Philly folks, join us Saturday for "Preserving Your Family's Keepsakes," a free knowledge-sharing event about how to care for your precious stuff and preserve it w digitization. Presented by Taller Puertorriqueño, Penn Libraries and the U of Delaware. Register @ www.eventbrite.com/e/preserving...

When are we going to talk about how class shapes conferencing in academia? And how conferences exacerbate the wealth gap btw folks with unlimited research funds vs those of us with the funds to attend/belong to just one org a year?

bring Library Freedom Project to your library to host these classes, or use our free resources at libraryfreedom.org/resources

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w ago

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

CFP: Public History Projects www.villanova.edu/university/l... grants up to $7500 deadline Sept 25 @lepagevu.bsky.social #PublicHistory cc @ncph.bsky.social

The ultimate nostalgia event

Philadelphia Film Society@filmadelphia.org · 2w ago

NEXT THURSDAY: Du Jour means BYOB! Join the PFS Young Friends for a BYOB screening of the ass-kicking, rock-and-rolling, subliminal messaging cult classic JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS! Thu. July 30 | 7:30 PM | East Tickets: https://bit.ly/4gRzVBj

We work hard for Penn! That's why we'll continue our #FightFor4!

AFSCME Local 590 DC 47@afscme590.bsky.social · 2w ago

The University of Pennsylvania, the wealthiest entity in the city, is holding up 3 contracts across 2 union locals over money. We demand 4% increases, they propose less than 3%. The difference is chump change to Penn, but it means a lot to our members. Let's get #FightFor4 trending!

German broadcast. Nailed it

Folks who have spent more time in Philly than me, what are your must-do/see/eat recommendations beyond the typical lists? Bonus points for indoors since it’s unhealthy to, ya know, breathe the air

Sign the petition! c.org/cVMG6VvqPS

Sign the Petition

Stop the Closure of the National Archives at Chicago!

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Chicago Collections@chicollections.bsky.social · last mo.

Our access to historical records is directly affected by this closure. Thanks @chicagoarchivists.bsky.social for their attention to this. blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/06/c...

When a license plate is captured by an automated license plate reader (ALPR), it’s instantly compared against a list of vehicles that the police are actively looking for, known as a “hotlist.” EFF has learned that one of these hotlists targets immigrants on behalf of ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?

When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that police have identified

eff.org

The change at the President's House happened overnight, allowing the government to switch out the displays and shutdown the television screens while avoiding public scrutiny during the takedown.

Slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been swapped for the Trump administration’s version

inquirer.com

Kinda... concerned... that no other movies have showtimes at any of my local theaters after The Odyssey releases this Friday. Did Nolan buy out every screening room in the country?

does anyone know how to log off

Delightful to look up from Cherry Street Pier and watch the hundreds of pedestrians crossing the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Camden and Philadelphia, which is closed to traffic today for its 100th birthday celebration 🎂

If you are (or you know) a recent PhD with an interest in exploring careers in emerging forms of scholarly #publishing, #digitalhumanities, or academic community building, this @cmupress.bsky.social / @library.cmu.edu role might be of interest. cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities and Publishing - CMU Libraries and CMU Press - UEIS

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and Carnegie Mellon University Press invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Humanities and Publishing. This is an exciting opportun...

cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

PSA!

Mackenzie@mackymoo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thanks to a colleague sharing this site: reciprocard.com I finally have access to a bigger Libby catalog GOOD GOD how I have been suffering.

Buck up, US fans. The women’s World Cup is less than a year away.

Oh hey emerging from a daylong migraine just in time to go to bed. What did I miss?

I interviewed a former prosecutor yesterday who said this one thing that I cannot stop thinking about : “I think the most radical thing I learned from becoming a prosecutor is how much violence women face in this country and how little people care.”

We’re supporting We Want More History!, a coordinated day of #history programming on Sept. 26. Timed to align with #America250, "it ensures that national commemorations reflect the full, complex story of the people and places that make up the U.S.” Get involved: https://www.wewantmorehistory.org/.

Home - We Want More History

A national day of history in public. JOIN US Events will take place across libraries, parks, museums, and other civic spaces, featuring talks, facilitated discussions, teach-ins, programs, and community storytelling events. GET INVOLVED Events can be scheduled anytime between September 25-27. Submit Your Planned Event I Am a Host Looking for a Speaker I Am

wewantmorehistory.org

The Office of Management and Budget’s proposed new rule for federal grants would allow the federal government to make loyalty to the Trump administration a key factor in deciding what #history work gets funded. Join us on July 10 to take action. https://community.ncph.org/event/JulyComment-a-thon

Funding Opp: We (Data Theatre Collaborative) wabt to see what you think community data theatre can be! With Association of Theatre in Higher Education we're offing pilot grants for faculty, students, artists, community orgs, and civic folks. 📆 Apply by Oct 1 www.athe.org/page/dtgrants

Never a bad day to quietly participate in a subtle work of achieving socialist utopia via careful attention to the craft of producing useful beauty in the world

Do you have screenshots of your website layouts (or links from the Internet Archice) of your 2000s era blogs/websites that you would want to share with me for a zine? I can redact any information you want, crop out domain names, etc

👀 I can't be at #ALAAC26 but my "Ethically Making and Sharing Data" zine made it and I can see it in these photos! Congrats to those who win the raffle. You can still get a copy even if you didn't win at repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.50...

Zine Libraries@zinelibraries.bsky.social · last mo.

We are fully loaded with zines! See you at booth 2448 at 5:30 p.m. in the exhibit hall! #ALAAC26 📸: @arthurkolat

Celebrating a successful #ACH2026 Mid-Atlantic Regional Hub at Two Locals Brewing with an ice cold beer and two World Cup matches 🙌🏻

"Every event should have a zine-making station." - enthused participant at the #ACH2026 Mid-Atlantic Regional Hub #DHMakes

Our local lightning talks session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Hub of #ACH2026 has kicked off! Learn about the cool projects folks are presenting on this afternoon in this thread ⬇️

The #ACH2026 Mid-Atlantic Regional Hub is happening! This free event runs through Friday at Penn. More info at www.library.upenn.edu/events/ach-2.... Thankful for our wonderful volunteers! @ach.bsky.social