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156 - The American Worker feat. Kevin Van Meter | librarypunk
We’re talking with Kevin again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947.
Twitter: https://x.com/AmericanWork47
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156 - The American Worker feat. Kevin Van Meter
We’re talking with @americanwork47.bsky.social again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947.
www.librarypunk.gay/e/156-the-am...
We’re talking with @americanwork47.bsky.social again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947.
www.librarypunk.gay/e/156-the-am...
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National Park workers at 24 parks and offices are moving to form a union.
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Park Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
National Park workers at 24 parks and offices are moving to form a union.
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gonna be in Brooklyn Saturday and Sunday let’s see if we end up on any podcasts
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Gonna be in Brooklyn Saturday and Sunday let’s see if we end up on any podcasts
Look we've all acted over the top when meeting someone we think is hot
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Look we've all acted over the top when meeting someone we think is hot
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What's going on in Alabama and Tennessee around transgender books in the library is genuinely disgusting.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
"The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in the state."
State sanctioned censorship from some of the biggest bigots out there.
apnews.com/article/libr...
State sanctioned censorship from some of the biggest bigots out there.
apnews.com/article/libr...
Alabama board votes to remove books about being transgender from public library youth sections
The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's going on in Alabama and Tennessee around transgender books in the library is genuinely disgusting.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
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Prison guards rushing to take jobs with ICE. Almost like all of this is connected. I wonder which people have been making this case for a few decades.
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Prison guards rushing to take jobs with ICE. Almost like all of this is connected. I wonder which people have been making this case for a few decades.
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do AI adopters in libraries understand that refusing/protesting a system is diff. than blaming individuals affected by a system?
when they claim refusal of AI is “not helpful,” what i hear is that they aren’t making a connection between their labor as information workers to data workers in Kenya
when they claim refusal of AI is “not helpful,” what i hear is that they aren’t making a connection between their labor as information workers to data workers in Kenya
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
do AI adopters in libraries understand that refusing/protesting a system is diff. than blaming individuals affected by a system?
when they claim refusal of AI is “not helpful,” what i hear is that they aren’t making a connection between their labor as information workers to data workers in Kenya
when they claim refusal of AI is “not helpful,” what i hear is that they aren’t making a connection between their labor as information workers to data workers in Kenya
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Free shovel to dig your own grave.
OpenAI made a free version of ChatGPT for teachers
OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teachers is a secure version of the AI assistant designed for school employees.
www.engadget.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Free shovel to dig your own grave.
There's a category of person who loves AI because it generates anti-consent.
Chatbot roleplay and AI image platform Secret Desires left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women at their workplaces, graduating from universities, taking selfies on vacation, and more www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's a category of person who loves AI because it generates anti-consent.
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I am going to say this only once but fuck these white racists. Fuck them to hell.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.
Abbott Says Muslims Are “Threat to Our Freedom” as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I am going to say this only once but fuck these white racists. Fuck them to hell.
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"A crucial part of advocacy is making and learning from mistakes." Library Futures intern Callie Martindale set out to make an accessible infographic and learned a lot along the way!
www.libraryfutures.net/post/seeing-...
www.libraryfutures.net/post/seeing-...
Seeing with Words: An Intern’s Introduction to Accessible Infographics
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
www.libraryfutures.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"A crucial part of advocacy is making and learning from mistakes." Library Futures intern Callie Martindale set out to make an accessible infographic and learned a lot along the way!
www.libraryfutures.net/post/seeing-...
www.libraryfutures.net/post/seeing-...
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The company, Bookmarked, pitches itself as an “antivirus for libraries.”
It promises to scan thousands of titles and alert schools — and even parents — to books that could cause “board liability” or “media attention.” 2/ www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
It promises to scan thousands of titles and alert schools — and even parents — to books that could cause “board liability” or “media attention.” 2/ www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
'Antivirus for libraries': How a Texas startup is capitalizing on book bans
The company Bookmarked, whose cofounder advocated for SB 13, describes itself as a neutral player in the censorship debate. Critics disagree.
www.expressnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The company, Bookmarked, pitches itself as an “antivirus for libraries.”
It promises to scan thousands of titles and alert schools — and even parents — to books that could cause “board liability” or “media attention.” 2/ www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
It promises to scan thousands of titles and alert schools — and even parents — to books that could cause “board liability” or “media attention.” 2/ www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
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Can libraries generally agree to stop purchasing access to their databases now thx
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Can libraries generally agree to stop purchasing access to their databases now thx
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Everyone's all "its not slave labor" until you have to compare the working groups between them and free labor
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Everyone's all "its not slave labor" until you have to compare the working groups between them and free labor
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“Part of a fascist project to offload the work of thinking, especially the reflective kind of thinking that reading, study, and community engagement provide.”
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Part of a fascist project to offload the work of thinking, especially the reflective kind of thinking that reading, study, and community engagement provide.”
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Porn is also history and cultural commentary and a crucial contributor to sexual self- exploration and self expression. Porn has been vital to queer and trans people in documenting important aspects of our language, presentation, interactions, relationships, institutions and communities.
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Porn is also history and cultural commentary and a crucial contributor to sexual self- exploration and self expression. Porn has been vital to queer and trans people in documenting important aspects of our language, presentation, interactions, relationships, institutions and communities.
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also not to be this guy but the Heritage Foundation was CLEAR that one of their goals in Project 2025 is to criminalize "pornography," the people who make it and the people who distribute it.
And remember porn here is used VERY broadly to mean anything with LGBTQ content.
So defend porn.
And remember porn here is used VERY broadly to mean anything with LGBTQ content.
So defend porn.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
also not to be this guy but the Heritage Foundation was CLEAR that one of their goals in Project 2025 is to criminalize "pornography," the people who make it and the people who distribute it.
And remember porn here is used VERY broadly to mean anything with LGBTQ content.
So defend porn.
And remember porn here is used VERY broadly to mean anything with LGBTQ content.
So defend porn.
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It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Interesting idea www.gilmermirror.com/2025/11/06/t...
Texas Authors Museum Launches VTAP to Help Readers Find Real Texas Authors in an AI-Driven Book World
www.gilmermirror.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Interesting idea www.gilmermirror.com/2025/11/06/t...
Still get jumpscared when my podcast is mentioned on another podcast
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Still get jumpscared when my podcast is mentioned on another podcast
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155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay | librarypunk
This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
Bsky: @kslater.bsky.social
Media mentioned
Kay’s article in Library Trends: Ag...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
A correct move!
09-11-1935 USA: The Committee for Industrial Organization is formed, breaking away from the American Federation of Labor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congres...
Congress of Industrial Organizations - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A correct move!
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The first AI "over my dead body" volleyed at ZLuC. AI is not compatible with zine library values. Do we need to add a "Fuck AI" section to the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics?
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The first AI "over my dead body" volleyed at ZLuC. AI is not compatible with zine library values. Do we need to add a "Fuck AI" section to the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics?
Talking to a faculty member in IT, and my supervisor. Do they not know everything is just cloud based now? They talk about server space like we have big machines whirring in a basement still.
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Talking to a faculty member in IT, and my supervisor. Do they not know everything is just cloud based now? They talk about server space like we have big machines whirring in a basement still.
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Has anyone seen research on gendered differences related to AI use? e.g. enthusiasm, skepticism, environmental or ethical concerns, etc? Some folks must have done this work. Thanks!
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Has anyone seen research on gendered differences related to AI use? e.g. enthusiasm, skepticism, environmental or ethical concerns, etc? Some folks must have done this work. Thanks!