Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"There is no significant data that patrons want or desire social workers in our space, especially those who are socially excluded. For patrons already entangled with social services [involuntarily] ... social workers in our spaces can instead pose a significant barrier to access." 093
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026No Soft Cops, No Saviours: Abolitionist Notes Against Social Work in Libraries by @gossippractice.bsky.social 35122
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 11/09/2026A short love letter to analog reading* Downloadable here: screamingintothefuture.com/2026/09/11/n... #zine #zines #surveillance *Yes, I get the irony of sharing it on this digital platform. 021
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 09/09/2026It is honestly such an unholy mess. My own experience was terrible 010
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 09/09/2026This sounds like an excellent opportunity, and a real benefit for students to hear! I’d love to have something like this for my archives courses 110
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If 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. 📚 713035
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 28/08/2026"Heads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in education" "In this paper, we argue that generative #AI detection should not be used in #education due to its methodological imperfections, violation of procedural fairness, and unverifiable outputs." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comHeads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in educationThe increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in student assessment has led to institutional reliance on detection tools. Unlike plagiarism detection, AI detection relies on unverif... 000
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 21/08/2026Happy new #TheCramps day, to all who celebrate #punk #music #recoveredAlbumsFromDecadesAgo thecramps.bandcamp.com/album/graves...thecramps.bandcamp.comGravest Gravy, by The Cramps12 track album 041
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026For those who have long desired the ALA David Bowie READ poster, it is now available again: 📚📜 alastore.ala.org/david-bowie-... 14015
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 09/08/2026I’d like to have more Extra Medium in my life #myBrotherTheMinotaur 000
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 07/08/2026📚 The first episode of The Comics Librarian Podcast is now available with @monibarre.bsky.social I promise to get my lighting fixed! youtu.be/YpAGqmPZexk... #comics #libraries #librarians 2218
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 06/08/2026It’s official; I’m another white guy with a podcast! The good folks at Prana DMS have invited me to talk about #comics and #libraries 📚Each week I’ll be joined by a fellow comics librarian or comics industry pro 1st episode drops tomorrow with guest Moni Barrette wherever you get your pods 33410
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/08/2026After having pushed folks to my Ghost newsletter, my Patreon has fallen off by a concerning amount, so here's a quick reminder that you can support my work on Patreon as well. patreon.com/katelynburnspatreon.comKatelyn Burns — creating LGBTQ journalismGet more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon. creating LGBTQ journalism. Support Katelyn Burns and get exclusive access to their work. 15120
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 05/08/2026📚📜 Hey #archives / #memoryWorker friends! The Southern Memory Workers just opened applications for their new program An archives-training-for-non-archivists, this focuses on folks working in #socialJustice orgs in the US South www.southernmemoryworkers.org/programs/sav...southernmemoryworkers.orgSave Your Progress — Southern Memory Workers 065
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 03/08/2026Made this little #zine at my local zine club yesterday. #yay4zines #zineClub 000
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 02/08/2026I’m at a point in my life where thrifting is actually getting easier ✅ “That won’t fit” ✅ “This one won’t fit” ✅ “That’ll never fit me” ✅ “This is soooo cool, but definitely won’t fit” And then I go home 000
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 01/08/2026Here’s a thought that I thought and now can’t stop thinking: We’re all speaking in what will one day be an old timey fashion 100
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 29/07/2026📚📜 Hi #archives friends, I'm prepping a class, and would love to hear any suggestions you have about #archives and #ai. Are there publications (articles / blog posts / podcasts /etc.) on the topic that you think future #archivists should know about? Thanks 🙏 213
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Some solid speakers here 111
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/07/2026📚 Culture doesn't have to be censored to disappear. 🕳️ Sometimes all it takes is an expired license. 📼💿 The paper THE POLITICAL THREATS OF VANISHING CULTURE AND THE NEED TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE MEMORY digs into why. 📖 Read or download it ⬇️ journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/artic... 🧵 3255103
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹⚜️Baldgood Marshall @freshlogic.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026I want the Dems in this state to try to break this. He signed it “Office of the Governor.” This has to be a violation of public trust. 42317
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 24/07/2026I offer first name, but acknowledge that many of us are southern and that won’t feel right, so I also offer Mx. [last name] 010
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 24/07/2026📚 Coming up from @libjuiceconnect.bsky.social "A Critical Conversation on AI in Librarianship" libraryjuiceconnections.org/events/a-cri...libraryjuiceconnections.orgA Critical Conversation on AI in Librarianship • Library Juice ConnectionsHow is AI affecting our work in librarianship and what can we do about it? A conversation with librarians about AI in librarianship 074
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 24/07/2026New podcast episode, "Rejecting Neutrality," featuring Deborah Tomaras & Tina Gross talking about the Library of Congress insistence on the idea of neutrality in #LCSH. 📚 #critcat #cataloging lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-690-...lostinthestacks.libsyn.comLost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show: Episode 690: Rejecting NeutralityCatalogers discuss rejecting neutrality in the creation and management of subject headings, taking special notice of the Library of Congress's insistence on (some version of) "neutrality." Guests: Deb... 03114
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 17/07/2026Now let us all line up for the ritual proving of pure-heartedness 010
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/07/2026This is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...npr.orgTrump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans careNPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally. 231628495
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 11/07/2026This must be a real comfort to folks suffering from #Cyclospora infection “Have you tried not consuming feces?” 000
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Metro NY Library Council's Cross-Reference Coalition — an experimental school connecting librarians, archivists, grad students, artists, designers — is accepting applications for our fall class exploring PUBLIC STUDY: alternative/radical/progressive schools, lrng communities... crc.metro.org/apply/ 312163
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Roxanne Shirazi @roxanneshirazi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I (finally) listened to this and now I need to get my hands on a button that says “no one wants an AI librarian” 1349
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 07/07/2026📚 The worst library job I had was as a manager at a branch with A LOT of problems, including a daily creepy caller. I demanded we take action to protect the staff, but I got no support from the administration. He only wanted to speak to the women, so I implemented a new rule... 👇americanlibrariesmagazine.orgThe Creepy Caller Problem | American Libraries Magazine“That guy” occupies a position between acceptable behavior and overt sexual harassment, making effective response difficult. 58726
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 12/06/2026I will use cntr+f to find the unsubscribe link. You cannot hide it from me. 000
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 09/06/2026This is happening tomorrow! libraryjuiceconnections.org/events/resis... #libraries 📚 #archives #ai #resistingAI @libjuiceconnect.bsky.social 1349
Reposted by Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 09/06/2026ONE FROM THE VAULTS RETURNS! For a special Tenth Anniversary season! Ten brand new episodes of the original trans history podcast. In our first episode, we chart the life of tarot master, sci fi writer, and 70s trans activist Rachel Pollack! Please share! m.soundcloud.com/onefromtheva...m.soundcloud.comOFTV 40 - The High Priestess of PoughkeepsiePlay OFTV 40 - The High Priestess of Poughkeepsie by OneFromTheVaultspodcast on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. 9214110
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 04/06/2026Have y'all heard of this movie!?! It's just full of covers from some of my favorite #punk bands! 010
Sophie 🏳️⚧️💜🎹 @sophiously.com · 04/06/2026Life is too short to not finish this sentence with things I want to justify doing 000