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oh this is interesting. are you able to say more or do you remember any examples? i'm asking purely out of curiosity

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I think people outside of academic libraries would be surprised at how prevalent it is. it kind of fascinates me (granted, many academic librarians have endured shit behavior and treatment from faculty as well, but yeah.)

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I understand it all stems from labor (not rehiring when librarians retire, wanting to spend as little money as possible on staff salaries while making 4 jobs into one for the rare lucky individual who manages to snag a job in the first place, doing more with less, etc)

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the deprofessionalization & undervaluing of disciplinary subject knowledge that's so hot right now in academic libraries bums me out

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

has there been much discussion around how anti-faculty some academic librarians are?

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“This month, Alpha opened the doors of its ‘Founders School’ in New York City, which charges $150,000 a year and promises that students will graduate with both a diploma and $1 million in profit from a business they started.“ read a book read a book read a book read a book read a book rea

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David James Hudson @davidjameshudson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why the "It's okay to use it to get started" story about AI consumer products in research education bugs the hell out of me: 🧵

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David James Hudson @davidjameshudson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Inaccuracy. Lost learning. Yeah, those are good reasons. But do they not also apply to the processes of getting started with a new topic, brainstorming ideas, refining your topic, identifying keywords, and summarizing readings?

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David James Hudson @davidjameshudson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's frequently also noted that if you are using genAI products to automate your searches, your source evaluation, and the production of your paper, then you are missing the learning that is embedded in these processes.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just realized that boro and kantha — the Japanese and Indian techniques for repairing cloth or creating new material from scraps by connecting them through a series of running stitches — looks a bit like the peeling bark on an aging tree.

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Raquel Stecher @raquelstecher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Weird movies 🤝 Me

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Everything can’t be reduced to a network effect. I feel like I’m losing my mind. I mean we just watched the almost complete fascist capture of data and the internet. Surely that's a reason to reconsider.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I really struggle with the idea that all we need is love and the internet to build community. I don’t know how we failed the next generation so badly on this but yall materiality matters. Very much.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

logging on to the earnest high-info neurotics website every day during the everything going wrong decade: 'you know, the vibes here could be better'

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the number of times I have walked out on talks that do this... as other folks said I get when it's required from the CFP but nevertheless. this bitch is out!

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Oh, reed, I have NEVER done such a thing. NEVER. 😉

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omg I love people who love learning

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this obviously does not apply to contexts where you absolutely must learn something by doing it, of course!

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to me a well done lecture is absolutely fucking sublime, and I will take that over an active learning conference session any day

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maybe this goes against what most folks do now in teaching and in conference presentations -- but the more a session involves "active learning" or lots of interaction and engagement with the audience, the less likely I am to attend. I have zero interest in doing an activity in a learning environment

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i'm here to say that was incredibly silly of me!!!

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 26/08/2026

I've known this for a long time, but I wish I had known it earlier: the older I get the more I realize most people have zero idea about what they're doing. ESPECIALLY people in power. I naively used to think people got into powerful positions because they were... I dunno, smart or something.

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The Trump administration arrested and deported a record number of immigrants in July, according to newly released government data – apprehending an average of 1,500 people and removing 1,100 people daily. 🧵

Two bar charts showing record immigration arrests (49,750) and removals (33,990) in July 2026.

The charts show Trump admin data in red next to Biden admin data in gray, in which the Trump numbers are significantly higher.

Source: Deportation Data Project

Notes: Monthly totals rounded to nearest 10. 'Removals' includes detentions where the stated release reason is 'removed', 'voluntary departure' or 'voluntary return'

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember how we were all supposed to learn computer programming, or else we would become illiterate in the computer-dominated future?

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madison @beastlibrarian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

4 year old: “mom. If you have a baby in your tummy, and you eat a lot of food, the baby will eat the food. In your tummy.” pause “It’s so funny.” “I’m so smart.”

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I feel this. I’ve organized my life around thinking, writing, learning, teaching, and I’m very worried about the future. I comfort myself that my “job” as a human is to “witness the universe” and understand its beauty and that won’t change. But that doesn’t protect me from social disruption.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I regret to inform you that these traditional college courses in AI are indistinguishable from the classrooms I sat in at for-profit colleges 15 years ago. Centralized curriculum & branding, technological control, “virtual” libraries, & bureaucratic alienation of labor.

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Kellyanne @ellarebee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My favorite part of my job is building my collection and AI can pry it from my cold, dead hands.

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ragingsnail@bsky.social @ragingsnail.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I worked with collectionHQ about 7 years ago….it was, IMO, a great resource to let people run sloppy reports, then claim they’re making data driven retention decisions while over weeding and overlooking subtleties of collection management. Bitter? Just a little 😃 circ count isn’t f’ing everything.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I can honestly say that I've never wanted my library collection to be built by vendor automated AI, no.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 16/08/2026

UCLA administrators, on a summer Friday, announced that they are closing the childcare centers on campus upon which faculty, staff and student parents rely — albeit expensive and exclusive options, but far better than none. The admin cited budget deficit. The story is hardly just that.

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UCLA childcare program, which faced 2024 sex abuse case, to close amid budget deficit - Daily Bruin

UCLA will shut down two of its childcare centers – one of which employed a teacher arrested for child sexual abuse in 2024 – next June, university leadership announced Thursday evening.

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I have a ~feeling~ the above publication would piss me the fuck off so bad :)

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so much to explore and learn!! 🤯

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👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 again, I MUST KNOW, what led someone to this area of study. tell me EVERYTHING Friedman, Leonard J. Virgin Wives; a Study of Unconsummated Marriages. Tavistock Publications, 1962. orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

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Abel, Ernest L. Drugs and Sex : A Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1983. orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01... I just really like the idea of someone deciding "I'm going to do THE bibliography of drugs and sex."

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