Reposted by LizInternet Archive @archive.org · 19/09/2026📖 There’s still time to support the Internet Archive and Better World Books “For the Love of Books” campaign! 📖 By donating to the Internet Archive through October 31, you'll support literacy and preservation. Join Us: donate.archive.org/campaign/838... 121894
Reposted by LizThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026Thousands of supporters gathered outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the evening of Sept. 18, following the vote to close the center for at least two years for repairs. Read more: wapo.st/4rhwDug 381300363
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About AInytimes.comWhy the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves. 020
Reposted by LizTim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 09/08/2026Everyone wants you to download their app, every business seems to be primarily a data harvesting operation for whom actually providing a service is incidental, you have to subscribe to everything instead of buying it, and now everything has a chatbot you don't need and can't turn off grafted on 11510138
Reposted by LizFeminist Science @feministscience.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Psst...papers older than 5 years have good science in them. not going to recommend any fancy AI software to generate lit reviews either. #academicsky #writinglife 151
Reposted by LizJEP: Human Perception and Performance @jephpp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Tip for junior authors: Calling a debate "ongoing" or a literature "mixed" can be accurate and still fall short. If the evidence tilts with one side using larger samples, larger effects, more specific predictions... say so! Bothsidesism isn't balance; it's uninformative. #cogpsyc #AcademicSky🧪 0113
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026As a librarian with two master's degrees, which is pretty common for an academic librarian, I get so annoyed when people think that I have *extra* education for my job. One "friend" likes to tell it as if my education is my career accomplishment. No, that's just the education I needed to start. 000
Reposted by LizJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n 2719231090
Reposted by LizSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026"I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true." — Carl Sagan 215941
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Extends Web and Mobile Accessibility Compliance Deadlinehhs.gov 000
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Since my work is largely consumed by the upcoming Web content accessibility deadline, I'm anxious for this. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...federalregister.govPublic Inspection: Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government EntitiesExtension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities 000
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Watching this Artemis mission has been amazing! Welcome back to earth, Integrity crew! 061
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutionalwashingtonpost.comJudge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutionalA federal judge struck down part of Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, calling it viewpoint discrimination and a First Amendment violation. 000
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Apparently it’s World Book Day and you’re supposed to dress as a book. I guess this has been a thing for many years and I either missed it or forgot about it. 000
Reposted by LizThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/02/2026Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis “are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special,” Ashley Parker writes.bit.lyThe Murder of The Washington PostToday’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special. 1913634
Reposted by LizInternet Archive @archive.org · 04/02/2026 🌐🛠️ We've teamed up with @Automattic.com to fight link rot on the open web. Check out new the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress—preserving pages, fixing broken links, and helping ensure the web keeps its memory. More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/i... 🧵 1️⃣/3️⃣ #WaybackMachine 131889
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I always enjoy these! First take-away today: "Georgia on My Mind" is now in the public domain. 000
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I saw a message from a library in New Zealand that stated they can ship interlibrary loan items internationally, "even to the United States" and, wow, that's a sign of the times. 000
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 24/12/2025It must be really difficult for librarians to teach information literacy in the United States these days. In the past, I would have pointed to US dot gov sites. 110
Reposted by LizThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/12/2025The actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, have died. The police are investigating what they described as an apparent homicide at the Reiners’ home. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... 46571149
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 17/11/2025wapo.stHow foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 chartsForeign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows. 010
Reposted by LizSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.” ― Bertrand Russell 5361127
Reposted by LizInside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 04/11/2025Tracking Key Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration Higher education groups are suing the federal government at an exceptional scale to block executive orders, DEI guidance and other policy changes. Here’s the latest on the legal challenges. bit.ly/46VfIDV #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd 021
Reposted by LizThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/10/2025ICYMI — The president posts an AI video of him wearing a crown dumping shit on protestors. Our kids are watching. 3831389411
Reposted by LizInternet Archive @archive.org · 15/10/20251 trillion pages saved on the #WaybackMachine! 🌐 Next week, join the Internet Archive for events celebrating this milestone and the future of digital memory. ℹ️ & 🎟️ blog.archive.org/trillion/ 🧵 More details ⬇️ #Wayback1T @InternetArchive 126057
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025In all seriousness, I wonder how we are supposed to know. Certainly there are people who might be at risk of being kidnapped by non-police/ICE and how are they to know if these are really police officers? 000
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Staff at the CDC Library were laid off. Sign the petition to call for their return. action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...action.everylibrary.orgPETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control LibraryStaff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return. 010
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 01/09/2025International Interlibrary Loan is going to be difficult for libraries in the United States. 🇺🇸 010
Reposted by LizDan Skinner @danskinner.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I feel strongly that if the Ohio National Guard is going to be picking up garbage and laying down mulch, they should be doing it in Ohio communities. 0207
Reposted by LizSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change! 278106373910
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Seriously considering taking a vacation day and setting an auto reply that says, “If you don’t like waiting so long for a reply on this matter, urge your elected officials to fund higher education.” 000
Reposted by LizThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/07/2025Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.washingtonpost.comEPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air ActThe agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health. 203980518
Reposted by LizJames R Jacobs @freegovinfo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025awesome news. Congratulations @archive.org on being designated an FDLP library!! www.kqed.org/news/1204942...kqed.orgSF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQEDThe Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public. 3642194
Reposted by LizAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/07/2025This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govEnding Crime and Disorder on America's StreetsBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and 24257123075
Reposted by Lizilovelibraries.bsky.social @ilovelibraries.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Representation matters. Native people make up 3.4% of the U.S. population but just 0.07% of elected officials. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries created a program to help reverse that trend with funding from ALA's Peggy Barber Tribute Grant. #ForOurLibraries ilovelibraries.org/article/nati... 05510
Reposted by LizSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18/07/2025Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better. 41263561453
Reposted by LizAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did? It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression. 421260846274
Reposted by LizElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Here is a list of GOP House members (h/t @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social) who should be targeted with calls about the MAGA Murder Budget ASAP. Script included. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comOPPOSE HR1 - HOUSE OF REPS SHEET 10214152
Liz @professorliz.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Stopped to see what was going on with these typewriters and found it way heavier than I had imagined. #censorship #alaac25 050