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Kate Crowe
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Ad astra per aspera | archivist @ Univ of Denver | in unceded Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute territory | settler/trespasser | bitch who reads | higher ed baby| she/her | views are mine
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Hi new (apparently mostly Colorado) people! I am a librarian/archivist at a private university here, I am from Kansas (6 gens back on my mom's side), and I am an abolitionist, believer in harm reduction, and the need to protect public goods and services, including but not limited to libraries.
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Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.

In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.

So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is a real loss, and that such a passionate transit advocate died in a multi vehicle crash feels especially awful. 😢
Colorado Sen. Faith Winter, 45, killed in car accident buff.ly/1GWwSqA
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You guys there's so many mountains. And also really tall hills.
People should stop climbing mt everest
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Nothing unifies animals that dislike each other like an electric blanket
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
figured if we are going to be seeing all the US governing documents tested in real time it's probably a good idea to watch this Ken Burns documentary
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New Basics was a staple in our house for a reason
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is an important story and I want to note something. I read @denverite.bsky.social's fantastic reporting on this raid in Feb when it happened, so thought "oh god, it happened again." No, this is the story from the February raid. Denverite, please incl this context if you re share stories.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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More than a century after Denver bought a handful of bison, the herd has a new role.
In photos: A ceremonial buffalo hunt helps Denver’s Indigenous residents connect with their heritage
Denver once displayed the animals as a Wild West novelty for residents and tourists. Now they’re helping Denver’s Indigenous residents connect with their heritage.
www.cpr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.

He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Can't stop won't stop (watching/reading reporting on the Klamath First Descent)
Oregon Public Media did a really beautiful mini doc about the first descent of the undammed Klamath River that is worth a watch youtu.be/4FuGuWeAra4?...
First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
thank god I have a graduate degree so I can come up with fun names for our annual surprise departmental mouse, such as 'Algernon.'
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The perfect demonstration of the fallacy that “international students take seats from US students.” Nope, international students’ tuition subsidizes domestic students
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Thanks for asking. And no one who denies and attacks science can lead science. So no, and I hope the story isn't the whitewash this pitch makes it sound like.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
the first rule of fight club is to leak news of your fight club to the Post
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love 🎥🖤
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I didn't realize until much later that the Wachowskis directed this which makes so much sense in retrospect
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM