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Your friendly mixed Fil-Am Access Services librarian. You've likely seen me on campus, Zoom, social media, or the LISsphere. While this is my business casual account, posts do NOT represent my employer's views. Shares and likes ≠ endorsements. #IsangBagsak

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Tricia the Goblin 🎃📚💻🇵🇭🇺🇲 @trishgreen.bsky.social · 11d

This. Absolutely this.
"While much has been written about the vulnerabilities of contingent faculty, there has been almost no discussion of the academic freedom needs of one of higher education’s most rapidly growing workforces: third-space professionals." #HigherEd #Staff #AcademicLibraries

Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom, Too (opinion)

Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes.

www.insidehighered.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 3d

“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public.”

— Rana Jaleel, associate professor at UC Davis & Chair of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure

How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society

Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis f...

lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu

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William the Librarian @williamottens.com · 14h

We got lots of fun Treat Monster name suggestions! Forgot how much fun library outreach can be.

A large piece of paper with “What should we name our treat monsters?” at the top and many names, some silly, some normal, in children’s handwriting. Three monsters are at the bottom.

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 1d

“There is no place in American higher education for death threats against professors,” Todd Wolfson, the president of the AAUP, said in a statement. “We stand with Professor Bray against this gross assault on academic freedom and freedom of speech.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I hope AAUP does to expand coverage of these issues is relate the loss of governance, loss of academic freedom, loss of tenure and other things that SEEM to affect only faculty more in terms of how it affects education, tuition cost, and accessibility.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.

Learn more at the link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines

Faculty on the Front Lines:AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance"Faculty on the Front Lines" is a series documenting the stories of AAUP members. While some of these participants hav...

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

Vanderbilt AAUP press release about the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate voting overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution opposing the President's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education as an unconstitutional & illegal infringement on rights & freedoms.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/09/v...

Vanderbilt Faculty Senate Votes Overwhelmingly to Oppose Trump Loyalty Oath

The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution opposing President Trump’s proposed “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.” The resolution, citing concerns …

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Health Care Renewal @healthcarerenew.bsky.social · 1d

professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts "As many as 40...have been dismissed...according to the AAUP. Many...targeted by rightwing campaigners, who...pressured their employers to take action" [Fired for speaking ill of the dead] www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · 16h

#LetFreedomReadDay
#BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead

@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

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American Library Association on Instagram: "The American Library Association tracks attempts to ban or censor books in libraries and schools across the U.S. We compile reports of these censorship atte...

1,121 likes, 7 comments - americanlibraryassociation on October 8, 2025: "The American Library Association tracks attempts to ban or censor books in libraries and schools across the U.S. We compile re...

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · 14h

#QPLTeens
#BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead
#LetFreedomReadDay

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Queens Public Library Teens on Instagram: "#Shoutout to our amazing #QPLTeens and staff at #CambriaHeights for their work on #BannedBooks merch using @cricut heat press technology! Books and reading ...

19 likes, 0 comments - qplteens on October 10, 2025: "#Shoutout to our amazing #QPLTeens and staff at #CambriaHeights for their work on #BannedBooks merch using @cricut heat press technology! Books a...

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Tricia the Goblin 🎃📚💻🇵🇭🇺🇲 @trishgreen.bsky.social · 21h

Sic semper tyrannis...

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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William the Librarian @williamottens.com · 17h

Debuting treat monsters and polling for names at a library outreach event this afternoon. HOW CUTE ARE THEY?!

Three monster shaped candy baskets on a glass display case in a library. The one on the left is pink with one eye and horns, the one in the middle is blue with two eye stalks, and the one on the right is yellow-green with two eye stalks. All three have open mouths where the candy goes.

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 20h

"Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind..." -John Perry Barlow (1996)

Our next presenter, @anya-shchetvina.bsky.social, begins her presentation on Internet manifestos by quoting one of the most famous examples #SHOT2025

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace

by John Perry Barlow Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us ...

www.eff.org

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 19h

After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | @austinstatesman.bsky.social

What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights

www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | Opinion

What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights, Lisa L. Moore writes.

www.statesman.com

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 20h

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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Tricia the Goblin 🎃📚💻🇵🇭🇺🇲 @trishgreen.bsky.social · 21h

Sic semper tyrannis...

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 22h

Or anything, really. Passing your grading off to AI is simply deciding that your students’ work isn’t worth engaging with. And if that’s how you feel, why on Earth are you in a classroom?

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

substack.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

“I joined the AAUP because I wanted to connect w/ people who shared the values I hold dear — values that are under attack & need defending. I saw the opportunity to participate in the trial because of that connection. & because of that connection, I felt able to take a risk worth taking.”

I’m a Non-Citizen Professor. Here’s Why I Testified Against Trump. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

I am glad that I could re-learn this crucial lesson. Surround yourself with the right people. Stand in solidarity with them. Courses of action will make themselves known to you, along with the resourc...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Tricia the Goblin 🎃📚💻🇵🇭🇺🇲 @trishgreen.bsky.social · 1d

And now for something completely different: Weevil Weevil rock you!

Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · 2d

Big fan of this weevil's color scheme, pointy snoot, and huge feet!

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

black and yellow weevil on a green leaf with long thin rostrum and very large foot pads

Tricia the Goblin 🎃📚💻🇵🇭🇺🇲 @trishgreen.bsky.social · 1d

And now for something completely different: Weevil Weevil rock you!

Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · 2d

Big fan of this weevil's color scheme, pointy snoot, and huge feet!

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant breakdown of the #kavanaughstop from @pemalevy.bsky.social and @annayeo.bsky.social

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

US Education Department to lay off employees, agency says reut.rs/4n0ZnUr

US Education Department to lay off employees, agency says

The U.S. Department of Education said on Friday it would lay employees off as workforce cut notices began to go out on the tenth day of the federal government shutdown.

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