Lauren Sorensen (she/her)
@laurensx.bsky.social
digital projects & data manager @ Stanford University Libraries | also: dog, amateur music & writing, walking, movies | 📍 Los Angeles / Gabrielino-Tongva land | thoughts are my own, not my employer
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There is so much bad news on micro and macro levels lately, I will share a little personal win. Here is a sneak peek at a very early dummy of the interior layout for my book "The House Archives Built, and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibility," upcoming from @wehere.bsky.social press.
March 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There is so much bad news on micro and macro levels lately, I will share a little personal win. Here is a sneak peek at a very early dummy of the interior layout for my book "The House Archives Built, and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibility," upcoming from @wehere.bsky.social press.
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Fobazi’s article about vocational awe was one of the first things I read in my master’s program at UW, and it set the tone for the type of librarian I would become and in turn influence how I mentor the next generation of librarians. Please donate if you’re able. This field owes so much to her.
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fobazi’s article about vocational awe was one of the first things I read in my master’s program at UW, and it set the tone for the type of librarian I would become and in turn influence how I mentor the next generation of librarians. Please donate if you’re able. This field owes so much to her.
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RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
July 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
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Protecting sources is the most important part of my work. So I'll post, in images I created, most of the text from the original internal communication NARA staff received yesterday about visitor requirements, bus services, and parking.
June 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Protecting sources is the most important part of my work. So I'll post, in images I created, most of the text from the original internal communication NARA staff received yesterday about visitor requirements, bus services, and parking.
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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Oh for fuck’s sake. If you ever used 23andMe, uh, I would run not walk to delete your account. And if your parents used it, and they _don’t_ delete their data, whoever gets the data in bankruptcy will still wind up with half of your genome, so maybe talk with mom&dad too
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
Attorney General Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert for 23andMe Customers
Californians have the right to direct the company to delete their genetic data OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to customers of 23andMe, a genetic testing ...
oag.ca.gov
March 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Oh for fuck’s sake. If you ever used 23andMe, uh, I would run not walk to delete your account. And if your parents used it, and they _don’t_ delete their data, whoever gets the data in bankruptcy will still wind up with half of your genome, so maybe talk with mom&dad too
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
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400 FAA personnel let go were workers tasked with:
🔹️helping aircraft safety inspectors
🔹️repairing air traffic control facilities
🔹️ updating digital maps pilots use in flight 🔹️making any changes that the FAA may make redirecting airplanes
🔹️helping aircraft safety inspectors
🔹️repairing air traffic control facilities
🔹️ updating digital maps pilots use in flight 🔹️making any changes that the FAA may make redirecting airplanes
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
400 FAA personnel let go were workers tasked with:
🔹️helping aircraft safety inspectors
🔹️repairing air traffic control facilities
🔹️ updating digital maps pilots use in flight 🔹️making any changes that the FAA may make redirecting airplanes
🔹️helping aircraft safety inspectors
🔹️repairing air traffic control facilities
🔹️ updating digital maps pilots use in flight 🔹️making any changes that the FAA may make redirecting airplanes
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Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) Archive conservation workshop for HBCU students! In an intensive week-long workshop, students learn photograph conservation and engage with the Archive. July 13–18, 2025, in Chicago. Application deadline: Feb 21. www.getty.edu/projects/con... #archives #BlackHistory
February 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) Archive conservation workshop for HBCU students! In an intensive week-long workshop, students learn photograph conservation and engage with the Archive. July 13–18, 2025, in Chicago. Application deadline: Feb 21. www.getty.edu/projects/con... #archives #BlackHistory
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
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"Why Did the LA Times Edit This RFK Jr. Article to Be More Pro-Trump?"
newrepublic.com/post/191007/...
newrepublic.com/post/191007/...
Why Did the LA Times Edit This RFK Jr. Article to Be More Pro-Trump?
The op-ed writer slammed both the paper and its owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong.
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Why Did the LA Times Edit This RFK Jr. Article to Be More Pro-Trump?"
newrepublic.com/post/191007/...
newrepublic.com/post/191007/...
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Putting together a thread of MUTUAL AID resources for anyone affected by the LA fires…drop em in the comments, pinning this post👇👇
January 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Putting together a thread of MUTUAL AID resources for anyone affected by the LA fires…drop em in the comments, pinning this post👇👇
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I often show this video in class, and students routinely have a lot to say in response.
Opens up a discussion about the linkages between structural racism, mass incarceration, labor exploitation, and climate change, among other things.
youtu.be/XM5voSl6eWA?...
Opens up a discussion about the linkages between structural racism, mass incarceration, labor exploitation, and climate change, among other things.
youtu.be/XM5voSl6eWA?...
Meet the Prisoners Being Paid $1 an Hour to Battle the Deadly Climate-Fueled Fires of California
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I often show this video in class, and students routinely have a lot to say in response.
Opens up a discussion about the linkages between structural racism, mass incarceration, labor exploitation, and climate change, among other things.
youtu.be/XM5voSl6eWA?...
Opens up a discussion about the linkages between structural racism, mass incarceration, labor exploitation, and climate change, among other things.
youtu.be/XM5voSl6eWA?...
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The anti-abortion movement has been waiting quietly for a post-election opportunity to try and intimidate doctors from serving people in states with bans.
Dr. Maggie Carpenter, co-founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, deserves everyone's support right now (1/3)
Dr. Maggie Carpenter, co-founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, deserves everyone's support right now (1/3)
December 14, 2024 at 1:03 AM
The anti-abortion movement has been waiting quietly for a post-election opportunity to try and intimidate doctors from serving people in states with bans.
Dr. Maggie Carpenter, co-founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, deserves everyone's support right now (1/3)
Dr. Maggie Carpenter, co-founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, deserves everyone's support right now (1/3)
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“If they say they have a warrant, ask them to slip it under the door. If you open the door, you are giving them permission to
enter your home. This is why it is important to keep your door closed during the entire interaction with ICE.”
enter your home. This is why it is important to keep your door closed during the entire interaction with ICE.”
“ICE cannot enter your home unless they have a warrant signed by a judge … Most of the time ICE agents will only have warrants signed by ICE officers, and those warrants do not give them permission to enter your home.” maketheroadny.org/deportation-...
Deportation Defense Manual - Make the Road New York
Achieving Dignity and Justice
maketheroadny.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM
“If they say they have a warrant, ask them to slip it under the door. If you open the door, you are giving them permission to
enter your home. This is why it is important to keep your door closed during the entire interaction with ICE.”
enter your home. This is why it is important to keep your door closed during the entire interaction with ICE.”
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Years ago, when my dad was running a store-front Black History Museum, he somehow got Nikki Giovanni to come and visit, and they had such an experience that she donated some things from her own family. Since then, she has always made me think of him. Hope they both rest easy.
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
www.wdbj7.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Years ago, when my dad was running a store-front Black History Museum, he somehow got Nikki Giovanni to come and visit, and they had such an experience that she donated some things from her own family. Since then, she has always made me think of him. Hope they both rest easy.
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Again, there are 40 men currently on federal death row, a number of whom will certainly be executed under Trump, whose sentences Biden has the power to commute.
Make sure he knows they're waiting to hear from him, too.
Make sure he knows they're waiting to hear from him, too.
December 2, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Again, there are 40 men currently on federal death row, a number of whom will certainly be executed under Trump, whose sentences Biden has the power to commute.
Make sure he knows they're waiting to hear from him, too.
Make sure he knows they're waiting to hear from him, too.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2024 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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With the explosion of starter packs, I thought that I would try to get conservators into the mix. Feel free to let me know if you want to be included (or removed).
go.bsky.app/SHc4Tgw
go.bsky.app/SHc4Tgw
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM
With the explosion of starter packs, I thought that I would try to get conservators into the mix. Feel free to let me know if you want to be included (or removed).
go.bsky.app/SHc4Tgw
go.bsky.app/SHc4Tgw
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A call your reps situation to vote no. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies
A bill that would let Donald Trump unilaterally revoke tax-exempt status from nonprofits is being fast-tracked through Congress.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:01 AM
A call your reps situation to vote no. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...