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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

I wonder where the Harper's signatories are now. Are they still alive or no?

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's World Homeless Day, and I'll just say: Homelessness isn't some great unsolvable mystery. People are homeless because they don't have homes. This suffering persists not for lack of solutions, but because enormous wealth and power are invested in maintaining the very structures that produce it.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 09/10/2026

there was a really amazing window in which many people who had never considered otherwise began thinking about the way race interfaced with all aspects of their social and material lives that sadly soon got undercut by the grifter motive of “making white people spend money to absolve their guilt“

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

this country will not be transformed without addressing policing, prisons, surveillance and militarism. Sorry. Cannot get around it. The carceral socialists may make incremental progress but they will ALWAYS come up against state violence.

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Asinus Pervicax @knownagitator.lol · 08/10/2026

if this presidency has been good for any one thing, it's trump's utter commitment to making the ambient violence in the society that's usually left at a subtextual level into outright text in bold face.

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Terry Shull (she/her/hers) @terilynns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And if there's a fear that cussing out the toaster will cause the toaster to set us on fire, then we need to destroy the toaster.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There’s no A.I. “literacy”. There is only power, to either rebuild or eradicate commonly shared knowledge production. They haz it. Remains to be seen if we haz some too.

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neuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i'm not a "both parties are the same" person, that's obviously not true, but it is true that everyone in the federal government exercises class solidarity with each other to some degree, and for SCOTUS that degree is something in the neighborhood of 99%

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

if I support Local Ballot Initiative #47 this year and you oppose it, are we as human beings on different political "sides" or do we just not perfectly align on every constituent issue? should we give the same answer whether Initiative #47 is a soda tax or a referendum on genocide?

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every year, I expect ALA to at least mention the critical importance of people in communities getting involved in library governance. Every year, it does not.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

what in the WHAT

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The bravest, noblest, sexiest posters on this site are the ones who see a post that's calling for positive change and savvily respond "yeah, that's never gonna happen." I don't use the word "hero" lightly, but these people are truly the heroes of our time.

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Vicki Rose @vickirose.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026

This is a rough read. In particular what gets me are the details of a prominent survivor invited to spill her guts at an institution with a deep sexual assault problem, greeted with boredom by male frat members. Horrifying.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Mari Cohn @maricohn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Millennials: I’m never going to retire 😩 90 year old senators: I’m never going to retire!!!!1! 🤪💥🎉🥳🙌🍾

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Important read about the corporate capture of universities (and how it's been a long time coming) 👇

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...

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How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026

Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...

en.wikipedia.org

Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

i'm not reading what that dumbass wrote

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Semi regular reminder that when (white) men declare the end of humanity they usually mean the end of their dominance.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 19/09/2026

This is insane

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

They are trying to blame AI for these kinds of mistakes in the way that you put googly eyes on a rock and then pretend it's a scapegoat.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”

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Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler

Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP

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Sojourna @thenotorioussjc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Falls down screaming in budget cuts

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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@aaup.org @biblioracle.bsky.social & Katie Rainwater nails what everyone misses. Heritage Foundation hates college full stop. They bash DEI to get in the door, but the point is to close the door on everyone. That's why they want to own accreditation. Say no today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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With Proposed Federal Rules, Heritage Foundation Upends Higher Education

Who is up for a little Christian Nationalism embedded into our higher education system?

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Sojourna @thenotorioussjc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m using this as part of my definitional presentation for first year students. it’s really helpful from an IL standpoint

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For anyone who has been doing their utmost to avoid "AI" discourse but feels like they can't anymore, I offer this encyclopedia entry as a starting point that will hopefully give you the broader context:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.

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rose @breadnrosie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

i like that their methodology would classify someone making $150k as working class if they don't have a college degree, but someone making 50k who has a college degree isn't.

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jks (she/they) @jkshields.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This article makes valuable points, but I will never forget the relief I saw on a circulation worker's face when she realized that a social worker in the space would mean she wasn't the primary person on call the next time someone ODed in the library bathroom.

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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."

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Avoiding discourse and just going to say tossing $50 and an email saying you appreciate x statement on trans rights is a Good positive feedback more people should engage in

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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

kudos to macklemore here for —right off the bat— the perspective and acknowledgment of who the real victims are

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.

But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14/09/2026

I really understand why basically every religion warns against extreme wealth.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/09/2026

As someone who has been covering transgender rights for years, let me be clear about something: When you see capitulation over sports, know that it NEVER stops at sports. And in fact, Turek illustrated this just yesterday when he embraced a federal ban on funding for all trans care.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is not what slop refers to. I'm not being purely academic about this. The conflation does matter. Because this is a type of conglation that people do to make any reasonable critique of "A.I." seem overwrought. "Oh they said the same thing about the internet!" And it is not true.

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Elliot C. Williams @ecwilliams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How do Smithsonian employees around DC feel about this? DMs open / Signal: ecwilliams.30

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I didn't come up with this analogy myself, but: asking whether or not a computer program can think is as relevant as asking whether or not a submarine can swim. It has nothing to do with what the machine can do; we know what it can do already. It's an attempt to change the definition of a word.

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