Meredith Farkas
@librarianmer.bsky.social
😷 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 Community college librarian in Portland, OR. Solidarity, unions, slow librarianship, spoonie, autoimmune, still masking, disability justice. Blogging at Information Wants to be Free since 2004. Subscribe: http://meredithfarkas.substack.com
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"They said back to normal, and they meant back to normal. All of it. Capitalism, racism, sexism, environmental destruction, and disease."
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"They said back to normal, and they meant back to normal. All of it. Capitalism, racism, sexism, environmental destruction, and disease."
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Really elucidates the New York Times "style" that we've seen in countless cases (particularly in the case of Mamdani and trans-related issues) where they try to hide their obvious bias behind a screen of both-sides-ism that ignores the fact that only one side really offers quality evidence.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Really elucidates the New York Times "style" that we've seen in countless cases (particularly in the case of Mamdani and trans-related issues) where they try to hide their obvious bias behind a screen of both-sides-ism that ignores the fact that only one side really offers quality evidence.
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So that coward Andy Bernard really was the embodiment of Cornell.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So that coward Andy Bernard really was the embodiment of Cornell.
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Ivy Leaguers: stop trying to reinvent racism. Challenge level: impossible.
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ivy Leaguers: stop trying to reinvent racism. Challenge level: impossible.
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No, it can't. We cleared this up a few years ago: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
No, it can't. We cleared this up a few years ago: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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“Cuomintang” is so good.
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Cuomintang” is so good.
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TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR — POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO
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On the day of the NYC mayoral election, Ali Raz pens a gorgeous essay reflecting on how Mamdani's rhetoric evinces a poetics of the Universal and convokes a shared commons united by labor and by the rhythms of life spent working in cities most of us cannot afford.
mid-theory.com/2025/11/04/m...
mid-theory.com/2025/11/04/m...
Mamdani Feelings
Starting from a place of extreme negativity, political speech can brush the bright membrane that forms literature’s impossible horizon. The rent is too high in Los Angeles. Consider a number: “One …
mid-theory.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
On the day of the NYC mayoral election, Ali Raz pens a gorgeous essay reflecting on how Mamdani's rhetoric evinces a poetics of the Universal and convokes a shared commons united by labor and by the rhythms of life spent working in cities most of us cannot afford.
mid-theory.com/2025/11/04/m...
mid-theory.com/2025/11/04/m...
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
What kind of a weirdo goes on a raw milk cheese bender the weekend before they're about to start a major immunosupressant? Who thinks first of the cheese they'll no longer be able to eat when they find out they have to take a seriously toxic medication w/ major side effects? Me. I am that weirdo.
November 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What kind of a weirdo goes on a raw milk cheese bender the weekend before they're about to start a major immunosupressant? Who thinks first of the cheese they'll no longer be able to eat when they find out they have to take a seriously toxic medication w/ major side effects? Me. I am that weirdo.
It me.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It me.
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I mostly avoid The Atlantic's stories but there are three writers there that I always trust & read, and Charlie Warzel is one of them. This is a great piece.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I mostly avoid The Atlantic's stories but there are three writers there that I always trust & read, and Charlie Warzel is one of them. This is a great piece.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Back in 2016 or 15, we started using Kanopy's Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA) product and in 2017, we had waaayyyy blasted through our fiscal year video budget by March. It was a disaster. Now, to save Tech Services time on licensing videos, our Dean wants us to do it again. We have faculty who use
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Back in 2016 or 15, we started using Kanopy's Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA) product and in 2017, we had waaayyyy blasted through our fiscal year video budget by March. It was a disaster. Now, to save Tech Services time on licensing videos, our Dean wants us to do it again. We have faculty who use
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NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
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They could have invested in writing programs and its faculty and writing across the curriculum programs, but instead they'll outsource their writing knowledge to AI. The deepest sigh ever.
“CSU-GPT launched as part of the CSU Ignites AI event earlier this month. It is a general-purpose platform unique to the university that is designed to help with productivity, writing and brainstorming for all campus members.”
CSU takes next steps into AI with launch of CSU-GPT
At a recent campus event, Colorado State University leaders announced the soft launch of a new, general purpose artificial intelligence platform available to all students, faculty and staff.
source.colostate.edu
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
They could have invested in writing programs and its faculty and writing across the curriculum programs, but instead they'll outsource their writing knowledge to AI. The deepest sigh ever.
One of my favorite things about Scandinavia is this attitude. The pastries are pretty great too.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One of my favorite things about Scandinavia is this attitude. The pastries are pretty great too.
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Not only is it going to be a hunger crisis, it's going to be a farm crisis. All those gallons of milk bought from dairy farmers, all the produce, all the on sale ground beef and packs of chicken that are paid for by SNAP are subsidies to farmers who don't qualify for commodities subsidies.
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Not only is it going to be a hunger crisis, it's going to be a farm crisis. All those gallons of milk bought from dairy farmers, all the produce, all the on sale ground beef and packs of chicken that are paid for by SNAP are subsidies to farmers who don't qualify for commodities subsidies.
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...