jennie rose halperin
@littlewow.online
Director at Library Futures, a project of NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy. MPA, MLIS. Words at Flaming Hydra and other places sometimes. she/her
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This new piece from @shannonmattern.bsky.social about the role of libraries in public life is extraordinary. There's so much I want to quote from it, but I'd encourage you to take the time to read it yourself instead...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This new piece from @shannonmattern.bsky.social about the role of libraries in public life is extraordinary. There's so much I want to quote from it, but I'd encourage you to take the time to read it yourself instead...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
Got these framed and ready for my home office— so much 💜💜 to the @libraryfutures.bsky.social community
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Got these framed and ready for my home office— so much 💜💜 to the @libraryfutures.bsky.social community
After spending all day organizing just my work email (personal is next), I am convinced that the way we do email is incompatible with the human brain. The only way to even partially keep it straight is to brutally unsubscribe and then bucket and archive most things so they don’t hit your inbox.
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
After spending all day organizing just my work email (personal is next), I am convinced that the way we do email is incompatible with the human brain. The only way to even partially keep it straight is to brutally unsubscribe and then bucket and archive most things so they don’t hit your inbox.
this dude, who thinks that Mayor of New York City is the "second most important job in America," (all the Americas, apparently), should try leaving New York City some time, for more reasons than one.
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
this dude, who thinks that Mayor of New York City is the "second most important job in America," (all the Americas, apparently), should try leaving New York City some time, for more reasons than one.
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Hello from your friendly @flaminghydra.com crew @mariabustillos.com
@camoot.bsky.social
@littlewow.online
@camoot.bsky.social
@littlewow.online
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hello from your friendly @flaminghydra.com crew @mariabustillos.com
@camoot.bsky.social
@littlewow.online
@camoot.bsky.social
@littlewow.online
I wait all year for spooky season so I can listen to this on repeat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2...
Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - FULL SONG
YouTube video by Tj dembski
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October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I wait all year for spooky season so I can listen to this on repeat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2...
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I had the BEST time with the Curiosity Desk team at GBH scouring the North Shore for its greatest roast beef sandwiches. I hope I did the true beefers proud!!! 🫡
Comedian Josh Gondelman’s tour of Boston’s “Roast Beef Riviera”
YouTube video by GBH News
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October 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I had the BEST time with the Curiosity Desk team at GBH scouring the North Shore for its greatest roast beef sandwiches. I hope I did the true beefers proud!!! 🫡
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🔔 Public records-based reporting belongs to the public. @404media.co and @wired.com are leading the way.
Hear why this is a public service and good for business, featuring @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
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Hear why this is a public service and good for business, featuring @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
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October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔔 Public records-based reporting belongs to the public. @404media.co and @wired.com are leading the way.
Hear why this is a public service and good for business, featuring @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
RSVP: freedom.press/unpaywalled
Hear why this is a public service and good for business, featuring @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
RSVP: freedom.press/unpaywalled
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A beautiful refreshing respite from the madness out there today: @jawnita.bsky.social and @littlewow.online delight in a shared favorite, 'Party Girl'
ALSO TODAY: @jawnita.bsky.social and @littlewow.online chat about PARTY GIRL, “the greatest movie ever” flaminghydra.com/yakkin-about...
Yakkin’ About ‘Party Girl’
In the 1995 film Party Girl, director Daisy Von Scherler Mayer tells a colorful fable about Mary (Parker Posey), an irresponsible young woman who, after encountering the New York Public Library (and a...
flaminghydra.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A beautiful refreshing respite from the madness out there today: @jawnita.bsky.social and @littlewow.online delight in a shared favorite, 'Party Girl'
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In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
Durham, NC has turned OUT! The rally and march just kept getting bigger
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Durham, NC has turned OUT! The rally and march just kept getting bigger
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The Metro NY Library Council is creating an outdoor library in Westchester County. We now own 26 acres — and this wknd we’re hosting a group of international librarians to help us think about what this place can be! It’ll soon be open to the public + usable by all our 100s of member institutions ☺️
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Metro NY Library Council is creating an outdoor library in Westchester County. We now own 26 acres — and this wknd we’re hosting a group of international librarians to help us think about what this place can be! It’ll soon be open to the public + usable by all our 100s of member institutions ☺️
The award-winning general manager of the AMC movie theater in Durham, NC was abducted by ICE while attending a routine immigration hearing. Like so many, Shama is a beloved community member and colleague, a caretaker for his family, and a parent of two.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
Donate to URGENT: Family Torn Apart by ICE - Help Bring Shama Home, organized by Dani Christian
*** We are blown away that we have already hit our first goal.… Dani Christian needs your support for URGENT: Family Torn Apart by ICE - Help Bring Shama Home
www.gofundme.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The award-winning general manager of the AMC movie theater in Durham, NC was abducted by ICE while attending a routine immigration hearing. Like so many, Shama is a beloved community member and colleague, a caretaker for his family, and a parent of two.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
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Happy #FairUseFriday everyone! Fair use is an essential principle for libraries of all types, and ALA will always stand behind it.
#FairUseFriday 🤓 Fair use plays a critical role in advancing research and scholarship! Fair use has been key in building online databases, previewing research materials before purchasing, and gaining access to archival content. Re:Create member @arl.org has more: www.arl.org/know-your-co...
Know Your Copyrights — Association of Research Libraries
Since the inception of copyright law in the US, libraries have enjoyed special rights to promote the progress of science and the useful arts. This page is meant to support...
www.arl.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy #FairUseFriday everyone! Fair use is an essential principle for libraries of all types, and ALA will always stand behind it.
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America
404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
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TODAY: @littlewow.online on MAGA gossip blogger Houseinhabit. “In the new tradition of other disgraced figures … who swerved to the right, she’s found open arms (and wallets) when no one else would have her.” flaminghydra.com/clout-chasin...
Clout Chasing Will Be the Death of Us All
The New Yorker’s Clare Malone recently published a long profile of Jessica Reed Kraus, the QAnon-adjacent mommy blogger who played an instrumental role in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s successful bid to be...
flaminghydra.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
TODAY: @littlewow.online on MAGA gossip blogger Houseinhabit. “In the new tradition of other disgraced figures … who swerved to the right, she’s found open arms (and wallets) when no one else would have her.” flaminghydra.com/clout-chasin...
In February, @404media.co did a piece on the overwhelming amount of AI Slop in public library vendor Hoopla Digital. They promised to clean up their platform, but just this morning I went looking and easily found a self-publishing house pushing shoddy health content by a fake author.
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In February, @404media.co did a piece on the overwhelming amount of AI Slop in public library vendor Hoopla Digital. They promised to clean up their platform, but just this morning I went looking and easily found a self-publishing house pushing shoddy health content by a fake author.
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It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.
AABB Author Sign-Up Form
Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.
Ah New England, how I missed you!
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ah New England, how I missed you!
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
For the first of four AI webinars, we're talking with the inimitable @hypervisible.blacksky.app and Christa Albrecht-Crane! Join @libraryfutures.bsky.social for "What we Talk about When We Talk about AI," an intro to AI and ML from ethicists and experts.
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nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What We Talk About When We Talk About AI. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
It’s hard to open the internet without seeing “AI.” But just what is AI? How did machine learning originate? How do large language models work? Just what are we talking about when we talk about AI, an...
nyu.zoom.us
September 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For the first of four AI webinars, we're talking with the inimitable @hypervisible.blacksky.app and Christa Albrecht-Crane! Join @libraryfutures.bsky.social for "What we Talk about When We Talk about AI," an intro to AI and ML from ethicists and experts.
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
My first Atlantic Beach pie was a hit! Tasted great even though it didn't quite look as neat as I wanted it to. Saltine crust + an entire mountain of whipped cream was better than key lime. #blueskybakers #usuallyibakenodairybutitwasabirthday
September 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My first Atlantic Beach pie was a hit! Tasted great even though it didn't quite look as neat as I wanted it to. Saltine crust + an entire mountain of whipped cream was better than key lime. #blueskybakers #usuallyibakenodairybutitwasabirthday
In November I wrote about Trump’s obsession with the golden age of late night TV for @flaminghydra.com through the lens of his friendship with Joan Rivers.
He hasn’t been invited back since 2016, but was once a regular; he appeared on Letterman more than 30 times.
flaminghydra.com/the-trump-er...
He hasn’t been invited back since 2016, but was once a regular; he appeared on Letterman more than 30 times.
flaminghydra.com/the-trump-er...
September 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In November I wrote about Trump’s obsession with the golden age of late night TV for @flaminghydra.com through the lens of his friendship with Joan Rivers.
He hasn’t been invited back since 2016, but was once a regular; he appeared on Letterman more than 30 times.
flaminghydra.com/the-trump-er...
He hasn’t been invited back since 2016, but was once a regular; he appeared on Letterman more than 30 times.
flaminghydra.com/the-trump-er...