Snowden Becker
@snowdenbecker.bsky.social
Archivist, librarian, weirdo
I've been off the socials for a while, but wanted to pop over here to replicate an old thread from Tw*tt*r with citations supporting salary transparency in library job postings. Please feel free to share widely, and DM or email me if you need a PDF of any of these articles!
February 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I've been off the socials for a while, but wanted to pop over here to replicate an old thread from Tw*tt*r with citations supporting salary transparency in library job postings. Please feel free to share widely, and DM or email me if you need a PDF of any of these articles!
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Student publication broadsheet
A sign held by young person smiling fist in the air reads:
Fuck Giuliani and Pataki
[former mayor and former governor]
The main theme and goal is in the headline:
SHUT THE CITY DOWN!
link:
x.com/Bronxbanlieu...
A sign held by young person smiling fist in the air reads:
Fuck Giuliani and Pataki
[former mayor and former governor]
The main theme and goal is in the headline:
SHUT THE CITY DOWN!
link:
x.com/Bronxbanlieu...
![Kazembe Balagun
@Bronxbanlieue
A broadsheet of a student publication
Title: "Coalition Press"
A young person smiling fist in the air holding a sign
Fuck Giuliani and Pataki
[former mayor and former governor]
Table of Contents:
Making History in the Streets page 2
CUNY Hunger Strike pg 2
Public Outrage p.3
What the Press Won't Print page 4
Where we stand pg 6
Noam Chomsky on Budget Cuts page 8
Letters from Prison, pg 12
CUNY faculty Speak, p. 12
Big Headline:
SHUT THE CITY DOWN!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/bafkreiffg5ugzht4dftwadx66zfpspccuc3kkasce7me7fvseaexq4hoja@jpeg)
March 25, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Student publication broadsheet
A sign held by young person smiling fist in the air reads:
Fuck Giuliani and Pataki
[former mayor and former governor]
The main theme and goal is in the headline:
SHUT THE CITY DOWN!
link:
x.com/Bronxbanlieu...
A sign held by young person smiling fist in the air reads:
Fuck Giuliani and Pataki
[former mayor and former governor]
The main theme and goal is in the headline:
SHUT THE CITY DOWN!
link:
x.com/Bronxbanlieu...
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Programs focused on mindfulness, resilience, etc, only deal with the symptoms or the outcomes of policies, procedures, and culture and cannot address long-term problems like compassion fatigue and burnout.
#workplacwellness #wellness4libs
librarianbyday.net/2024/01/17/w...
#workplacwellness #wellness4libs
librarianbyday.net/2024/01/17/w...
Workplace Wellness Programs that Put the Responsibility of Managing Stress and Outcomes of Work on E...
A recent article in the New York Times reported survey results that are not surprising to followers of this blog: workplace wellness programs do not work. Many of the types of wellness that the surv...
librarianbyday.net
January 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Programs focused on mindfulness, resilience, etc, only deal with the symptoms or the outcomes of policies, procedures, and culture and cannot address long-term problems like compassion fatigue and burnout.
#workplacwellness #wellness4libs
librarianbyday.net/2024/01/17/w...
#workplacwellness #wellness4libs
librarianbyday.net/2024/01/17/w...
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Nice set of Commonplace articles about "reimagining how we measure success" in tenure + promotion, particularly in libraries; f/t pieces about recognizing team projects and tech development, expanding what counts as "evidence" of "impact" and permissible forms of "output"
Series 3.2: Recognition and Rewards · Commonplace
commonplace.knowledgefutures.org
January 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Nice set of Commonplace articles about "reimagining how we measure success" in tenure + promotion, particularly in libraries; f/t pieces about recognizing team projects and tech development, expanding what counts as "evidence" of "impact" and permissible forms of "output"
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If you missed @shannonmattern.bsky.social’s brilliant essay “Fountain Society,” @nytimes.com's David Brooks recommends the read & we do too! His Sidney Awards feature the best long-form essays published this year in small publications.
Read "Fountain Society" here: placesjournal.org/article/drin...
Read "Fountain Society" here: placesjournal.org/article/drin...
Fountain Society
The humble drinking fountain can tell us much about a society’s attitudes towards health, hygiene, equity, and virtue, and about its understanding of public goods and civic responsibilities.
placesjournal.org
December 28, 2023 at 10:42 PM
If you missed @shannonmattern.bsky.social’s brilliant essay “Fountain Society,” @nytimes.com's David Brooks recommends the read & we do too! His Sidney Awards feature the best long-form essays published this year in small publications.
Read "Fountain Society" here: placesjournal.org/article/drin...
Read "Fountain Society" here: placesjournal.org/article/drin...
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My latest for Filmmaker magazine: on the time and labor and anxiety of being your own archivist filmmakermagazine.com/123900-joann...
December 18, 2023 at 6:08 PM
My latest for Filmmaker magazine: on the time and labor and anxiety of being your own archivist filmmakermagazine.com/123900-joann...
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The sun will go down. The sun will rise again. It has has gotten darker. It will get bright again. The dark has wrapped and sheltered us, but now its time is done. And if we want the light back, and not just the sun, we better build a damn big fire.
Happy solstice.
Happy solstice.
December 21, 2023 at 6:09 PM
The sun will go down. The sun will rise again. It has has gotten darker. It will get bright again. The dark has wrapped and sheltered us, but now its time is done. And if we want the light back, and not just the sun, we better build a damn big fire.
Happy solstice.
Happy solstice.
I have somehow only just discovered the Letterform Archive lecture series this year, and they have been an absolute DELIGHT. The zoom comments if you’re attending live are a constant stream of “OMG THOSE SERIFS 😍” and “look at that 4! *swoon*” They are font-dork heaven, AND they’re FREE
Ben Zotto, "A Byte Sized History of Computer Typography," at Letterform Archive [video]
A Byte Sized History of Computer Typography - Letterform Archive
This Letterform Lecture will take you on a whirlwind tour of bitmaps, cathode rays, and how type and computer technology have evolved together. This talk is part how-it-works and where-it-came-from,.....
letterformarchive.org
December 21, 2023 at 7:30 AM
I have somehow only just discovered the Letterform Archive lecture series this year, and they have been an absolute DELIGHT. The zoom comments if you’re attending live are a constant stream of “OMG THOSE SERIFS 😍” and “look at that 4! *swoon*” They are font-dork heaven, AND they’re FREE
You had me at “Tesla-killer”
According to Russian media, the Moscow Polytechnic Institute has unveiled this "Tesla-killer" made-in-Russia electric vehicle, to be produced by Russian automaker Avtotor by 2025.
December 21, 2023 at 7:22 AM
You had me at “Tesla-killer”
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The New York City Council has voted to ban the use of solitary confinement in city jails www.reuters.com/world/us/new...
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2023 at 10:35 PM
The New York City Council has voted to ban the use of solitary confinement in city jails www.reuters.com/world/us/new...
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2023 at 5:07 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
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LiveWire Warrington @YourLiveWire are currently advertising a prison library assistant role, salary listed as "£8.82- £9.37 per hour. National Living Wage of £10.18 per hour for age 23 years and over, National Minimum Wage £10.42 age 21 – 22." livewirewarrington.c...
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Prison Library Assistant - Variable Permanent Hours • Livewire
Job title: Prison Library Assistant
livewirewarrington.co.uk
December 20, 2023 at 4:52 PM
LiveWire Warrington @YourLiveWire are currently advertising a prison library assistant role, salary listed as "£8.82- £9.37 per hour. National Living Wage of £10.18 per hour for age 23 years and over, National Minimum Wage £10.42 age 21 – 22." livewirewarrington.c...
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All workers, no matter their age, deserve to be paid enough to meet their needs. But beyond that, prison library work is skilled, valuable, difficult labour. Prison library workers should be paid more than the legal minimum.
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December 20, 2023 at 4:52 PM
All workers, no matter their age, deserve to be paid enough to meet their needs. But beyond that, prison library work is skilled, valuable, difficult labour. Prison library workers should be paid more than the legal minimum.
3/8
3/8
I just coined a word for when you string emoji together to connote a word, phrase, or concept for which a single emoji does not yet exist: PORTMANTEAUJI
December 18, 2023 at 8:07 PM
I just coined a word for when you string emoji together to connote a word, phrase, or concept for which a single emoji does not yet exist: PORTMANTEAUJI
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Thank you @asheeshksi.bsky.social! The CSU teaches 480k students, most of which are first gen and minoritized. Please care? Literally anyone?
The @nytimes.com has 4 reporters covering Ivy League boardroom gossip that impacts less than 1% of the college students in the US; meanwhile, they've done just 1 story on the Cal State strikes.
December 12, 2023 at 3:26 AM
Thank you @asheeshksi.bsky.social! The CSU teaches 480k students, most of which are first gen and minoritized. Please care? Literally anyone?
Here’s some of the data that backs it! (And CPC = cetylpridinium chloride) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34282982/
Periodic reminder in this winter season:
You might consider getting a mouthwash that contains CPC. Rinse + gargle your throat regularly, if you can.
It kills a range of viruses, not just COVID. It's evidence-based!
It's effective & not a lot of people know about it.
You might consider getting a mouthwash that contains CPC. Rinse + gargle your throat regularly, if you can.
It kills a range of viruses, not just COVID. It's evidence-based!
It's effective & not a lot of people know about it.
December 12, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Here’s some of the data that backs it! (And CPC = cetylpridinium chloride) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34282982/
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can't i just want to fuck an elf like everyone else. i'm literally normal
December 10, 2023 at 6:17 AM
can't i just want to fuck an elf like everyone else. i'm literally normal
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- It's no longer 'brave' or a sign of hard work to show up sick to work. It's a terrible Christmas present that your colleagues will hate you for.
- Get boosted (for Covid, flu, and RSV if available), will hopefully prevent some infection and ensure a milder course of illness for most.
- Get boosted (for Covid, flu, and RSV if available), will hopefully prevent some infection and ensure a milder course of illness for most.
December 12, 2023 at 4:09 AM
- It's no longer 'brave' or a sign of hard work to show up sick to work. It's a terrible Christmas present that your colleagues will hate you for.
- Get boosted (for Covid, flu, and RSV if available), will hopefully prevent some infection and ensure a milder course of illness for most.
- Get boosted (for Covid, flu, and RSV if available), will hopefully prevent some infection and ensure a milder course of illness for most.
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this picture taught me the word "kerning"
December 10, 2023 at 10:34 PM
this picture taught me the word "kerning"
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WE JUST GOT NATIONAL FREE TEST-TO-TREAT FOR COVID AND FLU IN THE US
www.test2treat.org/s/?language=...
If you’re uninsured/underinsured, on Medicaid or Medicare, or get VA or Indian Health Services care, you can also enroll *without* a positive test and get free Lucira tests sent to you.
www.test2treat.org/s/?language=...
If you’re uninsured/underinsured, on Medicaid or Medicare, or get VA or Indian Health Services care, you can also enroll *without* a positive test and get free Lucira tests sent to you.
December 8, 2023 at 2:26 AM
WE JUST GOT NATIONAL FREE TEST-TO-TREAT FOR COVID AND FLU IN THE US
www.test2treat.org/s/?language=...
If you’re uninsured/underinsured, on Medicaid or Medicare, or get VA or Indian Health Services care, you can also enroll *without* a positive test and get free Lucira tests sent to you.
www.test2treat.org/s/?language=...
If you’re uninsured/underinsured, on Medicaid or Medicare, or get VA or Indian Health Services care, you can also enroll *without* a positive test and get free Lucira tests sent to you.
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Given the discussions on the Other Place recently on the purpose of public scholarship for historians, I want to re-up my "How Your History Gets Made" (acoup.blog/2020/07/09/c...).
One of the two main goals of my public scholarship is to make clear that academic historical research is necessary.
One of the two main goals of my public scholarship is to make clear that academic historical research is necessary.
Collections: How Your History Gets Made
This week I want to explain how the academic side of history (the part that happens in research universities, a term I will define in a moment) leads to the history content that the public at large…
acoup.blog
December 5, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Given the discussions on the Other Place recently on the purpose of public scholarship for historians, I want to re-up my "How Your History Gets Made" (acoup.blog/2020/07/09/c...).
One of the two main goals of my public scholarship is to make clear that academic historical research is necessary.
One of the two main goals of my public scholarship is to make clear that academic historical research is necessary.