Librarian Cake
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This! Take time to plan and fortify and relish the world we want to build. Libraries can be such a central piece of that.
If you are a justice-minded person in Chicago, there's a good chance you are exhausted and catching your breath in the wake of the CBP surges here in recent months, but we can't just fight what's evil in these times. We must also fortify and defend what's good. We must defend our libraries.
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This! Take time to plan and fortify and relish the world we want to build. Libraries can be such a central piece of that.
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Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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My regular reminder that, especially if you feel like nationally things are all going to hell in a handbasket, get up to no good in your own neighborhood! Go to local govt meetings. Hold meetings with your neighbors about the stuff you care about. It just might work: www.kgw.com/article/news...
Skamania County turns off Flock cameras after court rules images are public records
The sheriff’s office said the system was effective, while privacy advocates who opposed it from the start called the shutdown a win for transparency.
www.kgw.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My regular reminder that, especially if you feel like nationally things are all going to hell in a handbasket, get up to no good in your own neighborhood! Go to local govt meetings. Hold meetings with your neighbors about the stuff you care about. It just might work: www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Well that sure is a thing that hadn't crossed my mind yet and now it will never leave my mind.
The same people who claim we don’t know what a “woman” is are having a real tough time defining a “child”.
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well that sure is a thing that hadn't crossed my mind yet and now it will never leave my mind.
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I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
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Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
linkletter.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
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Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
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New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
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#ICYMI: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.
A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
www.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#ICYMI: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.
A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
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Sick burn. finance.yahoo.com/news/22-old-...
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sick burn. finance.yahoo.com/news/22-old-...
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We’re flattered they love us so much and want to be associated with our awesome brand. But it would be nice if they had reached out to us and perhaps shared some of the profit since we are a public transit agency in financial crisis.
Railgoods - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Capitol Corridor's store
Variety of BART and Capitol Corridor clothing and gifts. T-shirts, hats, socks, kids items, and more.
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September 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We’re flattered they love us so much and want to be associated with our awesome brand. But it would be nice if they had reached out to us and perhaps shared some of the profit since we are a public transit agency in financial crisis.
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I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
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we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
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Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
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FOR THE FOLKS WONDERING WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE:
There is a direct ideological throughline between the "anti-CRT" movement/attacks on Black studies and the firing of Stephen Colbert and suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
Not posting this to say "I told you so" but bc you must understand the storyline.
There is a direct ideological throughline between the "anti-CRT" movement/attacks on Black studies and the firing of Stephen Colbert and suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
Not posting this to say "I told you so" but bc you must understand the storyline.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
FOR THE FOLKS WONDERING WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE:
There is a direct ideological throughline between the "anti-CRT" movement/attacks on Black studies and the firing of Stephen Colbert and suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
Not posting this to say "I told you so" but bc you must understand the storyline.
There is a direct ideological throughline between the "anti-CRT" movement/attacks on Black studies and the firing of Stephen Colbert and suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
Not posting this to say "I told you so" but bc you must understand the storyline.
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New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books
It’s a trippy time to have a library card.
www.404media.co
September 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
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CAIR-CA Denounces Senate Education Committee Vote to Advance AB 715
CAIR-CA Denounces Senate Education Committee Vote to Advance AB 715
September 11, 2025 - The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today denounced the Senate Education Committee’s vote advancing AB 715 (Zbur & Addis) and reiterated its strong opposition to the bill.
www.indybay.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
CAIR-CA Denounces Senate Education Committee Vote to Advance AB 715
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
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"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
August 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
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The current NYT frontpage is a series of textbook attempts at authoritarian consolidation by the Trump regime.
Criminalizing opposition, falsely declaring emergencies to claim unchecked power, dismissing officials who dissent from the party line--we're headed towards a one party dictatorship.
Criminalizing opposition, falsely declaring emergencies to claim unchecked power, dismissing officials who dissent from the party line--we're headed towards a one party dictatorship.
August 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The current NYT frontpage is a series of textbook attempts at authoritarian consolidation by the Trump regime.
Criminalizing opposition, falsely declaring emergencies to claim unchecked power, dismissing officials who dissent from the party line--we're headed towards a one party dictatorship.
Criminalizing opposition, falsely declaring emergencies to claim unchecked power, dismissing officials who dissent from the party line--we're headed towards a one party dictatorship.
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AI-critical ALA folks with the bandwidth to take this on, take heed! www.ala.org/aboutala/com...
August 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
AI-critical ALA folks with the bandwidth to take this on, take heed! www.ala.org/aboutala/com...
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What could go wrong? sites.google.com/view/delay-m...
August 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What could go wrong? sites.google.com/view/delay-m...