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Meredith Kahn
@mkahn.bsky.social
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ope we wrote a book: https://alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · Mar 27
it me
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · Mar 27
an ass that won't quit and also cannot be easily fired due to an ironclad collectively-bargained contract, won by the ass and her union comrades
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 1d
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 1d
A few weeks ago I was asked to speak on the topic of what I want in our next university president. And I guess what I truly want is someone who isn't so willing to burn the whole place down in pursuit of "innovation" or "excellence at scale" or whatever.
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 1d
Being a union member who works for a big public university, I would like to believe that the bosses are invested in the survival of the institution. But wow have the last few years made it hard to sustain my faith in that assertion.
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 1d
"What no one prepared us for, though, was that the logic that we followed—we want the business to succeed; we need our jobs to make money—didn’t apply to ownership." thebaffler.com/latest/a-fai...
A Fair Slice | Becca Young
Unionizing at Brooklyn’s Barboncino was the easy part—then came the negotiations
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 3d
Good union job here for an archivist! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Archivist for Community Collections | U-M Careers
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 5d
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 6d
Truly a long shot, but since your audience is basically queer librarians (and this book was written by a few of 'em), any chance @notalawyer.bsky.social & @michaelhobbes.bsky.social wanna tell people to buy our book about how to start a labor union at your library? 🥺https://alastore.ala.org/oryrlib
Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers (Critical Cultural Information Studies series)
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 7d
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 7d
I would love to know the answer to the question “why.” Why are we doing this?
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damnarbor.bsky.social @damnarbor.bsky.social · 10d
2025 is on pace to be Ann Arbor's worst year for pedestrian crashes. We talk with @crashesinannarbor.bsky.social's Peter Houk who complied these data.

#a2Council

www.damnarbor.com/2025/10/2025...
2025 on pace to be Ann Arbor's worst for pedestrian crashes: an interview with Crashes in Ann Arbor's Peter Houk
Serious and fatal pedestrian crashes by year from Crashes in Ann Arbor . 2025 data is year to date. Ann Arbor has an ambitious  Vision Zero ...
www.damnarbor.com
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 11d
I suspect they do not, because it will result in rural hospitals disappearing?
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 12d
It's almost like those old firetraps are literal fire traps???
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 13d
I mean if you're gonna call this symposium anything, you might as well lean in and name it after the best Trek, right?
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Andy Byers @ajrbyers.bsky.social · 13d
The Lower Decks returns. We've launched our CFP for The Lower Decks 2.0. Check it out here: www.openlibhums.org/news/859/

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The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing
Theme: Users and Community Location: Dublin City University Library, Glasnevin Campus, Dublin, & hybrid streaming online Dates: 21st – 22nd May 2026 Cost: Free Sign-up to attend Janeway is an …
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 13d
:: clinks cans ::
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 13d
Now I drink NA beers and am getting into ✨fragrances ✨ as a hobby.
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 13d
In my late 30s/early 40s I was in a monthly wine club where we meticulously tasted a bunch of wines and got hammered (usually by accident). Today at 45, if I drink a single glass with dinner I will die.
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 13d
My terrible advice to people in their 20s is: drink a lot. A LOT. Not to a problem level, but oh my god once you hit the back half of your thirties and beyond you will NOT be able to drink (or to recover from drinking) nearly so easily.
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eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 13d
We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!

Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.

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The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 15d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfH2...
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Justin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · 16d
I think one of the biggest mistakes we’ve made in academia over the last few years was treating tenure and academic freedom as a guaranteed right and not a labor relation. Had more understood it as the latter perhaps we would have been better prepared to protect it
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16d
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 16d
KATE BUSH HOUNDS OF LOVE WHEN malibumode7.bandcamp.com/album/16-bit...
16​-​Bit Peter Gabriel - So on SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive, by Sunset Hotline Mode7
9 track album
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 16d
Onion rings!
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 17d
I just had a heart attack after reading the words "two acre minimum."
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Jeremy Morse @siggyllama.bsky.social · 19d
We're hiring! Or if you like, since this position reports to me: I'm hiring! Great opportunity if you want to help keep academic research preserved, discoverable, reusable, and free.
Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences | U-M Careers
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 20d
Another pedestrian/cyclist hospital visitor who mourns for all the semi-secret entrances off the courtyard between all the buildings!
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Meredith Kahn @mkahn.bsky.social · 21d
Hell yeah I'm into evangelism (telling anyone and everyone about the Challengers score).

Have you heard the good news? [puts on the Boys Noize remix]
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