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

Atlassian Enables Default Data Collection to Train AI letsdatascience.com/news/atlassi... Trello and Jira users "metadata collection is mandatory for Free, Standard, and Premium tiers and cannot be opted out on those plans."

Atlassian Enables Default Data Collection to Train AI

Atlassian will begin collecting customer metadata and in-app content from **Jira**, **Confluence**, and other cloud products by default on **August 17, 2026**, to train its AI offerings including `Rov...

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As part of #IowaCity Sidewalk Sales, we put out deeply discounted books - children's, mystery and thriller, ancient history, all kinds - and give all proceeds to the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic. The sale is on 11-6 Friday and Saturday. Come find some treasures and help your neighbors!

At the University of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx, eight women pay $250 a month for a room of their own — and the stability to pursue a college degree.

College students were facing homelessness. These New York nuns had room in their convent.

At the University of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx, eight women pay $250 a month for a room of their own — and the stability to pursue a college degree.

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ISU (Ames, IA) is hiring 2 FT Library Assistant IIIs. The Evening position works Tues-Fri afternoon/late night hours & the Weekend/Evening position works Sat-Tues daytime/evening hours. More details isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt... Please share so we can to welcome some fantastic folks! 📚

Library Assistant III

Position Title: Library Assistant III Job Group: Merit Required Minimum Qualifications: • Three years of library work experience, or A combination of related work experience, undergraduate education, ...

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and another, thanks @maria0065.bsky.social

Find Free Food Near You | Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens & SNAP

Lemontree is a free food access platform helping people find nearby food pantries, soup kitchens, and SNAP benefits. 900,000+ families have found free food with personalized support.

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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threats

Traditional vaccines target specific pathogens, limiting their scope against diverse respiratory threats. We describe an intranasal liposomal formulation combining toll-like receptor 4 and 7/8 ligands...

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Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

Hadn't seen this before. Nicely done. isaiprofitable.com

This is my new favorite thing.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · last mo.

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

The International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion (IJIDI) is pleased to announce the publication of our 10th Anniversary Special Issue. Read the full announcement here: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ij... I am proud to have served as a managing editor for this journal since 2018.

I just saw this at the website of SRF (Swiss radio and TV). They say that old books go by the pallet-load from Europe to a Canadian AI company, via a temporary storage at the Czech-German boarder with an alleged volume of 700K titles just from Germany and three Mio. worldwide, to later destroy them.

Jagd auf alte Bücher - KI-Firmen kaufen Antiquariate leer – und vernichten die Bücher

Palettenweise wandern alte Bücher aus Europa in die USA. Dahinter stecken mutmasslich KI-Unternehmen – mit System.

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This piece gets at one of the many things that concerns me about AI in education: the obsession with everything being more efficient and the loss of desirable difficulties. As humans, we learn when we fail and when we experience something unanticipated. theconversation.com/ai-schools-l...

AI schools like Alpha promise efficiency, but can’t replicate the messy process that helps kids learn

AI schools try to tailor learning to match students’ abilities. But they can’t help young people learn who they are.

theconversation.com

My @uoppald.bsky.social student @chloeapter.bsky.social is seeking more participants for her study on autistic people's experiences of being assigned a label like "challenging behaviour"/"problem behaviour" etc (like her). W/ enough participants, all going well, we hope to publish. Could you repost?

Chloe Apter (she/her)@chloeapter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How do autistic adults make sense of being assigned the "challenging behaviour" label? *RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS* I am autistic & I have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label Supervisor: @drstevenkapp.bsky.social Email Chloe.Apter@myport.ac.uk to express interest/for more information

Happy graduation season! To celebrate, we put together a compilation of service dogs graduating. 14/10 for all ❤️ please enjoy

A young Brooklynite testifying at city hall this morning asking the finance committee to devote 0.5% to NYC’s libraries. Now back to school! @nycplan.org

New report! The College in High School Alliance, along with @iskme.org and @goopen.bsky.social have put out a report with policy recommendations to support for dual enrollment (concurrent enrollment in Iowa) with the use of #OER! See the report here: collegeinhighschool.org/resources/du...

State Policy Guidance on Expanding Open Educational Resources in Dual Enrollment

New guidance for state policymakers on expanding the use of open educational resources (OER) in dual enrollment to close the affordability gap.

collegeinhighschool.org

New videos are up! This year, our local #OER committee identified a major interest in videos that answer common questions faculty bring to us. Many are institution-specific, but some might find this one useful: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4k6...

Choosing the Right Creative Commons License for You

YouTube video by Iowa State University Library

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Having AI read graduate names in a commencement ceremony deeply depersonalizes something that is profoundly personal & human for these graduates. Why remove personal recognition & connection at a time when the personal can & should be celebrated? This isn't a technical glitch. This is a poor choice

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

For the science librarians 📚

anil oza@aniloza.bsky.social · 3mo ago

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

Crafty fiber arts folks -- What a great concept for a book!

The Gynarchy Podcast@thegynarchy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Book Giveaway!📚 In honor of the latest episode with cross-stitch artist and author @stephxstitch.bsky.social, we’re giving away a copy of her book! To enter: 1️⃣ Follow our accounts. 2️⃣ Like or share this post. (Do both and be entered twice!) Winner will be announced by DM on March 12th. Good luck!🍀

thank you to a student for sharing this bookmark from the campus library, which attributes a point made by Herbert Simon in the 1970s to Mr. Beast

We just wrapped interviews for the University Librarian position here at Iowa State. I wanted to take a moment to recognize all the work that goes into these types of searches. There are layers of work that need to happen. Read more on my blog: libingthegoodlife.blogspot.com/2026/04/univ...

The deadline was pushed back by a year. 📚 www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

DOJ Extends Web Accessibility Deadline

Public colleges now have until next year to ensure their web pages and mobile apps are accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with recent updates to the ADA. Disability advocates decried...

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Show us what brings you #LibraryJoy with your original creative work: a drawing, painting, poem, essay, photo, video, song, comic panel—you get the idea. Submit your original piece by the end of #NationalLibraryWeek (4/25) for a chance to win a $150 VISA gift card! Submit at ilovelibraries.org/joy

Interesting contrast between these two articles: Iowa as a whole state: www.iowapublicradio.org/state-govern... Chicago: blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC. "All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources." blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access

Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

blockclubchicago.org

TL;DR: support interactive assignments so educators can help students engage in deeper learning. Let students take electives and support them in branching out. And pay teachers a living wage! Thanks for sitting through my reflective mid-day social media posting. 😅

And it's notable that these courses were Not in my major. They were extras, filling time or credit hours I needed to graduate. Today, some might say they were a waste of time. But without them, I would be a less well-rounded person and I'd likely have less empathy for the work of my peers.

This is Stinky and Binky. Their human jokingly started offering ad space on their backs, but then people actually started buying spots. Good thing Binky is running a special. 14/10 for both (TT: toocutelabs)

So this new version of Primo... when you open a record, you now get this huge additional side-panel with "Related Persons." Who asked for this and why? Because this is just making load times worse for no real reason.