Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
@baharaky.bsky.social
librarian, feminist, phd in geography, refugee on stolen Indigenous land, thalassophile, she/her/او, 🍞 and 🌹🌹, too.
📍Vancouver
📍Vancouver
Goose Rorschachs on foggy Lost Lagoon. January 18, 2026.
January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Goose Rorschachs on foggy Lost Lagoon. January 18, 2026.
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fog bank over the Salish Sea. December 31, 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Fog bank over the Salish Sea. December 31, 2025.
Not proud to admit this, but we spent a bunch of time looking for "The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger" on various streaming sites (no luck) before checking the public library, and violà! Don't be like me. Check your public library catalogue first. 🫣
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Not proud to admit this, but we spent a bunch of time looking for "The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger" on various streaming sites (no luck) before checking the public library, and violà! Don't be like me. Check your public library catalogue first. 🫣
Last book of 2025: Ocean Vuong's "Emperor of Gladness." Stunning, devastating, hopeful, unsentimental, wise. I loved everything about it.
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Last book of 2025: Ocean Vuong's "Emperor of Gladness." Stunning, devastating, hopeful, unsentimental, wise. I loved everything about it.
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
Salish Sea on Solstice Eve, 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Salish Sea on Solstice Eve, 2025.
I loved this so much. neal.fun/size-of-life/
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I loved this so much. neal.fun/size-of-life/
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
pressprogress.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
TIL that the ONLY way to ship something to the US is to download a 3rd party app, create an account & give them all your info. Don't have a smart phone/are not a semi-advanced user? "You can ask a neighbour to help." The post office should be for everyone & give a sh*t about your data. Infuriating.
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
TIL that the ONLY way to ship something to the US is to download a 3rd party app, create an account & give them all your info. Don't have a smart phone/are not a semi-advanced user? "You can ask a neighbour to help." The post office should be for everyone & give a sh*t about your data. Infuriating.
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
The Tyee Has a New AI Policy | The Tyee
Long story short: We’re mostly taking a pass on the robots.
thetyee.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
What establishment Dems tried to do to Mamdani, the BC NDP successfully did to Anjali Appadurai.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
David Eby to become next B.C. premier after NDP ousts leadership rival Anjali Appadurai | CBC News
The B.C. NDP executive has voted to disqualify Anjali Appadurai from its leadership race, effectively crowning David Eby as the next premier of British Columbia.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
What establishment Dems tried to do to Mamdani, the BC NDP successfully did to Anjali Appadurai.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
She was poised to win the leadership race by actually getting people to join the party. The old guard didn't like that, so they crushed the next generation to maintain their grip on power.
Sunrise over the Salish Sea. November 4th, 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sunrise over the Salish Sea. November 4th, 2025.
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
CBC News put together an excellent story on yesterday's memorial for Kulbir Kaila at SFU Burnaby, with words from her family.
Please take a few minutes to watch and share.
Justice for Kulbir. Never again. SFU must end the contracting out of low wage work NOW.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Please take a few minutes to watch and share.
Justice for Kulbir. Never again. SFU must end the contracting out of low wage work NOW.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Calls for improved working conditions for janitorial staff at SFU, Burnaby
At Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus, colleagues and friends of a custodian who died while at work are calling on the university to improve working conditions for janitorial staff. As Michelle ...
www.cbc.ca
October 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
CBC News put together an excellent story on yesterday's memorial for Kulbir Kaila at SFU Burnaby, with words from her family.
Please take a few minutes to watch and share.
Justice for Kulbir. Never again. SFU must end the contracting out of low wage work NOW.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Please take a few minutes to watch and share.
Justice for Kulbir. Never again. SFU must end the contracting out of low wage work NOW.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Thank goodness for the AI search recommendations: "it looks like you're searching for a particular author who appears in our catalogue. Would you like to search for some gibberish instead?"
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thank goodness for the AI search recommendations: "it looks like you're searching for a particular author who appears in our catalogue. Would you like to search for some gibberish instead?"
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
losing my mind at “paper-based”. Do you mean fucking paper
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
losing my mind at “paper-based”. Do you mean fucking paper
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Out now! Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers from @alaeditionsns.bsky.social
Grateful for all the library unionists who spoke to us for the book, and to co-authors @kellymce.bsky.social @mkahn.bsky.social and Angelo Moreno!
alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
Grateful for all the library unionists who spoke to us for the book, and to co-authors @kellymce.bsky.social @mkahn.bsky.social and Angelo Moreno!
alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers (Critical Cultural Information Studies series)
alastore.ala.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Out now! Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers from @alaeditionsns.bsky.social
Grateful for all the library unionists who spoke to us for the book, and to co-authors @kellymce.bsky.social @mkahn.bsky.social and Angelo Moreno!
alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
Grateful for all the library unionists who spoke to us for the book, and to co-authors @kellymce.bsky.social @mkahn.bsky.social and Angelo Moreno!
alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
After the death of a janitor at Simon Fraser, her coworkers say the university, employer and union have all let them down. My latest for @thetyee.ca
The Tyee spoke to seven of Kulbir Kaila’s co-workers, who all say they believe an excessive workload, strenuous working conditions and a lack of support for existing health conditions contributed to her death.
A Janitor Died on the Job at SFU. Co-workers Want Change | The Tyee
The workers say their employer, union and Simon Fraser University let them down.
thetyee.ca
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
After the death of a janitor at Simon Fraser, her coworkers say the university, employer and union have all let them down. My latest for @thetyee.ca
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
For the hundredth time: THERE IS NO ANCIENT ISRAEL!
This is a Zionist fantasy. Why is SFU platforming such historically bankrupt hasbara?
This is a Zionist fantasy. Why is SFU platforming such historically bankrupt hasbara?
A question I have today is:
How/why has the SFU Library chosen to host an exhibit entitled “Ancient Israel: The Land & the Jewish People” at a moment when Israel is committing genocide & starving Palestinians in Gaza?
How/why has the SFU Library chosen to host an exhibit entitled “Ancient Israel: The Land & the Jewish People” at a moment when Israel is committing genocide & starving Palestinians in Gaza?
July 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For the hundredth time: THERE IS NO ANCIENT ISRAEL!
This is a Zionist fantasy. Why is SFU platforming such historically bankrupt hasbara?
This is a Zionist fantasy. Why is SFU platforming such historically bankrupt hasbara?
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/
Rejecting Complicity: ScholCommLab’s Statement of Support for PACBI Principles - Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab
Rejecting Complicity: ScholCommLab’s Statement of Support for PACBI Principles In the wake of the genocide and scholasticide in Gaza, the […]
www.scholcommlab.ca
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/
Reposted by Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉
Border and Rule is available for free download!
I wrote a book spanning ICE & borders, Palestine & policing, colonialism & global fascism - in service to internationalist struggles.
I can no longer travel to US, but this book (as well @silkys13.bsky.social & @micahh.bsky.social 's) can come to you
I wrote a book spanning ICE & borders, Palestine & policing, colonialism & global fascism - in service to internationalist struggles.
I can no longer travel to US, but this book (as well @silkys13.bsky.social & @micahh.bsky.social 's) can come to you
Another world is possible if we fight for it.
FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...
www.haymarketbooks.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Border and Rule is available for free download!
I wrote a book spanning ICE & borders, Palestine & policing, colonialism & global fascism - in service to internationalist struggles.
I can no longer travel to US, but this book (as well @silkys13.bsky.social & @micahh.bsky.social 's) can come to you
I wrote a book spanning ICE & borders, Palestine & policing, colonialism & global fascism - in service to internationalist struggles.
I can no longer travel to US, but this book (as well @silkys13.bsky.social & @micahh.bsky.social 's) can come to you