As one of your constituents, thank you for doing the right thing. That's in short supply these days among your colleagues.

I went to a K16 "AI summit" during which the K12 teachers excitedly told me that they let students use AI on assignments and then they have a district-paid AI thingy that gives feedback on the assignments and i said "then why even have schools" and they didn't understand the question

Book challenges remained high in 2024, with nearly 72% initiated not by parents but by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them. bit.ly/soal-25
#NationalLibraryWeek

It does seem to be getting out of hand.

How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?

theslackers.bandcamp.com/track/robots

Together, these two faiths crave the end of American liberal democracy and government. You can smell it at GSA.

They won't replace us with AI because 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. They want our work to end. DOGE is firing us as fast as possible, and that is the whole plan.

All the dumbest assholes on the planet are pushing "AI," doesn't that give you the slightest pause?

Just a reminder for everyone reading these comments that there are already public libraries in the US run and managed by a private, for-profit company called Library Systems & Services. They fire staff, reduce services, and attempt to cut their way to profit. They are not friends of libraries.

Another MD voter here. Vote NO on cloture and the CR. Stand strong.

And if you'd like to hear ways that talking, even when innocent, can really be detrimental then watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o...

Women are too well acquainted with others taking credit for their ideas and their work...