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30 something indigecryptid moonlighting as a person of some type. Idk what I'm doing honestly.
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Looking forward to the Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium, happening online Thursday. Sessions on reparative description, LCSH revisions, Indigenous subject headings, & more. Registration is free! library.uco.edu/mjoklasympos... #critcat
LibGuides: Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium: About MJOKLA
LibGuides: Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium: About MJOKLA
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July 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Looking forward to the Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium, happening online Thursday. Sessions on reparative description, LCSH revisions, Indigenous subject headings, & more. Registration is free! library.uco.edu/mjoklasympos... #critcat
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one of the ways you know this is a genocide is that the news is never "IDF wins a battle" or "IDF secures new territory"
it's just about dead Palestinians, all the time, every day
it's just about dead Palestinians, all the time, every day
BREAKING: At least 56 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn, sources at Gaza hospitals have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n6phyh
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n6phyh
July 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
one of the ways you know this is a genocide is that the news is never "IDF wins a battle" or "IDF secures new territory"
it's just about dead Palestinians, all the time, every day
it's just about dead Palestinians, all the time, every day
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New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide - ACRLog
This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the c...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
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Capitalism teaches us it’s wrong to rest.
Ableism teaches us being sick means we’ve failed.
Fascism teaches us that disabled people are expendable.
None of it is true. It’s ok to rest. In fact, for most of us it’s necessary.
Disability is not a moral failing and none of us are expendable.
Ableism teaches us being sick means we’ve failed.
Fascism teaches us that disabled people are expendable.
None of it is true. It’s ok to rest. In fact, for most of us it’s necessary.
Disability is not a moral failing and none of us are expendable.
May 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Capitalism teaches us it’s wrong to rest.
Ableism teaches us being sick means we’ve failed.
Fascism teaches us that disabled people are expendable.
None of it is true. It’s ok to rest. In fact, for most of us it’s necessary.
Disability is not a moral failing and none of us are expendable.
Ableism teaches us being sick means we’ve failed.
Fascism teaches us that disabled people are expendable.
None of it is true. It’s ok to rest. In fact, for most of us it’s necessary.
Disability is not a moral failing and none of us are expendable.
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I personally think everyone at Bluesky should be ashamed that this video even was made (I added the captions and their links are in the replies)
May 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I personally think everyone at Bluesky should be ashamed that this video even was made (I added the captions and their links are in the replies)
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NBC [20 May 25] -- LGBTQ+ climbers from Trans Is Natural hung a huge trans pride flag in the middle of Yosemite’s famous El Capitan rock "in an act of solidarity and resistance.” You GO, guys! @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Yosemite climbers unfurl transgender pride flag on iconic El Capitan
The group of LGBTQ activist climbers said the flag, which is 55 feet by 35 feet, is the largest ever displayed on the face of the world-famous rock climbing destination.
www.nbcnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
archaeologymag.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
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Some good news in higher education: Ft Lewis college (where Native students make up 40% of enrollment) has installed their first Indigenous President!
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April 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Some good news in higher education: Ft Lewis college (where Native students make up 40% of enrollment) has installed their first Indigenous President!
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Man I’m just so fucking proud of all the people who didn’t give up and aren’t going to give up
Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.
Pentagon to resume medical care for transgender troops
The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Man I’m just so fucking proud of all the people who didn’t give up and aren’t going to give up
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To me Rowling exists entirely outside of the “should we support/work with artists with troubling views?” debate. She doesn’t just *think* her opinions, she doesn’t just *say* them, she’s a relentless 24-7 activist whose whole mission in life is terrorizing trans people.
there's also people claiming we trans people are "holding allies to a purity test" here and to be clear:
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
Also, Lithgow is trying to muddy the waters by giving interviews where he pretends that the controversy here is that he's American, not that he's signing off on transphobia.
deadline.com/2025/04/john...
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April 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To me Rowling exists entirely outside of the “should we support/work with artists with troubling views?” debate. She doesn’t just *think* her opinions, she doesn’t just *say* them, she’s a relentless 24-7 activist whose whole mission in life is terrorizing trans people.
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April 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I got the eepies this morning and am struggling to get my day started. 😴😴
April 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I got the eepies this morning and am struggling to get my day started. 😴😴
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If you decide not to vaccinate your child because you subscribe to conspiracy theories about them causing autism, what you’re actually saying is that you would rather your child die than your child live with a disability. Your love for your child is conditional and you shouldn’t be a parent.
April 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you decide not to vaccinate your child because you subscribe to conspiracy theories about them causing autism, what you’re actually saying is that you would rather your child die than your child live with a disability. Your love for your child is conditional and you shouldn’t be a parent.
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I fail to be surprised by anything but it is especially yuck when Non-Natives commercialize and profit from our tragedy as Natives.
This PMO so badly. I’m not sure why Penguin Random House chose to publish this but I’m flabbergasted. Why is this Iraqi-American writing about First Nations and MMIW. What in the actual FK.
April 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I fail to be surprised by anything but it is especially yuck when Non-Natives commercialize and profit from our tragedy as Natives.
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Good morning Bluesky !
April 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Good morning Bluesky !
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I have asthma. When you have an asthma attack, you can't pull in oxygen. It is terrifying. If feels like you're going to die.
An inhaler can help, but in a severe attack, it is not enough. You could die.
She is being tortured, and she may die.
Because she wrote an op-ed.
An inhaler can help, but in a severe attack, it is not enough. You could die.
She is being tortured, and she may die.
Because she wrote an op-ed.
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
April 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I have asthma. When you have an asthma attack, you can't pull in oxygen. It is terrifying. If feels like you're going to die.
An inhaler can help, but in a severe attack, it is not enough. You could die.
She is being tortured, and she may die.
Because she wrote an op-ed.
An inhaler can help, but in a severe attack, it is not enough. You could die.
She is being tortured, and she may die.
Because she wrote an op-ed.
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Stop saying “post covid”. People are confusing the end of the public health emergency with the end of the pandemic.
The pandemic is not over. “During COVID” is now.
If we want to end it, we need to first acknowledge this fact. Then mask up, clean the air & develop better vaccines & treatments.
The pandemic is not over. “During COVID” is now.
If we want to end it, we need to first acknowledge this fact. Then mask up, clean the air & develop better vaccines & treatments.
Suggesting the world is “post COVID” contributes to an unwitting shift in research priorities
www.bmj.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Stop saying “post covid”. People are confusing the end of the public health emergency with the end of the pandemic.
The pandemic is not over. “During COVID” is now.
If we want to end it, we need to first acknowledge this fact. Then mask up, clean the air & develop better vaccines & treatments.
The pandemic is not over. “During COVID” is now.
If we want to end it, we need to first acknowledge this fact. Then mask up, clean the air & develop better vaccines & treatments.
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The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
www.npr.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Egg sneezed and all her bones came out and now she has no bones.
April 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Egg sneezed and all her bones came out and now she has no bones.
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
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It is now April 9, 2025. The largest tariffs on China of 104% have now gone into effect along with the rest of the tariff rates adopted by the White House. Good luck.
gentlemen, it has been an honour sharing a global economy with you
35 minutes until the China tariffs hit
April 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It is now April 9, 2025. The largest tariffs on China of 104% have now gone into effect along with the rest of the tariff rates adopted by the White House. Good luck.
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1. Major victory in Montana.
17 Republicans crossed party lines after a strong speech from Representative Howell to defeat a bill that would have charged parents, even those passing through the state, with felony child endangerment for their trans youth.
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17 Republicans crossed party lines after a strong speech from Representative Howell to defeat a bill that would have charged parents, even those passing through the state, with felony child endangerment for their trans youth.
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17 Montana Republicans Cross Party Lines, Defeat Anti-Trans Bill After Nonbinary Rep's Speech
Representative Howell delivered a speech against SB164, a bill that would charge parents with child abuse for providing gender affirming care even if they were merely driving through the state.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
1. Major victory in Montana.
17 Republicans crossed party lines after a strong speech from Representative Howell to defeat a bill that would have charged parents, even those passing through the state, with felony child endangerment for their trans youth.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
17 Republicans crossed party lines after a strong speech from Representative Howell to defeat a bill that would have charged parents, even those passing through the state, with felony child endangerment for their trans youth.
Subscribe to support my journalism.