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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Just found out about this yesterday. Thanks for the great review, @jblechinger.bsky.social

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bri watson 🐝 @brimwats.com · 22/07/2026

*extremely* pleased I can finally announce that @murmz.bsky.social @julzbullard.bsky.social @ljsmart.bsky.social Stacy Allison-Cassin Tina Liu, Jennifer Browning, Yoo Young Lee and I (and 100+ other ppl in Canadian GLAMS) were awarded a grant that will explore rebuilding Canada's union catalogue 🎉

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Applicant
Watson, Brian; Western University
Co-applicant
Allison, Stacy; Dalhousie University
Bullard, Julia; The University of British Columbia
Liu, Tianyi; McGill University
Collaborator
Adler, Melissa; Western University
Browning, Jennifer; Carleton University
Lee, Yoo Young; University of Ottawa
Smart, Laura; Western University
Title
The Collaborative Canadian Catalogue/Le Catalogue canadien collaboratif
Years
2
Funding
$89,829

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Big congrats to Doctor Jack Kausch @realcharacterlanguage.world who passed his thesis defense today! “A 21st century essay towards a real character language" Thanks to @gnoli.eu @lukestark.bsky.social @brimwats.com @danlizotte.bsky.social Grant Campbell, Shengnan Yang and @westernufims.bsky.social

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Curious to know how many authors are getting highly flattering, seemingly engaged requests for contact. I’ve gotten two now, same formula—one asking to set me up with a publicist, one just wanting to connect. Both impersonating famous writers.

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Let’s ride, London, Ontario. Victoria Park, Central and Richmond.

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fordhampress.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🎙️Melissa Adler discusses her new book, #PeculiarSatisfaction. 📚💡The #NewBooksNetwork interview is now available, and today, 4–5:30 pm EST, she joins a virtual Zoom event hosted by Western University (Canada). 🔗Interview + event details in bio: linktr.ee/fordham_press #LibraryStudies #ReadUP

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John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

"...we can locate the early systemization of racial categories in American cultural institutions by looking to Jefferson’s classificatory and information management techniques." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/19/t...

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The Author’s Corner with Melissa Adler

Melissa Adler is Associate Professor of Information & Media Studies at Western University. This interview is based on her new book, Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and the Mastery of Su…

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I’m co-chairing the program committee for the 4S conference in Toronto this year. Looking forward to seeing lots of submissions!

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A new issue of The Political Librarian includes ‘Truth-telling in library land: In defense of emancipatory and justice-based frameworks in library and information science’ by Jamillah R. Gabriel and Amber Matthews. buff.ly/filKaJt

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"GenAI adoption in industry is overwhelmingly aimed at automating and replacing human effort, often with the expectation that future “AGI” will render human intellectual and creative labor obsolete. This is a narrative we will not participate in." openletter.earth/an-open-lett...

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An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education

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Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A round of applause is in order for Ideas on Fire author Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social! 👏 Her new book Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and the Mastery of Subjects is out now from Fordham University Press. fordhampress.com/peculiar-sat... #IoFAuthors

Cover of Peculiar Satisfaction, with an archival document listing categories and relations

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Jonathan @jsench.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

HUGE mail week for critical library histories. @cindyanguyen.bsky.social @murmz.bsky.social

Two books on a wood table, on the left: Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and Mastery of Subjects and Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam.

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John Kausch (杰克口述) @realcharacterlanguage.world · 16/11/2025

Reading Peculiar Satisfaction by @murmz.bsky.social at the Jefferson Memorial in DC! #ASIST2025

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

@fordhampress.bsky.social is having a 25% off sale, and free shipping to the U.S. AND Peculiar Satisfaction is available! Jefferson and the making of US libraries, archives, and museums. Thinking with Walter Benjamin, Sylvia Wynter, and others. fordhampress.com/peculiar-sat...

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Peculiar Satisfaction - Melissa Adler

How Thomas Jefferson’s vision for knowledge shapes what we know and how we access it—and why that matters more than ever As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Ind...

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

If you’re going to #4S2025 check out our panel!

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

@fordhampress.bsky.social Catalog is out. Preorder Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and the Mastery of Subjects or get Cruising the Library (2017). Both address the paradox of access to information in libraries. Both are written from a place of love for public institutions.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

AI isn't magic. AI is land, real estate, and energy.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti-racism and gender issues are back on the shelves after the newest Pentagon-ordered review

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Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn

All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti-racism and gender issues are back on the shelves.

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Really looking forward to my first CAIS. And my first visit to Halifax. And what I know will be exciting, thoughtful conversations.

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Library of Congress staff turn away new MAGA bosses appointed by felon after firing existing heads. Staff called Capitol Police and the two fake bosses withdrew for now. It’s the library of congress and not the library of the president/wanna be king/felon. www.thedailybeast.com/library-of-c...

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Library of Congress Staff Turn Away New MAGA Bosses

Two Justice Department officials who thought they had been appointed into top roles at the library were denied entry on Monday.

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Fil Menczer @fil.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“What awards are being cut by NSF? Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including […] those on […] misinformation/disinformation." SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR, OUR GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO STOP RESEARCH ON DISINFORMATION www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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Updates on NSF Priorities

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Not former potus saying Harvard has set a precedent for other universities and I have to hold myself back from mentioning Wesleyan, Georgetown law, Rutgers faculty senate, etc. What we're not gonna do is erase the Jesuits! Sigh, let me reread Elite Capture.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Further dismantling of our public institutions.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Don't mess with lady profs of a certain age. Once the kids are out of the house, we spend a lot of time in the gym.

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

“even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted into tyranny; and it is believed that the most effectual means of preventing this would be to illuminate…the minds of the people at large.” -Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge

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kim-mn.bsky.social @kim-mn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Horrific EO dropped last night! Below is an interactive map to see EXACTLY the libraries + museums which will be heavily impacted with the IMLS being defunded: @exploratorium.bsky.social Science Center of MN; Nat'l Children's Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art....the list goes on and on.

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IMLS Interactive Map

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This is happening. Due out in November. This research has changed the way I see almost everything about the institutions that are essential to American democracy-libraries, archives and museums. www.fordhampress.com/978153151193...

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Peculiar Satisfaction

How Thomas Jefferson’s vision for knowledge shapes what we know and how we access it – and why that matters more than everAs the United States approaches...

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Clarification: We will accept late applications from all, not just the States!

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In light of the fact that some U.S. universities are pausing admissions to their PhD programs, the Media Studies PhD Program in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University (London, Ontario) is welcoming late applications from American applicants. www.fims.uwo.ca/programs/gra...

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PhD in Media Studies (PhD MS)

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Probationary employees are receiving termination notices today at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Notices have already started going out, per agency source.

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Important piece. This is definitely not limited to Alberta, and it's so important to consider the attack on our libraries during this election cycle.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 08/02/2025

Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health. I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

JUST IN: All National Archives employees get email informing them that their ultimate boss, Archivist Colleen Shogan, has been fired by President Donald Trump www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Colleen Shogan is the living proof that "obeying in advance" gets you absolutely nowhere

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Valerie @valerie-knebel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Maps don't have to be static images of manmade boundaries. They can be conversations between human and non-human beings, expressions of shared space and memory, representations of ever-expanding connection.

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Brittany Melton @brittanymelton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Super excited to announce the article I wrote on Female Dating Strategy and the Femosphere is finally out!! This paper functions as the framing for my PhD dissertation on gendered online communities! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @femmediastudies.bsky.social

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“By women for women” communicating gender discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy

This research offers insights into how r/FemaleDatingStrategy’s (FDS) utilizes themes of misandry and gender essentialism to indoctrinate members under the guise of community. Situated within the b...

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

"The new world they imagine is not just anti-American but anti-human. The people are just data, means to the end of accumulating wealth."

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Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Proposals for 4s papers are due January 31. They just announced a hybrid option. Join us!

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I curate a series for Current, the journal of public media. We're calling for new pieces. We pay. Your research reaches the entire sector. Especially at this moment, when noncommercial voices are under attack, research on NPR, PBS, public, community, and educational media is especially prescient.

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Rewind: The Roots of Public Media

This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the <a href="https:...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/01/2025

1. Sabotage public institutions. 2. Claim they don’t work efficiently. 3. Eliminate them. — That’s the playbook.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/01/2025

Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going. It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Epic. Sen. Markwayne Mullin tries to defend Hegseth by suggesting other Senators do their job drunk & cheat on their wives. Even Hegseth looks perplexed. “How many senators have shown up drunk to vote? Did you ask them to step down? No.” With friends like Mullin, who needs enemies. 🤡 (🎥 CNN)

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