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Gentle reminder that there is a place for everyone in the revolution. Townhalls and protests are vital. Equally essential are those of use working with vulnerable populations who rely on folks to do the work of quiet dissent and aid. There. Is. A. Place. For. All.

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In today’s episode, we discuss the health impacts of adverse childhood experiences, and how our system for measuring them came to be. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

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NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:

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It'd be nice if we would spend less time on AI and more time on our actual vital missions right now. Especially given, you know, the purposeful dismantling of libraries and education. 📚

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I made a little zine about calling your congresspeople and put copies out at my birthday party. I was delighted that more than 20 people took copies, as well as a dozen copies of the Don't Just Do Nothing zine I printed out.

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Costco and Trader Joes are yin and yang. Together they form a harmonious balance. One sells big piles of normal food, the other sells small piles of weird food. These are the two food piles people need

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Look, I’m not saying getting yourself a giant coffee drink will fix all your problems, but the science tells us there’s only one way to know for sure that it won’t

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This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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Want to hang out with cool book people and read books all weekend? We have a channel dedicated to this readathon. We read as much as we want and chat about books! It’s a great Discord: book clubs, giveaways, buddy reads’! Join us : discord.gg/S6vwHnjfZh

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"We've added A.I. to--" me:

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At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

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Serena Williams was on the field longer today than Harrison Butker.

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When Kendrick said hey Drake and smiled at the camera I screamed laughed in a way I didn’t think possible. #superbowl

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Don’t invite me to your Super Bowl party if this isn’t the vibe

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Taking a social media break until Monday. The goal is to rest, read, and get some emotional regulation going on here. See you all on Monday!

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BREAKING: The US State Department flag has been spotted flying upside down—a universal signal of distress.

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I'm so effing sick of AI being shoved down everyone's throat in library world. We have active information suppression and elimination happening. Focus on that.

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www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...

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If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted. They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.

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Librarians are awesome. Our data librarian has been compiling efforts to archive and preserve federal data. Preliminary list here: researchguides.library.syr.edu/data

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✨life lately✨ -wake up -see inbox news headlines -hold back panic -go to job that will likely be eliminated -dissociate into work -recall I am a woman -begin internal screaming -cardio and class war soundtracks -read book about tyrannical wealthy leaders in a dystopian hellscape -sleep ✨love life✨

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"Emily Drabinski and Mariame Kaba speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024" Morning listening soundcloud.com/socialismcon...

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Interesting that all of my deconstructed friends who were raised evangelical and were either homeschooled or went to a private Christian school are some of the most radical Leftists I know. We were steeped in Project 2025. The Christian Nationalist takeover has been in the works for decades. (1/6)

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LOL

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Hey #medlibs, maybe now would be a good time for all that weird energy and time being spent shoving AI into everything to stop and refocus on, idk, this stuff.

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We can and should talk about mainstream medical associations/lobby groups being problematic (because they are) but this is the kind of thing I mean when I talk about entities who are able to take on legal risk have a moral and ethical obligation to do so

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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

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Here is the full list

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This is a helpful post. I'm playing around with keywords and search strings for a class I'm teaching on Thursday. It at least helps me troubleshoot.

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Glad to see the @libraryofcongress.bsky.social's web archiving program, at least for zines, is still live www.loc.gov/collections/... 📚📜

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i will DIE ON THIS HILL #handembroidery #audiobooks

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Ruth and I were reading the headlines earlier.

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🫡

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The Anglican Catholic Church has now revoked Calvin Robinson's license. anglican.ink/2025/01/29/c...

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I want to make it clear that Biden’s expansion of the detention facilities in the U.S., as well as Obamas bullshit with Guantanamo, made this possible. When you see so many people yelling that liberal policy leads to fascism, this is what we mean.

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👇🏽🤔

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