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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 21h

I lived there Back In The Day when a few South Austin folks would complain about Aqua Fest noise and they would be roundly mocked by their neighbors and told to chill TF out.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ve only been here since 2017 and between the heat and the West Nile mosquitos it’s feeling a smidge apocalyptic.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When the “payoff” is for “a novel approach” I don’t know that the academic system provides much incentive to do it again, but better.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am the daughter of a elevator repairman. His work messed up his knees and back and following a stroke, he stopped working at 47.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As an ex-Texan who worked in higher ed in Houston — well off South Asian communities and business helped fund all kinds of higher ed initiatives with scholarships, endowments etc. in Texas. Doubling down on racism vs keeping your institutions afloat is some crazy business.

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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 30/09/2026

I love this as an example for how to end something that's sprawling, complex, and beloved. Thoughtful stewardship of the digital materials, and celebrating what this organization did with a sense of pride and accomplishment, without any shame of the "if it's not forever it's a failure" trap. 💖

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

*leaving the Missouri embarrassment-free-days counter at zero*

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m so sorry. I’m originally from MO and my mom is still there and it is heartbreaking.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Imagine being Missouri’s worst senator and the other one is Josh Hawley.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you've got some time in the next few days, the September #Wikipedia editathon to show solidarity with the new Wikimedia union is behind its goal of editing 10,000 articles. You can help by registering, finding a relevant article, & making it a little better! 📚 meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:W...

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Event:WikiProject Organized Labour Month Online Campaign - Meta-Wiki

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But hoooo boy will right-wingers insist their anti-abortion views are based in “science” and “common sense.”

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I lived in Austin for 20 years and got my PhD at UT. My Texan kids attended my graduation and I remember being so proud of this institution and the community around UT that day. It’s utterly heartbreaking.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Publishing in open access journals circumvents this whole mess!

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Librarians are also very good at helping you obtain articles for free. Just ask them!

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If that two-minute clip is a representative sample, two hours of that Elizabeth Holmes doc is going to be a LOT in one sitting. Maybe theater owners can plan on intermissions with therapy dogs?

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Three library folks always worth listening to.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

All of this. As the granddaughter of a 5th grade dropout and factory worker who managed to earn a PhD without mortgaging my future…I don’t know if my type of journey is even possible anymore.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Absolutely not. Thank you for doing the work you do. I blocked this person awhile ago. This behavior is a pattern.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah - I think a lot of the public-facing pages for those collections have been taken down.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sorry - current state rep Brian Harrison from Midlothian posted on FB a day or two ago.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A Republican legislative candidate (I think?) posted about this first. It’s kind of taken off.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Phil Agre was (is?) a LEGEND.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I one hundred percent thought he was dead.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bife de lomo cooked over a fire served on a crusty roll with chimichurri and a juice glass of red wine.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m kind of hung up on the fact he has 40 grandchildren (!) and treats that as a credential.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was behind the library reference desk at Austin Community College. There was no getting on the news sites by that point but a community blog I was part of kept up a running commentary that day. That’s how a whole group of Gen X nerds learned the news.

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Plane crashes in to the word trade center.

Plane crashes in to the word trade center. Apologies for not linking to anything besides the main CNN page but there are no full stories on this yet. The plane crashed into the building about six...

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I grew up in Columbia MO but haven’t lived there since leaving for college. There is a lot of this legacy around for sure. But don’t forget the public library there still fighting the good fight against the knuckle-dragging state government.

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Library maintains LGBTQ-themed kids event was lawful as state official threatens funding

The Missouri secretary of state says lawmakers want to block public funding from events like Rainbow Story Time in the Daniel Boone Regional Library system.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hello fellow potter and data nerd. I’m so sorry - your work is so important.

Photo of little clay mushroom things fresh off the potters wheel.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dr. Cottom is correct. I’m in my 50s and at no point was Wikipedia considered “slop” in higher ed. Admittedly I was at a place (U of Illinois) with a strong cs program and good library school. But Wikipedia was considered in context of the human community around it.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It is closing in on a gazillion in LA.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Occasional reminder that Muslims were among the 1st responders, among those killed, & among those sent to fight our forever wars. That there could be any kind of ~criticism~ of NYC's Muslim mayor attending Fri's ceremony is grossest bigotry & dehumanization. It's a disgrace that reflects on us all.

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A post for 9/11: Muslim American heroes.

In honor of all we lost on that terrible day, a short list of just a few Muslim American heroes. I don’t know the first man’s name, but aside from being a hero, it would seem he’s…

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I have a couple Grosse Pointe family members who have been ever so slowly realizing mass surveillance is garbage. I’ll be sure to high five them in the cousins group chat.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am so sorry. That’s is just awful. I cited this guy all over the place in my doctoral work and tried to get hired at UW. While being harassed by one of my own advisers at the time. I wish I could see a future where it’s better for women in academia.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is why most faculty cannot make sense of the 'woke' University trope. Our lived experiences bear little resemblance to it. This is far closer to the norm.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My dissertation is full of citations to this guy. Ugh.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Truly never thought I’d see Tarrant County described as a “battleground” county in my lifetime. We see you, Texas! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New solo-authored paper from me - first in a while. "Digitization, Conflict, and Crisis: Institutional Urgency and Digital Cultural Heritage". Jan 26 I sat and wrote about the relationship between heritage digitisation and climate crisis. Then watched the world burn. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Project MUSE -- Verification required!

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I spent a week with my mom earlier this month right after the elections. She is a dedicated MSNBC viewer and I can count on one hand the pundit rants that were *not* about Hasan Piker that entire week.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’ve imagined that future historians (assuming we have those in the future) will be pulling Bouie columns out of the NYT archive like diamonds in a slag heap.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The librarians know exactly who this is on every campus.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Downgrade a movie The cook, the thief, his wife, and a good friend

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Reporting from the greater Montclair area…it’s been 100 degrees with dusty winds every day this week and it might be best to just let the lager larceny slide.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If a never ever again read a piece on academic labor from a white male full professor at an Ivy, it will be too soon.

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Jeanine Finn @jftitone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Loathing Ken Paxton brings the people together.

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