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Andrea 🌈🌻💜

@puglibri.bsky.social
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digital initiatives/techbrarian. public librarian lost in academe. tech doomsday. @LibraryFreedom luddite-badass. missing my cat poe. 💔 opinions mine. 😈 she/they 🤘

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you teach #MLIS classes, consider bringing me in to talk to your classes about the job search. Too many LIS professionals out here giving advice that worked for them 20 years ago, but it's a different world now. 📚
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Alison Macrina @flexlibris.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
bring Library Freedom Project to your library to host these classes, or use our free resources at libraryfreedom.org/resources
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Some of Doge's $110bn saving reports are wrong or lack evidence, US watchdog finds
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Some of Doge's $110bn saving reports are wrong or lack evidence, US watchdog finds
A review of the body formerly charged with reducing government spending has found several issues with its calculations.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing. And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power. When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 29/04/2026
The bonds we build in times of crisis don't magically become movements. Shared experiences are not infrastructure. Infrastructure takes deliberate work to build & maintain. Infrastructure requires community, community requires conflict resolution skills. Far too few people have the patience needed
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 29/04/2026
One thing I'm certain of is that authoritarian and fascist movements require constant grievance and conflict to maintain a sense of identity and purpose. We do better when we're putting pressure on the cracks in their coalition, making them react rather than letting them regroup to pick new victims
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This seems bad.

Miles Taylor
@MilesTaylorUSA
The Trump administration is quietly trying to build medical dossiers on all federal employees. 

Their prescriptions. Therapy appointments. Abortion records. For millions of people (and their families). 

They won’t say how they’ll use it. 

But I can venture a guess.
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The Office of Personnel Management is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.  https://cbsn.ws/4tBfdJ7
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 16/03/2026
Instagram is about to lose its optional end-to-end encryption feature. Without it, Meta can view every DM on Instagram. Mozilla has a petition to push the company to reverse this decision. [external petition link] www.mozillafoundation.org/en/petition...
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Tell Meta: Keep Encryption for Instagram Messages
Meta has quietly said it will end support for encrypted messaging on Instagram in a matter of weeks. Encryption helps ensure that what your messages stay between you and the person with whom you're communicating. When end-to-end encryption is enabled, no one – not even Meta – can snoop on you. Right now, hundreds of millions of people use Instagram to message friends, family, and communities. Privacy should be a default feature of the technology we rely on every day – not an optional extra, and not something that quietly disappears. That's why we're asking Meta to reverse its decision and continue to support encryption on Instagram.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 16/03/2026
Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because of AI scraping. But shutting out a nonprofit library won’t stop AI—it will damage the public’s best record of the web.
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Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—th...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/03/2026
Another alarm bell in this five alarm fire. Donald Trump is still trying to relitigate the 2020 election six years later. He wants to scare election officials and election workers ahead of the midterms. And he’s using the FBI to do it.
politico.com
Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power
The administration has also obtained records from Fulton County, Georgia, as Trump continues to focus on the 2020 election he lost.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hegseth is wholeheartedly endorsing the core premise of fascism: industry, as part of the private sphere, must be subordinated to the military objectives of the state.
In a long tweet about Anthropic, Pete Hegseth, through the offical "SecWar" Twitter account says "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2026
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib heckle Trump as he goes full fear-mongering white nationalist
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/02/2026
“Free” surveillance is a trap. Vendor trials, private donors, and federal grants hand police no‑cost tools that quietly build massive databases on all of us and feed ICE and DHS pipelines. Cities can and should refuse the bait. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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“Free” Surveillance Tech Still Comes at a High and Dangerous Cost
Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement “free” access to surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. The
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 15/02/2026
“I was taken out of that place unconscious."
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Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis
We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has beco...
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Americans have a caricatured view of democracy of something that has just always existed, and this is an unfortunate oversight. American history has always been a conflict between democracy and authoritarianism. Hopefully we emerge more democratic on the other side. 9/9
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I view American history as a tug of war between these forces, and recently we've seen an upsurge in support for Southern style authoritarianism, but it is not new. In fact, the South has been an authoritarian enclave far longer than it has been a democracy. Authoritarianism ain't foreign. 7/x
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The struggle between authoritarianism and liberal democracy is an enduring part of American history. We are currently living through another chapter of this long running conflict. We've made progress towards being a multiracial democracy, but democracy has never been universally accepted here 6/x
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 30/01/2026
Si vas a asistir a una manifestación, hay una serie de conceptos que debes tener en cuenta para mantenerte -y mantener tus datos- a salvo. ssd.eff.org/es/module/a...
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Asistir a una protesta
Para una consulta rápida, hemos creado una práctica guía diseñada para imprimirla, doblarla y llevarla en el bolsillo (descargala en PDF). Ahora, más que nunca, los ciudadanos deben ser capaces de exigir responsabilidades a quienes detentan el poder e inspirar a otros mediante el acto de protesta. Proteger tus dispositivos...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 31/01/2026
Join EFF's online town hall to discuss ways to stay safer and how the digital rights community can help address ICE and CBP's brutality against immigrants, observers, and those seeking to hold them accountable. Livestream on Thursday at 10 AM PT eff.org/livestream-ice
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EFF Town Hall: ICE, CBP, and Digital Rights
You see it. We see it. ICE and CBP are out of control. Many people are exercising their right to say it's unacceptable. But what are the limitations around recording immigration agents? Is it true
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/01/2026
Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to
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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is the time where, "ICE can't eat here" and "ICE can't stay here" and "ICE can't park here" and "ICE can fuck off" are the only way forward.
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Andrea 🌈🌻💜 @puglibri.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Took up too much space apparently 🙄 Love those unspoken norms!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/01/2026
this is a very strange video. it accuses @adamserwer.bsky.social of recapitulating a narrative of founder worship and liberal nationalism — which he does not do in the piece in question — and then concludes with an appeal to reconstruction, when serwer’s piece is grounded in that exact appeal!
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The Trump administration is working to dramatically expand school choice, moving kids to a range of private & religious schools or homeschooling. Ultimately, what percentage of children would remain in public schools? A Moms for Liberty co-founder told me: “I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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Andrea 🌈🌻💜 @puglibri.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
not all heroes wear capes
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
(2) Write a letter of support to the library defending the freedom to read by emailing LibraryTrustees@watertown-ma.gov (there is no deadline). Let us know if you're going to go in person or send an email!
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The Watertown Library Trustees will be meeting July 31 at 7 pm at Watertown Middle School (68 Waverley Ave). Support the library and the freedom to read in one of two ways: (1) Come to the meeting in person (no hybrid option) and make a public comment. Signup is first come first served.
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The books are: A Map for Falasteen by Maysa Odeh and Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck watertown.minlib.net/Record/.b429... watertown.minlib.net/Record/.b416...
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Watertown Free Public Library has received >2000 emails from across the country, as well as some direct local harassment, claiming that 2 books on their suggested summer reading lists are antisemitic.
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🚨 The Watertown Free Public Library (MA) has been receiving organized harassment for including 2 books on suggested summer reading lists. Support the library and defend the freedom to read JULY 31 at 7 pm at the library board meeting at the Watertown Middle School. @authorsabb.bsky.social 🧵
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
That sound you hear is future generations screaming fuuuuuck youuuuuu
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EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act
The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
what happens when a bunch of dumb as bricks, roided up, incurious Nazis use machine learning technology to "predict threats" in cities? we may be about to find out. theintercept.com/2025/07/23/c...
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Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities
A Customs and Border Protection “Industry Day” deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here. Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre? Trump: I think so. He stole her.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
OCLC has laid 80 people off, not just because of IMLS cuts but explicitly because they're trying to use AI to do the work of library professionals. Ready to admit AI is a huge labor problem yet? 📚 www-nbc4i-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbc4...
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Dublin-based nonprofit lays off 80 central Ohio workers, cites AI and federal cuts
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — A Dublin-based organization that manages the Dewey Decimal System and partners with libraries worldwide has laid off dozens of central Ohio employees, citing the rise of…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/07/2025
An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel with cover as starvation spread, @pemalevy.bsky.social reports. “This is Trump’s famine."
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“This is Trump’s famine”: How the US is complicit in Gaza’s suffering
An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel cover as starvation spread.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"This Pro-Israel Silicon Valley Bro Just Went Viral for Islamophobic Tweets About Zohran Mamdani" Meet Shaun Maguire, the multi-millionaire tech VC embracing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian hate as Silicon Valley pours money into US and Israeli defense startups:
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This Pro-Israel Silicon Valley Bro Just Went Viral for Islamophobic Tweets About Zohran Mamdani
Meet Shaun Maguire, the multi-millionaire tech VC embracing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian hate as Silicon Valley pours money into US and Israeli defense startups.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 30/06/2025
ICYMI | Here are a few headlines from this week: 🏛️ @usedgov.bsky.social Outlines Plan to Change Debt-Relief Program for Public Servants 💸 Tuition Discounting Hits Another High 🔬 Researchers ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ NIH Will Restore Grants Read more ➡️ #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3G2TJ4V
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Andrea 🌈🌻💜 @puglibri.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
🚨 If anyone feels so inclined to thank me for being born, now is the time!!! 🤙💕✨🎂4️⃣0️⃣🎂✨💕🤙
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lady gaga wearing sunglasses and a black hat with the hashtag thegagaarchives
ALT: lady gaga wearing sunglasses and a black hat with the hashtag thegagaarchives
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 17/06/2025
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.' But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
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AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
ICE is essentially disappearing people. “The Ice official told me they are under no obligation to tell the family or the attorneys of the detainees that they have been apprehended, or that they’ve been moved to another state, to another facility, or that they’ve been deported.”
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Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/06/2025
Editors should stop letting people do the “big reveal,” that they used chatgpt, for the end of the essay. At least show it up front so I don’t waste my time reading it. www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/17/1...
I don’t consider this essay to be great art. But I should be transparent: I relied extensively on ChatGPT while drafting it. I began with a rough outline, notes typed on my phone in museum galleries, and transcripts from conversations with colleagues. I uploaded older writing samples to give the model a sense of my voice. Then I used the tool to shape a draft, which I revised repeatedly—by hand and with help from an editor—over several weeks.

There may still be phrases or sentences in here that came directly from the model. But I’ve iterated so much that I no longer know which ones. Nor, I suspect, could any reader—or any AI detector. (In fact, Grammarly found that 0% of this text appeared to be AI-generated.)

Many people today remain uneasy about using these tools. They worry it’s cheating, or feel embarrassed to admit that they’ve sought such help. I’ve moved past that. I assume all my students at Harvard Business School are using AI. I assume most academic research begins with literature scanned and synthesized by these models. And I assume that many of the essays I now read in leading publications were shaped, at least in part, by generative tools.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
We're going to live shorter, poorer, and worse lives than the generations that came before
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16/06/2025
Iran launched new missile attacks on Israel, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported at least four killed in central Israel. Iran has vowed retaliation for the deadly surprise attack on its nuclear program and military leadership that Israel began last Friday.
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Iran renews missile attacks on Israel, killing 3 and wounding dozens
Iran has launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported at least three killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 16/06/2025
Every single one led by a Black mayor.
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