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Lisa Schiff

@lschiff.bsky.social
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Co-founder, #DefendResearch (defendresearch.org); librarian (ret). Some things I care about: social justice; defending libraries, education, & research; information equity. All posts/thoughts my own. orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 9h
New ICE facility for kids in Louisiana bsky.app/profile/rns....
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026
We're repeatedly told that the killer app for pervert glasses - Meta's AI-enabled camera glasses and their imitators - is that they will remind you of someone's name and spare you the social awkwardness of not recognizing them.
Medieval peasants working the fields in front of a walled city. Their overseer rides a horse; his head has been replaced with a robotic camera. From all sides, gory, anatomical eyeballs intrude upon the scene, each one with a different colored iris.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This Banned Books Week, go beyond the usual reading lists. Explore books about censorship, erased history, librarians fighting back, and resistance... then take action to defend the freedom to read at BookBanPetition.us.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Because of the broad design of the designation, those who associate with [CAIR] could also face harsh penalties. Universities would be mandated to expel students who 'promote' [CAIR]. ... [L]awyers would face prosecution from the state for [providing legal representation to CAIR]."
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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 05/10/2026
We need to end family detention, stop ICE and Border Patrol, and overhaul our immigration system – and President Trump should change these policies immediately.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm very excited and honored to be part of this seminar series! I'll be talking about the vulnerability of social infrastructure within the knowledge ecosystem. Please consider registering!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/10/2026
Us too! Let's get together and take action. Come to our virtual rally to defend academic freedom this Wednesday, October 7th, at 7pm ET. Register at buff.ly/moFj2Km
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Updated this piece about abuses in grants/contracts: Noem gave $900 million in no-bid contracts to the company of a donor, Salus, which in turn was telling other contractors they had to pay her boyfriend tens of millions if they wanted to get govt contracts. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
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Governing without Accountability
Trump only wants to be President of some of America, not all of America
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just got tix to see "First They Came for My College" So looking forward to seeing this film about the students and faculty who fought so hard to save #NewCollege. #HigherEd #Resist #Academia Showings are happening across the country! www.firsttheycameformycollege.com
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First They Came For My College
When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stages a coup at New College, the state’s beloved public honors college, students and professors confront a new reality: their campus is ground zero in an unpreceden...
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
School board, library board, and also the many, many standing and ad hoc committees and commissions! There are innumerable ways to be involved in local governance!!!!
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Local leaders in Manatee and Sarasota counties are warning that Amendment 3 would create budget gaps far larger than many voters may realize. buff.ly/Ues64bR
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Manatee and Sarasota Leaders Warn Amendment 3 Would Reshape Local Services
A new Observer story out of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance makes one thing clear: Amendment 3 is not a small budget adjustment. Local leaders in Manatee and Sarasota counties are warning that…
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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CORNELL AAUP | Statement Against Sexual Violence
The Cornell chapter of the American Association of University Professors expresses their outrage against the culture of misogyny at Cornell and calls on all members of the Cornell community to attend ...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And with all this going on, @cornelluniversity.bsky.social has the AUDACITY to release their “Trust Agenda”…a response to the Trump Compacts on 9/22 AND! @aacu.org thinks it’s a great idea to LIFT THIS UP AS A BEACON OF BUILDING TRUST IN HIGHER ED? But wait, there’s more.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wow. It would have been bad enough before, but now??!!!!
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What does it look like when a government starts banning words? Word Wipe, new from @defendresearch.bsky.social and PEN America for #FallofFreedom, gives you a virtual way to find out. See for yourself at: www.defendresearch.org/projects/wor...
Word cloud with phrases related to social and political issues, including "Native American," "election," "abortion," and "climate change." The largest word in the center is "Word Wipe." The bottom has a logo with "Pen America.The image is a graphic showing text being redacted. The first part reads, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The second part redacts the word "Injustice," resulting in "______ anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." PEN America logo is at the bottom.
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Mike Kraus Art @mikekraus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🍁 Freedom Fall 🍁 October 2-4. Online gathering celebrating creativity, Free Expression, and community. Bring your art, ideas, voice, curiosity. Create. Connect. Speak freely. Belong. RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/14436... #FallOfFreedom #ArtsCommunity #TakeAction #America #USA #Freedom #Liberty
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Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera @ericabrivera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s Publication Day!! The ‘DEI Practitioner’s Handbook: A Guide for School and District Leaders in Pursuit of Educational Justice’ officially launches into the world today. www.routledge.com/The-DEI-Prac...
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GeorgiaBlue @georgiablue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people. to.pbs.org/4AUIDXc
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Newsom signs California law banning officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks
In California, lawmakers passed at least two dozen bills this year seeking to fortify immigrants' rights, restrict cooperation with federal immigration agents and tighten regulations on immigrant dete...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Ross A. Isaacs @rossisaacs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How is this text chain supposed to prove Smith was in Atlanta in the first place? All it talks about is a seat reservation at an unnamed game.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really great interview! So appreciate the courage that these folks at the #NIH and other agencies are demonstrating!
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A great overview of how the Trump admin cultivated fear inside NIH to force compliance, even with harmful, unethical & unlawful orders. Also covers origins of the Bethesda Declaration community. From my friend & co-organizer Dr. Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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NIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping Receipts
Sylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...
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The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORY
School segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices...
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Register today for the #DefendResearch webinar Thu. (10/1) "Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On-the-Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity" with @shawntalbrown.bsky.social, Amanda Garcia, Dr. Jonathan Scott Perry, & @drmbutler.bsky.social. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On the Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
Texas and Florida state governing institutions have engaged in longstanding attacks on academic and intellectual freedom at state higher education institutions, especially in areas related to race, et...
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On brand, as my kids would say.
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social: “The culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States and including Cornell University”
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UCLA illegally fired me as DEI Director. Why? B/c I posted truth about this bigoted piece of garbage after he died. Please consider helping me keep my head above water, until my lawyers reach a fair resolution with UCLA. My pack and I could use your support: gofundme.com/f/waiting-for-justice-auvzc
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"More than 900 wheelchairs donated by two Australian charities have reportedly been blocked from entering Gaza for over a year. The UN says Gaza has the world’s highest concentration of child amputees. Gaza amputees: Israel blocking entry of 900 wheelchairs www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5S...
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Gaza amputees: Israel blocking entry of 900 wheelchairs
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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ceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026
the tech titan backlash to “woke dei hr ladies” makes a lot more sense now huh
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/09/2026
Our culture really did not need another powerful, abusive branch but we have evidently one rooted in Silicon Valley.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hat tip to #irony, and the enjambments too.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@nytimes.com Is a drugging and 7 hours gang rape at #Cornell not as worthy of your reporting as these other stories?
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Doesn't fit The Narrative™️, doesn't get the coverage
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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's not just the seven rapists at #Cornell, it's all the guys who saw that message and did nothing. NOTHING #Pinks
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Definitely a change that must be included in rebuilding higher ed in rebuilding after Trump's attacks.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is no centralized data on penalties for campus sexual assault. But the last time I checked schools that posted complaint outcomes, reflection papers were the most common penalty (followed by a 1 semester suspension). The resolution of the Cornell case is not an outlier.
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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 27/09/2026
I think we need to share this starter pack again after a great weekend with @27unihted.bsky.social , @jeremymberg.bsky.social , and the #BethesdaDeclaration crew. #NIH
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👇👇👇👇 #RapeCulture #Pinks
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Chandra Steele @chandrasteele.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two full days of news about women being pushed out of education and careers because men getting away with sexual assault is the status quo. And these stories are an infinitesimal representation of the scale of the issue
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/09/2026
Some of us in San Francisco first heard of the Network State and related tech cults from Emily Mills. She documented how these ideas had infused our local politics. It sounded odd at first, but her work sparked mine. On Tuesday, we're onstage together in SF. Tix here: semaphore.thd.org/954-2/
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THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS PRESENTS: GIL DURAN with Emily Mills
Join Telegraph Hill Dwellers for an evening with journalist and author Gil Duran, in conversation with Emily Mills, discussing his new book, The
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/09/2026
The conditions in President Trump and Stephen Miller’s detention facilities remain inhumane. Demand immediate action from our elected leaders to prevent further loss of life at aclu.org/stop-ice_killings
"1 person died in ICE detention every 10 days from January 2025 through August 2026. Source: NPR." Image of a barbed wire fence against the sky. ACLU logo.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Conservatives focus on narrative dominance. This is the direct result of centuries of their praxis:
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thinking about this more, because it's horrific: You absolutely cannot have "CNC" if there is any other intersecting power dynamic. If there's any other power dynamic involved, it's not CNC. All this is, is rich bros demanding access to women's bodies with plausible deniability. Nuke it from orbit.
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