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public university library director; prof & pedagogue; exhausted by all this, retaining my humanity by hanging out with my dogs. NH, USA. Join me on Mastodon, the water is nice: social.coop/@actualham

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actualham @robinderosa.net · 28/09/2026
How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...
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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 19/09/2026
A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o... (gift article link)
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Opinion | Panic Won’t Fix the Looming A.I. Threat. Politics Will. (Gift Article)
The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 26/08/2026
Exceelent guide to fall 2026 vaccines yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/your-guide...
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Your guide to fall 2026 vaccines
Respiratory vaccines—for flu, RSV, and Covid-19—will be available at no cost this fall.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 24/08/2026
This is pretty much where I sit on AI today. Christopher Newfield always gets the context right IMO. utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/05/line...
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AI and the Public Good
Wayne State, Detroit on April 12, 2019   This is the corrected text of a talk I gave online to the Wayne State University conference, “Pu...
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David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We had a human vaccine for Lyme disease in the 90's that was 80% effective. It got pulled after attacks by anti-vaccine pushback. But your dog can get one.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 05/08/2026
The AI+OER Institute starts Friday. Two half-days. Virtual. FREE. Two tracks: Applied Pedagogy & Ethical Accountability. Robin DeRosa opens by asking where AI's promise of democratization runs against the equity goals the open movement was built on. Info/register: cptc.libguides.com/TLC/AIOER2026
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LibGuides: Teaching & Learning Center: 2026 AI+OER Institute
Use this guide as a central hub of information from the TLC
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 22/07/2026
Ending clock changes. But which direction should we reset the clock? (The science says Congress is getting it wrong) open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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Ending clock changes. But which direction should we reset the clock?
The science says Congress is getting it wrong
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Jojo Karlin @jojokarlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@openednetwork.bsky.social Tanya Grosz, Jamie Witman, and Karen Lauritsen #OENEngage26
Line drawings of presenters Tanya Grosz, Jamie Witman, and Karen Lauritsen of the Open Education Network
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Jojo Karlin @jojokarlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#OENEngage26 @openednetwork.bsky.social Barb Thees presents OEN 101. #jojodoodles
OEN Engage presentation line drawing of Barb Thees as she presents OEN101
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Jojo Karlin @jojokarlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#OENEngage26 #BrightIdeas with @robinderosa.net @openednetwork.bsky.social Open Education is primed to meet the moment. #jojodoodles
Grayscale drawn Portrait of Robin DeRosa at OEN Engage
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The Ronettes Pickering @stoatie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I love how this makes it seem like they stopped monitoring RFK Jr
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 02/07/2026
GOOD READ! To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago A letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson about yesterday's trans sports case defeat medium.com/prismnpen/to...
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To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago
A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 19/06/2026
Headed with members of our Open Education Network team to the #OER26 conference in the UK next week. So excited! Here is a sneak peek of the session we will be presenting, "Community-Driven Systemic Change." altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2026/06... #OER #HigherEd @OpenEd_Network@mastodon.social
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Community-Driven Systemic Change in Open Education
by Robin DeRosa, Executive Director, Open Education Network Several of my colleagues from the Open Education Network will be joining me at the OER26 conference next week in Milton Keynes to lead a …
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 05/06/2026
To say that I am not a fan of AI in education is both a gross understatement and a massive oversimplification, but perhaps still useful shorthand as I let you know that I will be keynoting this AI + OER Institute in August. It is free, virtual, and open to all: cptc.libguides.com/TLC/AIOER2026
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LibGuides: Teaching & Learning Center: 2026 AI+OER Institute
Use this guide as a central hub of information from the TLC
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 07/05/2026
Florida uses public universities to build conservative civics pipeline ahead of ‘America 250’ prismreports.org/2026/05/06/a...
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Florida uses public universities to build conservative civics pipeline ahead of ‘America 250’
Several civics centers opened in Florida as part of the Department of Education’s America 250 Civics Education Coalition to “renew patriotism”
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026
“The hackers claim to have stolen students’ names, their personal email addresses, and messages sent between teachers and students — the same type of data Instructure admitted was stolen.”
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Hackers steal students' data during breach at education tech giant Instructure | TechCrunch
The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.
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ButtPoems @buttpoems.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Michael Salerno @mikenjd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Not to "Actually...." here, but actually, it was the current Vice President that compared Trump to Hitler.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19/04/2026
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 19/04/2026
There's a lot of talk about leaving Substack & whether it will be the death-knell of your newsletter. I have been on Beehiiv for 7 months now & @tlpavlich.gay helped me run some numbers. So, was leaving Substack worth it? The answer, for me, has been a resounding "yes." Here are the hard numbers:
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seven months on beehiiv, by the numbers
was leaving substack worth it?
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 19/04/2026
An illustrated guide to resisting "AI is inevitable" in education buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/an-illustr...
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An illustrated guide to resisting "AI is inevitable" in education
Enough, enough, enough
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 17/04/2026
Thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel‑writing machines’ theconversation.com/thousands-of...
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Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’
In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces.’
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 11/04/2026
Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians
The century-old library in Stanstead, Que. that straddles the Canada-U.S. border now has a new door so Canadians can get in after the U.S. limited entry to the building last year.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/04/2026
"Put simply, 'child care or war' is a false choice. The U.S. has the money to pay for child care, even if we are also funding a costly, unpopular and arguably unconstitutional war. That money is just stuck in the wrong hands." My latest for @ms.now : www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Trump says the U.S. cannot afford child care in wartime. History says otherwise.
The U.S. government did “take care of day care” once – and used the defense budget to pay the bill.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 01/04/2026
Luanne James is an American hero. Anyone know where we can send donations to support her? www.wsmv.com/2026/04/01/r...
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Rutherford County library director fired over LGBTQ book controversy
Former director refused to relocate 132 books with LGBTQ themes to adult section
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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 31/03/2026
Happy trans day of visibility, here is a wrasse design I made awhile ago because all wrasses change sexes as they age.
A fish with trans flag colors saying trans rights and text below that says you bet your wrasse
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POKEY THE PENGUIN @pokeythepenguin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I AM HOLDING A LOVELY TRANS FLAG AND DECLARING THUS:  HOORAY FOR MY NICE TRANS FRIENDS!!
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Once again, the stock market is not "the economy;" it's a mood ring for the plutocracy
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/03/2026
I love this for them.
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Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance | TechCrunch
More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/03/2026
“It is not that AI is taking our jobs per se, but that AI is being prioritized over many of our jobs.”
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Faculty Push Back Against OpenAI Deals
As higher ed institutions pay tech companies millions to provide students and faculty access to custom AI-powered tools, some faculty in Colorado and California are pushing back.
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Funky Dynamite @sweavart.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech. CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 20/03/2026
A court ordered Trump’s Department of Education to roll back its anti-DEI efforts. Why haven’t universities reversed course? prismreports.org/2026/03/19/d...
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Education Department was ordered to roll back its anti-DEI efforts. Why haven’t universities reversed course?
Last month, the department conceded it could not make universities’ race-conscious efforts illegal, but schools nationwide have yet to reinstate DEI efforts
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Colin Lowry @colinlowry.ie · 20/03/2026
We’re delighted to announce our international keynote for the upcoming national event Open Education: Supporting Policy and Practice. @robinderosa.net (Executive Director, Open Education Network) will deliver a keynote, “Opening the Future: Equity, Sustainability, and Promise in Higher Education”
Graphic for the HEA Open Education event titled “Open Education: Supporting Policy and Practice,” taking place on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 at Munster Technological University. The graphic features keynote speaker Robin DeRosa, Executive Director of the Open Education Network (University of Minnesota), alongside the keynote title “Opening the Future: Equity, Sustainability, and Promise in Higher Education.” The HEA and MTU logos are included, with a link to more information.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
WELP fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 18/03/2026
Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement. The encyclopedia company's lawsuit also said ChatGPT cannibalizes traffic to the Britannica and Merriam-Webster websites. www.engadget.com/ai/encyclope...
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Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement
The company behind Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster claimed that OpenAI used copyrighted content and made false attributions.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 17/03/2026
In a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics against RFK Jr., a federal court ruled that the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee can't move forward under changes he imposed and reversed every action the committee took since summer 2025. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-win-for-...
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A win for your access to vaccines, federal accountability, and health
AAP vs. RFK vaccine lawsuit
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 17/03/2026
This also describes cuts inside public universities. Replace “important income to support their lives” with “the Humanities” & “reduce the federal deficit” with “eliminate our budget deficit.” The free market causes problems that public goods are asked to correct through both service & elimination.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 16/03/2026
Past Makes Perfect: A Mini Handbook for Student Historians Much has been written about the skills history students need to be successful in their academic programs. This #OER aims to put some of the most important concepts in easy bite sized formats. express.excelsior.edu/historyhandb...
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Past Makes Perfect: A Mini Handbook for Student Historians
Much has been written about the skills history students need to be successful in their academic programs. This textbook aims to put some of the most important concepts in easy bite sized formats.…
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 16/03/2026
Accessible Appalachia: An Open-Access Introduction to Appalachian Studies This #OER textbook features coverage of Appalachian artistic, cultural, historical, natural, and social development. manifold.open.umn.edu/projects/acc...
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Accessible Appalachia | OEN Manifold
<p> <em>Accessible Appalachia: An Open-Access Introduction to Appalachian Studies</em> is an edited collection of original scholarship. The textbook offers an interdisciplinary perspective and is…
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 16/03/2026
New #OER aimed at enabling all learners to build strong library research skills. qut.pressbooks.pub/airs/
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Advanced Information Research Skills (AIRS)
A trusted and long-standing QUT Library program, empowering researchers and learners with the skills to navigate information with confidence.<br /><a class="link-button"…
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 13/03/2026
Portland State declares financial crisis, reveals plan to cut or reduce 19 departments www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Portland State declares financial crisis, reveals plan to cut or reduce 19 departments
Portland State’s announcement Monday lays the groundwork for a process that could result in a massive restructuring of the university.
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Open Education Network @openednetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Listen to "The Open Education Network with Robin DeRosa and David Ernst" by voicEd Radio via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/the-... @robinderosa.net #OENCommunity #OpenEducation
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The Open Education Network with Robin DeRosa and David Ernst - Gettin' Air with Terry Greene
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/03/2026
I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children. This is learned today: Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...
After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative.

The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My employer Canterbury Shaker Village lost a small NEH grant. I wrote it. I used words such as "equality" and "citizenship." The same words were used in CHATGPT to cancel grants. The same words are in the nation's founding documents.
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actualham @robinderosa.net · 06/03/2026
Millions of Students Attend Schools Near Toxic Sites, a New Study Shows: Exposure to pollutants affects students’ health and learning www.edweek.org/leadership/m...
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Millions of Students Attend Schools Near Toxic Sites, a New Study Shows
The study explores schools' proximity to hazardous sites and students' exposure to pollutants.
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