Franny Gaede
@librarifran.com
She / Her. Eugene, OR. Librarian @ University of Oregon. Opinions my own. Humanist & technologist, open advocate, cross-stitcher, cat-person, cardigan enthusiast, eater of cheese, unapologetic punster.
also @[email protected]
also @[email protected]
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UC Santa Cruz has quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program. Sign the petition demanding that UCSC continue to fully fund the Program and Dr. Hernandez’s position. actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Save the Community Archiving Program and Rebecca Hernandez
The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) last week quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program...
actionnetwork.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
UC Santa Cruz has quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program. Sign the petition demanding that UCSC continue to fully fund the Program and Dr. Hernandez’s position. actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
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So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al
The making of critical data center studies - Dustin Edwards, Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, Mél Hogan, 2025
In this article, the authors demonstrate how the data center has become a key site, object, and metaphor for interdisciplinary scholarship of the internet. Whil...
journals.sagepub.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al
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Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 244 (10/5/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possib...
blackwhiteandread.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
Our union continues to fight the layoffs announced at the libraries in September 2025. Please sign our petition on Action Network and help us gather public support to protect our colleagues and oppose these harmful position eliminations. ✊🏻 actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...
Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...
actionnetwork.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Our union continues to fight the layoffs announced at the libraries in September 2025. Please sign our petition on Action Network and help us gather public support to protect our colleagues and oppose these harmful position eliminations. ✊🏻 actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...
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i love sunny autumn days 🍂☀️
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i love sunny autumn days 🍂☀️
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So I used to like to joke I taught from Plato to NATO
But really I taught from, say, Gilgamesh to Luther.
But they don't rhyme. I want them to rhyme.
But really I taught from, say, Gilgamesh to Luther.
But they don't rhyme. I want them to rhyme.
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So I used to like to joke I taught from Plato to NATO
But really I taught from, say, Gilgamesh to Luther.
But they don't rhyme. I want them to rhyme.
But really I taught from, say, Gilgamesh to Luther.
But they don't rhyme. I want them to rhyme.
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Yesterday, we filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s illegal federalization of the National Guard.
This morning, we filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to block the federalization from going into effect.
We’ll keep sharing updates as things progress.
This morning, we filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to block the federalization from going into effect.
We’ll keep sharing updates as things progress.
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Yesterday, we filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s illegal federalization of the National Guard.
This morning, we filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to block the federalization from going into effect.
We’ll keep sharing updates as things progress.
This morning, we filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to block the federalization from going into effect.
We’ll keep sharing updates as things progress.
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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On my GenEd climate change exams, I include an open-ended question allowing students to tell me something they learned but didn't appear elsewhere on the exam. It's worth 5x any other question.
Nearly every student expounds on how cool they thought some concept was. #AcademicSky
Nearly every student expounds on how cool they thought some concept was. #AcademicSky
It's the time of the semester where I start including silly questions in attendance polls for my GenEd class. Today's was just "How ya doin?"
65 replies of people saying lovely things. If you ask college kids a simple question, they show how kind and interesting they are.
#AcademicSky
65 replies of people saying lovely things. If you ask college kids a simple question, they show how kind and interesting they are.
#AcademicSky
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On my GenEd climate change exams, I include an open-ended question allowing students to tell me something they learned but didn't appear elsewhere on the exam. It's worth 5x any other question.
Nearly every student expounds on how cool they thought some concept was. #AcademicSky
Nearly every student expounds on how cool they thought some concept was. #AcademicSky
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One of my Gen Z nephews texts me videos, and I text him articles back. It's like we speak different languages.
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
One of my Gen Z nephews texts me videos, and I text him articles back. It's like we speak different languages.
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I keep losing the ‘Go 4 Minutes Without Being Totally Enraged By A Headline Challenge’
Now admitting the whole weather service DOGE purge was a mistake apparently www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Trump's pick to lead NOAA pledges to restaff weather service
Nominee says he would work to undo the workforce cuts from the last few months, though the process could take time.
www.govexec.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I keep losing the ‘Go 4 Minutes Without Being Totally Enraged By A Headline Challenge’
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Like a podcast? Share their episodes. Enjoyed a book? Pass it along to a friend. Love a YouTuber? Drop a link in group chat. Admire an author? Let them know with a message.
Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.
Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.
June 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Like a podcast? Share their episodes. Enjoyed a book? Pass it along to a friend. Love a YouTuber? Drop a link in group chat. Admire an author? Let them know with a message.
Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.
Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.
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next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It
Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear...
www.404media.co
July 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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As a queer author, thank you for buying our gay books in response to the challenges and bans and court decisions, but I implore you to go stand up for your public libraries and schools—they’re our greatest advocates, and they’re kind of the main target of this whole effort.
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As a queer author, thank you for buying our gay books in response to the challenges and bans and court decisions, but I implore you to go stand up for your public libraries and schools—they’re our greatest advocates, and they’re kind of the main target of this whole effort.
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A few folks have DM’d me abt the Frederick Douglass passage I excerpted at the rally. Here it is:
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
June 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A few folks have DM’d me abt the Frederick Douglass passage I excerpted at the rally. Here it is:
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
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"This should be obvious, but let’s be clear: Neither the White House nor the U.S. Department of Justice has the authority to hire or fire university presidents. But if you claim a power and everyone acts like you really have power, you totally have that power."
June 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"This should be obvious, but let’s be clear: Neither the White House nor the U.S. Department of Justice has the authority to hire or fire university presidents. But if you claim a power and everyone acts like you really have power, you totally have that power."
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A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes.
This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes.
This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
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Our new Public AI Model Hub is here 🥳
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
June 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Our new Public AI Model Hub is here 🥳
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
My WFH buddy Paco is a Very Good helper.
I always think of his early Internet doppelgänger whenever he gives me side-eye!
I always think of his early Internet doppelgänger whenever he gives me side-eye!
June 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My WFH buddy Paco is a Very Good helper.
I always think of his early Internet doppelgänger whenever he gives me side-eye!
I always think of his early Internet doppelgänger whenever he gives me side-eye!
Proud of my city 💜 (and thrilled with our new local news outlet @lookout-es.bsky.social!) lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/latest... #NoKings
No Kings protest draws 10,000 demonstrators to downtown Eugene
People of all ages gathered at the federal courthouse and marched through town to Alton Baker Park with handmade signs as a part of a national day of protest against President Donald Trump’s birthday ...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
June 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Proud of my city 💜 (and thrilled with our new local news outlet @lookout-es.bsky.social!) lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/latest... #NoKings
Chicago, I was so excited to escape grass season in Eugene, but, uh, I appear to have found some more pollen 🤧
a black and white cat with its mouth open and the word petcollective written on the bottom
Alt: A repeatedly sneezing cat
media.tenor.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chicago, I was so excited to escape grass season in Eugene, but, uh, I appear to have found some more pollen 🤧
We had to come up with a team name in our #OpenRepos2025 workshop today and in honor of my laptop sticker, meet The Open Potatoes.
June 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We had to come up with a team name in our #OpenRepos2025 workshop today and in honor of my laptop sticker, meet The Open Potatoes.
Traveling to #OpenRepos2025 today, so didn’t get to join my friends at the #NoKings protest in Eugene, but a good day to don my 🦋Bluesky best🦋 #MundusSineCaesaribus
June 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Traveling to #OpenRepos2025 today, so didn’t get to join my friends at the #NoKings protest in Eugene, but a good day to don my 🦋Bluesky best🦋 #MundusSineCaesaribus