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Emily Drabinski

@edrabinski.bsky.social
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Librarian and teacher. PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I landed a six inch Chelsea Hoya hanging basket on the Lowe’s sale rack and scored a parking place right in front of my apartment building. If you were wondering if anybody was having a good day, it’s me. I’m the one. I’m having the available good day.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I remember reading about a union campaign in a southern auto plant. The company put a pallet of diapers in the middle of the shop floor as a representation of what your union dues would cost you. That's what I think of when I see unionists decrying a dues increase. That's not our talking point!
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Jonquel Jones Experience
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Utah banned SEVEN more books from all public schools yesterday, bringing the total number of state-sanctioned bans in the state to 44. More than half of those bans happened in 2026.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our progressive movement is building across the country. This November, we need to get out the vote and elect progressive leaders—to create a country that works for everyone, not just the ultra-rich.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Students of all ages from D.C. Public Schools circled the White House in 1972 to demand free health care and other social services for survival. TONIGHT! Join us for class to learn about the history of high school student organizing. Register: www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...
black-and-white photos of DC students circling the White House in 1972 to demand free health care. Join class on Monday, September 28 to learn the history of high-school organizing.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Postseason baseball that's it that's the skeet.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I haven’t trusted carob since my stepmom’s macrobiotic phase.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are nearing the most important exercise in democracy of the year*, so make a plan and see it through *Fat Bear Voting Week
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
NEW: For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
this administration illegally shut down federal agencies, impounded money from Congress, set up for-profit concentration camps and sent children there. They dismantled our public health infrastructure and children died of measles. Doing accountability for crimes against our Constitution is the work.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
federal immigration agents beat up a US citizen in Evanston on Sunday morning and left him lying in the street or as Kavanaugh would put it, he experienced as "brief investigative stop" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to @1199seiu.org and the nearly 70,000 CDPAP care workers who filed for the largest union election in American history. These workers make it possible for New Yorkers to live safely and independently at home. I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for a union.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am in need of writing accountability buddies. If you're interested in doing some live check ins pls dm? I need to finish writing this book and I need help!
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just got an email from the interim provost informing me that the problem I brought up two weeks ago has been solved without me having to do any nudging at all. Maybe the first time in thirty years of higher education!
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Judge overturns Reynolds administration order closing the State Historical Society’s Iowa City research center and archives This is good news, but whew, the damage done already. littlevillagemag.com/judge-overtu...
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Judge overturns Reynolds administration order closing the State Historical Society's Iowa City research center and archives - Little Village
As last year came to an end, so did public access to the Centennial Building. The building, home to the Iowa City research facility of the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) since 1956, provided ...
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“We Need To Tell The Story”: Literary Advocates Nationwide Reflect On Five Years of Relentless Attacks on the Freedom to Read. A collab between @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social OIF, @tasslyn.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, and @freedomreadproject.bsky.social: bookriot.com/book-censors...
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“We Need To Tell The Story”: Literary Advocates Nationwide Reflect On Five Years of Relentless Attacks on the Freedom to Read
Advocates for the freedom to read across the country share their wins, challenges, and opportunities as the work enters year six.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What have five years of relentless book bans and attacks on libraries looked like? This report is from those on the ground doing the work, sharing their challenges, wins, and the opportunities ahead in protecting the right to read. bookriot.com/book-censors...
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“We Need To Tell The Story”: Literary Advocates Nationwide Reflect On Five Years of Relentless Attacks on the Freedom to Read
Advocates for the freedom to read across the country share their wins, challenges, and opportunities as the work enters year six.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wish my public university was just publicly funded instead of this mandate to 'grow revenue.'
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
if you doubt a ruling class could possibly be this world historically wrong I'll note that "We have nothing to fear on the part of the Negroes; they are tranquil and obedient” and “We sleep with doors and windows wide open. Freedom for Negroes is a chimera” are quotes of a slaveowner in 1790, Haiti
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's just, like, how come everyone in charge is a fuckin murderer and everyone in charge who could theoretically stand against them is like no this is my friend, this is my colleague
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Wrongful death lawsuit against Indiana senator reaches settlement
No further details have been released on the settlement.
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who is researching the role of consultants in the dismantling of higher education, especially layoffs?
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Local folks! I'm giving a talk SATURDAY at the Champaign Public Library! "Studying gender when you can't study gender: notes from a scientist in unprecedented times" Hope you can join me!
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Recent News | AAUW Champaign-Urbana (IL) Branch
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A person acting as a parliamentarian is not the same as a parliamentarian. This is a boring thing that I believe with all my heart is true.
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Really sad to hear of the death of the great cinematographer Patricio Guzmán whose documentaries illuminated the horrors of the Chilean dictatorship and the hopes of overcoming its legacy www.france24.com/es/cultura/2...
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Muere el documentalista Patricio Guzmán, narrador de la memoria de Chile
El documentalista chileno Patricio Guzmán falleció en la madrugada de este martes en un hospital de París debido a un paro cardiorrespiratorio a los 85 años, confirmó este martes 15 de septiembre la…
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Demographic cliff. #HigherEdLife #drink
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/09/2026
UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY
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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
El Jefe.
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Come join us at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social !
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The City University of New York @cuny.edu · 15/09/2026
We're waiving our $65 application fee for @nycschools.bsky.social seniors from Sept. 15 through Nov. 16, a month longer than last year.
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CUNY Doubles Application Fee Waiver Period for NYC Public High School Seniors – The City University of New York
The City University of New York (CUNY) will waive its $65 freshman application fee for New York City public high school seniors Sept. 15 through Nov. 16, a month longer than last year. The fee waiver ...
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Sam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Second event at ASU next month, they'll be sick of me
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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great breakdown of what is at stake in the MAGA/Heritage Foundation efforts radically rewrite the accreditation standards for academic institutions! Submit your comments please! @aaup.org www.tiktok.com/@mrs.frazzle...
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🚨PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN NOW🚨 Deadline: September 21, 2026 Go to: Regulations.gov Search: ED-2025-OPE-1042 Rule: Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization 💭 If you’re a current or former college studen...
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
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Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries
Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...
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David Hughes @usernameerror.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Clarivate gave me a quote yesterday for a product that was 297% higher in price than the quote they gave me for the same product in 2023. For comparison something I have from one of their competitors has risen in cost 20% since 2022.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ted Cruz is aggressively booed in Austin, Texas: “Ted, you suck!”
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SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here is the first of two calls to action from the Executive Committee. This one is directed to a SUNY audience, but we hope our guide to public commenting on the US Department of Education’s proposed rule on accreditation will be useful to all! hdl.handle.net/1951/89088
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Protect Accreditation for the Public Good
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
AAUP state conferences conducted the survey. It received responses from 2,700+ in Oklahoma, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, & Arkansas. View full results here: /end www.aaupgeorgia.org/policy-resou...
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Georgia AAUP - Faculty in the South Survey
Since 2022 the Georgia AAUP, along with partners in other states, has conducted the Faculty in the South Survey, asking professors in selected states questions about impacts on their job from attacks ...
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yeah, "book ban" is a big one here.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/09/2026
Today, I was proud to join New Yorkers for the 9/11 Day of Service at the Intrepid Museum. September 11th is a day we remember the terror and loss our city endured. It is also a day we remember the extraordinary courage, kindness and generosity New Yorkers showed one another.
Mayor Mamdani volunteers at the Intrepid day of service. He is wearing a suit and a blue hair net.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 04/09/2026
“He should have apologized and I would have gone away, but he didn’t. He messed with the wrong librarian.” For the librarians. #Invictus Thank you, @deecherrywriter.bsky.social and @antigravitymag.bsky.social! @la-cac.org @everylibrary.bsky.social antigravitymagazine.com/feature/aman...
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Amanda Jones and The Battle of the Bans - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
In 2022, Livingston Parish librarian Amanda Jones spoke out against book banning attempts in her parish’s library system, saying, “Censoring and relocating books and displays is harmful to our communi...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
the president is now blacklisting companies by fiat. tell me more about how left-wing communism is the biggest threat to the country.
NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough! Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States — They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service — All while Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the U.S.A. They even blocked Gulfstream Aerospace from doing business in Canada — Completely unjust and unfair! That Era is OVER! If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a “piggybank.” BUY AMERICAN. FLY ON AMERICAN AIRLINERS. ENJOY AMERICAN LIQUOR AND BEVERAGES. SAIL ON LAKE AMERICA. AMERICA FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
my 2 cents on material conditions and right wing politics for @hammerandhope.bsky.social "The portrayal of economic anxiety as a standalone rather than complementary explanation to the machinations of plutocratic bigots also flies in the face of what we know..." hammerandhope.org/article/econ...
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The False Narrative of Economic Anxiety
People are insecure, but that is not the only reason they voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In NYC, Mayor Mamdani has launched the Office of Worker Power, designed to connect workers who want to unionize with education and resources. Former US Labor Sec Julie Su is overseeing the effort & the executive director comes from the UAW. "When workers can organize, everything changes," said Su.
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Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power - The American Prospect
The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As local libraries grapple with how to implement Act 372, a national group calls for legislators to repeal and replace the pro-censorship law.
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As local libraries navigate censorship law, national group calls for repeal - Arkansas Times
Under Act 372 of 2023, librarians can face criminal liability for distributing content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors.” The law also gives city and county governing bodies final…
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