Librari Kari
@purcascade.bsky.social
Cats. Libraries. Soccer. Human Rights. 🧙♀️
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Librari Kari
@purcascade.bsky.social
· Dec 6
I wasn't active on the other site. I probably won't be very active here either, but I am a real person. Mostly.
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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crazy that the RNC thinks for a second the majority of Nashville isn’t on the same page as @aftynbehn.bsky.social
we’ve always fought the establishment. the out-of-state billionaires who really own Kid Rock’s steak house have no idea who they’re up against.
#tn7
we’ve always fought the establishment. the out-of-state billionaires who really own Kid Rock’s steak house have no idea who they’re up against.
#tn7
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
crazy that the RNC thinks for a second the majority of Nashville isn’t on the same page as @aftynbehn.bsky.social
we’ve always fought the establishment. the out-of-state billionaires who really own Kid Rock’s steak house have no idea who they’re up against.
#tn7
we’ve always fought the establishment. the out-of-state billionaires who really own Kid Rock’s steak house have no idea who they’re up against.
#tn7
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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The right to assemble + protest lies at the heart of our republic. But there are also many other ways to take action if you didn’t make it to a #NoKings event. Find out a way to get involved that works for you: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-introverts-guide-to-fighting-for-democracy/
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The right to assemble + protest lies at the heart of our republic. But there are also many other ways to take action if you didn’t make it to a #NoKings event. Find out a way to get involved that works for you: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-introverts-guide-to-fighting-for-democracy/
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The normalization of book bans & curriculum censorship has helped pave the road to where we are now. See new report ⬇️.
That is why we ask everyone to raise the alarm & defend the #FreedomtoLearn & #TeachTruth at every public event, see: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
pen.org/report/the-n...
That is why we ask everyone to raise the alarm & defend the #FreedomtoLearn & #TeachTruth at every public event, see: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
pen.org/report/the-n...
The Normalization of Book Banning
This report offers a window into the complex and extensive climate of censorship between July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
pen.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The normalization of book bans & curriculum censorship has helped pave the road to where we are now. See new report ⬇️.
That is why we ask everyone to raise the alarm & defend the #FreedomtoLearn & #TeachTruth at every public event, see: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
pen.org/report/the-n...
That is why we ask everyone to raise the alarm & defend the #FreedomtoLearn & #TeachTruth at every public event, see: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
pen.org/report/the-n...
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Tell Congress not to grant itself the power to censor information about its members on the internet.
Use our new, easy action center tool to stop lawmakers from sacrificing transparency for a false sense of security.
Use our new, easy action center tool to stop lawmakers from sacrificing transparency for a false sense of security.
Protect Journalism Online
Efforts to undermine First Amendment rights on the internet and to censor online content are a fundamental threat to the free press.
freedom.press
September 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Tell Congress not to grant itself the power to censor information about its members on the internet.
Use our new, easy action center tool to stop lawmakers from sacrificing transparency for a false sense of security.
Use our new, easy action center tool to stop lawmakers from sacrificing transparency for a false sense of security.
Beating Bama is fun, even when it's hockey. #MTSUhockey
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Beating Bama is fun, even when it's hockey. #MTSUhockey
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A great tribute to Diogo Jota by @hersport.bsky.social .
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great tribute to Diogo Jota by @hersport.bsky.social .
Dear Tectonic Plates: I, too, am under great stress and sometimes have to snap a little. I understand, but I wish you hadn't broken my mom's tea cup.
May 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Dear Tectonic Plates: I, too, am under great stress and sometimes have to snap a little. I understand, but I wish you hadn't broken my mom's tea cup.
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
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This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Elizabeth Warren at the People's Town Hall in Nashville today.
April 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Elizabeth Warren at the People's Town Hall in Nashville today.
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Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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While ILMS funding supports many programs, poor rural communities will likely feel these cuts first and most deeply. Rural libraries, which serve as lifelines to communities w/o reliable access to broadband, rely heavily on this funding for survival. This is criminal.
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
PBS News Hour | Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts | Season 2025
Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order
www.pbs.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
While ILMS funding supports many programs, poor rural communities will likely feel these cuts first and most deeply. Rural libraries, which serve as lifelines to communities w/o reliable access to broadband, rely heavily on this funding for survival. This is criminal.
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
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The Bloomberg economists are quoting TS Eliot poetry. This is a bad sign, right?
April 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Bloomberg economists are quoting TS Eliot poetry. This is a bad sign, right?
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Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.
"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.
www.huffpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
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I once had to pay a big academic publisher for permission to reprint my own work in my own book. But very cool that one of the greediest people in history is allowed to rip off every scholar and writer in the world to boost his dogshit AI's valuation for himself and his investors.
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I once had to pay a big academic publisher for permission to reprint my own work in my own book. But very cool that one of the greediest people in history is allowed to rip off every scholar and writer in the world to boost his dogshit AI's valuation for himself and his investors.
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