René Radusky
@bibliotecariarr.bsky.social
Liberal 🇨🇺, SFBA. Trained archivist but actual Head Start data geek & public-intellectual-wannabe. AB, brownupolisci.bsky.social, MLIS, sjsuischool.bsky.social. MA Gaelic Lit, @ucc.ie. 🧶, 🍻, 🧑🍳 & ☕️. Duolingo addict & mountain dulcimer newbie. #irishtrad
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
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“Zamora, who died hours after The Real World: San Francisco’s finale aired, broke barriers during his short life. His commitment ceremony to partner Sean Sasser was included in the series, marking the first-ever same-sex ceremony on TV.” people.com/pedro-zamora...
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Zamora, who died hours after The Real World: San Francisco’s finale aired, broke barriers during his short life. His commitment ceremony to partner Sean Sasser was included in the series, marking the first-ever same-sex ceremony on TV.” people.com/pedro-zamora...
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Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
If I was working at OU, I would just start handing out 100's to every student and stop writing comments.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
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Incompetence will save us from full blown autocracy… probably
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Incompetence will save us from full blown autocracy… probably
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
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Still haven't read the full agreement because I deserve nice things occasionally. But there's really a need for a propublica-type investigation into the social network of these boards, presidents, & donors with the admin. At the same time, exploring the similarities and differences across deals.
I would love to see detailed reporting about how these deals come together. This one looks like an inside job even more than Columbia’s.
I’ll look at it in more depth later but Northwestern’s agreement seems more campus-specific than previous deals and imposes restrictions on campus conduct beyond what others ave agreed to. Northwestern seems to have surrendered autonomy to a shocking extent. www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Still haven't read the full agreement because I deserve nice things occasionally. But there's really a need for a propublica-type investigation into the social network of these boards, presidents, & donors with the admin. At the same time, exploring the similarities and differences across deals.
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Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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Do something kind for yourself this weekend.
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Do something kind for yourself this weekend.
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This is Nazism. And the only reason some folks cannot see it is because they, themselves, are also dangerous fascists. This may be the most un-American statement ever uttered by a man currently serving as co-President of the United States. It spits in the face of everything America is.
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is Nazism. And the only reason some folks cannot see it is because they, themselves, are also dangerous fascists. This may be the most un-American statement ever uttered by a man currently serving as co-President of the United States. It spits in the face of everything America is.
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20 November to 20 December is UK Disability History Month, which platforms the history of disabled people's struggle for equality and human rights.
You can find out more about our Disability History research resources in this online guide ⬇️
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM #Archives #RareBooks
You can find out more about our Disability History research resources in this online guide ⬇️
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM #Archives #RareBooks
LibGuides: Special Collections: Disability History Resources: Introduction
LibGuides: Special Collections: Disability History Resources: Introduction
libguides.exeter.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
20 November to 20 December is UK Disability History Month, which platforms the history of disabled people's struggle for equality and human rights.
You can find out more about our Disability History research resources in this online guide ⬇️
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM #Archives #RareBooks
You can find out more about our Disability History research resources in this online guide ⬇️
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM #Archives #RareBooks
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I'm not racist against anyone one in particular, just all of... them.
A cowardly, racist playground bully trying to weasel out with double talk when finally held to account. Can you imagine the shameful depths to which he’ll plunge Great Britain as PM?
Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I'm not racist against anyone one in particular, just all of... them.
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hey #DressHistory - or i guess #TextileHistory too - this interview is really great, talking about material history and reconstructing a particular type of cloth, and why this kind of work is so valuable for historians.
(i need to read his book now!)
(i need to read his book now!)
An interview with a historian who set out to weave a textile of the type that would have been sold to plantations for use by enslaved people, using period equipment.
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
hey #DressHistory - or i guess #TextileHistory too - this interview is really great, talking about material history and reconstructing a particular type of cloth, and why this kind of work is so valuable for historians.
(i need to read his book now!)
(i need to read his book now!)
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Ben-Gvir, 🇮🇱 minister, calling on Netanyahu to assassinate Palestinian 🇵🇸 officials if the UN recognise Palestine 🇵🇸
Israel 🇮🇱 is a racist, terror state
Sanctions now
Expel 🇮🇱 from the UN now.
Israel 🇮🇱 is a racist, terror state
Sanctions now
Expel 🇮🇱 from the UN now.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Ben-Gvir, 🇮🇱 minister, calling on Netanyahu to assassinate Palestinian 🇵🇸 officials if the UN recognise Palestine 🇵🇸
Israel 🇮🇱 is a racist, terror state
Sanctions now
Expel 🇮🇱 from the UN now.
Israel 🇮🇱 is a racist, terror state
Sanctions now
Expel 🇮🇱 from the UN now.
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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We had T-Mobile for 15 years and loved their service, but last week I dumped them for sponsoring the Trump Ballroom and jettisoning their DEI policies. Impossible to boycott all the disgusting US corporations, but doing my best . . .
Defending Democracy Starts With Your Phone Plan: Why I Cut Ties With T-Mobile | Common Dreams
The most effective way to resist the authoritarian takeover of our democracy is to make it clear to companies partnering with authoritarians that there will always be consequences for such business r...
www.commondreams.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We had T-Mobile for 15 years and loved their service, but last week I dumped them for sponsoring the Trump Ballroom and jettisoning their DEI policies. Impossible to boycott all the disgusting US corporations, but doing my best . . .
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit
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What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Targets Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Targets Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-n...