iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

New round of #grants! This is an “initiative to help historic preservation-related not-for-profit organizations and similar institutions identify and maintain their archival resources related to stories of historic preservation.” www.nypap.org/shelby-white...

nypap.org

Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Grants 2025 |

186

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Public art is all about process and collaboration. The conservation of Exodus and Dance exemplifies this fact. I hope it inspires young residents to become interested in art and its history, and in the incredible work of conservators, in this instance, EverGreene and Jablonski. Thanks to all.

032

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

It has been a long and dispiriting year at Columbia, yet today's PhD graduation reminded me of what is best about academia: bright people consumed with new ideas and novel ways of thinking about the world.

1561

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Highly recommend following the work of the Southern Environmental Law Center who have tracking this and other polluting data center projects in the South www.selc.org/topic/data-c...

selc.org

Data centers across the South

There’s a data center boom in the South, with inadequate consideration of how we will provide energy to these facilities that consume 10 to 50 times the amount of energy of a typical commercial buildi...

1174106

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 05/05/2025

Next Thursday, May 15th, Hell Gate is teaming up with @nysfocus.bsky.social for a one-of-a-kind mayoral forum. A livestream for the event will be available on 👇this page👇, where you can also find a 😎 Google Cal invite 😎 to set a reminder for your future self 👍 hellgatenyc.com/mayoralforum/

hellgatenyc.com

New Mayor, New Media: A Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum

Hell Gate is teaming up with New York Focus to present a forum at The Public Theater with the leading Democratic candidates for mayor.

0156

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Pritzker: If you're not out there protesting in front of a Republican congressman's office, or out in the street making your voice heard, or calling your friends in another state to have them do it.. then you're not doing what's necessary to put pressure on them to vote the right way.

5645251205

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Team Trump is cutting money for deaf kids. “Pediatric deafness is a neurodevelopmental emergency. Without support, deaf and hard of hearing children do not learn to communicate, which has cascading effects on brain, language, social & occupational development.” www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...

tc.columbia.edu

Funding Cuts to Deaf Education Impact Disabled Students & Families

Across the country, from rural Utah to Florida, students who are deaf or hard of hearing will face dwindling access to critical support services

12364208

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/04/2025

Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"

839302178488

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The corollary to the statement "Anti-Zionism is always antisemitism" that the Trump administration has asked so many American institutions to adopt is the statement, "My Zionism prima facie protects me from possibly being antisemitic." And fewer people want to talk about that second part.

313325

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard. And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.

22498159

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Something like 90% of the grad students in my department are federally funded (research grants covering both their stipends and their tuition). There is no way to plug the hole if that money disappears. The number of grad students would shrink by an order of magnitude if not more.

27525

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Fun fact: before pasteurization became widespread (1920s in the US), milk was a regular carrier of tuberculosis, diphtheria, and typhoid. Before FDA food inspection standards, inferior milk was regularly adulterated with chalk, lead, alum, plaster, and even arsenic to improve its color and texture.

5186109

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Andrew Wasserman @onceatrophic.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Wangechi Mutu, The Seated III (2019), bronze

Wangechi Mutu’s The Seated III on display in The Modern in Fort Worth

Side view of the sculpture on Ando’s building

Detail of the hands, lap, and garment of the sculpture

1176

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Yes, and if the history of military conflict teaches us anything, it's that shooting the people in your own trenches is definitely a winning strategy

2371429135

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

12065266111498

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Aruna D’Souza @arunadsouza.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Chloë Bass at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington.

A stone etched with the words “That does not excuse everyday cruelty or
paucity of care, as an invitation for invention.”

Stone etched with the words “We are also capable of acts of great beauty when no other system exists to provide them.”

061

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Svrl “media rights grps issued new guidance that urged student newspapers to consider being more flexible abt requests to remove content or ID’ing material from their stories.” “Offering anonymity [is not] just protecting sources from losing their jobs, but… more existential upending of their lives”

cjr.org

Student Journalists Wrestle with Censoring Their Own Work

Navigating a surge in requests to take down previously published material.

193

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/04/2025

The 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War is this weekend, a moment when a leader’s arbitrary exercise of power sparked a rebellion.

washingtonpost.com

Opinion | The king we overthrew — and the king some now want

Americans need to reconnect with their innate dislike of arbitrary rule.

820962

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Not the headline I want to post. But for everyone trying to understand what’s happening at UMass Chan, why things are so difficult, this is what’s happening. We are a service institution. We educate; we care; we give; we serve rural MA. We dont make money. Our own govt is crushing us. Link below

23777389

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 17/04/2025

We are publishing a series of profiles to spotlight local journalists using public records to hold power to account. Our first one features @pickoffwhite.bsky.social, director of the California Reporting Project, which helps reporters pool public records resources.

freedom.press

Pooling public records resources for journalists

Lisa Pickoff-White and the California Reporting Project help journalists hold power to account

18437

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 17/04/2025

Congress’ investigative and oversight powers are in danger. Protecting FOIA offices, which serve as hubs for all kinds of information requests, could help ensure the legislative branch has the information it needs to do its job.

freedom.press

Congress’ investigative powers face existential threat

FOIA office firings thwart congressional oversight

18538

Reposted by Amy Werbel

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/04/2025

Biden actually spent a ton of time talking up infrastructure grants and IRA tax credits. Just because it didn't make it into your algorithmic feed doesn't mean it didn't happen.

4371

Reposted by Amy Werbel

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

it's hard to find a motivation for DOGE other than 'hatred of the good.' these are bad people fundamentally envious or un-understanding of the idea that you might work or give for others, and attempting to punish it.

512598669

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

For World Banana Day: "Nude Banana on Sheraton Style Sofa," a work on paper by little-known gay artist Dudley Huppler, who in the 1950s was close to Andy Warhol (on at least one occasion Huppler referred to Andy uncharitably as "Warthole") collections.artsmia.org/art/128356/n...

Drawing of a banana on an ornate sofa or chaise longue

38810

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

The new revelations about DOGE's activities at the labor agency come from a whistleblower in the IT department of the NLRB, who disclosed his concerns to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in a detailed report that was then provided to NPR. Meanwhile, his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone, according to a cover letter attached to his disclosure filed by his attorney, Andrew Bakaj of the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid.

15779303728

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This is so fucked up. ICE agents in Massachusetts smashed the window of a car to grab a Guatemalan guy who was with his wife. They were waiting for their lawyer to arrive because he has a pending asylum case. Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...

3243311894

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 15/04/2025

Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/

vote.escvote.com

REI Board of Directors Election

27567277

Amy Werbel @awerbel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Always nice to have an opportunity to share lessons from the history of art #censorship: "Aside from the infringement of Constitutional rights, Werbel says laws like these are simply unenforceable even if they do pass." Shout out also to @thefireorg.bsky.social and to brave #Texas curators!

dallasobserver.com

Texas Bill Hopes To Make Some Museum Art Subject to Massive Penalties

Following photographs being removed from a Fort Worth museum, a new bill raises concerns from the art community.

161

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Katie Stone @abqkatiestone.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We used our 2024 NEH grant to make a communication series for kids. Our Media Literacy episode is currently being featured at Apple Podcasts. We couldn’t find any elementary Media Literacy tools for teachers when we made this. ChildrensHour.org/communication-nation

childrenshour.org

Communication Nation

Communication Nation is a podcast and radio series exploring how humans communicate through our media, language, and even our bodies.

12012

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Go MIT! We need more resisters, not capitulators

0205

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

MIT following Harvard's lead here

571328446678

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Dan Clark @danclarkreports.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

New: State Budget Director Blake Washington joins the relaunched Capitol Confidential podcast this morning. timesunion.com/interactives... Listen there or search for the pod wherever you usually get them and you'll find us to subscribe. Enjoy. ☺️

timesunion.com

Capitol Confidential

Capitol Confidential goes behind the scenes, focuses on the policy, personalities and politics of New York's state government.

025

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The new White House press release going after NPR and PBS links multiple times to Media Research Center, a right-wing group which was founded by Brent Bozell, Trump's nominee for Ambassador to South Africa. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

35431

Amy Werbel @awerbel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I haven't given to Harvard (class of '86) in a long time because it didn't seem like they needed my money. Tonight seems like a good night to start up again. Veritas!

041

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025

Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.

291129714087

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu

harvard.edu

Harvard University

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

11269491487

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Harvard says no to Trump

381069208

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

“Does [Cuomo] believe that rent control is merely symbolic? Or that it's "extreme" to keep affordable housing units on the market? A paragraph on page 29 also cites a fact to a 2024 Gothamist article, and includes the site where the source was generated: ChatGPT.” hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

hellgatenyc.com

Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT for His Housing Plan

The Democratic mayoral frontrunner's "Addressing New York's Housing Crisis" features garbled text and a citation from ChatGPT.

59425

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Inform your students. I informed mine.

33720

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Congrats to the amazing team I get to work with @propublica.org for this honor from the American Society of Magazine Editors. We won for general excellence and for three stories that are part of our Life of the Mother reporting on abortion. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

propublica.org

ProPublica Wins National Magazine Awards for General Excellence and Public Interest

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

629336

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The level of corruption is unprecedented. Musk is forcing a US federal agency that serves nearly every American, the Social Security Administration, to only use his social media company to communicatie with the public.

43815

Reposted by Amy Werbel

Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

If you have info on students in Connecticut who’ve had their visas revoked, please reach out! email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com Signal: jeaton.04 I’m happy to talk off the record.

08360

Reposted by Amy Werbel

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. ..
It was an
extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?"
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
The
GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD

464228184708