The English department at Reed College—my department—is hiring a TT prof in post-45 US fiction and/or narrative. This position includes teaching in the interdisciplinary humanities program (mostly the freshman core course) as well as possibly contributing to upper level interdisciplinary programs.

One of my recent collage works (1): "Feminist Zines" (September 10, 2026)

When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone.

Please join us in Chicago to celebrate Fobazi's life and legacy. RSVP at tinyurl.com/celebratefob...

I wrote about the new ALA workers' union and why it matters to all library workers in the U.S., whether you're an ALA member or not. 📚 acrlog.org/2026/06/03/t...

The New ALA Workers Union, and Why It Matters - ACRLog

A hearty congratulations to the members of the newly formed ALA Workers United (ALAWU)! In March, employees at the American Library Association announced their intention to form a union, and last week...

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If you missed my CALM Keynote, Slow Management in a Fast World, it's now available on YouTube fully captioned. youtu.be/frkgyhEERfs?...

CALM 2026 Opening Keynote: Slow Management in a Fast World

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Okay which one of you did this?

Job Alert! Two postdoc positions in Vanderbilt's new Computing + Society program, co-directed by Laura Stark and Jenny Davis! 3-year positions starting in July 2026. Reviewing applications on a rolling basis until May 10, 2026. Feel free to DM with questions. Call here: lnkd.in/gqZJYYHB

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Vanderbilt is committed to providing a meaningful, robust experience for postdocs. Below is a list of currently available postdoctoral opportunities. Postdocs interested in applying for a specific pos...

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I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

As a black person who was working in a newsroom, I will forever nurse my rage about watching white coworkers chuckle at Trump’s birther press conferences. From the jump, he was “asking” for President Obama’s walking papers. A direct line current police and violence. It was never a joke or gimmick.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

That Librarian: Amanda Jones@librarianjones.com · 6mo ago

This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...

🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴 chag sameach everyone

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Trump: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Was hearing a weird amount of pop culture critics throwing shade on Sinners this past week, but I have to say, after hearing Ryan Coogler lifting up educators & saying he's honoured by professors who might teach his work, if you still don't understand why people dig this man, you're choosing not to.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Mad Scholar Frights@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.

When there are no consequences for the last bad thing, you'll get a next worse thing.

Israel has launched an attack on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from downtown Tehran. The apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Witnesses say more explosions rock Iran's capital, Tehran

Israel has launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city’s downtown. The apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

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I really can’t not see this.

A lesson about networks that I’m kind of proud of: at the beginning of the year, I gave my 200 students a dumb survey: fav books, foods, etc. I told them they could use pseudonyms and that I’d share their responses with the class. We’ve been using that data in various ways: to make points about +

"Is there a technology the left is excited about?" Let's see, off the top of my head: - libraries - solar power - community-owned, community-run [noun], for example • power grids • communications networks - e-bikes - voting by mail - vaccinations - affordable health care Notice any patterns?

Black History Month zine available @oaklibrary.bsky.social Magazines & Newspapers Room. The California Voice was a Black newspaper in Oakland that ran from 1919 to 20??. I went through 20 years of microfilm to find the coolest (mostly) local Black music coverage and ads in the paper. Dig it.

A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case

my anger is still directed where it belongs, but I’m getting at least increasingly irritated that outlets like Status reporting extensively on the layoffs aren’t even bothering to note that the Post apparently fired every single one of of its remaining arts critics

Sam Adams@samadams.bsky.social · 8mo ago

the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.

thank you for everything you did for we here and for the library and information science profession, fobazi. you were an incredible friend, thinker, writer, supporter. you’ll be dearly missed 🤍

Fobazi M. Ettarh@fobettarh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’m heartbroken to hear this news. Fobazi has touched so many people and she will be missed so much. My thoughts are with her wife and family.

Fobazi M. Ettarh@fobettarh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Apparently, Google Books deliberately removed search for previewed books?? For ANYONE doing research, this is a BIG deal. Not to be able to search for specific things that you need? For books that will help? For references used by other authors? My last book would have been impossible without it.

Rick Perlstein@rickperlstein.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I don't mean to seem alarmed, but it appears Google's book search function is, just...gone. In a sane country it would be a huge deal, front page news, that a privately owned utility that millions researches, from journalists to scholars, rely on every day to advance knowledge can just disappear.

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLESTICKS (1930)! 🐸🎶 🎬 Meet Flip the Frog in his very first cartoon—created by animator Ub Iwerks, who previously animated STEAMBOAT WILLIE and later formed his own studio. Full short ➡️ archive.org/details/Fidd... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

This is practical help for Minneapolis. I'm doing it.

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 8mo ago

today is the last day i will ask you to donate to people’s rent this month. we are trying very hard to meet a $30,000 goal today to help the last few families on our list before their rent grace period ends.