Meredith Kahn
@mkahn.bsky.social
ope we wrote a book: https://alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
I wonder how many of these Morgan Wallen fans thronging the tourist trap Jewish deli (I say with love in my townie heart, btw) are Christian zionists.
Yousef Rabhi, candidate for #a2council mayor, alleges that the current mayor is only fixing the roads downtown because it's an election year. What in the actual fuck are you talking about, man? www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...
Because apparently socialism in Ann Arbor means hanging out with library haters, NIMBYs, and rich people who live in the townships? #A2Council
It's tempting think "we should democratize decisions about the city & give neighbors a voice in decisions." But I really think it's a bad idea to allow adjacent neighbors to have veto power over safety features (bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks) that benefit the larger community. #a2Council
"The ship in which I am able to think about anything else has sailed."
Hester Blum@hesterblum.bsky.social · 3w agoI wish I could tell you that I have consumed any other culture/thought about anything else in six months but I haven’t, and here’s a little bit about why. Thanks to @publicbooks.bsky.social and anyone who has allowed me to talk at them about HR and MD: www.publicbooks.org/heated-rival...
Most music of the last 20 years is just trying to chase the high of the Katamari Damacy soundtrack
Sometimes I worry that I’m not legible, and then a random nonbinary lesbian on the street checks me out so hard their eyes pop out of their skull. Happy pride?
Did I remember business cards? No. But I do have union stickers to give away.
Want to hang out with union activists and authors of the first book about labor published by ALA in decades? Come see us in the Connect Lounge “huddles” on Saturday and Sunday. #alaac26
Woke up thinking about how when asked a question about a time when he brought a coalition together, one candidate told a story about finding consensus through compromise. And the other candidate shouted out a story about being a swing vote. 🫤
Katherine Pearson@kpear.bsky.social · last mo.“Well, that was informative” said the dude next to me as we got up to leave. Which, yes, and I love the diplomacy. But it also felt like being stuck in a live reading of a Nextdoor thread
I was going to Post About It™️, but instead I think I'll just get revenge.
🙋🗳️ Where do Ann Arbor's mayoral candidates stand on housing (and transportation, zoning, neighborhood businesses, tenant protections, and downtown development)? Read Christopher Taylor and Yousef Rabhi's full, unedited responses here: www.moreneighborsa2.org/2026-electio... #a2council
Michael: "I realize not everyone is going to take in a two hour episode..." Me, in the voice of Trixie & Katya: "Am I a Nicki fan?"
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2mo agoI realize not everyone is going to take in a two hour episode, but I am begging you to listen to five minutes starting at 1:12.07
Before you get warm feelings about this story, keep in mind it was **labour and contract protections** that got these people back. Not some grand realization that Librarianship is necessary. Get unionized people. 1 / 2
A Regional College Laid Off All Its Librarians in 2024. Now It Has to Hire Them Back.
Western Illinois University claimed the library was not an academic program when it essentially was, an arbitrator has ruled, and therefore failed to follow the correct process for eliminating the job...
chronicle.com
Wake up #A2Council, a new @annarboraf.bsky.social episode has dropped annarboraf.com/episode-84-p...
Episode 84: Primary Election 2026 #1: Show Your Work - Ann Arbor AF
Today is the first of two conversations preparing for the August 2026 primary election in the City of Ann Arbor; we help you do your homework for the ballot proposals and city races. We let you know h...
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I answered two open access questions today. What's going on? Did we all time travel back to 2013? cc @aj-boston.bsky.social
Me, discovering that our washing machine is maybe dying: “this is some bullshit! this washer is practically brand new!” Also me, doing the math and realizing said washing machine is 14 years old: 🤔😳😑🫠
At a housing training this spring, a presenter walked us through the math behind building a small affordable project–it reframed how I think about the whole debate. I wrote up a little reflection on what I learned, including the question I can't stop asking: who is going to close the gap? #a2council
Affordable Housing Is Harder to Build Than We Want to Admit
Affordable housing isn't built by demanding it, it's built when the math works. A look at the financing gap behind every project, and who closes it.
thewychefamily.com
I'm glad I come from a yelling people, because it really comes in handy when you have to scream at a driver to stop them from murdering you while making an illegal right on red.
me: hey mind if I open some more tabs? also me: girl we have tabs at home
I don’t work at a ranch college, but there’s one an hour away. Years ago we bought a surplus Dodge truck from them for peanuts. All their trucks on offer were Michigan State green, and every one had a driver’s seat destroyed by a dude with too many keys in his back pocket.
Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 3mo agoI know I don't work at a "ranch college" but y'all I'm so excited for this UD dairy (UDairy obvs) ice cream
Ope me and @kellymce.bsky.social are quoted in this! www.chronicle.com/article/unio...
Unions Push for Guardrails on AI, With Mixed Success
As colleges across the country make bold pronouncements about forging into the AI future, employees want answers to fundamental questions about how it will change their work.
chronicle.com
Just finished reading a history of LA metro rail. This and three of the gay hockey smut books are the only books I have read in their entirety on an ereader. www.ucpress.edu/books/railto...
Railtown by Ethan Elkind - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
ucpress.edu
Sometimes you find a spelling of Hanukkah that makes you fall out of your chair.
