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In the spirit of Curt Newton using the word "triptych" during his #OEGlobal26 session, here's our own three-parter from Vancouver :D

Empty ballroom with furniture on the walls waiting to be set up

The furniture has been set up in the ballroom with tables and chairs

The tables and chairs are occupied by people invested in watching the presentation being projected to the wall

Jacob Sayles@jacob.cascadia.social · 2d ago

Excited to be at #OEGlobalYVR with @jacob.cascadia.social 😎

Excited to be at #OEGlobalYVR with @petermusser.com

Woohoo, #OEGlobalYVR is coming together at @internetarchiveca.bsky.social ! Very exciting times.

View of a ballroom from above with six round tables set up and a stage to the left

Two people preparing strips of fabric for a craft activity

View of a ballroom floor from the same level with several tables set up for seating

Good morning #OEGlobal26 from foggy New Westminster, BC! Drinking coffee and then heading over to The Permanent to start setting up for #OEGlobalYVR. See y'all soon!

View from a balcony in a high rise showing neighboring buildings and trees obscured by fog in pre-dawn hours

Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 5d ago

Getting all the things ready for #OEGlobalYVR tomorrow! It's a big bag.

Bag full of various conference supplies, including masks, scissors, sticky notes, hand sanitizer, and sticky notes

Parents who try to get books banned deserve therapy for whatever happened in to them in their lives that got them to that point, because their children deserve to have parents that actually take the role seriously.

Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 5d ago

It's #BannedBooksWeek! The people who most frequently demand books are removed from libraries are well-documented villains. Rich people fund groups like Moms for Liberty bc fabricating moral outrage against librarians/writers/queer people is a great bait and switch against real problems.

American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 5d ago

Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.

LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

Redwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 5d ago

Onion flan, served with yellow cheese studded with hazelnuts and carrot, and a round of freshly-baked spice bread. Washed down with a glass of nettle beer.

Internet Archive Canada 🍁@internetarchiveca.bsky.social · 7d ago

Hey Vancouver 👋 join us on Oct 27, 5:30-8:30pm at our Internet Archive Canada building. We're introducing our first-ever AI Builders Fellows + Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle is stopping by to talk about the future of the open internet. RSVP: luma.com/58wdnop2

Open By Design: Tools for Participation - An Evening with Internet Archive Canada · Luma

Internet Archive Canada for Open by Design - Tools for Participation. Join us as we explore how we can build a more open and participatory digital future, and…

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Redwall Feasts Bot@redwallfeasts.bsky.social · last wk.

A reminder that someone created a bot on here that just skeets out lines from Redwall books describing food. And that's great.

Laughter and merry chatter rose to the rafters of the big room beneath the Abbey. On the tables, preserved plums and honeyed blackberries vied for place with late spring salad and vegetable bakes.

Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · last wk.

I am doing an online workshop next month for BCcampus about ethical practice and genAI tools. If you want to come hang out in a space where inevitability discourse is verboten, consider registering: bccampus.ca/events/the-f...

The Future We Opt Into

This session will explore the ethics of GenAI in teaching and learning practice.

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Atmosphere Community@atmosphere.community · 2w ago

Looks like hagelslaag is back on the menu, boys! 🧌

Thanks so much @jimray.bsky.team @alex.bsky.team for having #AtmosphereConf organizers @gui.do @essentialrandom.bsky.social @bmann.ca on stream just now, and thanks everyone for joining in. And yes: Amsterdam, April 29th to May 2nd, 2027!!!

Rebus @rebus.foundation · 3w ago

Find Rebus at #OEGlobal26, Oct 7-9 at MIT & online! 🌎 Come learn how the Luminary Fellowship was designed, how our Fellows are sustaining education leadership, and how OER can strengthen workforce pathways. Online registration is still open! Explore the Rebus lineup: 🔗 buff.ly/xG9opSb

OEGlobal Conference 2026 — Cambridge, MA & Online, Oct 7–9, 2026; promotional banner showing the event name, year, location, dates, and website conference.oeglobal.org over a soft pastel illustrated map background.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The grapes of wrath WERE heavy, heavy with the vintage.

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

OER Commons Librarians@oerclibrarian.bsky.social · last wk.

Some people choose to wear white balaclavas and sunglasses & go harass indigenous folks & people of color. I choose to spend time trying to be a more informed and decent person & explain to my 4yo why we wear orange shirts today and tomorrow, and help others do the same. You always have choices.

Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is this Wednesday 9/30. This is an opportunity to learn about historical & ongoing injustices perpetrated against indigenous people, and think about what actions we can take to address them. Many thanks to Musqueam for putting this video together.

OEGlobal @oeglobal.bsky.social · last wk.

🎤 Closing Keynote | Fri, Oct 9 | Livestreamed "Future Thinking: Sustaining the Field" Nicole Allen (SPARC), Dr. TJ Bliss, Prof. Jackeline Bucio-García & Prof. Luc Massou close #OEGlobal26 with an important question: how do we sustain this? https://twp.ai/S9FVx0 #OpenEducation #OER #OERPolicy

Jeff Zimmerman@jeffwzimmerman.bsky.social · last wk.

People underestimate the power of #mariachi. I'll always get misty eyed thinking about that time I was at a conference at UNAM in Mexico City & they closed it w/the uni's mariachi ORCHESTRA walking into the auditorium playing/singing Cielito Lindo & everyone in the auditorium joining in 😭

Pretty cool to learn about @emdashcms.com! Hopefully at some point it'll find its way into cPanel so us simpler folks can get it set up.

Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hello and welcome to Monday, everyone! I hope it's kind to you, and if it's not, I hope you're kind to yourself.

Take a stand on the National Day of Action Against AI & Tech-Enabled Scams (Sept. 30)! Then join @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social for a Scam Fighters Workshop to protect your community from fraud: unitedtostoponlinescams.org

United to Stop Online Scams

National Day of Action campaign page for United to Stop Online Scams.

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Oh my goodness I remember thinking back then about how I was going gray... my beard was so consistently dark! Anyways, libraries pay publishers SO MUCH money for ebooks.

E-books at Libraries: Worth the cost?

YouTube video by Stacks & Facts

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