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John Stawarz

@libraryjohn.bsky.social
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Online learning librarian, adjunct instructor, etc.

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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interested in learning how to make accessible, inclusive, and effective videos and other digital learning objects to connect with and support your library community? Please consider joining us in April!
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 20/06/2026
We're one press release away from learning the algae was funded by George Soros.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Saw this gem today on the Radio Paradise discussion board: radioparadise.com
It just doesn't get Eddie Vedder than this!
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
www.peacecorpsconnect.org/peace-corps-... As a former PC volunteer, I had so many questions and concerns…
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Peace Corps Launches Tech Corps Initiative - National Peace Corps Association
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"Only 35 percent of students graduate within six years, far below the 58 percent average for four-year schools." www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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How a tiny nonprofit school became one of America’s largest universities
Southern New Hampshire University's online degree programs have attracted nearly 300,000 students, sparking questions about its advertising budget and high profits.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
"A pioneer of AI has criticised calls to grant the technology rights, warning that it was showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be prepared to pull the plug if needed." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio warns against granting legal rights to cutting-edge technology
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
"A survey of 3,000 US adults...showed that the more interaction people had with AI, the less they wanted to engage with it."
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Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators – and causing them huge dips in ad traffic
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models...Unless you decide to take action." www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Call for Chapter Proposals: Library Support for Online Degree Programs Chapter proposals are invited for the forthcoming ACRL book, Library Support for Online Degree Programs, by October 15, 2025. Additional information can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Call for Chapter Proposals: Library Support for Online Degree Programs
Call for Chapter Proposals: Library Support for Online Degree Programs I am excited to invite chapter proposals for the forthcoming ACRL book, Library Support for Online Degree Programs. As the ne...
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Goodbye, privacy! www.theverge.com/news/613292/...
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Meta’s Ray-Bans have sold 2 million pairs
“A pair of eyeglasses will be the main digital platform addressing our daily needs.”
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This notification popped up on my work computer—are they trying to send me a message?
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The word “caravan” is a linguistic caravan that contains both a “car” and a “van.” [mic drop]
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"NIH may...determine whether there is research misconduct while simultaneously taking enforcement actions, including but not limited to disallowing costs, withholding future awards, wholly or in part suspending the grant, and possible termination." www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
insidehighered.com
NIH to Limit AI Use, Cap Grant Applications at 6 per Year
The National Institutes of Health says its new policy comes after the agency “recently observed instances of Principal Investigators submitting large numbers of applications.”
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Adding together the initial cost with time and checkout restrictions can make library e-book access as much as 10 times more expensive than print books." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
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Libraries Pay More for E-Books. Some States Want to Change That.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute “Scientific Elite”
Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Vending machines have mysteriously appeared outside my library, apparently ushering in a remake of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Ready or not... www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/ai-sk...
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AI skills for tomorrow’s university librarians
University librarians need to understand how to guide students and faculty in using AI tools ethically and effectively. In the future, they will be not only information experts but also AI facilitator...
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"Camtasia Online is essentially a stripped-down version of its desktop counterpart. It is designed to let you screen record, customize, share, and collaborate on high-quality videos without needing to download any software or purchase a subscription." www.neowin.net/news/camtasi...
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Camtasia screen recorder now has a free version that works in your browser
The popular screen recording software, Camtasia, now offers a web-based version that can run in your browser and doesn't require any subscription.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
"How can you be certain that everything you just read is the product of a human author and not something generated by an LLM or some human-machine hybrid? You have no way of knowing for sure." www.noemamag.com/ai-signals-t...
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AI Signals The Death Of The Author | NOEMA
The meaning of a piece of writing does not depend on the identity of the author, even if the author is not human.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"The model becomes poisoned with its own projection of reality." www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/o...
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"AI tools overhype research findings far more often than humans, with a study suggesting the newest bots are the worst offenders—particularly when they are specifically instructed not to exaggerate." www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
insidehighered.com
AI Research Summaries “Exaggerate Findings,” Study Warns
Bots’ tendency to display “unwarranted confidence” and fixate on “pink elephants” is particularly risky in medical research, according to a new paper.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Duchamp + Christo
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/03/2025
And if you haven't already read it, check out the now-famous essay from 2020, "The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free" www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/08...
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The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free
The political economy of bullshit.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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CILIP Information Literacy Group @infolitgroup.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Want more Information Literacy in your Bluesky feed? We have made The Information Literacy Starter Pack, created by and for Information Literacy practitioners, professionals, and peers. If you would like to be added to the starter pack, just let us know! go.bsky.app/5nU6Qyq
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The Information Literacy Starter Pack
Join the conversation
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"Musk is part of the 'PayPal mafia' of libertarian billionaires with roots in South Africa under white rule now hugely influential in the US tech industry and politics." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Why do Trump and his supports claim he won the election in a "landslide?" He didn't even get 50% of the popular vote. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Presidential Election 2024 Live Results: Donald Trump wins
View live election results from the 2024 presidential race as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face off. See the map of votes by state as results are tallied.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
One thing Jimmy Carter and I had in common is that our first names are typed with the right hand, last name with the left.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Uh… www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
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A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same...
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I hope online students are treated better elsewhere… www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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A warning letter to prospective UAGC students (opinion)
Nolan L. Cabrera offers a word of warning for prospective University of Arizona Global Campus students.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
"[N]one of the people allegedly working for the Ashland Daily Tidings existed, or at least were who they claimed to be. The bylines...were put there by scammers using artificial intelligence, and in some cases stolen identities, to dupe local readers." www.opb.org/article/2024...
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AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism
The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
9to5mac.com/2024/12/13/b... Can’t imagine this ending well…
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'Better Call Santa' lets your children talk to Santa thanks to AI
Christmas is almost here, and although it’s already a magical time, technology can certainly help make this time of year...
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Nicky Agate @terrainsvagues.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
If you know someone who is passionate about critical AI, data, or media & disinformation literacy, please share this call for (stipended) topic curators. We're especially keen to have high school teachers and librarians involved in the creation of this open educational resource! #oer #libraries
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/12/2024
Breaking News: Breaking News: A federal judge upheld the use of racial preferences in admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, finding that achieving diversity in its student body is a matter of national security.
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Federal Judge Upholds Racial Preferences in Naval Academy Admissions
A group that won a Supreme Court case challenging affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina had also sued the military academies.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"People were advised not to disclose any personal information." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus
Peter’s chapel in Lucerne swaps out its priest to set up a computer and cables in confessional booth
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Campus bookstore takeover by B&N already off to a rough start... dailyorange.com/2024/11/camp...
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Campus store employees express uncertainty over B&N transition
On Oct. 21, Syracuse Campus Store student employees received an email informing them they needed to reapply for their current positions.
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
"You have more power than you think. We’re supposed to feel powerless. That’s the strategy. But we’re not." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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John Stawarz @libraryjohn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"There were never ways we could learn from the instructor. It was just a really weird class.” www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Millions of Students a Year Are Required to Buy Courseware. Often, It Replaces the Professor.
Full of features that can substitute for teaching and largely unregulated, the technology is ripe for misuse.
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