Claire Woodcock
@clurrese.bsky.social
Telling stories about information politics, mostly. Words @edsurge @404media @motherboard & @npr member stations. Should've been a librarian. Performative Bills fan. Based in CO.
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Claire Woodcock
@clurrese.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Back from our southern CO road trip, where we got engaged!!! @jasonics.bsky.social 💙
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
Couldn't agree more (about the library beat/info access part). Tysm for reading!!
Hats off to @404media.co for creating a public library beat. I worked at two public libraries in the past, and access to information has never been more fraught and delicate than now. 👏 This latest one about AV collections from @clurrese.bsky.social a great read: www.404media.co/the-last-vid...
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Couldn't agree more (about the library beat/info access part). Tysm for reading!!
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Wrote about Deepak Chopra’s new AI model, AI guru slop, and how none of this is really shocking because we already turned spirituality into a commodity.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-was-i...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-was-i...
This Was Inevitable
AI gurus are not shocking, we already commodified spirituality
houseofmirrors.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wrote about Deepak Chopra’s new AI model, AI guru slop, and how none of this is really shocking because we already turned spirituality into a commodity.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-was-i...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-was-i...
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Sci-Fi Is Already Making a Good Showing This Awards Season
Sci-Fi Is Already Making a Good Showing This Awards Season
'Bugonia,' 'Frankenstein,' 'Sinners', and 'Wicked For Good' are already racking up the nominations.
gizmodo.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sci-Fi Is Already Making a Good Showing This Awards Season
These librarians reeeeeally want you to know libraries let you borrow more than just books.
New from me for @404media.co
New from me for @404media.co
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
These librarians reeeeeally want you to know libraries let you borrow more than just books.
New from me for @404media.co
New from me for @404media.co
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The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
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Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
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Well friends we have come to the end of our library map request road! Wyoming, you are the last state on our list that we are requesting for our library map. If you know of a library in WY, please let us know.
Thank you all!
Follow this thread to see what states followed us on our journey:
Thank you all!
Follow this thread to see what states followed us on our journey:
a woman says i 'm passionate about wyoming while sitting in front of a microphone
ALT: a woman says i 'm passionate about wyoming while sitting in front of a microphone
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Well friends we have come to the end of our library map request road! Wyoming, you are the last state on our list that we are requesting for our library map. If you know of a library in WY, please let us know.
Thank you all!
Follow this thread to see what states followed us on our journey:
Thank you all!
Follow this thread to see what states followed us on our journey:
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Bluesky says it suspended author Sarah Kendzior because she was "expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article."
But there's more to the story:
But there's more to the story:
Bluesky Is Clearly Not a Johnny Cash Fan
A user was banned for making a Johnny Cash reference. Where's the dividing line between serious threat and jokey pop culture reference?
gizmodo.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Bluesky says it suspended author Sarah Kendzior because she was "expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article."
But there's more to the story:
But there's more to the story:
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
My attempt at photoging the aurora borealis last night in CO.
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My attempt at photoging the aurora borealis last night in CO.
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The federal government shutdown is now the longest in history with no clear end in sight, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that typically assists over 600,000 Coloradans per month has not distributed benefits this month.
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Amid benefits disruption, a no-cost grocery event -
The federal government shutdown is now the longest in history with no clear end in sight, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that
pikespeakbulletin.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The federal government shutdown is now the longest in history with no clear end in sight, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that typically assists over 600,000 Coloradans per month has not distributed benefits this month.
pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...
pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...
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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
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80% off!! Some really great stuff here.
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
80% off!! Some really great stuff here.
A fantastic read that's well worth your time.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A fantastic read that's well worth your time.
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In this week’s ‘My Two Cents,’ personal finance columnist Charlotte Cowles talks to three women about what it’s like to be the sole breadwinner — not by choice — when your partner is long-term unemployed.
‘I Wish There Was a Support Group for Spouses of Unemployed People’
In this week’s ‘My Two Cents,’ personal finance columnist Charlotte Cowles talks to three women about what it’s like to be the sole breadwinner — not by choice — when your partner is long-term unemployed.
www.thecut.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In this week’s ‘My Two Cents,’ personal finance columnist Charlotte Cowles talks to three women about what it’s like to be the sole breadwinner — not by choice — when your partner is long-term unemployed.
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BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Listen tomorrow at 11 a.m. CST to @21st.show from Illinois Public Media - I talk about my reporting on Baker & Taylor for @404media.co but it's really worth your time to get the POV from Sarah Stumpf, an adult collection management librarian w Rockford Public Library will.illinois.edu/am/willplayer
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Listen tomorrow at 11 a.m. CST to @21st.show from Illinois Public Media - I talk about my reporting on Baker & Taylor for @404media.co but it's really worth your time to get the POV from Sarah Stumpf, an adult collection management librarian w Rockford Public Library will.illinois.edu/am/willplayer
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Fake authors. Fake books. Fake remedies.
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI
Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Fake authors. Fake books. Fake remedies.
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
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I tell you it is a special feeling when you open your morning newsletters and see an amazing former student like @clurrese.bsky.social telling much needed library stories at the great @404media.co: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility constitutes a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk... latest, on egregious fed charges facing @katmabu.bsky.social, @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/29/k...
Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.
Kat Abughazaleh allegedly protested in Broadview, Illinois, where ICE was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed,” feds said.
theintercept.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility constitutes a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk... latest, on egregious fed charges facing @katmabu.bsky.social, @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/29/k...