Sign in

Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉

@baharaky.bsky.social
822 followers 1.1K following 63 posts

librarian, phd in geography, refugee on stolen Indigenous land, thalassophile, feminist, she/her/او, 🍞 and 🌹🌹, too. 📍Vancouver

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A note to writers on AI scams in publishing and fraudulent emails purporting to be from our staff, well-known authors, or literary festival staff being sent to writers. Please note that any emails that are not sent from an arsenalpulp.com domain address are not legitimate.
Black text on a white background, with the logo of book publisher Arsenal Pulp Press in the top-right. Header text reads, “Scam Alert,” and the body text reads as follows:

“A note to writers: As with many other publishers, bogus AI-generated emails purporting to be from our staff are being sent to writers, offering publishing contracts or services in exchange for payment.

“Any emails that are not sent from an arsenal pulp [dot] com domain address are not legitimate.

“Similarly, writers we have published in the past have been receiving fraudulent emails purporting to be from well-known authors or literary festival staff, offering promotional support in exchange for payment.

“For your safety, do not respond to such emails or click on any links within them.

“For more information on AI scams in publishing, consult blogs like Writer Beware and industry associations like the Writers’ Union of Canada and the Alliance of Independent Authors.

“If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at info [at] arsenal pulp [dot] com.”
153
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."
5261114
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Two authors have sued the city of Los Angeles over the Los Angeles public library’s (LAPL) cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event where the writers were scheduled to discuss their books featuring Palestinian stories." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
011049
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lovely! 🤩
000
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"On September 11th, the change to 'Lake America' was approved and is now the valid heading for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings)."
001
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
David James Hudson @davidjameshudson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here's a slightly expanded version of my earlier thread on the ridiculous "It's okay to use AI to get started" story that's so popular in higher ed discourse on research education these days.
davidjameshudson.ca
No, it’s not “okay to use it to get started” - David James Hudson
The “It’s okay to use it to get started” story is fast becoming a trope in higher ed discourse on the relationship of AI commercial products like ChatGPT to research education. And it’s irritating the...
0105
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Before sunrise, September 17, 2026.
Orange-hued photo of marina with boat masts reflecting in the water.
080
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Solidarity: the only way to win
222592580
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Emily Guerrero @gossippractice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thrilled to have this article out in the world with @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social , a journal I’ve read closely for over a decade. It’s a career highlight to be published in it.
12013
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A pleasure to read and learn from your work, Emily!
110
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Please make it stop.
AI generated image of a wrapAI generated imaged of a focaccia sandwich
050
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
WILLIAM AZAROFF IS OUT OF THE RACE FOR MAYOR OF VANCOUVER HE HAS ANNOUNCED THE END OF HIS ONECITY CANDIDACY, AND EMBRACED PETE FRY
1314729
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.
272161476
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's interesting how many instructor statements about AI use in their courses are something like, "Don't use AI to synthesize your readings, don't use AI to do your thinking, and don't use AI for your writing." But using AI for search is OK because they think it's a good tool. 🙃
3213
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
After the storm.
Spider web covered in rain drops.
080
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Marilou @mariloupage.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Hear ye, hear ye! I have updated the mediagraphy for critical tech and "AI" sources. I'm not finished, but I'm on vacation with my family so I will pick up the slack next week. Stay tuned, much more is coming! If you have suggestions, don't hesitate to send me a missive.
lecabinetdecuriosites.ca
Mediagraphy of AI and Big Tech critical sources
One of the biggest obstacles I face in my fight against the scourges that are generative AI, Big Tech and other fascist-leaning clankers, is that most people aren’t aware of all the critical literatur...
74118
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The clouds this morning.
Photo of Third Beach and blue morning sky filled with cirrocumulus (??) clouds.
0100
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
193126087997
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Denman and Barclay 1950/2026. [Went down a bit of a rabbit hole]
Black & white photo of a parade/children walking down Denman Street. Background building is Bay Theatre (1938-1989).2026 photo of the old Bay Theatre building retrofitted for retail.
020
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
English Bay, 1923. Showing beach and buildings at corner of Davie and Denman. 📷Hubert William Lovell via Vancouver Archives.
141
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Everyday is a good day to join Tyee Builders/support @thetyee.ca! support.thetyee.ca?utm_campaign...
support.thetyee.ca
Support strong, independent journalism. Join me
Our democracy needs good journalism. Join me in supporting fact-based, independent journalism.
051
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 23/07/2026
Libraries are still essential in the digital age. Some librarians are even helping patrons ditch AI and get off Big Tech. This week Hannah Cyrus and @flexlibris.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss how libraries address people’s concerns about tech. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/338_...
519861
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
art in the time of covid lockdowns!
100
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIP David Hockney 💛💜 (photos are of Joan at her Hockney exhibition back in 2020)
160
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🧵
000
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's okay to use citation software. It's okay not to. Using citation software isn't even a little bit like using Gen AI to write, read, or summarize (citation software is deterministic: same inputs, same outputs). These are actually easy things to know and understand and avoid Discourse about.
943761
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I am honoured, humbled, & so very grateful. Much love & gratitude to @ejmccann.bsky.social, @murmz.bsky.social, & Drs. McAllister & Pratt for their generosity & ongoing mentorship, & to the library workers who agreed to be part of this project. May we continue to learn from your brilliant work! ❤️
0232
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
❤️
030
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
RIP Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)
3351702127
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you!
010
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you, Eugene!
120
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Toronto Star @thestar.com · 02/06/2026
The University Health Network and the Toronto Public Library have joined forces to install mobile health clinics outside libraries, where they will provide primary care.
thestar.com
Overdue for a checkup? Toronto Public Library, UHN team up with mobile clinics
The mobile clinics will offer primary care services such as full physical exams, blood pressure checks, cancer care and mental health counselling.
13913
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Worth a listen (from 2025): podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/k...
podcasts.apple.com
Ken Sim (with Dan Boeckner)
Podcast Episode · No Gods No Mayors · October 30, 2025 · 1h 23m
030
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
DATA CENTERS - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKETETEN HOLDIN "DRAW 50 BOATS SHIPS TRUCKS AND TRAINS BY LEE J. AMES " A GREAT BOOK AND IT SAYS "THE ONLY DATA CENTERS WE NEED TO BUILD ARE FUCKEN LIBRARIES" - MODERN SOCIETY WORKS TO ELIMINATE FREE RESOURCES BECAUSE THEN YOU DONT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH IN THE MONEY GRINDER - A LACK OF RESOURCES OR A LOSS IN RESOURCES IS USED AS PUNISHMENT TO KEEP YOU WORKING FOR LESS THAN YOUR WORTH - HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER IS USED AS A DETERRENT FROM THOSE SEEKING TO ESCAPE THE CHAINS OF CAPITAL - AND THERE TIGHTNING THOSE SCREWS EVERY DAY - I WILL NEVER JUMP FOR A RICH MANS DOLLAR I WILL NEVER STOP HATING MONEY AND THOSE WHO SERVE IT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
027741089
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I wrote the foreword to Resisting Erasure: Libraries in Palestine/Palestine in Libraries, out now from @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social. academicworks.cuny.edu/qc_pubs/693/
academicworks.cuny.edu
Foreword: Resisting Erasure: Libraries in Palestine and Palestine in Libraries
This foreword opens an anthology that explores research and experiences at the intersection of Palestine and libraries. Part one examines how Palestinian librarians, archivists, and individuals resist...
16925
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
❤️
010
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Enda Brophy @enda-b.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
SFU community members: please sign and share this petition demanding the university terminate its relationship with @hootsuite.com. The company's refusal to cut ties with ICE is abhorrent, and SFU needs to hear from us on this. docs.google.com/forms/d/1LpQ...
docs.google.com
SFU Community Petition re Hootsuite
To: President Joy Johnson, Interim VP Finance and Administration (Acting) Karamjeet Heer, Provost and VP Academic Dilson Etcheverry Rassier, Associate VP Communications & Marketing Kristin Linklater W...
01110
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
theguardian.com
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment
Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical
093
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
The Boooook Shepherd 👻 @thebookshepherd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Generative AI is antithetical to the core values of librarianship and not grappling with that is a big issue, not just for librarians, but for anyone in the education field.
24719
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The third annual West End Duck Congress is underway. #WEDC2026
Flock of ducks on the seawall with a pink sunrise, morning moon, and buildings in the background.
020
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Josue Hurtado @josuehurtado.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
library.stanford.edu/news/records...
library.stanford.edu
Records of Stanford student’s incarceration during WWII digitized by Stanford University Libraries | University Libraries
The Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, comprising digital scans of correspondence, photographs, and related materials created and collected by Stanford University graduate Kazuyuki “Kaz” Takahashi and his wif...
0106
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
So excited to read!
110
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I’ll be giving this online talk at SFU next week 👇
03118
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Goose Rorschachs on foggy Lost Lagoon. January 18, 2026.
1130
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
15572184
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Fog bank over the Salish Sea. December 31, 2025.
1150
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I still mask a lot of the time and all that's meant is that I haven't been sick for a long time and I haven't made anyone else sick. Isn't that hilarious?
040
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Not proud to admit this, but we spent a bunch of time looking for "The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger" on various streaming sites (no luck) before checking the public library, and violà! Don't be like me. Check your public library catalogue first. 🫣
040
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Last book of 2025: Ocean Vuong's "Emperor of Gladness." Stunning, devastating, hopeful, unsentimental, wise. I loved everything about it.
Emperor of Gladness book cover
010