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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/10/2025

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2025

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

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"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Just went to a pretty interesting webinar about designing AI-resistant assignments for meaningful learning, but the instructor mentioned she uses AI for all her communication but doesn't disclose that to students. How can you do that while talking about students being transparent about AI usage?

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Concluded Rebel Ready Week by hosting round 2 of my identity exploration with TTRPGs and safety tools workshop; students loved the Katie gif, and they were all so wonderful and lovely! And then a second escape room for a grand finale. I love getting to create spaces where nerds can find each other.

Photo of a projector screen with a gif of Katie Marovitch at the head of a table in the Dimension 20 dome with text “say hi, my people!” And text on slide that tells students to “Say hello to your neighbors!”

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Today’s Rebel Ready Week day was a whirlwind of awesome students! Co-led a silly workshop about podcasts with some amazing colleagues, talked to students about how to incorporate their fandoms into research, and had a jam-packed workshop about using safety tools, identity exploration, and TTRPGs. 💚

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Rebel Ready Week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I get to do the kind of instruction and programming that brings me so much joy (largely bringing nerds together). Today was Locked in the Library, an escape room experience, and Game Changer: Libraries Edition, and it was so wonderful.

A screen says Locked in the Library in neon; in front is a table with six envelopes, black lights, and a single locked box.

Amber, with short blue hair, smiles in front of a screen that says “Game Changer Libraries Edition!”

Photo of a classroom where students sit in an audience. At the front of the room is a table with three contestants, where an assistant sprinkles confetti over them.

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Nicole Pagowsky, Ph.D. @nope4evr.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I'm putting a panel together for my class, LIS 581, to have a variety of library workers talk about instruction. I have academic 4yr and community college set, looking for a public, school, and/or special librarian to join us. Message me if interested!

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

It is me, giving a short presentation on a workshop I’m hosting for first-year students this month! At the best conference of the year; can’t wait to return to the Transformative Play Institute Seminar sometime! youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA

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Lines Veils & the Library: A TTRPG Identity Exploration Workshop for 1st Year Students—Amber Sewell

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 05/08/2025

Weeding is something that gardeners, your neighbors, and even librarians have in common. And we're not talking about crabgrass. This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize. Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...

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Rebecca Strang @bexagons.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd

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The top two shelves of a bookshelf, filled with TTRPGs. The top shelf contains several books. The second shelf holds small plastic totes that contain player kits for small, indie TTRPGs.

The bottom half of a bookshelf. The top pictured shelf contains player kits that hold tools that work across s wide array of games: a dice set, a coin, a character standee. The middle shelf contains TTRPGS that come in boxes and a couple plastic totes with player kits.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Real bad. I have a whole class on this, btw.

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My friends are cool and smart and awesome.

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The battle is not keeping AI out of Canvas— that’s already been lost. The battle is giving individual faculty (not administrators, not campus IT, not ed tech consultants) the power to turn it off at will. That can happen through governance and advocacy.

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

In the midst of all the fuckery going on, I’m glad I have finally been reunited with my beloved Wimbledon after so long. I forgot how much I love watching tennis. 🎾

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I used em-dashes before ChatGPT crawled out of math's asshole and I'll use them once LLMs join pet rocks and Betamax in the dustbin of history--God willing.

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Another successful Annual down! What a great team. 😊

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Imagine being so limited in your process as to not know that research is a creative act.

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I really hope that every writer who doesn’t use AI is so enraged that you work on your poem or your essay or your novel tonight. I want a whole library of incredible original writing to come out this

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sarah @inmywoodshop.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

No notes.

Medic Kim
@medickimw
"Baby Got Back" is older than the first policy requiring women and minorities to be included in clinical trials and medical research.

Sam Ghali, M.D. @ @EM.RESUS • Jun 9
Hit me with a shocking medical fact

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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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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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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Eyes up for ops

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

In Visby to listen to a bunch of great folks chat about using games in teaching. And very briefly chatting myself about a workshop I’m doing in the fall.

Conference badge for Transformative Play Initiative with Amber Sewell, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She/her pronouns circled in teal ink.

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 09/06/2025

this is an interesting way to describe piracy and kidnapping

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Known fans of violence LAPD says it was a peaceful protest today. Everybody mark this press release.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

an orange and white cat looks proud; presidential

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William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Stop. Buying. Harry. Potter. Products.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 23/05/2025

Today is the last day!!!! don’t go into tomorrow regretting the fact that you didn’t make your voice heard about the importance of vaccines!!!!

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Up early (not even bright, the sun’s not come out yet) for #FanLIS2025! Excited to hear all the amazing presentations and chat about my own work; it’s one of my fav conferences of the year.

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Wes Franks @carrion-comfort.com · 21/05/2025

Who has print ready, zine-sized (20-70 pages) games they want to see printed? Plus One Exp and Zine Club are looking for games that are ready for print for us to keep in the pocket for Zine Club releases and to sell at Conventions like #GenCon, #PAXUnplugged, and more! If interested send a DM!

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a bottle of water sits next to a receipt and a printer

Alt: a bottle of water sits next to a receipt and a printer. the printer is pumping out sheet after sheet of documents

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Using AI is basically crossing a digital picket line, and treating authors who use it like scabs feels appropriate. If you care about your rights and the rights of other creatives, you don't use generative AI under any circumstances (marketing, editing, drafting, outlining, artwork, narration, etc.)

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I wish editorial boards would allow those of us who submit work to journals to indicate that we categorically deny permission for reviewers AND editors to feed our unpublished hard work into some LLM. For all the good it will do--at least authors can make their wishes clear to editors/reviewers.

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Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.com · 10/05/2025

This took far too long, and the fact that it happened in the first place is criminal and a national shame. But it's important to recognize that a judge's order was obeyed and did matter. We need to highlight that, because the we're doomed crowd would have you believe we're helpless. We're not.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/05/2025

Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian. Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way. Don't comply with unjust laws and practices. #FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social mag.uchicago.edu/hayden

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Librarian for the people

Under the leadership of Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, a revered institution is connecting Americans with their country through its treasures.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Introducing C&RL’s Generative AI Policy 1. Authorship of all submitted manuscripts (including all content and data collection/analysis) should be human. 2. Peer reviewers and editors should not use Gen AI tools when evaluating a manuscript or writing a review. 👏 📚 crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

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Introducing C&RL’s Generative AI Policy | Demeter | College & Research Librariesedi

Introducing C&RL’s Generative AI Policy

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Ash G. @kilomonster.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Trans men’s insight on this is so fucking valuable in understanding the nuances of what’s going on with men. We need to be amplifying them, and hopefully cis men can realize what is actually the source of their loneliness.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

"Use AI or get left behind" ok, leave me behind, I'll be here in the library, doing actual research, citing real publications, writing my own words, not being replaceable by a bullshit artist algorithm that's destroying the environment.

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Goddamn, y’all. This season of @gamechangershow.bsky.social is getting me. My cat came up on the couch to check on me because I was laughing too hard.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

As we talk about extensively in our book and on the pod, these systems are designed to output patterns from their training data, not output any real truth claim. Any belief that they would become better with larger or "more advanced" models is just wishful thinking.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

is it like being told you can’t be fat but you shouldn’t be too thin and you should speak up for yourself but not be bossy and you should be perfectly fit but not butch and you should have ambition but not talk about it and you should wear makeup but also that’s lying and you should

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Rachel Storm @rachelsstorm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This is why claims of "ethical" AI use bother me so much. They're built on the premise that the technology is neutral, and it's only unethical if you use it unethically. (Especially when this is spouted by people in the library industry, which has its own neutrality problem)

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Submissions for the FSNNA 2025 #fanstudies conference are now open! Our theme this year is Reputation: Influence, Power, & Capital. 🤔Pick from: poster OR poster + talk ✍️Due: Abstract, bio, keywords ⏰Deadline: Friday, May 16 Full CFP & form here: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/g...

Image saying "We're Now Open!" and "Send us your submissions for the 2025 conference!" from Fan Studies Network North America

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Oh we’re gonna DIE, die

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Teaching another game design and prototyping session in the MakerSpace!

Slide with the word design and class instructions. Desk cluttered with MakerSpace projects (stickers, 3D printed objects, heat press examples) in the foreground.

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I never get so many compliments from students than when I wear swords.

Screenshot of text: P.S. - Your sword earrings were so cool!

Amber, white woman with blue pixie cut, sits in front of a projector screen with a hobbit hole on it, wearing sword earrings and a white knit sweater.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 04/04/2025

Redeploying 2023 AP Survey for folks to re-take (or take for 1st time) We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey

TTRPG Actual Play Performance & Audiences
Research Survey!
Goal
gathering information about labor in AP production, viewing/listening habits, why some don't watch/listen

PI Dr. Emily Friedman

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Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Come check out one of my favorite conferences! I’ll be talking about an upcoming study on fandom and student researcher confidence.

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