Krystal
@krystalwhite.bsky.social
Mundus sine Caesaribus
she/her | library person | info sci grad student | history, science, and linguistics geek
she/her | library person | info sci grad student | history, science, and linguistics geek
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June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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My master's thesis advisor said I could expand my research "when" I do my PhD dissertation, not "if", and that was the ego boost I didn't know I needed this morning.
June 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My master's thesis advisor said I could expand my research "when" I do my PhD dissertation, not "if", and that was the ego boost I didn't know I needed this morning.
"If that all comes across as completely incomprehensible, it is not the reader’s fault, but Hegel’s." Thank you for that, Oxford Handbook of Hegel. You're right, it is Hegel's fault.
#academicsky #philsky
#academicsky #philsky
April 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"If that all comes across as completely incomprehensible, it is not the reader’s fault, but Hegel’s." Thank you for that, Oxford Handbook of Hegel. You're right, it is Hegel's fault.
#academicsky #philsky
#academicsky #philsky
TNLA 2025 is in the books! First presentation at a professional conference (and my first conference) done! This year is for presenting, next year will be for writing and maaaaaaybe publishing? #skybrarians #academicsky
April 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
TNLA 2025 is in the books! First presentation at a professional conference (and my first conference) done! This year is for presenting, next year will be for writing and maaaaaaybe publishing? #skybrarians #academicsky
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The White House recently directed the termination of thousands of grants from federal agencies that serve the history field, including NEH, IMLS, and NPS. We are asking history orgs that received cancellation letters and emails to send us copies of these notices. Read more at tinyurl.com/479x3r2f.
April 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Apparently Harper Collins, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was the only one of the Big Five not to sign on.
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS
Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.
www.wordsandmoney.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Apparently Harper Collins, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was the only one of the Big Five not to sign on.
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#academicsky Please read this entire thread. The only way forward is together. I also think that states with big systems (CA, NY, WA, WI, etc.) should be joining together.
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#academicsky Please read this entire thread. The only way forward is together. I also think that states with big systems (CA, NY, WA, WI, etc.) should be joining together.
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Printable 2x4 labels (& more) in this thread. Full sheets at bit.ly/4kOXREP: load your labels, print, stick 'em up wherever. (Don't be a jerk.)
Will this magically solve things? No.
But it helps like-minded people to take their own actions, by letting them know they're not alone. ❤️👊
Will this magically solve things? No.
But it helps like-minded people to take their own actions, by letting them know they're not alone. ❤️👊
Got a printer? You can start fighting fascism. Here's a thread of things you can print and distribute. 👇
I promise doing something--even this--feels better than raging silently. And maybe it'll show you that standing up is possible and open you up to more things you can do.
I promise doing something--even this--feels better than raging silently. And maybe it'll show you that standing up is possible and open you up to more things you can do.
March 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Printable 2x4 labels (& more) in this thread. Full sheets at bit.ly/4kOXREP: load your labels, print, stick 'em up wherever. (Don't be a jerk.)
Will this magically solve things? No.
But it helps like-minded people to take their own actions, by letting them know they're not alone. ❤️👊
Will this magically solve things? No.
But it helps like-minded people to take their own actions, by letting them know they're not alone. ❤️👊
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🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!!
March 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!!
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Not without a fight. (A fight with a lot of lawyer.) 📚
March 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Not without a fight. (A fight with a lot of lawyer.) 📚
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Want to learn more?
📖 The End of Ownership by @perzanowski.bsky.social & @jasonschultz.bsky.social www.perzanow.ski/the-end-of-o...
📖 Data Cartels by @sarahlamdan.bsky.social blog.archive.org/2022/12/06/r...
📖 Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin chokepointcapitalism.com
📖 The End of Ownership by @perzanowski.bsky.social & @jasonschultz.bsky.social www.perzanow.ski/the-end-of-o...
📖 Data Cartels by @sarahlamdan.bsky.social blog.archive.org/2022/12/06/r...
📖 Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin chokepointcapitalism.com
Recap: Data Cartels Book Talk | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Want to learn more?
📖 The End of Ownership by @perzanowski.bsky.social & @jasonschultz.bsky.social www.perzanow.ski/the-end-of-o...
📖 Data Cartels by @sarahlamdan.bsky.social blog.archive.org/2022/12/06/r...
📖 Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin chokepointcapitalism.com
📖 The End of Ownership by @perzanowski.bsky.social & @jasonschultz.bsky.social www.perzanow.ski/the-end-of-o...
📖 Data Cartels by @sarahlamdan.bsky.social blog.archive.org/2022/12/06/r...
📖 Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin chokepointcapitalism.com
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Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Wyden to FTC: Stop digital “bait-and-switch” sales | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
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I need to tell you about Internet Archive Scholar, which is a fulltext search index with over 35 million research articles & other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive -- and has the most synthwave logo ever
scholar.archive.org
scholar.archive.org
February 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I need to tell you about Internet Archive Scholar, which is a fulltext search index with over 35 million research articles & other scholarly documents preserved in the Internet Archive -- and has the most synthwave logo ever
scholar.archive.org
scholar.archive.org
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Things that count towards officially and usefully measuring public opposition to a policy:
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
February 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Things that count towards officially and usefully measuring public opposition to a policy:
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.