iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL

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Asian Pacific American Librarians Association @apalaweb.org · 28/09/2026

Sex. Lies. Schadenfroth. (Schadenfreude, if you're nasty.) Our latest review explores Rejection by Thai American writer Tony Tulathimutte, whose National Book Award-finalist story collection turns dating, desire, and humiliation into wickedly funny fiction.

Book cover for Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte, featuring yellow text on a dark multicolored gradient background and a National Book Award longlist emblem.

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Asian Pacific American Librarians Association @apalaweb.org · 17/09/2026

APALA's Mid-Atlantic Chapter recently visited the Smithsonian's How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories exhibit, exploring Fil-Am immigration, labor, resilience, and community. You can now read member reflections on our site: www.apalaweb.org/mid-atlantic... Photo Credit: Mieko Palazzo

Museum display featuring an embroidered cloth that reads “HOW CAN YOU FORGET ME,” framed beneath cropped exhibit text.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And working-class students academic subjects? What's class got to do with whether students "should" be directed down one route or another? What is education for?

thetimes.com

Lucy Powell: Middle-class children should take vocational subjects

The education secretary says that curriculums tailored to the needs of the local economy should not be rejected because of snobbery

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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/08/2026

“The ever-increasing reliance on faculty members holding contingent appointments & grad student employees — all of whom have less job security, remuneration, & institutional support — weakens academic freedom, faculty governance, & the integrity of faculty work.” —Glenn Colby, AAUP Senior Researcher

highereddive.com

Colleges made deep staff cuts while adding tenure-track faculty last year

The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/08/2026

“It seems like the new strategy now is to threaten litigation, and then to move the institutions into negotiations.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

axios.com

Trump's higher ed shakeup starts a new semester

Universities are raising red flags about proposed changes to federal assistance.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/08/2026

🤖 Long before PCs were commonplace, software like ELIZA & Little Computer People used clever programming to create the illusion of machines that could think, talk & act on their own. Examples? Explore the new Vintage Artificial Intelligence collection! blog.archive.org/2026/08/16/v... 🧵

Screenshot of a grid of items from the Internet Archive's Vintage Artificial Intelligence collection, showing eighteen software title thumbnails including Eliza C64, Pisko, Hidden Agenda, SimLife, Robotwar, Abuse, Eliza 3.1, A Mind Forever Voyaging, A.I., Alter Ego, Worms, Talking Sam, The Dream Machine, Law of the West, Racter, and 64luff, each with view, favorite, and comment counts.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I am a faculty academic librarian. I exist in both the worlds of academic freedom and anti-censorship. This situation involves neither. Cofnas deserves to be fired.

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Asian Pacific American Librarians Association @apalaweb.org · 20/08/2026

Missed the Early Bird deadline? You're in luck! Early Bird registration for #JCLC2026 has been extended to August 31. Secure your spot, and we'll see you in Spokane, October 7-11!

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 12/08/2026

I once told a coworker how much I was making, and you’ll never believe what happened next… She used it to negotiate higher pay for herself, and the employer was angry with me for sharing, not my coworker. 📚

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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/08/2026

“A lot of things in the new compact are red herrings for conservative priorities. Reform needs to happen through the channels of faculty governance...We’re disappointed in the lack of transparency in President Daniels involvement." – Ahmed Ragab, Hopkins AAUP chapter vice-president

thebanner.com

Johns Hopkins president helped craft Trump’s new higher education framework

Ron Daniels, the longtime leader of Johns Hopkins University, helped the Trump administration craft its new higher education call to action

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/08/2026

“Good news!” Robin announces, setting down a ceramic owl. “She must be worth something.” “We're starving,” the villagers reply. Robin nods sympathetically before handing an orphan three decorative soaps and a laminated loyalty card for a frozen yogurt chain that no longer exists. buff.ly/VA5DpmF

mcsweeneys.net

Robin Hood, Prince of Compulsive and Pointless Theft

“He steals from the rich to give to the poor, which sounds generous until you learn what he steals. The people of Sherwood do not need six unmatched salt sha...

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Access Services ≠ disability services. Access Services ≠ just circulation. It's the work of connecting people with library resources, spaces, and services. Glad to see ACRL's revised Framework for Access Services Librarianship approved at ALA Annual. acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/...

acrl.ala.org

New and Revised ACRL Standards, Statements, and Frameworks on Access Services, Status of Academic Librarians

The ACRL Board of Directors approved a revision of "A Framework for Access Services Librarianship" (PDF) at its June, 27, 2026, meeting. Developed by the ACRL Access Services Interest Group (ASIG), th...

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"Those of us whose work is rooted in equity, inclusion, justice, belonging, access and student thriving are living through a deeply complicated moment. For many of us, this is not simply professional work. It is personal, intellectual, ethical and spiritual work."

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"The greatest danger confronting universities today is not simply that certain viewpoints may receive greater attention than others; it is that political authorities increasingly seek to determine which viewpoints may legitimately exist at all." truthout.org/articles/hig...

truthout.org

Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.

Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Heads up. He's back at it. 🧵 (Eugh...)

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The most egregous parts may be gone, but the heart of the issue remains: this still doesn’t uphold the university as a public good, and it keeps narrowing who belongs.Glad to be an associate member of the AAUP. We keep pushing, together. #HigherEd

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I am no longer an MLIS student but I also will not apply to a job without a salary listed.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I always love the whole “we strive to create a diverse, welcoming environment and encourage people from marginalized identities to apply” paragraph right after the shamefully low salary.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My MLS students would like you to know that if you don't post a salary with your job posting, they aren't likely to apply.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Library friends: I'm planning a blog post about negotiating during a job offer. Will you share with me what you negotiated? Or what you wish you would've negotiated? I'd like to give people a sense of the range of things they can ask for. 📚

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So Trump and McMahon now are trying the velvet glove approach to get universities to submit. It’s just a watered down version of the compact they tried to impose last year. No self-respecting university should comply. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

nytimes.com

After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter (Gift Article)

The open letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon fell far short of the attempt at a compact last year that dangled research money in return for embracing the Trump administration’s agenda.

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

truthout.org

Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.

Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

acrl.ala.org

New and Revised ACRL Standards, Statements, and Frameworks on Access Services, Status of Academic Librarians

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“Indoctrination occurs when choices are eliminated, not when people are free to choose what they learn about. Having the opportunity to choose what you read for yourself is what makes libraries work so well for so many, despite being full of books with so many different and contradictory ideas.”

oif.ala.org

Lies About Libraries (Part One)

Welcome to the first in a series of posts dedicated to debunking false claims used to undermine trust in libraries and attack those who work in them.

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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

*kisses fingers*

@dietaryfay.bsky.social, riffing with @ceej.bsky.social about Bluesky Batman

COMMISSIONER GORDON: Bluesky Batman, why did it take you so long to reply to my bat signal?

BLUESKY BATMAN: Maybe next time add some alt text.

@thurmanmunson.bsky.social: come on dude alt text jokes are not chill

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Paolo Jasa, Library Professional @pbjasa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Patron explains to someone else's kids that they went to Spain for vacation, while I'm more than a little hesitant to go through any checkpoints crawling with ICE. Guess what color his skin is!

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Kimberle Crenshaw! #alaac26

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Paraphrasing Kimberlè Crenshaw: There is a responsibility to talk back against authoritarianism if our democracy is to survive. #ALAAC26

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MommySJ @mommysj.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Librarians: Stewards of Truth We know how to listen, we lean in to listening, understanding, and asking clarifying questions. What do our people need? Really need? Truth and understanding. #alaac26

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MommySJ @mommysj.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Listening and Hearing are skills we need to cultivate in ourselves and our communities. #alaac26

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MommySJ @mommysj.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Dr. Jill Biden! Ahhhh! "Libraries are places of trust, and I ask you to maintain those places of trust." "We have to give young people safe places to gather and converse." #alaac26

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

WOO STEPHANIE!!! Worcester Public Library is so lucky to have Stephanie as our Board of Directors President and I'm grateful to serve with someone so dedicated to the library, its mission, and its staff Worcester REPRESENTING at #alaac26! united.ala.org/two-trustees...

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Two back to back sessions and my hand hurts from writing. Now the #ALA26 Awards and Presidents Program. ;)

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

And now that I know where the posters actually are, I can visit some in slack time. My next session will start in a few minutes, but I'm having technical difficulties with posting the initial slide. Takeaways, as usual will be in a thread under that slide. #ALAAC26

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I hope to see many of you attending #alaac2026 in Chicago at the celebration of life for Fobazi Ettarh on Saturday. Fobazi was a guide star for the LIS profession; I'm glad we'll have the chance to come together to honor her life & legacy. 📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

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Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I WON! I WON! I WON! I WON THE GAME!!! #ALAAC26

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ROUSes? I don't think they exist @rabblerous.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Graphic journalism panel with @noethematt.bsky.social, Joe Sacco, Chris Hedges, @derfbackderf.bsky.social, Dana Walrath, and Jim Terry. #alaac26

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I *tried* to do the @ala-acrl.bsky.social president's program but the room was standing room only, and it was hard to hear the speaker besides. Hoping for slides. Getting a headshot taken and doing posters instead. #ALAAC26

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Restless Greg Syndrome @libraryguygreg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Don't love that the first post-intro slide of my first session of the day looks A.I.-generated. #alaac26

Illustration with people shaking hands and one person's hand is a different color from their other hand

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Here for @apalaweb.org's and the American Indian Library Association's Presidents Program. I'll be taking notes the old fashioned way, so any thing I post from the session will be later in this thread. #ALAAC26

Title slide for Supporting Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Isländer and Indigenous library staff and users with Disabilities (with a random mic).

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