Cliff Hight
@cliffhight.bsky.social
Things that matter to me: family, belief systems, good humans, words, archives, environment, sports, and much more.
Posts and views are my own, not my employer's.
Posts and views are my own, not my employer's.
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Since January, the #CFPB has terminated, vacated or declined to enforce more than 20 consent orders, according to the Consumer Federation of America, an advocacy group tracking the #terminations.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Since January, the #CFPB has terminated, vacated or declined to enforce more than 20 consent orders, according to the Consumer Federation of America, an advocacy group tracking the #terminations.
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Submissions for the winter issue close at midnight this Friday! We’ve received some wonderful work so far but there’s still space for more. Send those short, minimal and concrete poems our way ❄️🌀
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Submissions for the winter issue close at midnight this Friday! We’ve received some wonderful work so far but there’s still space for more. Send those short, minimal and concrete poems our way ❄️🌀
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Have you supported a library accused of violating copyright? We’re seeking storytellers to share their experience supporting a library navigating copyright conflict.
Fill out our recruitment form to get connected.
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Fill out our recruitment form to get connected.
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Participant Recruitment - Experiences of Copyright Conflict in Libraries
The purpose of this study is to gather stories of copyright conflicts experienced by individuals supporting libraries. Individuals will be asked to narrate their own story of navigating a copyright co...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Have you supported a library accused of violating copyright? We’re seeking storytellers to share their experience supporting a library navigating copyright conflict.
Fill out our recruitment form to get connected.
nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Fill out our recruitment form to get connected.
nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Happy to see this development with the @mariners.com #TridentsUp
September 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy to see this development with the @mariners.com #TridentsUp
It was great to be in person to see Cal Raleigh break an #MLB home run record when the @mariners.com beat the Royals earlier. Even took a far away image of the incoming pitch and Cal's swing! #TridentsUp
September 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It was great to be in person to see Cal Raleigh break an #MLB home run record when the @mariners.com beat the Royals earlier. Even took a far away image of the incoming pitch and Cal's swing! #TridentsUp
It's wild that even the lowly book reviews I've done were part of it. Hopefully every other author will take a look.
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's wild that even the lowly book reviews I've done were part of it. Hopefully every other author will take a look.
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Federal officials won’t take action on Kansas wildlife refuge’s lost water | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Federal officials won’t take action on Kansas wildlife refuge’s lost water • Kansas Reflector
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not allocate water in 2026 to a Kansas wildlife refuge that serves as a key destination for hundreds of species of migrating birds.
kansasreflector.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Federal officials won’t take action on Kansas wildlife refuge’s lost water | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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Margery Sly Remembrance
The Dictionary Working Group of @saa-official.bsky.social invites all #archivists to join us in donating to the SAA Foundation's Catalyst Fund in memory of Margery Sly.
The Dictionary Working Group of @saa-official.bsky.social invites all #archivists to join us in donating to the SAA Foundation's Catalyst Fund in memory of Margery Sly.
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Margery Sly Remembrance
The Dictionary Working Group of @saa-official.bsky.social invites all #archivists to join us in donating to the SAA Foundation's Catalyst Fund in memory of Margery Sly.
The Dictionary Working Group of @saa-official.bsky.social invites all #archivists to join us in donating to the SAA Foundation's Catalyst Fund in memory of Margery Sly.
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🌀aswirl is everywhere🌀
Summer issue on sale now!!
Summer issue on sale now!!
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🌀aswirl is everywhere🌀
Summer issue on sale now!!
Summer issue on sale now!!
It took a bit longer to get across the pond, and was so excited when my copy arrived recently. I am so pleased to be among such an august group of contributors!
July 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It took a bit longer to get across the pond, and was so excited when my copy arrived recently. I am so pleased to be among such an august group of contributors!
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It’s the height of summer and the apples are growing bigger… the submission window for the autumn issue is now open! Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 32st July. 🍂🌀
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It’s the height of summer and the apples are growing bigger… the submission window for the autumn issue is now open! Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 32st July. 🍂🌀
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On this day in 1921, white mobs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, destroyed a prosperous Black community. As many as 300 Black people are estimated to have been killed in the Tulsa Massacre.
Jun. 1, 1921 | White Mob in Tulsa Destroys Black Community; Kills Hundreds
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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June 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1921, white mobs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, destroyed a prosperous Black community. As many as 300 Black people are estimated to have been killed in the Tulsa Massacre.