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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · Nov 14

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 6h

*naked 🙃

Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 6h

Just waiting for some enterprising person in Portland to start selling "antifa butts drive me nuts" at the next nahed bike ride

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 18h

Trump caps international student enrollment at top US universities, limits set at 15%

www.businesstoday.in/nri/study/st...

Trump caps international student enrollment at top US universities, limits set at 15% - BusinessToday

This move is part of a broader policy aimed at regulating academic admissions and funding, and it is set to have significant repercussions for colleges and universities across the United States.

www.businesstoday.in

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

www.oregonlive.com

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 19h

my biggest beef with bluesky is that I get way more updates on what Curtis Yarvin or Peter Thiel than anything on the African continent

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

What the Twitter takeover did so effectively was fracture the way we get our news. If, for example, I want to get in-depth updates on Sudan I still check in with Twitter as that's where a lot of the biggest accounts are. There's no one-stop shop anymore.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

A miracle they’re still alive. Elated for their families. Can’t help but think of all the hostages who would have also come home two years ago had Netanyahu chosen his own people over his thirst for war.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages.

The Israeli military says it has taken custody of them and will transport them onward to Israel. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel says Hamas hands over first 7 hostages to Red Cross as part of Gaza ceasefire

The key exchange follows a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. U.S. President Donald Trump was also arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal and postwar plans.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19h

University leaders: [terminate programs, close campuses, cave in to political pressure from demagogues]

Faculty, students, staff: you’re killing the university

Management consultants: looks like you got a real comms challenge here

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

Not just elections. I still think back on doing traffic safety for a small march in a northern suburb of Denver and having the cops literally redirecting traffic back at us. When one of us went to ask them to stop actively endangering ppl, the cop said "can't, we've been defunded."

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

This. Anyone who tells you otherwise hasn't been in this long enough to know the reality of this in their bones or they are selling something. Possibly both.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

That fire comes from love, but sometimes, we need a moment to self-regulate, so we don't lose ourselves in it. If this moment is stretching you out or burning you up, please take care of yourself. Fortify yourself, honor your needs, and maintain your relationships. There's a lot more of this ahead.

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

Potatoes alone. 🥔

James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 1d

Given that anyone with a brain ought to recognise how many “national dishes” were impossible pre-Columbian Exchange, it’s nice to finally see pushback on the inherently ethnonationalist/racist claim that some cultures have “authentic dishes” and other “parasitic” cultures only “steal” them

Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, my hair is great

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

Beyonce is 6 months younger than me and that is something I think about more than I should

jacky. @jacky.wtf · 1d

Zohran is like two years older than me. He's probably been working out for at least five years lol

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

Librarians are usually pretty easy, we love a comfortable shoe and a fun vest or cardigan, and typically we have some intense statement glasses.

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

This is like being in a city during a library/archives conference and trying to spot archivists and librarians

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm waiting for my friend to come out of a doula class and have invented a game called "guess who was in the doula class"

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Ashlee @cluesandcontext.bsky.social · 1d

Unprocessed boxes, never inventoried

Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word story that only someone in your profession will understand:

Boxes not reviewed beforehand.

Jennifer Hell Hoffman 😈🔥 @astroprofhoff.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Observing run clouded out.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being one of the soldiers who thought they dodged this shitty assignment, but then got tapped in because some dudes got fat-shamed on social media.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

Most of these people are deeply trained, or at least highly educated, in humanities. Knowing isn’t being.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word story that only someone in your profession will understand:

Boxes not reviewed beforehand.

Jennifer Hell Hoffman 😈🔥 @astroprofhoff.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Observing run clouded out.

Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Majority decision, Star Athletica.

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

I know I have struggled to independently purchase costumes without the assistance of antifa

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

The "you're either lying or you are incompetent" rule.

Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

But, what do universities love but an excuse to just dial up the surveillance tech. 👎

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way. I'm often bummed that rather than implement a bunch of hostile surveillance technologies and massively increasing security after intolerance and hate speech, these are not used as opportunities to share about the histories of this kind of speech and often, violent actions.

Brenden W. Rensink 📚🏃‍♂️⛰ @brendenwrensink.bsky.social · 6d

Patty Limerick gave me the heads up on this letter to the editor she just sent in regarding the anti-Mormon chants at the BYU-CU game. Indeed, what a world this would be if everyone had better historical thinking skills and historical perspective.

www.dailycamera.com/2025/10/07/i...

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