Skeptibrarian
@skeptibrarian.bsky.social
Expat-alachian information professional, enjoying West Coast vibes now. ❤️ scholcomm and medlibs the most. Canine chaperone, fiber crafter, and fretter.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oooh, this looks useful.
Might need to install Slop Evader on every family member's device because I'm pretty sure they are tired of me say something like:
"Huh, that's cool/neat/fun if it's actually real" every time they show me something online that is even the tiniest bit sketch.
(h/t @404media.co)
"Huh, that's cool/neat/fun if it's actually real" every time they show me something online that is even the tiniest bit sketch.
(h/t @404media.co)
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Oooh, this looks useful.
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When I see statements like that, I just...
The real divide is going to be that rich kids will be taught by humans to think and poor kids will be taught to feed prompts to the machine and passively accept whatever it spits out.
The real divide is going to be that rich kids will be taught by humans to think and poor kids will be taught to feed prompts to the machine and passively accept whatever it spits out.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When I see statements like that, I just...
The real divide is going to be that rich kids will be taught by humans to think and poor kids will be taught to feed prompts to the machine and passively accept whatever it spits out.
The real divide is going to be that rich kids will be taught by humans to think and poor kids will be taught to feed prompts to the machine and passively accept whatever it spits out.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Fantastic turnout in small city WV
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Fantastic turnout in small city WV
Of surprise to absolutely no one.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Of surprise to absolutely no one.
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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If you’re upset with the government shutting down or dissatisfied with government in general, don’t blame “Washington, DC.” The people of DC, all 700k of us, have no voting representation in Congress. This falls on the 535 chuckleheads the American voters sent to Congress. #DCStatehood #FreeDC
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If you’re upset with the government shutting down or dissatisfied with government in general, don’t blame “Washington, DC.” The people of DC, all 700k of us, have no voting representation in Congress. This falls on the 535 chuckleheads the American voters sent to Congress. #DCStatehood #FreeDC
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CSU faculty's privacy at risk after CSU Los Angeles complied with a request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to hand over employee contact information. Please get in touch with us immediately if you receive matters related to this issue.
September 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
CSU faculty's privacy at risk after CSU Los Angeles complied with a request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to hand over employee contact information. Please get in touch with us immediately if you receive matters related to this issue.
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
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On Friday, Trump signed a proclamation raising fees for H1B visas to $100K. It takes effect tomorrow. H1B workers who are out of the country have been told to return to the US immediately lest they be denied entry. 4Chan & MAGA is trying to block them🧵 magareport.news/p/4chan-trie...
4Chan tries to block Indians from returning to the US - MAGAReport 9/20/25
4Chan and MAGA are trying to book up the flights to H1-B visa holders cannot return, calling it "Operation CLOG THE TOILET"
magareport.news
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On Friday, Trump signed a proclamation raising fees for H1B visas to $100K. It takes effect tomorrow. H1B workers who are out of the country have been told to return to the US immediately lest they be denied entry. 4Chan & MAGA is trying to block them🧵 magareport.news/p/4chan-trie...
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"I'm not telling you to shoot heroin. But if you want to try it, we recommend just snorting it first."
September 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"I'm not telling you to shoot heroin. But if you want to try it, we recommend just snorting it first."
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Looks like LinkedIn is updating its policies again.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looks like LinkedIn is updating its policies again.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
Great time to make sure "Data for Generative AI Improvement" is set to off if you're into that kind of thing.
I was reliably informed by a (white male) colleague that this sort of thing would never happen in California. 🙄
Several California professors and educators have been put on leave for their comments on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Calif. professors placed on leave for 'deeply offensive' Charlie Kirk comments
Professors, teachers and school officials across the state are being placed on leave.
www.sfgate.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was reliably informed by a (white male) colleague that this sort of thing would never happen in California. 🙄
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Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
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They are going after teachers and professors. THEY ARE GOING AFTER TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS. You all see what's happening right?
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
They are going after teachers and professors. THEY ARE GOING AFTER TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS. You all see what's happening right?
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
While I'm not a big fan of the patronizing attitude toward librarians here or the idea that disciplinary faculty should get to decide library functions, I am well familiar with the sense of instability created when you find out a colleague is no longer there by a bounced-back email.
"When faculty returned to campus this fall, some found their subject librarians were no longer with them." Duke Libraries has lost a number of librarians because of budget cuts. Faculty weren't told or consulted, @dukechronicle.bsky.social reports. #libraries
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with
Thirty-three of the more than 200 full time library staff members accepted voluntary severance packages, prompting their departure from Duke. Their absences leave the future of a key aspect of academi...
www.dukechronicle.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
While I'm not a big fan of the patronizing attitude toward librarians here or the idea that disciplinary faculty should get to decide library functions, I am well familiar with the sense of instability created when you find out a colleague is no longer there by a bounced-back email.
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
#calstate people will especially be interested in this. Women’s studies and gender studies aren’t just being eliminated from red state institutions.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that there’s going to be an incredible chill on LGBTQ-inclusive K–12 curricula.” slate.trib.al/3EckclZ
There’s One Department That’s Always on the Chopping Block When University “Budget Cuts” Come Calling. But It’s the One Students Need the Most.
This shouldn’t be up for debate, yet here we are.
slate.trib.al
September 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
#calstate people will especially be interested in this. Women’s studies and gender studies aren’t just being eliminated from red state institutions.
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✏️ Happy Labor Day! 🖌️
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
September 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
✏️ Happy Labor Day! 🖌️
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.
Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?
Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.
In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.