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Kristina Vela Bisbee (Williams)
@kvbisbee.bsky.social
Librarian, media nerd, tech-curious. Off the clock gamer, wordsmith, plant mom // htx, nyc, pdx plus a whole lot in between
I'm beginning to think my 14 mo old is handing me books bc he thinks *I* want to read them over and over and over again
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Well this seems highly unlikely
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Reposted by Kristina Vela Bisbee (Williams)
What if libraries provided 1-page info sheets for job candidates? For a cataloger position, this might look like: we've been using [x] ILS for [x] many years, we're part of [x] consortia, our departmental strengths are [x, y, z], the projects on our horizon are [a, b, c]. 📚
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Please keep it up, Portland. No excuses!
My read is that fascists in the Trump Admin had Portland central to their martial law plan — 100% confident they could poke us & get visuals they wanted — and we, incredibly, have denied it to them in the funniest way possible.

It’s honestly an incredible achievement. So proud of Portlanders.
Okay, so I am 100% for animal costumes, dancing, music, or whatever other way people want to protest against ICE, Trump, fascism, or similar.

I think saying that it's "effective" because people dunking online makes me wonder what the fuck people think the end goal of it is.
October 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Seriously. Please don't take the bait. No room to mess around here. All bets are off if this happens. Full stop.
Trump is going to continue to do everything in his power to try to incite violence somewhere. If Portland and Chicago don’t work, he’ll probably go to New York.

He’s looking for a reason to invoke the Insurrection Act.
October 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reposted by Kristina Vela Bisbee (Williams)
Not only does this story get a number of basic facts wrong, it doesn’t take time to actually explore why Portlanders elected these folks. Coming in with a pre-baked PDX story to fit a NYT narrative about NYC is harmful, especially at this moment.
What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Shame on the Times
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
March 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Reposted by Kristina Vela Bisbee (Williams)
Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
No footnotes? No thank you
an elderly woman wearing glasses and a blue jacket says nope
Alt: an elderly woman wearing glasses and a blue jacket says nope, from the TV show Golden Girls
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yep, pretty much #workingmoms
Cheese Stick Wrappers Piled On Desk Like Shed Skins Littering Cobra Pit
January 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is what I post from
January 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Reposted by Kristina Vela Bisbee (Williams)
Social justice, community building, making money, exploring hobbies, whatever -- is NOT dependent on SPECIFIC apps to be successful. If users cannot untangle their preferences/ideologies/goals from a specific platform, then fully expect that platform to exploit this fact
January 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"his biggest takeaway from the experience, and one that changed his view of the technology, is that AI lacks any kind of accountability for its actions" | www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Why filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain fired his AI screenwriter | Semafor
ChatGPT said it would write a screenplay for filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain. It never got past the opening scene.
www.semafor.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:59 PM
"THAT'S NEW YORK"
but also WOW 💀 🐀
December 13, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Holiday season is here, along with necessary conversations with visiting family about vaccines for being around our infant | Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines (Gift Article)
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:59 PM
When I worked for the college newspaper, we would visit the regional press once a year. It was responsible for all printing within something like a 100 mile radius. And it was just like, two dudes in safety gear on an otherwise empty factory floor
December 13, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Print newspapers are experiencing a nostalgic moment
It's pretty amazing being able to read something that you're slightly interested in without being served 20 versions of it daily for the next three months
December 13, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Three out of four on the "That's bananas" scale
🍌 🍌 🍌

bsky.app/profile/spav...
Well this is grim
December 11, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Reading Save It For Later by @natepowell.bsky.social as my lunchtime read this first week back from parental leave. Whew, some big feelings here. Outlines important political lessons and guidance for parents during this time. Absolutely recommend www.seemybrotherdance.org/shop/save-it...
SAVE IT FOR LATER — Nate Powell
Relelased in 2021 from Abrams ComicArts— Eisner Award nominee. These copies are signed by yours truly— 160pp. full color hardcover.
www.seemybrotherdance.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:33 PM
They had me fooled. One of the challenges of being new to the area -- you don't know the territory

www.opb.org/article/2024...
AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism
The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...
www.opb.org
December 9, 2024 at 8:51 PM