The first article in a 3 part series — you can read the article here: murmurations.space/2026/08/05/a... This is such a good article. If you’ve ever wondered about the extent that mis/disinformation plays in anti-trans bias, Heath’s article addresses that very issue.

A Library Worker’s Guide to Anti-Transgender Misinformation, Part One: Understanding Anti-Transgender Misinformation by Heath Umbreit

AbstractAuthorLicenseRecommended CitationDownloadable PDFIntroductionPositionality statement and content notesLocating ourselves in present realityConstruction and interpretation of informationExam…

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murmurations@murmurationsjrnl.bsky.social · 9h ago

🪶New in Murmurations: “A Library Worker's Guide to Anti-Transgender Misinformation, Part One: Understanding Anti-Transgender Misinformation” by Heath Umbreit heaththelibrarian.bsky.social. The first in a series on this topic!

Rhode Island: where “Herb Chambers” is the name of a car dealership and not a weed shop

Don't use headings to arbitrarily style text. If you apply “Heading 4” style, you add a <h4> heading tag to the item. When screen reader users navigate from heading to heading, the item will be treated as a heading. This will be confusing. Only treat actual headings as headings.

Also a timely reminder that Xylitol is *extremely* poisonous to dogs www.petmd.com/dog/poisonin...

Xylitol Poisoning in Dogs: Signs, Treatment, and Prevention | PetMD

Xylitol is a common ingredient found in many foods and products. Learn all about xylitol poisoning in dogs, including what to do immediately if your dog ingests xylitol.

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Erin@biscuit.quest · 2w ago

For any Toms of Maine toothpaste users who are not into its cloyingly sweet xylitol-powered “Great New Taste”, you can get a refund check from its parent company Colgate-Palmolive. Relatedly, I’m now accepting minty-not-sweet toothpaste recs *shakes fist at cloud* www.tomsofmaine.com/pages/contac...

For any Toms of Maine toothpaste users who are not into its cloyingly sweet xylitol-powered “Great New Taste”, you can get a refund check from its parent company Colgate-Palmolive. Relatedly, I’m now accepting minty-not-sweet toothpaste recs *shakes fist at cloud* www.tomsofmaine.com/pages/contac...

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Erin’s guide to switching music services (and bringing your playlists along!) was the push I needed to dump Spotify. I don’t have an e-bike, but their guides are so damn good, I’m reposting this without hesitation. EVERYONE LISTEN TO ERIN!

Erin@biscuit.quest · 2w ago

We got a second e-bike! I wrote a blog post about what I was looking for, the model I chose, redeeming RI’s e-bike rebate, and how it’s been going so far (spoiler: great) erinrwhite.com/finding-urto...

We got a second e-bike! I wrote a blog post about what I was looking for, the model I chose, redeeming RI’s e-bike rebate, and how it’s been going so far (spoiler: great) erinrwhite.com/finding-urto...

Unfortunately for y’all I can now write blog posts in markdown AND publish them from my phone or ipad

[Tune of “Please don’t go girl” by NKOTB] “NO STEP ON SNE-EKKK It would ruin my who-o-o-ole ne-eck” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden...

Gadsden flag - Wikipedia

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“Whatever a thread of skeets is called? A skedaddle.” - @courtniewolfgang.bsky.social

"After enduring months of anti-ICE protests at its bank offices, Citizens Financial Group is parting ways with two for-profit prison operators that oversee detention facilities for the federal immigration enforcement agency." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/b...

Citizens Bank parts ways with two prison operators amid ICE protests - The Boston Globe

Citizens said the end of its relationships with GEO Group and CoreCivic was driven by changing financial needs of the two clients, not by protests.

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An overdue update on my new job, featuring OAQs (Occasionally asked questions) erinrwhite.com/something-co...

Also, and this isn't even the main point: if the rumors of private activities are true, there's a very solid chance Graham wasn't even "gay" per se, but rather a deeply closeted and self-loathing trans woman, or at least a cross-dresser. Don't write a blank check for bigoted jokes. It'll go badly

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 4w ago

Unacceptable ways to mock Lindsey Graham in death: -"He was gay lol" Acceptable ways to mock Lindsey Graham in death: -Literally every other possible insult

As a queer southerner, I would also like to read this. Ain’t no hate bigger than the hate you feel toward yourself.

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 3w ago

Like there’s such a long list of bad stuff. I would like to read a piece by a queer Southerner contending with Graham’s anti-LGBTQ+ actions. bsky.app/profile/matt...

Was an invited guest on a podcast for the second time in my life and for the second time I feel afterwards like I talked too much and didn’t say anything of value. Lord grant me the hubris of a man in moments like these!

If you've ever seen that episode of King of the Hill and still remember 'That's my purse! I don't know you!', you've already seen the impact a training like this can have on you. Having the tools and the language, but especially the practice of speaking up, it's so important.

Julie S. Lalonde@julieslalonde.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you saw someone getting groped on the train, would you step in? If you heard a man going on a racist tirade in a Costco, would you intervene? Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 ways you can safely de-escalate harassment in public spaces. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Appreciating this ode to Google Reader. Long live blogs and following creators directly and sharing links with our friends

Buttondown@buttondown.com · 4w ago

The app that taught us to directly follow our favorite creators. buttondown.com/blog/google-...

Celebrating the fourth in our basement with our visitors from DC, watching Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), grateful for the rain that is keeping our neighbors from further terrifying our dogs with their fireworks

What could you create/make by next summer to lessen suffering in some part of your world? Let that question be your guide and hold yourself to making something of whatever size and impact by that time. Hold yourself to the commitment. No one else needs to know but you will.

Spent some time with the Itch version of @copystar.bsky.social’s talk today - connecting game theory, how we got to the current moment, and speculative fiction as a mechanism for building a new world. Thank you for sharing this with us, Mita! copystar.itch.io/now-is-the-t...

Now is the Time of Facing Monsters by Mita Williams

CAPAL 2026 Keynote

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Mita Williams@copystar.bsky.social · last mo.

On June 22nd, I gave the opening keynote for the 2026 Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (aka @capal-acbes.bsky.social ) librarian.aedileworks.com/2026/07/02/n... The video of my talk is up... and there is also secret * b o n u s * content to be seen...

Did you know that Rhode Island has an electric bike rebate program? Yes it does. drive.ri.gov/erika-niedow...

This is an excellent time to be fighting for better. So many places where you can ACT and be constructive. Let the side that you choose to fight against feel "the stubborn ounces of [your] weight." Onwards!

Government surveillance is a greater danger than so-called surveillance capitalism (aka cookies). Government is not your privacy protector. ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

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@drnikko.bsky.social and I are putting together a special issue proposal for Big Data and Society on "Trans Data"! If you're an #STS nerd, or a #transstudies nerd, or ideally both, do submit ideas if you have them - docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Big Data and Society - Trans Data CFP

Call for PapersSpecial Issue of Big Data & Society on Trans Data Data and trans lives go - both fortunately and unfortunately - together. From surveillance systems seeking to normalise and control t...

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If you started your workday telling someone they don’t have a job anymore, you get to leave early. That’s just the rules

Spending Friday evening researching fiscal sponsorship models for our fledgling Rhode Island UX coalition AMA

Does This Guy Know How To Party Or What?

Alt: GIF from Wayne’s World. Wayne’s pointing wildly and asking, “Does This Guy Know How To Party Or What?”

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Ahh!! Neko Case and Destroyer are playing a show at the Park Theater in Cranston, RI this fall and I am freaking STOKED theparkri.com/event/neko-c...

Neko Case Neon Grey Midnight Green Tour with Support from Destroyer | Park Theatre, Cranston, RI

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10am! Want early access to tickets? Become a Spectacle Live Member today! Support: Destroyer  Every handful of years, Neko Case resurfaces with a new album and re...

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My fellow cis folks, The FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to trans/gender content. Time to be an ally and tell the FCC absolutely the fuck not. It takes five minutes to do.

Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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