maria
@mariayakira.bsky.social
librarian 📚 history lover 📜 bi 🩷💜💙
opinions belong to the little voice in my head
opinions belong to the little voice in my head
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maria
@mariayakira.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Interest Convergence, Intersectionality, and Counter-Storytelling: Critical Race Theory as Practice in Scholarly Communications Librarianship by @mariayakira.bsky.social and @chiuchiutrain.bsky.social
Interest Convergence, Intersectionality, and Counter-Storytelling: Critical Race Theory as Practice in Scholarly Communications Librarianship – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
so excited for people to read this article and share their thoughts! 🥳 #criticalracetheory #scholcomm #critlib #libraries
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
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When Israel bombs Gaza after pledging itself to a ceasefire, we apparently need to say this is a “Test of ceasefire” to avoid saying what is blatantly obvious, that this is a violation of the ceasefire
Again, I’ll keep on repeating this: Israel does not do ceasefires unless forced to.
Again, I’ll keep on repeating this: Israel does not do ceasefires unless forced to.
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When Israel bombs Gaza after pledging itself to a ceasefire, we apparently need to say this is a “Test of ceasefire” to avoid saying what is blatantly obvious, that this is a violation of the ceasefire
Again, I’ll keep on repeating this: Israel does not do ceasefires unless forced to.
Again, I’ll keep on repeating this: Israel does not do ceasefires unless forced to.
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It's genuinely amazing what they'll admit to when they think they're untouchable
An immigration agent to a protester who was filming their vehicle’s license plate: “You can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.”
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It's genuinely amazing what they'll admit to when they think they're untouchable
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much like journalism & other info professions, there is discussion/deconstruction of “neutrality,” if it can or should even be achieved, etc
& we should all be more aligned re: disinfo bc of the infrastructure that is used to get information out there: computers, data centers, social networks
& we should all be more aligned re: disinfo bc of the infrastructure that is used to get information out there: computers, data centers, social networks
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
much like journalism & other info professions, there is discussion/deconstruction of “neutrality,” if it can or should even be achieved, etc
& we should all be more aligned re: disinfo bc of the infrastructure that is used to get information out there: computers, data centers, social networks
& we should all be more aligned re: disinfo bc of the infrastructure that is used to get information out there: computers, data centers, social networks
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however! we do have a tradition of activism guided by intellectual freedom: i am inspired by the work of Zoia Horn, who refused to testify and subsequently give up information to the FBI about patrons of her library that were protesting the Vietnam war: archive.org/details/zoia...
Zoia! : memoirs of Zoia Horn, battler for people's right to know : Horn, Zoia : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index
archive.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
however! we do have a tradition of activism guided by intellectual freedom: i am inspired by the work of Zoia Horn, who refused to testify and subsequently give up information to the FBI about patrons of her library that were protesting the Vietnam war: archive.org/details/zoia...
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yes, also: we’ve got a long history of promoting literacy, but it’s important to note that the field wasn’t always interested in access of information for all. librarians upheld segregation & many still view literacy as a mechanism for “civilizing” an “uncivilized” public: doi.org/10.31979/257...
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
yes, also: we’ve got a long history of promoting literacy, but it’s important to note that the field wasn’t always interested in access of information for all. librarians upheld segregation & many still view literacy as a mechanism for “civilizing” an “uncivilized” public: doi.org/10.31979/257...
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You go into a store to buy a 2-litre bottle of milk at the supermarket and pay $3. But the person in front of you in line paid $3.50. And the person behind you paid $2.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You go into a store to buy a 2-litre bottle of milk at the supermarket and pay $3. But the person in front of you in line paid $3.50. And the person behind you paid $2.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
Surveillance pricing is the practice of monitoring consumer data to charge you the most they think you will be willing to pay.
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the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change
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Tens of millions of people are set to lose food stamps in weeks and conservatives are celebrating it right in the open on social media. They’re gleeful about starving children, literally saying “fuck them kids.” Yet another reason that “pro-life” is a misnomer. They’re loudly pro-death
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Tens of millions of people are set to lose food stamps in weeks and conservatives are celebrating it right in the open on social media. They’re gleeful about starving children, literally saying “fuck them kids.” Yet another reason that “pro-life” is a misnomer. They’re loudly pro-death
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The AWS outage exposes again that “the cloud” isn’t magic, it’s infrastructure. The issue isn’t a cyberattack, it’s architectural over-reliance on a handful of cloud giants. We centralized the internet and then made our entire lives dependent on it.
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The AWS outage exposes again that “the cloud” isn’t magic, it’s infrastructure. The issue isn’t a cyberattack, it’s architectural over-reliance on a handful of cloud giants. We centralized the internet and then made our entire lives dependent on it.
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Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians and wounded at least 230 since the 'ceasefire' went into effect on October 10.
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians and wounded at least 230 since the 'ceasefire' went into effect on October 10.
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So you didn't need the LLM and could validate the output only after months of your careful work. That's evidence it's useless and that your work is valuable.
We spent months doing a careful lit review with help from a librarian, PubMed, and Google Scholar. After we had completed the work and whittled the 7K+ citations down to only 7 that met our criteria, I asked Claude the question we were trying to answer. It found 6 of the 7 and wrote a great report.
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
So you didn't need the LLM and could validate the output only after months of your careful work. That's evidence it's useless and that your work is valuable.
Between all the plane crashes and now this, I really don't want to fly rn 😰
Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, had described his plan to shoot up the world’s busiest airport on a social media livestream, authorities said
Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta's airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police say
Police have arrested a man accused of threatening to open fire at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta and say an assault rifle was found in his car.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Between all the plane crashes and now this, I really don't want to fly rn 😰
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Evelyn Parts, who goes by Evie, was banned from competing with her college's varsity cross country and track team because she is a transgender woman.
Now, she's taking action. On August 14, she filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA and Swarthmore College. Read the full story:
Now, she's taking action. On August 14, she filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA and Swarthmore College. Read the full story:
She Got Kicked Off Her College Track Team Because She's Trans. Now, She's Suing
This isn't how Evie Parts envisioned her senior year.
www.teenvogue.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Evelyn Parts, who goes by Evie, was banned from competing with her college's varsity cross country and track team because she is a transgender woman.
Now, she's taking action. On August 14, she filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA and Swarthmore College. Read the full story:
Now, she's taking action. On August 14, she filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA and Swarthmore College. Read the full story:
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building scientific experiments on top of LLMs is like building a castle on top of shifting sand
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
building scientific experiments on top of LLMs is like building a castle on top of shifting sand
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Who Owns Our Knowledge? We asked thought leaders around the world how the #OAweek theme resonates with their work. Thanks to Angela Holzer & Michaela Bilic-Merdes from the German Research Foundation for sharing their insights. Learn more in our profile here: www.openaccessweek.org/theme-profil...
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Who Owns Our Knowledge? We asked thought leaders around the world how the #OAweek theme resonates with their work. Thanks to Angela Holzer & Michaela Bilic-Merdes from the German Research Foundation for sharing their insights. Learn more in our profile here: www.openaccessweek.org/theme-profil...
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Y'all! This is free event is happening tomorrow! Don't miss it!
We're gonna be taking open peer review and all things #library #publishing.
Learn more and register: litwinbooks.com/openness-in-...
#openPeerReview #librarianship #journals
We're gonna be taking open peer review and all things #library #publishing.
Learn more and register: litwinbooks.com/openness-in-...
#openPeerReview #librarianship #journals
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Y'all! This is free event is happening tomorrow! Don't miss it!
We're gonna be taking open peer review and all things #library #publishing.
Learn more and register: litwinbooks.com/openness-in-...
#openPeerReview #librarianship #journals
We're gonna be taking open peer review and all things #library #publishing.
Learn more and register: litwinbooks.com/openness-in-...
#openPeerReview #librarianship #journals
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This is so awful. Never forget that the first law in the United States written explicitly to deny people was targeted at Chinese immigrants and impacted people in this neighborhood.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
More federal agents on Canal, counter protesters gather shouting the agents.
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is so awful. Never forget that the first law in the United States written explicitly to deny people was targeted at Chinese immigrants and impacted people in this neighborhood.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
This is historical continuity of the worst sort.
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Every rapid response chat I’m on is going berserk — forty ice agents indiscriminately capturing people if you can get down to Canal right now, please go!
More federal agents on Canal, counter protesters gather shouting the agents.
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Every rapid response chat I’m on is going berserk — forty ice agents indiscriminately capturing people if you can get down to Canal right now, please go!
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“[Contract instructors], much like their counterparts in other precarious sectors, are severely undercompensated, with few or no benefits, limited advancement opportunities, and very little job security.” - Dr. Larissa Atkison
Learn more: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#NSpoli
Learn more: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#NSpoli
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“[Contract instructors], much like their counterparts in other precarious sectors, are severely undercompensated, with few or no benefits, limited advancement opportunities, and very little job security.” - Dr. Larissa Atkison
Learn more: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#NSpoli
Learn more: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#NSpoli
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I think TikTok culture has done more than anything else to normalize casual surveillance / leveraging commercial surveillance against your friends/partners/colleagues/random strangers than anything else I've ever seen
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I think TikTok culture has done more than anything else to normalize casual surveillance / leveraging commercial surveillance against your friends/partners/colleagues/random strangers than anything else I've ever seen
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This whole interview with @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is amazing, but we need to shout this from the rooftops.
There's this message that abusive men like to send that's something like "yeah, I'm an abuser, but I'm a strong man who can get things done."
And no, he isn't.
There's this message that abusive men like to send that's something like "yeah, I'm an abuser, but I'm a strong man who can get things done."
And no, he isn't.
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This whole interview with @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is amazing, but we need to shout this from the rooftops.
There's this message that abusive men like to send that's something like "yeah, I'm an abuser, but I'm a strong man who can get things done."
And no, he isn't.
There's this message that abusive men like to send that's something like "yeah, I'm an abuser, but I'm a strong man who can get things done."
And no, he isn't.
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Subramanyam Vedam was just released after spending 44 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, only to be picked up by ICE put BACK in prison, this time for a decades-old deportation order.
What a summary of the nation's horrors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What a summary of the nation's horrors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after Ice arrest
Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was recently exonerated for murder after being sentenced to life in prison in 1983
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Subramanyam Vedam was just released after spending 44 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, only to be picked up by ICE put BACK in prison, this time for a decades-old deportation order.
What a summary of the nation's horrors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What a summary of the nation's horrors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...