Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
Boring and useless. Librarian; abolitionist adoptee; bicyclist; Southerner in New England; erstwhile philosophy prof, current LIS adjunct prof. Cis. Trans rights are human rights.
Pinned
abolishing the private #adoption industry and ending the legal practice of plenary adoption—the irreversible rewriting of a child’s legal identity and falsification of their natal kinship relations—does *not* mean abolishing long-term custodial care for a child who needs it. +
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plenary #adoption, the total legal severance of a child from their entire family and the sealing and “amending” of their vital records—will not “always be needed” because it did not even exist barely more than a century ago. the claim that it will “always be needed” is historically illiterate.
Adoptees who are critical of the system have helped improve the process, over the decades. On social media, nuance tends to get drowned out, but I hear them. No matter what, no matter how bitter some of them are here, adoption will always be needed, and improvement will also be needed, too.
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
plenary #adoption, the total legal severance of a child from their entire family and the sealing and “amending” of their vital records—will not “always be needed” because it did not even exist barely more than a century ago. the claim that it will “always be needed” is historically illiterate.
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This morning I spent time looking up citations for a student. By the time I got to the third (with zero results), I asked where they got the list, and the student admitted they were from Google’s AI summary.
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This morning I spent time looking up citations for a student. By the time I got to the third (with zero results), I asked where they got the list, and the student admitted they were from Google’s AI summary.
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
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happy two year anniversary to me finding out my sister was dead via text, gotta love adoption
![text screenshot; Hey idk if [redacted] told you or if you wanna know [redacted] your sister passed away. [redacted]
never calls me l'm at work trying not cry just thought let u know I](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ph4u7fikda3oqy6dwdtskq3k/bafkreig53fx3ddcnywo3oheerhshpqnwxvschxni6qsycxmtjzg5gmtimi@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
happy two year anniversary to me finding out my sister was dead via text, gotta love adoption
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
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today's high is 22 F. tonight it'll drop to 2 degrees.
the weekly temps are similar. cold and grief kill.
please help me raise at least $1,200 before 12/20 so that i don't go into overdraft and can stay indoors and alive. i am alone and know nobody, only the DV i escaped
V SNDesiree
C $SNDesiree
the weekly temps are similar. cold and grief kill.
please help me raise at least $1,200 before 12/20 so that i don't go into overdraft and can stay indoors and alive. i am alone and know nobody, only the DV i escaped
V SNDesiree
C $SNDesiree
Please read this full thread, donate to Désirée's GFM if you can, and show up for your homeless neighbors.
This is another blatant instance of a disabled, covid-cautious POC being offered housing by white people and then violently abused and made homeless again. It has to stop.
gofund.me/6b8af16ac
This is another blatant instance of a disabled, covid-cautious POC being offered housing by white people and then violently abused and made homeless again. It has to stop.
gofund.me/6b8af16ac
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
today's high is 22 F. tonight it'll drop to 2 degrees.
the weekly temps are similar. cold and grief kill.
please help me raise at least $1,200 before 12/20 so that i don't go into overdraft and can stay indoors and alive. i am alone and know nobody, only the DV i escaped
V SNDesiree
C $SNDesiree
the weekly temps are similar. cold and grief kill.
please help me raise at least $1,200 before 12/20 so that i don't go into overdraft and can stay indoors and alive. i am alone and know nobody, only the DV i escaped
V SNDesiree
C $SNDesiree
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As grateful as I am for finding my birth mother and learning my true name, I should have never been forced to spend as much time and money it took to reclaim my identity.
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As grateful as I am for finding my birth mother and learning my true name, I should have never been forced to spend as much time and money it took to reclaim my identity.
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The severity of the trauma triggering happening by being displaced into a tiny space at the same time of year the house burned down is intense and disruptive.
Please help us manage to make things a bit easier. We're struggling to have enough to eat, even.
linktr.ee/wylder
Please help us manage to make things a bit easier. We're struggling to have enough to eat, even.
linktr.ee/wylder
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The severity of the trauma triggering happening by being displaced into a tiny space at the same time of year the house burned down is intense and disruptive.
Please help us manage to make things a bit easier. We're struggling to have enough to eat, even.
linktr.ee/wylder
Please help us manage to make things a bit easier. We're struggling to have enough to eat, even.
linktr.ee/wylder
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I’ve been “lucky” in my adoption because my adoptive parents TOLD ME that I’m adopted. That’s how low the bar was. Some people don’t even get that much information about their OWN IDENTITY
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’ve been “lucky” in my adoption because my adoptive parents TOLD ME that I’m adopted. That’s how low the bar was. Some people don’t even get that much information about their OWN IDENTITY
“he talks about #adoption like it’s this bad thing” Yes: legal obliteration of a child’s genealogical reality and the legal substitution of a fictitious one—state identity engineering—is a bad thing! WHY DO WE DO THIS
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“he talks about #adoption like it’s this bad thing” Yes: legal obliteration of a child’s genealogical reality and the legal substitution of a fictitious one—state identity engineering—is a bad thing! WHY DO WE DO THIS
plenary #adoption, the total legal severance of a child from their entire family and the sealing and “amending” of their vital records—will not “always be needed” because it did not even exist barely more than a century ago. the claim that it will “always be needed” is historically illiterate.
Adoptees who are critical of the system have helped improve the process, over the decades. On social media, nuance tends to get drowned out, but I hear them. No matter what, no matter how bitter some of them are here, adoption will always be needed, and improvement will also be needed, too.
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
plenary #adoption, the total legal severance of a child from their entire family and the sealing and “amending” of their vital records—will not “always be needed” because it did not even exist barely more than a century ago. the claim that it will “always be needed” is historically illiterate.
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I have a new article out in special issue on reproductive vulnerabilities!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I have a new article out in special issue on reproductive vulnerabilities!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
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“i think we should give angry passengers access to heavy objects like weights that they can throw at each other” no notes, full send
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“i think we should give angry passengers access to heavy objects like weights that they can throw at each other” no notes, full send
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May this naughty puppy bring you good fortune (I knitted her a muzzle not because she ever bites but because she wants to eat every last sharp or dangerous thing she finds on the ground outside and doesn't listen to mummie). ♥️
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
May this naughty puppy bring you good fortune (I knitted her a muzzle not because she ever bites but because she wants to eat every last sharp or dangerous thing she finds on the ground outside and doesn't listen to mummie). ♥️
Nicole Chung was on WBUR today to discuss her research on open adoption. i’m looking forward to hearing the segment. 🥚
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Researcher examines the positives and negatives of open adoption
These days, 95% of adoptions are "open," meaning birth parents, or the birth mother, have some degree of involvement with the adoptive family.
www.wbur.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Nicole Chung was on WBUR today to discuss her research on open adoption. i’m looking forward to hearing the segment. 🥚
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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how do i make this a pop up for everyone before they read my posts
October 16, 2024 at 12:33 AM
how do i make this a pop up for everyone before they read my posts
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agentic MCP genAI stuff is a cybersecurity nightmare lmfao
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
agentic MCP genAI stuff is a cybersecurity nightmare lmfao
came home from work early to have a nice bowl of fried rice while wondering what the fuck happened in my life over the last three days
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
came home from work early to have a nice bowl of fried rice while wondering what the fuck happened in my life over the last three days
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If my elders could stop disappointing me that would be super
Dame Judi Dench has said she imagines Harvey Weinstein has “done his time”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Dame Judi Dench has said she imagines Harvey Weinstein has “done his time”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Judi Dench: I imagine Harvey Weinstein has done his time
Award-winning actress speaks of forgiveness as she reflects on crimes of former friend who ‘revived her career’
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If my elders could stop disappointing me that would be super
Dame Judi Dench has said she imagines Harvey Weinstein has “done his time”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Dame Judi Dench has said she imagines Harvey Weinstein has “done his time”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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Shutting it down for the night. Our toy drive is ongoing. Please feel free to support if you can.
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Good night to all.
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Good night to all.
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Shutting it down for the night. Our toy drive is ongoing. Please feel free to support if you can.
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Good night to all.
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Good night to all.
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These movies hit different after reading The Will to Change by bell hooks, like I still think the lack of women in the story is disappointing and shows some lack of imagination but man are these stories a great celebration of the best of men.
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
These movies hit different after reading The Will to Change by bell hooks, like I still think the lack of women in the story is disappointing and shows some lack of imagination but man are these stories a great celebration of the best of men.
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Today is the day!
Fellowship board is apple, cheese, almond croissant, cashews, sesame sticks, and nice crispy bacon.
Fellowship board is apple, cheese, almond croissant, cashews, sesame sticks, and nice crispy bacon.
Anyone planning a Lord of the Rings marathon day with a themed menu? What are your ideas for it?
I think I'm going to do a charcuterie board for each movie with a soup/stew as a main dish in the afternoon.
I think I'm going to do a charcuterie board for each movie with a soup/stew as a main dish in the afternoon.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today is the day!
Fellowship board is apple, cheese, almond croissant, cashews, sesame sticks, and nice crispy bacon.
Fellowship board is apple, cheese, almond croissant, cashews, sesame sticks, and nice crispy bacon.
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Often systematic literature reviews focus on journal articles and exclude books (and, thus, a lot of qualitative and humanities work). Can anyone point me to examples of systematic reviews of books in a topic area (or books and articles)? #academicsky
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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My Uncle who sometimes reminded me of the Wizard of Oz died today. I know my Dad found him wherever spirits go. They’ve greeted eachother kindly and then immediately start building to drag race cars on some 6th dimension road surrounded with cornfields.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My Uncle who sometimes reminded me of the Wizard of Oz died today. I know my Dad found him wherever spirits go. They’ve greeted eachother kindly and then immediately start building to drag race cars on some 6th dimension road surrounded with cornfields.
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I'm still mad there aren't any Jewish characters in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), though
IT'S OUR ARK, GODDAMMIT
IT'S OUR ARK, GODDAMMIT
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I'm still mad there aren't any Jewish characters in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), though
IT'S OUR ARK, GODDAMMIT
IT'S OUR ARK, GODDAMMIT