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Julie Setele

@juliesetele.bsky.social

Librarian, sociologist, zinester. Reproductive justice, prison abolition, books (especially romance novels), cats, and women’s soccer (Gotham, Chelsea, USWNT). Free zines at juliesetele.com Free Palestine. Land Back. Black Lives Matter. They/them.

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jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 4w ago

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

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the second year in a row, I’ve compiled an antifascist, anti-imperialist, anti-racist, globally collaborative zine to commemorate the Fourth of July (US Independence Day). This year is considered a special one because it’s the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. …

Zine cover of “Fuck the 250th” plus some extra text. Background is an upside down Washington Monument during a fireworks show. Extra text reads “free collaborative zine at juliesetele.com” and “hot off the press!”Zine cover of “Fuck the 250th” plus some extra text. Background is an upside down Washington Monument during a fireworks show. Extra text reads “contributions from around the world,” “free! (Unlike this country),” and “proudly antifascist.”
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last chance to submit to *F*** the 250th”. Deadline is July 1 (any time zone). Open to the whole world! This is an anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-fascist zine. If the government is going after antifascists, that’s because the government is fascist. Submit to fthefourthzine@gmail.com.

An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Fuck the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Frak the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Fork the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first volume of ARTISTS! TO KNOW AND LOVE is here! Free to download/print/read at juliesetele.com! I encourage you to support living artists with your money when possible, but certainly with your likes, shares, and follows. Tell me: Who belongs in a future issue?

Cover of “Artists! to know and love, vol. 1”. A series of colorful paint pots are set out on an orange background. Text is imposed over it: new free zine at juliesetele.comThe first page of the zine, which has way too much text for alt text, but I plan to put a text-only version of the zine up at juliesetele.comModified version of the back cover of the zine, with the text “which artists are featured? Find out at juliesetele.com” and the citation for the cover photo (sarah richer via Unsplash)
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy Pride! F*** the 250th! I’d love for you to submit your work to this antifascist, antiracist, anti-imperialist zine! Deadline is July 1, 2026.

Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call for submissions: “F*** the 250th” This fourth of July, the US is ostensibly celebrating its 250th anniversary — except for the whole rapidly-advancing-into-an-increasingly-fascist-state thing. Join with creatives from around the world as we share our original art and/or writing about what…

An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Fuck the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy Pride! F*** the 250th! I’d love for you to submit your work to this antifascist, antiracist, anti-imperialist zine! Deadline is July 1, 2026.

Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call for submissions: “F*** the 250th” This fourth of July, the US is ostensibly celebrating its 250th anniversary — except for the whole rapidly-advancing-into-an-increasingly-fascist-state thing. Join with creatives from around the world as we share our original art and/or writing about what…

An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Fuck the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’ve said it before and will say it a few more times. When Trump 2.0 came for accreditation I knew we had crossed into a different era of white reclamation. Precise, focused, stealth. Anyway, you probably don’t want these reforms.

AAUP@aaup.org · 3mo ago

The US Department of Education is currently overhauling federal accreditation rules for colleges & universities. The April 6, 2026, Proposed Changes to Initial Draft Regulations unacceptably seek to narrow & control what can be taught, learned, & researched on college & university campuses. 🧵 1

Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When I very briefly moved back home after studying abroad in Ireland, I got a job as a server at Frisch’s Big Boy. It was the turn of the century and I was working with the public while sporting a shaved head in semi-rural KY. My manager asked me if I was gay (which was definitely illegal for him…

Analog collage featuring a tree covered in blue and purplish-blue butterflies; a Frisch’s Big Boy statue is popping through the butterflies, from within the tree; glued over everything are the words, “I want to be your foam peanut”. The collage is placed on a background of white with rainbow-y waves repeated across it.
Library Innovation Lab@harvardlil.bsky.social · 2y ago

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab

Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...

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madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 3mo ago

This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push

Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera@pantibliss.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call for submissions: “F*** the 250th” This fourth of July, the US is ostensibly celebrating its 250th anniversary — except for the whole rapidly-advancing-into-an-increasingly-fascist-state thing. Join with creatives from around the world as we share our original art and/or writing about what…

An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Fuck the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Frak the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).” An upside down Statue of Liberty is the featured image. The big text says: “Fork the 250th” with smaller text that reads: “call for submissions: ‘celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US with creatives from around the world. Submit your art and/or writing on what the US represents and/or how you feel about the US, etc. to fthefourthzine@gmail.com by July 1, 2026. Include a brief bio (50 words max, 3rd person). NO AI. Final zine will be available as a free, printable download with a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As a university librarian, a week doesn’t go by without AI coming up in conversation with coworkers. This past week, I was frustrated to see AI use being accepted in a hobbyist printmaker group. So I made this original linocut print! Check insta for process videos & Juliesetele.com for a free zine

Two linocut prints of a block that says: “100% human*” “plus cat hair and dust” “soulful” “real” “comrade” “imperfect” The print is a gradient of blue (which looks green), purple, and pink.Carved linocut block on a green self-healing cutting mat. The block is battleship grey linoleum, stained pink. A Flexcut carving tool and linoleum shavings are also visible.Cover of a minizine: “AI is very bad, actually: A manifesto.” Image shows a wrench being thrown into interlocking gears.
Julie Setele@juliesetele.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I need to experiment a bit to get the background more solidly inked, but I’m very pleased with this first print I pulled from my Christina Hammock Koch linocut portrait block. This involved playing with letting the light in, since in linocut you carve away what you want to remain light.

Black and white print of a linocut portrait of Christina Koch. Image is based on an official NASA photograph.The linocut block used to create the print