and then, when I finally saw it, it met or exceeded every one.
I am so deeply moved. No adaptation of Homer that preserved the setting has come close.
I am so deeply moved. No adaptation of Homer that preserved the setting has come close.
Movie night! The Return. 2024. Uberto Pasolini.
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I think it's now available to those who have Amazon Prime.
I'm screaming. This is so wrong. I mean, everything is wrong now, but this is some extra bullsh*t.
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
![The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreicwqv4vszkknu4dvsdfhmrzzmtscjx5eg64gykfmrgynrnhup6sai@jpeg)
May 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I'm screaming. This is so wrong. I mean, everything is wrong now, but this is some extra bullsh*t.
Ok. Other than Wilford Brimley and Al Molinaro. Is there a LIVING PERSON whose face is well-known that is hangdog?
Other than Walter Matthau, who could be said to have a "hangdog face?"
Right?? There is no one else!
Right?? There is no one else!
April 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Ok. Other than Wilford Brimley and Al Molinaro. Is there a LIVING PERSON whose face is well-known that is hangdog?
Other than Walter Matthau, who could be said to have a "hangdog face?"
Right?? There is no one else!
Right?? There is no one else!
April 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Other than Walter Matthau, who could be said to have a "hangdog face?"
Right?? There is no one else!
Right?? There is no one else!