carolyn
@papersquared.bsky.social
academic library director
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carolyn
@papersquared.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Incredibly proud and excited to share our theme for this year's ILA Annual Conference. Please submit your conference proposal! We want to hear from you!
The ILA Annual Conference Program Committee invites proposals on inclusivity and belonging for #ILAAC25, October 14-16 in Rosemont, IL. The submission deadline is April 4th. ow.ly/5TSp50UPQ1L
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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I was in Little Village on Saturday and was left with the feeling that ICE is absolutely trying to break the community’s back. These fascists won’t be able to do that, but they’re sure going to try. Chicagoans, do an ICE watch training and be ready to help your neighbors.
This is why they were in downtown Chicago today.
"one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”"
Nuremberg Trials are the moderate stance
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
"one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”"
Nuremberg Trials are the moderate stance
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I was in Little Village on Saturday and was left with the feeling that ICE is absolutely trying to break the community’s back. These fascists won’t be able to do that, but they’re sure going to try. Chicagoans, do an ICE watch training and be ready to help your neighbors.
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“This is how the staff at Chappell Elementary School in Lincoln Square found out one of their families had been torn apart.
A 4th-grade girl was in the lunchroom when she began to cry. School workers called for a counselor, and the student told them her father had been arrested by ICE agents.”
A 4th-grade girl was in the lunchroom when she began to cry. School workers called for a counselor, and the student told them her father had been arrested by ICE agents.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“This is how the staff at Chappell Elementary School in Lincoln Square found out one of their families had been torn apart.
A 4th-grade girl was in the lunchroom when she began to cry. School workers called for a counselor, and the student told them her father had been arrested by ICE agents.”
A 4th-grade girl was in the lunchroom when she began to cry. School workers called for a counselor, and the student told them her father had been arrested by ICE agents.”
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tl;dr: Because troops were already blocked with preliminary orders in Oregon, this changes nothing on the ground immediately.
It is, however, now a permanent order — on both federalization and deployment — and is a huge deal. And, of course, will be appealed.
It is, however, now a permanent order — on both federalization and deployment — and is a huge deal. And, of course, will be appealed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
tl;dr: Because troops were already blocked with preliminary orders in Oregon, this changes nothing on the ground immediately.
It is, however, now a permanent order — on both federalization and deployment — and is a huge deal. And, of course, will be appealed.
It is, however, now a permanent order — on both federalization and deployment — and is a huge deal. And, of course, will be appealed.
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NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
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LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
Oh, this is wild.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
Thank god for this guy's open mic night. Single handedly saving libraries.
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thank god for this guy's open mic night. Single handedly saving libraries.
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Another person who started down this path from the most “innocuous” advertised uses of ChatGPT: homework help. I have been struck by the cases of people getting lost in delusions after using this product for work or school: ie the use cases we are supposed to encourage as faculty.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another person who started down this path from the most “innocuous” advertised uses of ChatGPT: homework help. I have been struck by the cases of people getting lost in delusions after using this product for work or school: ie the use cases we are supposed to encourage as faculty.
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He and the Republicans could really truly solve this conundrum if they were just willing spend a bit of our tax dollars to let people eat food and go to the doctor but they’d rather do this
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He and the Republicans could really truly solve this conundrum if they were just willing spend a bit of our tax dollars to let people eat food and go to the doctor but they’d rather do this
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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
Y'all.
This is a reply to @heykellyjensen.bsky.social
I referred students doing a project on book banning TO HER WORK.
But maybe she should read some Vonnegut.
I just can't.
This is a reply to @heykellyjensen.bsky.social
I referred students doing a project on book banning TO HER WORK.
But maybe she should read some Vonnegut.
I just can't.
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Y'all.
This is a reply to @heykellyjensen.bsky.social
I referred students doing a project on book banning TO HER WORK.
But maybe she should read some Vonnegut.
I just can't.
This is a reply to @heykellyjensen.bsky.social
I referred students doing a project on book banning TO HER WORK.
But maybe she should read some Vonnegut.
I just can't.
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Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is shutting down two of its branches so that they can ban books without any oversight.
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is shutting down two of its branches so that they can ban books without any oversight.
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
am I the best worker who ever worked? no. but the password to my work computer is not my work location, so...
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
am I the best worker who ever worked? no. but the password to my work computer is not my work location, so...
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It was a mistake to give everyone a platform to publish their thoughts online for the whole world to read them.
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It was a mistake to give everyone a platform to publish their thoughts online for the whole world to read them.
Argh. That's one of many problems with Chicago's budget decrease. Libraries are more than books, yes, but libraries are also BOOKS. PEOPLE WANT TO READ.
Really not happy with all these cities (including my own) lowering collection budgets when the price of books keeps skyrocketing.
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Argh. That's one of many problems with Chicago's budget decrease. Libraries are more than books, yes, but libraries are also BOOKS. PEOPLE WANT TO READ.
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
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"The government would have people believe instead that Chicago is a hole of violence," Ellis says.
Then she adds, "that simply is untrue."
Then she adds, "that simply is untrue."
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"The government would have people believe instead that Chicago is a hole of violence," Ellis says.
Then she adds, "that simply is untrue."
Then she adds, "that simply is untrue."
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Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.
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Who do you serve? Who do you protect?
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Who do you serve? Who do you protect?