I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

In light of the “good faith questions” discourse I just wanted to re-up @reveleth.com’s fascinating podcast about the complex (and frequently appalling) history and present of policing sexual biology in women’s sports.

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2y ago

Hello new people! My latest project was a 10+ year labor of love and it would mean the world to me if you checked it out. www.tested-podcast.com It’s a narrative, deep, complex and suspenseful story of gender, sports, science, and “fairness.”

I have been informed that August begins this weekend and that is both fucked up and bullshit

I need you all to know that the Berkeley Public Library has solicited submissions for a new mascot, and you can now vote for the contestants and I'm losing my mind. berkeleypublic-library.github.io/Fiber-Mascot...

RIT libraries is hiring a digital scholarship and data librarian: rit.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

I have held one of these awards and would be happy to share my experience if anyone is looking for advice (it was wonderful).

Shannon K. Supple@mazarine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Research fellowships at Yale’s Beinecke Library! 📜📚 First: Short-term Research Fellowship (2027-2028) For anyone not a student. (Students: see next post.) Application deadline is August 15, 2026. beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fel...

The "sequel"(?) to "You Are Reviewer 2" is now available to download for free. "So You've Been Told to Publish Your Data" is a solo d6-based "game" to "learn" about Research Data Management and Data Publishing. midnitelibrary.itch.io/publish-your... 📚

do we still do good news on here? i just learned that my 1939 ny world's fair research was awarded runner-up of best 2025 article published in the ieee annals of the history of computing. timely as ever, about corporate dreams of tech utopia + spectacular tech debuted to distract from rising fascism

@lifewinning.com If 🦋 posts are eligible for perfect sentences, I'd like to nominate "This lettuce is literally everywhere and usually it’s in contexts where no one knows/discloses it."

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 3w ago

This lettuce is literally everywhere and usually it’s in contexts where no one knows/discloses it. Taco Bell is one of the only places doing the right, proactive thing here and misleading headlines are flipping things around making seem like they’re a site of danger instead.

We need 2-3 more writers with a science-y backgrounds to help us turn news chaos into orderly information on @unbreaking.org's infectious disease control, food safety, and medical research funding pages. The commitment is a few hours every couple of weeks. Is this you? 🌱 unbreaking.org/how-to-help/

How to help — Unbreaking

Documenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone.

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me: searches 'town name library' google: here are five pages of results that do not include the library page (I gave up after the first 5 result pages & found it linked elsewhere, tho I might not have looked if I didn't know there were a page to find. The town name is unique & not a common word.)

Once you see the title, you immediately know which economist wrote it 🤦‍♂️

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3w ago

We’re fucking doing this again?

Also this is a fundamental misunderstanding of history. It wasn't like the only alternative to cars was horses? Instead it could have been better rail transit, or other kinds of vehicles that didn't require paved roads. Likewise, we're not choosing between AI and quill-and-ink. There are options!!!

Be part of your library's supply chain—request that they purchase Dr. Posner's book!

Miriam Posner@miriamposner.com · 4w ago

Hey, I have these postcards of my book's cover (by Vera Villanueva for Yale UP). I'd love to mail you one. Will you send me a screenshot of 1) your pre-order OR 2) your (free!!) request that your library purchase the book? And of course an address to mail it to.

Everybody: we hate Alexi Lalas Literally everybody: seriously we would rather watch the games in a language most of us don't speak because it means no Alexi Lalas Truly everybody: we cannot stress enough, out loud, all the time, how much we hate Alexi Lalas FOX: why are people watching Telemundo!?

@chanda.blacksky.app Super exciting to see The Edge of Space-Time as book of the week at the fantastic print shop/ bookstore Matter (morematter.com) www.instagram.com/shopatmatter...

The Shop At MATTER on Instagram: "Vania is bringing us our Employee Book of the Week! 'The Edge of Space-Time' by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is "A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteri...

17 likes, 0 comments - shopatmatter on June 30, 2026: "Vania is bringing us our Employee Book of the Week! 'The Edge of Space-Time' by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is "A fresh, charming, socially consciou...

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ICYMI: my new article explores the early history of u.s. electronic death registration systems. it's a story about trying to improve both data quality and ease of data entry. turns out, those goals were in tension

sara m. b. simon@sarambsimon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

this is but one small part of the larger dissertation project still to come, but i'm happy to share my new article on the labor demands of u.s. electronic death registration, published in a special issue of medical history doi.org/10.1017/mdh....

Amazing to see all the places I've seen this work being shared, including in a dissertation proposal I'm watching. I wish it didn't need to be done, but hopefully this analytic approach will help anyone who didn't understand the situation.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...

Riso-printed! Hand-signed! An actual physical thing you can get in the mail! We're sending these bookplates to everyone who preorders DATA BY DESIGN. Drop your address here and we'll send one to you: forms.gle/tK4Dyx1DFvte...

Our residency call for the 26/27 academic year is live! The theme this year is Creative Misuse - interpret as you will. Read the full prompt: https:// drive.google.com/file/d/16zB-7J4UoajGAooans30yEgQKlzys2hD/view Fill out the application: https:// forms.gle/KNfcAGBVCbyURiWJA

Dear US friends: if you are tired of seeing screenshots of posts that are mostly inflammatory lies but you know they might impact you and your community, might I refer you instead to @unbreaking.org? Timelines of what’s *actually* happening in US federal policy in key areas, sourced and updated.

me: searches 'running store' google maps: here is a butcher shop me: what

Three things the Trump administration is doing with our data: 1. Slopping it together into a big shoddy surveillance blob 2. Sucking up more and more of it, including voter rolls and reams of "commercial" data 3. Crushing the infosec agency formed to keep it safe unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

Briefing: Data Security + more — Unbreaking

This week we have an in-depth briefing from our Data Security team and updates from Archives & History, Infectious Disease Control, and Trans Healthcare.

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What are some buildings where the current use is a joyful moving on from a past use, perhaps referencing its history? NYPL's Jefferson Market Library www.nypl.org/about/locati... which was a courthouse & Qtopia Sydney qtopiasydney.com.au/our-story/hi... which was a police station come to mind.

C'mon propublica, not you too. I just… don't fucken do this, man… Not the people who literally broke the story about how "AI" systems disproportionately harm the already marginalized, reinscribing prejudice into supposedly objective process w/ life & death results. All that shit's still there, y'all

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The ProPublica union has voted to authorize a strike. Around 150 journalists, videographers, copy editors and more voted to authorize, with 92% of the union voting yes. ProPublica allegedly rejected restrictions on replacing jobs with AI, and hasn't met other union concerns.

Finally a Lego set for shipping sickos.

We’re always on the lookout for researchers, writers, and editors to pitch in and help us make and maintain these pages. Here’s how to join us: unbreaking.org/how-to-help/

How to help — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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"Art is radicalizing in the revelations it creates."

dan sinker@dansinker.com · 5mo ago

I wrote about joy and resistance and Alysa Liu and Bad Bunny. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!