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Claudia (they/she)

@claudiaeberger.bsky.social

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Digital Humanities Librarian, crafter, and nonbinary hobbit. Doing research in digital environmental humanities and data physicalization. Let's chat about scifi novellas, Gotham FC, and weird data visualizations.

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · May 14

Earlier this year I read @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social's craftivism book and wanted to find ways to use my art for causes I care about. Well I designed some stickers based on things that inspire me and all profits will be donated!
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Visit Claudia's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 15h

What sets us apart from Audible? Let us count the ways:

📚 Every purchase supports your indie bookshop
💗 Employee-owned, Certified B Corp, & Social Purpose Corporation
📖 DRM-free (you own your audiobooks)
🤖 Bookseller driven, not algo driven (& our customer support team = real people, not robots)

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 23h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

yes, us! here you go:

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 2d

In this fragile world, Sukkot reminds us that safety comes best from solidarity, from making peace with neighbors, from being good hosts & guests, from sharing food, from remembering that we are small & precarious, from worshipping what is holy. Not from building walls and making war.

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 2d

The 11th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications. We're particularly interested in TPOC-led collectives engaged in ongoing community work.

Apply 💫 genderpodcast.com/grant 💫

If you'd like to help fund one of our no-strings-attached grants, visit genderpodcast.com/donate, tysm!

graphic that says: are you a trans person of color doing rad organizing, art, or community work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2025 grant program are open now thru October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 2d

Hi all! Yes, this is my current role and yes, I will be leaving Sarah Lawrence in 2 weeks! Some exciting things on the horizon I will be announcing soon, but in the meantime I am happy to answer questions about this role and campus.

dh+lib @dhandlib.bsky.social · 2d

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian (Sarah Lawrence College) ← dh+lib

Digital Humanities Librarian

The Digital Humanities Librarian works collaboratively with faculty, students, and staff to advance the integration of digital tools and methods in teaching, research, and scholarship. This role bridg...

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 3d

There was face paint and a Kpop demon hunters sing-along, so she was in heaven

Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 3d

I brought my perfect nibling to the Gotham game today and we had so much fun. My parents and grandfather came too, so we had 4 generations represented with a 93 year age span!

An adorable small child showing off her face paint: a blue base with black and white swirls around her eye

A person smiling at the camera with a small child on their lap looking at a soccer field

5 people sitting in a row of stadium seats ranging from 2.5 years old to 95.

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 3d

I only did the double and I've been knocked out all weekend. Oh and I got a full body rash!

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3d

A great book relevant to this:

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 3d

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 4d

Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!

We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series

A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

www.resistancesummerschool.com

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 5d

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Sadly I can't attend, but happy to share!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

Any NYC library workers on here potentially available to join a panel organized by @nycplan.org happening tomorrow??? We'd need you from 1:30 to 3 pm. Holler at me if this is you or someone you know.

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Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social · 6d

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 6d

"The online negative reviews have been non-stop," Shoof Burger owner David said.

"We were down to like a 1.6 star rating on Google before we even opened! To hate my restaurant, which you obviously haven't been to, because I don't want Palestinians to die, seems foolish."

Fort Greene's Newest Burger Counter Has a Pro-Palestine Mission

Every combo meal you order at Shoof Burger sends $1 to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 7d

Get some fun writing about birds and data in your mailbox, and support my strange and just barely barely tenable career.

Also: be the first time find out about next year's nature + art + nerdery adventures.

Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 7d

I've opened up some membership tiers for Binoculars to Binomials.

If you'd like to support this work, get a monthly newsletter full of 🪶 + 📊 + 🎨 magic, and get in on new courses, trips and retreats from the ground floor, you can sign up:

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Binoculars
to Binomials

A hybrid space for mindful learning about birds, data and creative possibility.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI.

Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo driving a train.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo working on the outside of a building.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7d

You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover

Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

www.insidehighered.com

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BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York @beta.nyc · 7d

Join us, @nycofficeoftech.bsky.social and @cornelltech.bsky.social at Roosevelt Island Library for a free community workshop.

Perfect for students, educators, librarians, community leaders, and anyone curious about civic data!

📅 Weds, Oct 8 at 6 pm
🎟️ RSVP: beta.nyc/event/e25100...

Flyer promoting Discovering NYC Open Data: A Free Community Workshop on Oct 8, 2025, 6–7:30 PM at Roosevelt Island Library. Hosted by NYC Open Data Ambassadors, BetaNYC, Cornell Tech, and NYPL. Includes event details, an RSVP link, a QR code, and a contact email.

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 7d

This book is incredible and got me to completely rethink my creative and activism practices. Somehow it is even more needed now than when I first read it - pick up a copy if you can! (Or check to see if your library has it!)

Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social · 7d

My baby turns 1 today! If you need some hope, a laugh, and all the tools to level up your art activism #craftivism then this is a must read.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...

My book, let’s move the needle wearing a birthday crown behind a cake with a candle, a balloon that says one and above is a sign that reads happy birthday

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ollycostello.bsky.social @ollycostello.bsky.social · 8d

What are you building? What are we willing to build together? What do we know must exist?

New WILLING TO BUILD Prints for sale in my shop featuring this quote I love from @prisonculture.bsky.social ✨
100% of profits will go to support the work of REBUILD. More info below👇🏼

Olly’s light skin hand holds a black poster in front of a garden background. Stary white words read “Transformative change happens when we are willing to build the things we know must exist.” A quote from Mariame Kaba. The image of a pitchfork and shovel surrounded by plants sits in the lower left half of the poster.

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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 8d

My DH class is doing a project on the history of queer nightlife in Harlem and Greenwich Village! This is going to be great for them.

KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 8d

'The Gay Harlem Renaissance,' a new art exhibition opening this fall in New York City, invites visitors to explore a lesser-known but vital chapter of the Harlem Renaissance: the queer artists, writers, and performers who helped define it. gothamist.com/news/the-gay...

'The Gay Harlem Renaissance' exhibit spotlights queer Black artists who shaped history

The New York Historical's major fall show traces the lives and legacies of LGBTQ+ figures who powered one of the most iconic movements in American culture.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 9d

I've been hearing from a lot of booksellers and readers that Automatic Noodle is sold out in stores. We have a 2nd printing in the works! In the meantime, please backorder the book from your local indie so the publisher knows you want it. That helps me and the bookstore! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

Automatic Noodle

Check out Automatic Noodle - A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. An instant ...

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