Cecelia Parks
@parkscl.bsky.social
Prickly, yet tropical, like a dragon fruit with a tight French braid.
She/her. Opinions are my own. 🏳️🌈
She/her. Opinions are my own. 🏳️🌈
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The Board ignored our staff, faculty, students, and alumni ….everyone whose day-to-day life makes the University what it is.
They also ignored the Governor-Elect and the General Assembly.
They also ignored the Governor-Elect and the General Assembly.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Board ignored our staff, faculty, students, and alumni ….everyone whose day-to-day life makes the University what it is.
They also ignored the Governor-Elect and the General Assembly.
They also ignored the Governor-Elect and the General Assembly.
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If you are among the faculty, staff, or students are UVA who are as incensed about this as I am, come join the UCWVA so and be part of the organized effort to build worker power and push back against this takeover. We can win this fight, but only if we stand united www.cbs19news.com/news/report-...
Report: Beardsley top candidate to be new UVA president
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Scott Beardsley, the dean of UVA's Darden School of Business since 2015, has emerged as the top pick to become the university's 10th president, according
www.cbs19news.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you are among the faculty, staff, or students are UVA who are as incensed about this as I am, come join the UCWVA so and be part of the organized effort to build worker power and push back against this takeover. We can win this fight, but only if we stand united www.cbs19news.com/news/report-...
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Cville folx, come join us in telling the Board what we think of their... actions... of late.
We'll have signs, but feel free to bring your own!
We'll have signs, but feel free to bring your own!
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Cville folx, come join us in telling the Board what we think of their... actions... of late.
We'll have signs, but feel free to bring your own!
We'll have signs, but feel free to bring your own!
I recommended @tjenkinsreid.bsky.social's ATMOSPHERE and there are a ton of other great picks here!
Our favorite books read in 2025
In which we recommend 51 books in our collection and/or Jefferson-Madison Regional Library's.
Enjoy!
https://library.virginia.edu/news/2025/our-favorite-books-read-2025
#books #reading #readinglists
In which we recommend 51 books in our collection and/or Jefferson-Madison Regional Library's.
Enjoy!
https://library.virginia.edu/news/2025/our-favorite-books-read-2025
#books #reading #readinglists
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I recommended @tjenkinsreid.bsky.social's ATMOSPHERE and there are a ton of other great picks here!
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Hey, Charlottesville: the sunset will start getting later this week! We've hit the earliest point of 4:54 PM, and on Thursday it'll be 4:55 PM. We made it.
Sunrise will bottom out at 7:30 AM, and start to get earlier again in a month's time.
Sunrise will bottom out at 7:30 AM, and start to get earlier again in a month's time.
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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@ucwva.bsky.social @aaup.org Come out to UVA on Friday Dec 5th! We are marching on the Board of Visitors!
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
@ucwva.bsky.social @aaup.org Come out to UVA on Friday Dec 5th! We are marching on the Board of Visitors!
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Charlottesville friends, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center @jsaahccville.bsky.social has released a great new app--History in the Palm of Your Hand. It explores the story of the school & our city through audio, photos, documents & maps. It's very cool. mailchi.mp/jeffschoolhr...
History in the Palm of Your Hand
mailchi.mp
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Charlottesville friends, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center @jsaahccville.bsky.social has released a great new app--History in the Palm of Your Hand. It explores the story of the school & our city through audio, photos, documents & maps. It's very cool. mailchi.mp/jeffschoolhr...
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My state senator, @creighdeeds.bsky.social, could not get answers from the University of Virginia (which he represents) about the ousting of President Jim Ryan, so he FOIAed them, for which they charged him $4,500 and took one month and four days to respond (five days are allowed by law).
State Sen. Creigh Deeds received his FOIA requests from U.Va. — here’s what we learned
After submitting a six-section Freedom of Information Act Request to the University Sept. 18, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, received 284 pages of records Oct. 29, pertaining to former Un...
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My state senator, @creighdeeds.bsky.social, could not get answers from the University of Virginia (which he represents) about the ousting of President Jim Ryan, so he FOIAed them, for which they charged him $4,500 and took one month and four days to respond (five days are allowed by law).
come work with me! @uvalibrary.bsky.social is hiring an Educational Technologies Librarian to (among other things) teach students how to make cool audio/visual projects. details: apply.interfolio.com/176554
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November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
come work with me! @uvalibrary.bsky.social is hiring an Educational Technologies Librarian to (among other things) teach students how to make cool audio/visual projects. details: apply.interfolio.com/176554
can confirm that the only time I've been rejected by the UVA Library or JMRL is when they can't find the title to buy or already own the book, and I've requested a LOT of books
HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
can confirm that the only time I've been rejected by the UVA Library or JMRL is when they can't find the title to buy or already own the book, and I've requested a LOT of books
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Aperio, UVA’s library-led open access press, is actively seeking book proposals from the UVA community to publish high-quality books that are available to a worldwide audience free of charge.
Learn more about our book program at aperio.press/proposal-boo...
#OA #OpenAccess
Learn more about our book program at aperio.press/proposal-boo...
#OA #OpenAccess
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Aperio, UVA’s library-led open access press, is actively seeking book proposals from the UVA community to publish high-quality books that are available to a worldwide audience free of charge.
Learn more about our book program at aperio.press/proposal-boo...
#OA #OpenAccess
Learn more about our book program at aperio.press/proposal-boo...
#OA #OpenAccess
"every year we get one year closer to dying so every year we have to eat more candy" - my girlfriend, this morning, with her full chest
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"every year we get one year closer to dying so every year we have to eat more candy" - my girlfriend, this morning, with her full chest
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Diversity is at the heart of union power 💪🏼
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Diversity is at the heart of union power 💪🏼
by some miracle (organizing), UVA did the right thing this time
relieved to see uva declined to play the role of quisling in the administration’s attempted takeover of higher ed
U.Va. rejects Trump administration Compact for Academic Excellence
The University has rejected the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which he received from the White House and Department of Education Oct. 1, according to a community statement rel...
www.cavalierdaily.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
by some miracle (organizing), UVA did the right thing this time
I think UVA HR may be missing the point of a "holiday break" in this email advertising a session to "transform your holiday break into a powerful period of career advancement"
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I think UVA HR may be missing the point of a "holiday break" in this email advertising a session to "transform your holiday break into a powerful period of career advancement"
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Reposted by Cecelia Parks
the hoos are hoopin
September 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
the hoos are hoopin
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Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
luv 2 receive emails titled "Continuing to Preserve our Financial Stability in a Shifting Economic Climate" from our interim president who's interim because our other president was forced to resign 🙃🙃🙃🙃
luv 2 receive emails from jim ryan titled "Preserving our Financial Stability in a Shifting Economic Climate" 🙃
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
luv 2 receive emails titled "Continuing to Preserve our Financial Stability in a Shifting Economic Climate" from our interim president who's interim because our other president was forced to resign 🙃🙃🙃🙃
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Excellent coverage of yesterday's Labor Day rally from nbc29: www.29news.com/2025/09/02/c...
Charlottesville holds Labor Day protest in support of workers’ rights
Community members took to the streets on Monday evening in a show of support for workers and their families.
www.29news.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Excellent coverage of yesterday's Labor Day rally from nbc29: www.29news.com/2025/09/02/c...
I was talking to one of our legislators at a Labor Day rally today and as I was trying to make a Serious Point a dog came up behind me and stuck his nose in the back of my knee, therefore ruining my composure AND denying me an opportunity to pet it because I had to go back to my Serious Point 😭
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I was talking to one of our legislators at a Labor Day rally today and as I was trying to make a Serious Point a dog came up behind me and stuck his nose in the back of my knee, therefore ruining my composure AND denying me an opportunity to pet it because I had to go back to my Serious Point 😭
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I just sent my email even though I am an Albemarle County resident!
ACTION ALERT: Tell city council to reject the ordinance to ban camping on city property!
On Tuesday, September 2nd (tomorrow!), City Council will be considering an ordinance that would make it illegal to sleep on city property or to leave personal property unattended on city land. 🧵
On Tuesday, September 2nd (tomorrow!), City Council will be considering an ordinance that would make it illegal to sleep on city property or to leave personal property unattended on city land. 🧵
We strongly object to the proposed ban on camping on public property in the city.
This inhumane policy was condoned by the current right wing Supreme Court in the Grant’s Pass decision, which Chief Kochis sites in his justification for the policy.
Homelessness is solved by housing, not policing.
This inhumane policy was condoned by the current right wing Supreme Court in the Grant’s Pass decision, which Chief Kochis sites in his justification for the policy.
Homelessness is solved by housing, not policing.
September 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I just sent my email even though I am an Albemarle County resident!
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Members of the UVA and Charlottesville community will hold a “Labor Day teach-in." Here's more information. www.cvilletomorrow.org/attend-a-lab...
Attend a 'Labor Day teach-in' to learn more about federal intervention at UVA and what's at stake
Speakers will discuss recent developments at UVA, what those changes mean and how they could impact the Charlottesville community.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Members of the UVA and Charlottesville community will hold a “Labor Day teach-in." Here's more information. www.cvilletomorrow.org/attend-a-lab...