Jeanine Finn
@jftitone.bsky.social
Librarian and data stuff.
Scholar of online credibility and sci comm and GIS.
Visiting faculty @ a SLAC
UTexas iSchool PhD, now novice Californian
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️supporter and will be loud about it
#unionyes
she/her
Scholar of online credibility and sci comm and GIS.
Visiting faculty @ a SLAC
UTexas iSchool PhD, now novice Californian
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️supporter and will be loud about it
#unionyes
she/her
Really good Texas perspective here from Molly Ivins’ longtime paper (she would call it The Startlegram).
No paywall!
No paywall!
Local columnist on the context of Dems flipping a deep red Tarrant County district last night www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-...
Democrat’s surprise win in MAGA stronghold: What it means for Texas Democrats | Opinion
Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsganss’ troubles started long before Donald Trump. | Opinion
www.star-telegram.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Really good Texas perspective here from Molly Ivins’ longtime paper (she would call it The Startlegram).
No paywall!
No paywall!
Tarrant County you say? Oh hell yes.
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Tarrant County you say? Oh hell yes.
Five classes I took in college/university.
-Intro to Social Psychology
-Don Quijote Seminar
-Ceramics 1
-Ceramics 2
-Ceramics 3
-Intro to Social Psychology
-Don Quijote Seminar
-Ceramics 1
-Ceramics 2
-Ceramics 3
Stealing this to welcome a trek down memory lane.
Five classes I took in college/university:
- Health psychology
- Biopsych
- Historiography
- Reincarnation and Rebirth
- Ethics
Been a hot minute since those days 📚 Three degrees later and still miss the classroom - as both student and prof!
Five classes I took in college/university:
- Health psychology
- Biopsych
- Historiography
- Reincarnation and Rebirth
- Ethics
Been a hot minute since those days 📚 Three degrees later and still miss the classroom - as both student and prof!
Five classes I took in College:
Politics & Popular Music
Disability in Context of Schools
Examining Income Inequality
Addressing Racial Segregation
Personality Psychology
Politics & Popular Music
Disability in Context of Schools
Examining Income Inequality
Addressing Racial Segregation
Personality Psychology
February 1, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Five classes I took in college/university.
-Intro to Social Psychology
-Don Quijote Seminar
-Ceramics 1
-Ceramics 2
-Ceramics 3
-Intro to Social Psychology
-Don Quijote Seminar
-Ceramics 1
-Ceramics 2
-Ceramics 3
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The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
IANAL but as a data librarian who researches data practices…limiting this to just what we’ve seen in big gov data providers (like NOAA, NIH, etc) over past year makes me really wonder what we’re going to have to do to rebuild a trusted data workflow and infrastructure again.
I’ve been thinking about “what after?” (As someone who studies administrative law from time to time, it’s inevitable given the evisceration).
I really don’t think we can do a re-set without a new constitutional convention. We need new norms, a new founding myth - new *trust.*
I really don’t think we can do a re-set without a new constitutional convention. We need new norms, a new founding myth - new *trust.*
January 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
IANAL but as a data librarian who researches data practices…limiting this to just what we’ve seen in big gov data providers (like NOAA, NIH, etc) over past year makes me really wonder what we’re going to have to do to rebuild a trusted data workflow and infrastructure again.
Public service announcement to my fellow CSA survivors: You don’t have to read any of it.
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Public service announcement to my fellow CSA survivors: You don’t have to read any of it.
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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As a voter, you can make demands without gaming out the politics. Do people know this?
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
As a voter, you can make demands without gaming out the politics. Do people know this?
I’m out in east LA County/ SB county and this. Every freaking day.
IC4IJ is a good follow for SoCal folks to stay updated and learn how to help.
www.instagram.com/ic4ij?igsh=N...
IC4IJ is a good follow for SoCal folks to stay updated and learn how to help.
www.instagram.com/ic4ij?igsh=N...
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I’m out in east LA County/ SB county and this. Every freaking day.
IC4IJ is a good follow for SoCal folks to stay updated and learn how to help.
www.instagram.com/ic4ij?igsh=N...
IC4IJ is a good follow for SoCal folks to stay updated and learn how to help.
www.instagram.com/ic4ij?igsh=N...
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Me crucé con el reel de Chloe Zhao con el baile en el Globe cuando terminaron de filmar Hamnet y me puse a llorar.
Tenemos una necesidad imperiosa de ver mucha gente feliz por haberle dado al mundo un pedazo de belleza, de amor. Y compartirla.
Tenemos una necesidad imperiosa de ver mucha gente feliz por haberle dado al mundo un pedazo de belleza, de amor. Y compartirla.
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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“We’re going to create a database” feels like “putting a bird on it.”
If Portlandia were a show about inept fascists.
If Portlandia were a show about inept fascists.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 AM
“We’re going to create a database” feels like “putting a bird on it.”
If Portlandia were a show about inept fascists.
If Portlandia were a show about inept fascists.
With a couple of new hires, my library workplace finally has enough crafty folks to make the lunchtime Fiber Arts Circle a reality.
I’m going to to sit next to the crochet gurus on Wednesday so someone can finally show me how to do the Magic Ring start.
I’m going to to sit next to the crochet gurus on Wednesday so someone can finally show me how to do the Magic Ring start.
I decided to start a pair of socks in the interests of anti-scrolling. This morning, I opened the bin of variegated yarn and pulled out the first skein of sockweight that I saw.
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
With a couple of new hires, my library workplace finally has enough crafty folks to make the lunchtime Fiber Arts Circle a reality.
I’m going to to sit next to the crochet gurus on Wednesday so someone can finally show me how to do the Magic Ring start.
I’m going to to sit next to the crochet gurus on Wednesday so someone can finally show me how to do the Magic Ring start.
Which one though? Owned by which government entity and considered IP of which IT contractor?
Dismantling a database is an almost impossible thing to verify. And we’ve decimated a lot of our skilled data workforce at the federal level.
Dismantling a database is an almost impossible thing to verify. And we’ve decimated a lot of our skilled data workforce at the federal level.
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Which one though? Owned by which government entity and considered IP of which IT contractor?
Dismantling a database is an almost impossible thing to verify. And we’ve decimated a lot of our skilled data workforce at the federal level.
Dismantling a database is an almost impossible thing to verify. And we’ve decimated a lot of our skilled data workforce at the federal level.
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After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota yesterday, exercising the right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. Join tomorrow's call to learn more about the tools to safely to take action. Sign up here ⤵️
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
www.mobilize.us
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota yesterday, exercising the right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. Join tomorrow's call to learn more about the tools to safely to take action. Sign up here ⤵️
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Allowing ICE violence to go unchecked emboldens regular racists to act on their hatred in similar ways.
Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Democrat of Florida, was hit in the face by a man who told the lawmaker that he would be deported at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the weekend. The man was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and assault.
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost Is Assaulted at Sundance Film Festival
Mr. Frost, Democrat of Florida, said he was punched by a man who said the lawmaker would be deported. The man was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and assault.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Allowing ICE violence to go unchecked emboldens regular racists to act on their hatred in similar ways.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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Not sure our brains were made to process extrajudicial executions in the streets in real time
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Not sure our brains were made to process extrajudicial executions in the streets in real time
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All the evidence one would need to impeach both Rubio and Noem was just posted to the AAUP v. Rubio docket. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
All the evidence one would need to impeach both Rubio and Noem was just posted to the AAUP v. Rubio docket. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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We’ve been in WHO since 1948.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 AM
We’ve been in WHO since 1948.
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What drew you to the Data Rescue Project? Was it our mission? Our volunteers? Our bsky memes? Something else? Tell us below. 👇
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
What drew you to the Data Rescue Project? Was it our mission? Our volunteers? Our bsky memes? Something else? Tell us below. 👇
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.