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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

im sorry what

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In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"logics of control and punishment runs deep in our profession. This looks like overt policing by installing metal detectors, hiring uniformed security guards, ... library fines; code of conduct policies that explicitly target houseless community members [and ID policies that exclude] immigrants"

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No Soft Cops, No Saviours: Abolitionist Notes Against Social Work in Libraries – In the Library with the Lead Pipe

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026

We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net

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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS

Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/09/2026

“You need to integrate AI because while it will degrade your abilities and make your job less interesting and more shitty, at least you will retain employment” is not the sell AI proponents think it is.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 13/09/2026

Just out here thinking about how the leadership at UCLA has shut down childcare for students, staff, and faculty and offers virtually no housing for same, yet owns an entire university campus in Palos Verdes, an underutilized giant building in DTLA and an empty shopping mall in Westwood.

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Annie @femalecenobite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I tried to log in to Hoopla esrlier so I could watch a bad movie and it couldn't find my account and I clicked some link and why did it take me here?

Screenshot of a suspicious looking DoD website

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Union organizing has been loads of fun this year, and I want to share a few quick stories from office and lab visits to show that 1) it's not that hard to talk to colleagues, 2) interesting things happen, and 3) you build solidarity in the meantime.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A library is such a casually beautiful place.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm a librarian because I love books and I'm good at connecting people to information (including other people). It really is that simple. 🤷‍♂️

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There are lots of things I want the public to know about libraries and librarians but near the top of the list is that publishing companies literally refuse to sell textbooks to libraries.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Another way to think about this (derived from Corey Doctorow’s work) is that AI, among other things, is a tool for breaking solidarities between exploited populations. AI Detection puts you on the side of a surveillance technology against your students.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I still say 2026 insanity can’t hold a candle to 2001 insanity.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026

Polling suggests the GOP’s strategy of obscuring a repeal of abortion rights as an anti-trans measure could work: Nearly 60% of Missouri voters support abortion in the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, but 73% oppose gender transition surgery for minors.

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Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment

Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion...

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to grow up & spend the past 25 yrs seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them....That does no honor to the victims here."

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.” lailluminator.com/2026/09/10/u...

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University faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana Illuminator

A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every story about the weather lately is just a scientist saying “WE FUCKING TOLD YOU ASSHOLES.”

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

oh I see he went for extremely poorly lit outdoor video with low enough contrast that his head blends into the cloudy sky

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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Specifically.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

At the forefront of literally every move a librarian makes are the thoughts: how can I increase access? How can I make it easier to find? How can I make information more accessible for my patrons?

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A perimenopausal woman telling you that she likes spending time with you is pretty much the highest compliment a human being can be paid.

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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sounds like someone has lots of experience bargaining against management #UnionsForAll #unionmemes

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today’s Baseball Name is Rusty Kuntz

Rusty Kuntz
Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)
Born: February_4, 1955 (Age: 71-216d) in Orange,
More bio, uniform, draft, salary info y
1984 World Series

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What a metaphor. If you tried to put this in a book, your editor would call it too heavy-handed.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Dublin, Ireland — Leonard McCombe, ca. 1957

Color photograph looking over the rooftops and chimneys of a city. At the center of the image is a white cat standing near the corner of a roof

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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE In 1903, Mother Jones marched an army of exploited children to Teddy Roosevelt's summer home. They had missing fingers, crushed hands, hollow chests. He refused to see them. But intense public sympathy, and organizing were stirred. www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...

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Labor Day: ‘The March of the Mill Children’

Remembering what it took, across decades, to end the exploitation of children in factories.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When #LaborDay was established as a holiday in 1894, ~30 yrs from slavery’s abolishment, it represented a key U.S. paradox: Black workers were excluded from labor unions and benefits due to Jim Crow laws, systemic racism, sharecropping systems, and other exclusionary labor practices. #BlackSky

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Beyond The Long Weekend: Labor Acknowledgments Repair What’s Been Broken

The Labor Day holiday marks the long struggle to move closer to fair and equitable wages for all of America’s workers

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Unions promoted Jim Crow and racial exclusion in citizenship laws and neglect incarcerated workers. Some union leaders support ICE. And there are internal conflicts about the harms of AI. Unions are vital—and I’m active with mine—but, ultimately, unions are what we make them.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This week is 55 years since the Attica Prison Uprising. Two books are helpful to read for those who might want to learn more: www.ucpress.edu/books/tip-of...

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

It’s Labor Day weekend and that means it’s a great time to teach kids about the context of the holiday. I’ve compiled a list of books for a variety of age ranges that talk about labor and unions. Feel free to add more! #booksky #skybrariona #libraryunions #labor #unions

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great news! Last week, a federal district court ruled that Trump’s attempt to cut farm worker wages is illegal. This is a huge victory for farm workers. Watch the video to learn more.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

From the report the rangers filed: "In their words, 'We relied too much on AI rather than our own critical thinking.'" Can someone send this to the president and board of their college(s)?

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sharing this thread I made last year. Happy Labor Day weekend!

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The new library admin just scheduled a meeting with my department to “get to know us” for 8:30 on a Monday morning, and yet managers are always shocked that nobody likes them.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Alt National Park Service exploded in popularity after the 2024 election, and their cryptic, mysterious "code number" posts were a big part of their rise. In the aftermath of the election, people were desperate for hope, and AltNPS was ready to exploit that desperation 🧵:

Alt National Park Service: Seventeen. Three. Twenty-eight. Thirty-six. Eleven.

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Rebecca Scales @rebeccapscales.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My student introduced me to some new vocabulary today:

Meat proxy: a person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.

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WIRED @wired.com · 04/09/2026

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America.

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Critter 🏳️‍🌈 (Offline) @critternoises.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🚨🚨~$58/350, weekly goal Iman’s family is trying to survive in searing heat, their tent offering no protection. Food, water, meds & even security are scarce, the most basic necessities have become dreams. They need ongoing support. ‘Please don't leave us alone.’ tinyurl.com/Help-Iman Quote ❤️

A flyer for Imans campaign, showing pictures of her and her children with their names, Nawal, Zakaria and Elias, along with text that reads;

*link to campaign (found above)*

Help Iman and her Children Survive

'I am doing everything I can to protect my children. We are not asking for comfort or luxury, only food, safety, and the oppurtunity to live with dignity. Your support means: the health of my children, the stability of our struggling family, and hope for those who have no other refuge. Help us survive.’

A photo of Iman and Elias outside, crouched in the sand with rubble and collected items around them.

A photo of Elias and Zakaria eating bread on the mat floor of their tent.

A photo of Zakaria and Elias vidible from the chest up, bathing inside a large metal tub in their tent, with buckets of water visible. They laugh and smile together.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Add in people telling you that you’re going to be put in prison for having children’s books on the shelves that show a kid with two moms and you have librarianship in a nutshell.

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I just wanted to share this: Ohio is not the South. There were no de jure Jim Crow laws. Nevertheless today is the 50th anniversary of my city schools to open under desegregation order. 22 years after Brown. And we were the FIRST in Ohio. 4 years before Millennials started being born

Dayton city schools became the first in Ohio to open under a court-ordered desegregation plan on September 2, 1976, involving a complex pairing of 37 elementary and four high schools to integrate students across racial lines.

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Kass G. @anarkass.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I may be losing my mind at the library trying to help way too many people with way too many needs that should be covered by other services that were defunded, but at least I'm barely making enough to live as long as I am willing to accumulate debt and never go out.

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