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Sarah Ponichtera
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Professional: Special Collections, archives, museums, digital collections and exhibits, at Seton Hall. Personal: board games and video games, as children allow!
This article was delightful - dishy about people in the news and a glimpse into a world I would have died to be a part of as an aspiring writer in the 90s:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/m...
Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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This is exactly why the government shouldn't get involved in student activism. They can't tell the difference between a peacenik like Mahdawi and actual terrorist supporters. What a travesty of justice.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/n...
A Columbia Activist Sought Middle Ground on Gaza. The U.S. Detained Him. (Gift Article)
Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at a citizenship interview in Vermont. He had spent a decade trying to understand the conflict that shaped his life, his supporters say.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Proud of my hometown 🥲
Holy shit! Check out how angry the crowd is at Republican Rep. Keith Self’s town hall in Wylie, Texas today.

That’s another huge angry crowd in a deep red district!
March 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I don't know how any American parent can ever again look their kid in the face and honestly tell them not to let the pigeon drive the bus
February 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Deleting Twitter feels amazing. Do recommend.
February 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Wired is doing some essential reporting right now. Here is where to subscribe: www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
February 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This work is more important than ever
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Beautiful reading of an incredible poem by George Oppen. Gift article linked: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I Swear This Poem Didn’t Make Me Cry (Gift Article)
George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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All pleasures are guilty pleasures if you have high enough anxiety
December 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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A new toolkit has been launched to help cultural heritage organisations enable and encourage the reuse of out-of-copyright works in their collections. 📜
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Toolkit aims to help museums share out-of-copyright works - Museums Association
Glam-E Lab launches new guide on making public-domain collections available for reuse
www.museumsassociation.org
December 15, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Seton Hall is now hiring a full time, non tenure track Museum Studies faculty member in South Orange, NJ!

www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...
Contract Faculty in Museum Studies (Non Tenure-Track) - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
www.higheredjobs.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I love the way this family makes the active decision to repatriate, preserving the specific story of these artifacts: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/a...
After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in its Closet
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Amazing to learn about this writer - and to learn more about Texas A&M and the rich sci fi scene there!
November 26, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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CFP: the Journal of Library Metadata is looking for articles for a "Metadata in Late Capitalism" special issue. Deadline for proposals has been extended to Dec 6. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #critcat
Journal of Library Metadata
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM