Jill Emery
@jemerypdx.bsky.social
Librarian by day, smart ass pragmatic Gen Xer always. Living my best life possible.
just in case you wondering what's coming next...this week, in the park blocks that are public spaces within our campus, there were a group of maga supporters (red hats) wearing sweatshirts that read: Deport all liberal white women.
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
just in case you wondering what's coming next...this week, in the park blocks that are public spaces within our campus, there were a group of maga supporters (red hats) wearing sweatshirts that read: Deport all liberal white women.
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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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If you missed yesterday's #UKSGForum2025 in Brighton then fear not, I have pulled together some of the highlights in the post below!
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Unlocking the Power of Community: Reflections on the UKSG Forum 2025
When budgets are constrained, community becomes the essential resource. Yesterday I spent the day in Brighton for the UKSG Forum, one of my favourite events in the scholarly communications calendar.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If you missed yesterday's #UKSGForum2025 in Brighton then fear not, I have pulled together some of the highlights in the post below!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unlock...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unlock...
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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This is why it's very important that the first thing you do when you review a manuscript or paper is to ctrl-f and search for your own name (also this stinks sorry)
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is why it's very important that the first thing you do when you review a manuscript or paper is to ctrl-f and search for your own name (also this stinks sorry)
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🚨Another Veteran of the USAF has been violently arrested by ICE - at 0600, in Portland, OR. This time, the arrest was on Veteran’s Day. If anyone has any information about anyone seen in this video, please follow up with the account on IG. 1/2
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
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November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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This is fucking batshit evil bananas
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This is fucking batshit evil bananas
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“Trump’s continued abuse of our military to intimidate Americans in their own neighborhoods — the very same Americans he expects to foot the bill for these deployments — must end immediately," @duckworth.senate.gov told @theintercept.com
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Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“Trump’s continued abuse of our military to intimidate Americans in their own neighborhoods — the very same Americans he expects to foot the bill for these deployments — must end immediately," @duckworth.senate.gov told @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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The DOJ completed a study on political violence that found right wing violence had increased to become the most violent group, with over 500 deaths since 1990. The report vanished from the DOJ website without explanation. #FuckTrump
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The DOJ completed a study on political violence that found right wing violence had increased to become the most violent group, with over 500 deaths since 1990. The report vanished from the DOJ website without explanation. #FuckTrump
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I once curated an exhibit of WWI propaganda posters, and this is my favorite one that I had on display
Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918)
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November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I once curated an exhibit of WWI propaganda posters, and this is my favorite one that I had on display
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Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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The problems were so pervasive they abandoned their review and instead began investigating how widespread image duplication was in their field.
Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury
Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury
Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury
One of the papers in the analysis contained a figure (bottom) found to have overlap with other work by the same author (top). Both papers have been retracted. Annotated images: PubPeer More than 20…
retractionwatch.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The problems were so pervasive they abandoned their review and instead began investigating how widespread image duplication was in their field.
Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury
Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury
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BATTLE STATIONS PATRIOTS, CAESAR THE NO DRAMA LLAMA HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN PORTLAND REPEAT, THE LLAMA IS LIVE AND ARMED
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BATTLE STATIONS PATRIOTS, CAESAR THE NO DRAMA LLAMA HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN PORTLAND REPEAT, THE LLAMA IS LIVE AND ARMED
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While gaggling with press on AF1 at 2am ET, Trump claimed an anonymous “great US citizen” paid $130M toward the US military salaries amid shutdown.
US DoD annual budget: $170B for active-duty, reserve, and related pay costs
$14B/month or $3.3B/week
~$466M/day
$130M covers 6.7 hrs for 1.3M+ troops
US DoD annual budget: $170B for active-duty, reserve, and related pay costs
$14B/month or $3.3B/week
~$466M/day
$130M covers 6.7 hrs for 1.3M+ troops
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
While gaggling with press on AF1 at 2am ET, Trump claimed an anonymous “great US citizen” paid $130M toward the US military salaries amid shutdown.
US DoD annual budget: $170B for active-duty, reserve, and related pay costs
$14B/month or $3.3B/week
~$466M/day
$130M covers 6.7 hrs for 1.3M+ troops
US DoD annual budget: $170B for active-duty, reserve, and related pay costs
$14B/month or $3.3B/week
~$466M/day
$130M covers 6.7 hrs for 1.3M+ troops
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"Since Trump’s election, Binance has been a key supporter of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture, a business that has driven a huge leap in the president’s personal wealth..."
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Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company.
www.wsj.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Since Trump’s election, Binance has been a key supporter of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture, a business that has driven a huge leap in the president’s personal wealth..."
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...