madison
@beastlibrarian.bsky.social
📍 seattle-ish
📚 art librarian
👩🏻🏫 part-time faculty teaching arts librarianship
this is an unprofessional account! I’m here for people with librarian in their bio.
📚 art librarian
👩🏻🏫 part-time faculty teaching arts librarianship
this is an unprofessional account! I’m here for people with librarian in their bio.
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madison
@beastlibrarian.bsky.social
· Apr 19
how can artists, writers, filmmakers, poets, etc
ever get a creative block
when small town historical newspapers from the 19th century exist
ever get a creative block
when small town historical newspapers from the 19th century exist
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...for the undergrads I taught in the US from 2012, writing was some big deal thing not something as mundane as daydreaming or walking. Daydreaming and walking exist on a continuum with deep analytical thought and running (or other physically demanding activities). They're still foundational.
7/
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
...for the undergrads I taught in the US from 2012, writing was some big deal thing not something as mundane as daydreaming or walking. Daydreaming and walking exist on a continuum with deep analytical thought and running (or other physically demanding activities). They're still foundational.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
mulling this thread over.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
mulling this thread over.
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Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
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I love the library. My kid loves the library. We max out all our cards getting books for her every month. I am sometimes overwhelmed by the sheer volume of picture books tho and I just found out LAPL has a form you can fill out and a librarian will select 5 books for your kid and put them on hold. 😎
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I love the library. My kid loves the library. We max out all our cards getting books for her every month. I am sometimes overwhelmed by the sheer volume of picture books tho and I just found out LAPL has a form you can fill out and a librarian will select 5 books for your kid and put them on hold. 😎
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As stated, this is a translation of my Dutch colleagues’ letter- so if you need an English version, follow the link and you can still sign theirs, too. Thx again to @olivia.science for letting me use their words & for everyone’s efforts! @irisvanrooij.bsky.social
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As stated, this is a translation of my Dutch colleagues’ letter- so if you need an English version, follow the link and you can still sign theirs, too. Thx again to @olivia.science for letting me use their words & for everyone’s efforts! @irisvanrooij.bsky.social
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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It’s encouraging that Pope Leo has denounced Trump’s campaign of terror against immigrants. But 55% of Catholics voted for Trump in 2024, and 81% of white evangelicals did. Voters who attend religious services at least once a month backed Trump nearly 2-to-1. 🧵 2/
Voting patterns in the 2024 election
Voting patterns among many demographic groups in 2024 were similar to those in 2020 and 2016, but Trump made gains among several key groups, a Pew Research Center analysis shows.
www.pewresearch.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s encouraging that Pope Leo has denounced Trump’s campaign of terror against immigrants. But 55% of Catholics voted for Trump in 2024, and 81% of white evangelicals did. Voters who attend religious services at least once a month backed Trump nearly 2-to-1. 🧵 2/
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Yep, it’s funny when you travel and meet people, and somehow every state and region has a funny quirk of hating the place that has the most Black people nearby.
shit, speaking as a missiouri resident, if theres two places republicans despise in this state its Kansas City and St Louis
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yep, it’s funny when you travel and meet people, and somehow every state and region has a funny quirk of hating the place that has the most Black people nearby.
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The Wire, a 5-season prestige drama about bras
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Wire, a 5-season prestige drama about bras
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1) There is no legal basis on which such an executive order against state-level "AI" regulation could possibly be enforced. No state or institution should comply w/ this in advance. Many will, obviously, because every EO this man puts out is a set of marching orders for his cronies; but none should.
NEW: Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
All the deets + more w/ @mzeff.bsky.social (it's his first WIRED byline yay!!!!)
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
All the deets + more w/ @mzeff.bsky.social (it's his first WIRED byline yay!!!!)
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
The draft order, obtained by WIRED, instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
1) There is no legal basis on which such an executive order against state-level "AI" regulation could possibly be enforced. No state or institution should comply w/ this in advance. Many will, obviously, because every EO this man puts out is a set of marching orders for his cronies; but none should.
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I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
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"U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Thread on Seattle Public Schools and AI discussions. This comment had me a little 😬
Starosky is selling this by saying "we don't want the digital divide to be even bigger" for students who may not learn to use AI.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Thread on Seattle Public Schools and AI discussions. This comment had me a little 😬
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a double pox upon you if this is true and you’re also from the midwest. like wut. how did you avoid it.
(& you never got to see jacob lawrence’s great migration series in school?! the world has failed you, friends)
a double pox upon you if this is true and you’re also from the midwest. like wut. how did you avoid it.
(& you never got to see jacob lawrence’s great migration series in school?! the world has failed you, friends)
Anecdotes not being data, a large number of white people I've encountered don't know what the Great Migration was.
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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a double pox upon you if this is true and you’re also from the midwest. like wut. how did you avoid it.
(& you never got to see jacob lawrence’s great migration series in school?! the world has failed you, friends)
a double pox upon you if this is true and you’re also from the midwest. like wut. how did you avoid it.
(& you never got to see jacob lawrence’s great migration series in school?! the world has failed you, friends)
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My book has a cover, and it comes out at the end of this month as part of @edinburghup.bsky.social'[email protected] book series!
Please ask your library to purchase it if you can. 30% discount code from the press: NEW30.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nothing...
Please ask your library to purchase it if you can. 30% discount code from the press: NEW30.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nothing...
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My book has a cover, and it comes out at the end of this month as part of @edinburghup.bsky.social'[email protected] book series!
Please ask your library to purchase it if you can. 30% discount code from the press: NEW30.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nothing...
Please ask your library to purchase it if you can. 30% discount code from the press: NEW30.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nothing...
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Just going to keep reminding people that ChatGPT doesn't know everything bc much of history will remain undigitized 🤗 📜
Pretty sure a librarian comes to my rescue about once a week but today three librarians collectively saved my life and I am very grateful. Good luck figuring out what the page numbers of things 100 years old and only held in special collections are while on a copyediting deadline without them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Just going to keep reminding people that ChatGPT doesn't know everything bc much of history will remain undigitized 🤗 📜
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Please note: none of these are university presses. Thank you.
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Please note: none of these are university presses. Thank you.
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Trump on the brutal murder of a Washington Post journalist: "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen." www.azcentral.com/story/entert... via @goodyk.bsky.social
I've watched Trump for a long time. Nothing shocks. Then he defended a murderer | Opinion
President Donald Trump held an Oval Office meeting with the Saudi prince suspected of having journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed. What he said floored me.
www.azcentral.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Trump on the brutal murder of a Washington Post journalist: "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen." www.azcentral.com/story/entert... via @goodyk.bsky.social
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Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
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This storyline has been old for decades, yet it seems like every day there's another new installment.
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This storyline has been old for decades, yet it seems like every day there's another new installment.
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research