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Emily Drabinski

@edrabinski.bsky.social

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Associate Professor, Chair, Queens College (CUNY) Grad School of Library & Info Studies. Past President, American Library Association. PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity .. more

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2h

Marxists on the lawn? Count me in!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 5h

Love after Love. Derek Walcott.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 6h

That first pic!!!

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 6h

Pls send me all reels, memes, photos of our starting four pitchers, photos of Kim looking really seriously at his glove in the dugout, audio of Snell saying “go huskies,” Betts looking so so serious, Betts gleeful, Kiké content of any kind. #DodgerFilter

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🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 6h

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 6h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 6h

As Chicago continues to be the epicenter of the fight for democracy, I'm looking forward to talking to journalist @meredithshiner.com today on @lincolnsquare.media. She joins me LIVE at 12pm CT. I hope you'll tune in.

It's the democracy, Stupid with host Edwin Eisendrath and Guest journalist Meredith Shiner. Lincoln Square Live Friday at 12CT

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

Two new FTP resources that were shared this evening:

1. Friends of the Library 101 - www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo... - created by FTP volunteers and designed by FTP steering committee member @kruttika.bsky.social - learn about from Friends of the Library groups are and do.

Resources — For The People

www.librariesforthepeople.org

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21h

Anyway Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are both New Yorkers and the top Democrats in the House and Senate, respectively, and any point they could learn how to use a shutdown to make the point that we’re living in fascism.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21h

We cAn oNLy mAkE tHe ShUtDoWn aBoUt HeALtH cArE newrepublic.com/article/2014...

NYT push alert

Breaking News
Letitia James is said to have been indicted after President Trump pushed the Justice Department to seek charges against her.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 21h

Blake Treinen met his wife on Christian Mingle. #DodgerFilter

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

The Republican party is united around making children go hungry. Not a single murmur of meaningful dissent from this agenda from anyone in power in that party. What kind of hole do you have to have in your soul to support such savagery?

New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A surprise move by the Trump administration could result in hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers losing their food assistance benefits as soon as November — disrupting one of the country’s oldest safety net programs months earlier than expected. nysfocus.com/2025/10/09/t...

Surprise Trump Move Will Upend New York Food Stamps

New York counties thought they had months to prepare to implement SNAP work requirements. Now, they have weeks.

nysfocus.com

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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 1d

Surprise Trump Move Will Upend New York Food Stamps

New York counties thought they had months to prepare to implement SNAP work requirements. Now, they have weeks.

nysfocus.com

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Melissa @bibliothecar.bsky.social · 1d

#bannedbooksweek

NYCLU statement: We have been receiving reports that ICE agents are unlawfully banning all books from entering the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (Batavia). Titles include a dictionary, books about religiong, drawing books, and even a Sudoku puzzle book. Banning books in immigration detention facilities plainly violates the First Amendment, which is afforded to all people in the United States--including those trapped in immigration detention. The Buffalo Federal Detention Facility must take immediate steps to end this practice and comply with the First Amendment"

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 1d

“As a Republican, I am very disappointed in my party . . . You have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show.”

If you watch one video today, hope it’ll be this one. Powerful words from a military spouse this morning to Speaker Johnson — he must reopen the House!

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

"Full count."

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

What about my smiles. The fact that I have zero smiles. Doesn't my lack of smiles matter at all.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

"Ranger Suarez all smiles."

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

One thing I did today was provide a reference for a friend being considered as an adoptive parent for a bonded pair of cats named Chicken and Pork Chop.

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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 2d

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to be on the other side of this pile!

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

I always think of @icpetrie.bsky.social when I get ready to fold the laundry, that is the power and legacy of a decade on Twitter.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

Can't wait!

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

Katy is the best!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

And hi Safe Libraries Guy. Feel free to screenshot and tell twitter that I'm having a meltdown.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

The entire Republican party is united behind this guy and his violent buffoonery. How anybody continues to vote for these people is a mystery to me. Is it that important to you that kids don't learn how to read? That people go hungry and sick? That Marxist lesbians get put in their place?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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