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
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
Posted this in my thread as a follow up but there’s a media narrative somewhere in here (love your newsletter btw!)
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Posted this in my thread as a follow up but there’s a media narrative somewhere in here (love your newsletter btw!)
the living embodiment of the 1976 Saul Steinberg New Yorker cover
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
the living embodiment of the 1976 Saul Steinberg New Yorker cover
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.
Very big union presence here!
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Very big union presence here!
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
A classic from bolerium books in SF
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A classic from bolerium books in SF
“Too Dumb for New York City
Too Ugly for L.A.” lol me too
Too Ugly for L.A.” lol me too
October 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Too Dumb for New York City
Too Ugly for L.A.” lol me too
Too Ugly for L.A.” lol me too
I put the BDS in BDSM is a bold sticker to drive around with
October 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I put the BDS in BDSM is a bold sticker to drive around with
At a time when collections are under great scrutiny, it is a violation of professional values to offer materials that the library cannot stand behind as legitimate collection choice. Here's white supremacist Russian Propaganda from this morning. Is this in line with collection development policies?
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At a time when collections are under great scrutiny, it is a violation of professional values to offer materials that the library cannot stand behind as legitimate collection choice. Here's white supremacist Russian Propaganda from this morning. Is this in line with collection development policies?
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.
Ah New England, how I missed you!
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ah New England, how I missed you!
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...
shout out to all my basic bitches
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
shout out to all my basic bitches
I am once again pointing to the Lisa Feldman Barrett piece, which is still the best thing I've read on the issue of campus speakers. www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/o...
September 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am once again pointing to the Lisa Feldman Barrett piece, which is still the best thing I've read on the issue of campus speakers. www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/o...
Why do I do this to myself every year @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/jammin/
August 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why do I do this to myself every year @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/jammin/
My high school librarian gave me this poster my senior year, but I had to throw it away after a bedbug incident in college. The power of the Internet found me a new one after almost 15 years of searching, so now I get to fully indulge this library eccentricity in my home office!
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My high school librarian gave me this poster my senior year, but I had to throw it away after a bedbug incident in college. The power of the Internet found me a new one after almost 15 years of searching, so now I get to fully indulge this library eccentricity in my home office!
Grimmelman is right, and as usual we are seeing it first in libraries: the market is flooded with cheap imitations, it’s confusing, and it’s devaluing work not because it’s so good but because it’s so bad! Not sure it’ll work legally, but it is getting worse and has to be addressed by book people
July 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Grimmelman is right, and as usual we are seeing it first in libraries: the market is flooded with cheap imitations, it’s confusing, and it’s devaluing work not because it’s so good but because it’s so bad! Not sure it’ll work legally, but it is getting worse and has to be addressed by book people
I am pro-author, pro-fair use, and anti-corporations supporting fair use only when it’s conveniently destroying jobs and creativity and not for its myriad uses in education and innovation. But this framing is wrong— authors aren’t competing with AI companies, that is not how creativity works.
July 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I am pro-author, pro-fair use, and anti-corporations supporting fair use only when it’s conveniently destroying jobs and creativity and not for its myriad uses in education and innovation. But this framing is wrong— authors aren’t competing with AI companies, that is not how creativity works.
We @libraryfutures.bsky.social are at the American Library Association conference today in Philly! Come say hi!
June 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We @libraryfutures.bsky.social are at the American Library Association conference today in Philly! Come say hi!
Somehow this escaped me until just now.
June 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Somehow this escaped me until just now.
Someone I work with got an email with my name on it asking them to buy gift cards in an obvious spam hack — it was from a .ru email w/my name in mail merge. The only place I am connected to this person is LinkedIn. What do I do in this situation other than double check passwords? Email below
June 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Someone I work with got an email with my name on it asking them to buy gift cards in an obvious spam hack — it was from a .ru email w/my name in mail merge. The only place I am connected to this person is LinkedIn. What do I do in this situation other than double check passwords? Email below