Ali Versluis
@aliversluis.bsky.social
The Kyle Lowry of libraries. Last name sounds like a volcano. I do open stuff. Libraries, labour, politics, feminism, basketball, and feelings found here.
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"[P]eople need to make noise ... Otherwise, libraries are just going to continue being cut, because they aren't being viewed as essential."
Libraries are sites of refuge, where curiosity is nurtured, where people find shelter, education, entertainment, job assistance, skill-building programs, and access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach.
In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded
Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.
truthout.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"[P]eople need to make noise ... Otherwise, libraries are just going to continue being cut, because they aren't being viewed as essential."
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Narrator: it did not help them long term
Gotta be honest, the levels of online adulation for Mark Carney are starting to get uncomfortably close to 2015 Trudeau levels, and at the risk of sounding like a wet blanket, uncritically embracing the hype train risks missing flaws in the Liberal platform. That doesn't help us long term.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Narrator: it did not help them long term
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I agree! I also find it utterly frustrating when fans (& foe!) of AI talk about how "it's evolving so quickly" as though someone pressed a button once & it's been doing its own thing ever since.
AI is not sentient or even intelligent. Human beings are pushing the technology to do more, more, more.
AI is not sentient or even intelligent. Human beings are pushing the technology to do more, more, more.
I don't understand why AI is considered "different". AI-generated content should be held accountable to all existing laws. The AI companies should be held accountable, too.
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I agree! I also find it utterly frustrating when fans (& foe!) of AI talk about how "it's evolving so quickly" as though someone pressed a button once & it's been doing its own thing ever since.
AI is not sentient or even intelligent. Human beings are pushing the technology to do more, more, more.
AI is not sentient or even intelligent. Human beings are pushing the technology to do more, more, more.
Just a friendly reminder that DEI isn't just an acronym that you include in your job ads or tack onto a committee. It's created and reinforced by actions and behaviour, whether that happens in public places or behind the scenes ones.
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just a friendly reminder that DEI isn't just an acronym that you include in your job ads or tack onto a committee. It's created and reinforced by actions and behaviour, whether that happens in public places or behind the scenes ones.
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The Girl Guides of Canada have been an explicitly and intentionally feminist organization since the 1990s. I'm glad that they are continuing to stand on feminist and inclusive principles.
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Girl Guides of Canada have been an explicitly and intentionally feminist organization since the 1990s. I'm glad that they are continuing to stand on feminist and inclusive principles.
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There is always some anxiety from my LIS students about finding a job.
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There is always some anxiety from my LIS students about finding a job.
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
I needed this. 😭😭😭
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I needed this. 😭😭😭
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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This is mind-boggling. And sad.
And honestly explains so much about what's happening in the US.
And honestly explains so much about what's happening in the US.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is mind-boggling. And sad.
And honestly explains so much about what's happening in the US.
And honestly explains so much about what's happening in the US.
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I come by my “ethics of refusal” honestly: the way I feel about AI now is the way my Dad understood the problematics of the now largely abandoned fuel-ethanol industry. It’s bad science, bad policy, and bad faith all around.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I come by my “ethics of refusal” honestly: the way I feel about AI now is the way my Dad understood the problematics of the now largely abandoned fuel-ethanol industry. It’s bad science, bad policy, and bad faith all around.
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getting hyped for the Blue Jays game
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
getting hyped for the Blue Jays game
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Watching the Blue Jays
a cartoon character from bob 's burgers is sitting at a table with a man and a woman .
ALT: a cartoon character from bob 's burgers is sitting at a table with a man and a woman .
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Watching the Blue Jays
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@davidjroth.bsky.social my wife is a Boyertown High School grad so I was gifted with this clip of a school produced news video highlighting Senior Trey Yesavage.
We have simply never captured pure baseball brain in such a way.
“I throw the ball fast”
Yes you do, king And you are saving baseball
We have simply never captured pure baseball brain in such a way.
“I throw the ball fast”
Yes you do, king And you are saving baseball
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@davidjroth.bsky.social my wife is a Boyertown High School grad so I was gifted with this clip of a school produced news video highlighting Senior Trey Yesavage.
We have simply never captured pure baseball brain in such a way.
“I throw the ball fast”
Yes you do, king And you are saving baseball
We have simply never captured pure baseball brain in such a way.
“I throw the ball fast”
Yes you do, king And you are saving baseball
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The Blue Jays have united Canadians across the country. Here is what a World Series win would mean to some of them
World Series in Toronto: What a Blue Jays win would mean to Canadians
Whether they’re screaming at TVs in Calgary or honking horns in Brampton, Blue Jays fans are already imagining what a World Series victory - the first in 32 years - would feel like.
www.cp24.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Blue Jays have united Canadians across the country. Here is what a World Series win would mean to some of them
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blue jays and dodgers should both have to play in costumes tonight, I don't make the rules
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
blue jays and dodgers should both have to play in costumes tonight, I don't make the rules
How can I be expected to labour today under these conditions? #JaysInSix #WantItAll
ONE. WIN. AWAY.
The Blue Jays take Game 5 in L.A. and head back to Toronto with the chance to claim their first World Series title since 1993.
The Blue Jays take Game 5 in L.A. and head back to Toronto with the chance to claim their first World Series title since 1993.
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How can I be expected to labour today under these conditions? #JaysInSix #WantItAll
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I've been feeling burned out and exhausted lately with work and life and haven't had much time to make new comedy stuff, but the Blue Jays winning last night in the most "Jays" way possible felt even better than watching Poilievre lose his riding and having to pretend to care about rural Alberta
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I've been feeling burned out and exhausted lately with work and life and haven't had much time to make new comedy stuff, but the Blue Jays winning last night in the most "Jays" way possible felt even better than watching Poilievre lose his riding and having to pretend to care about rural Alberta
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I think if the Blue Jays win the World Series Donald Trump will be trapped inside a sapphire brooch for 500 years
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think if the Blue Jays win the World Series Donald Trump will be trapped inside a sapphire brooch for 500 years
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PSA: Drake belongs to the Raptors he has nothing to do with the Blue Jays don’t associate him with the Blue Jays thank you
The Jays do not have to avenge Drake
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
PSA: Drake belongs to the Raptors he has nothing to do with the Blue Jays don’t associate him with the Blue Jays thank you
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Bo Bichette literally had a Kendrick walk-up song this season. They know what side they're on.
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Bo Bichette literally had a Kendrick walk-up song this season. They know what side they're on.
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from George Springer's dad to John Schneider's wife to Jeff Hoffman's brother and more, here's a look at the Blue Jays' Game 7 triumph through the eyes of those closest to the people who helped give Toronto its first pennant in 32 years
new for Yahoo Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
new for Yahoo Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
MLB playoffs 2025: For the Blue Jays and Game 7 hero George Springer, advancing to the World Series is a family affair: 'This is extra special'
Parents, children, siblings and spouses celebrated on the field after Toronto clinched its first American League pennant in 32 years.
sports.yahoo.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
from George Springer's dad to John Schneider's wife to Jeff Hoffman's brother and more, here's a look at the Blue Jays' Game 7 triumph through the eyes of those closest to the people who helped give Toronto its first pennant in 32 years
new for Yahoo Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
new for Yahoo Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
This Jays team gives me strong 2019 Raptors vibes. Underdogs playing team ball against a heavily favoured California team defending their championship title, but who have the whole country behind them.
I see them taking it in six. 💪
I see them taking it in six. 💪
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This Jays team gives me strong 2019 Raptors vibes. Underdogs playing team ball against a heavily favoured California team defending their championship title, but who have the whole country behind them.
I see them taking it in six. 💪
I see them taking it in six. 💪
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Not only is the hunger for new data centres already impacting Australia's energy demands, it's even driving down our ambitions for reducing our emissions, Ketan Joshi reports in Crikey.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
www.crikey.com.au/20...
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Not only is the hunger for new data centres already impacting Australia's energy demands, it's even driving down our ambitions for reducing our emissions, Ketan Joshi reports in Crikey.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
www.crikey.com.au/20...