David William

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Academic librarian, PhD in philosophy. Critical librarianship, phenomenology, synths, tabletop & video games, sci-fi. Settler on Treaty 7 land. Antifascist. He/him. All views are my own.

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How it started, how it’s going

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jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava

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spy vs spy redux (2023)

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Hüsker Dü’s “Zen Arcade” was released 40 years ago. It was a massive accomplishment. Occasionally a record is released that's completely unlike anything that came before it. This is one of those records. Iconic in so many ways. The cover photo, creatively refined by Grant Hart. (1/8)

"I feel that we have forgotten to ask if it always makes sense to use AI for all types of tasks. I remember seeing advertisements in the London Tube for electric toothbrushes that are powered by AI. Who is this for? Who is helped by this?"

What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?www.bbc.com Tech firms commonly highlight their use of AI, but in some cases it may be exaggerated.

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Welp. This broke me.

The Biden administration cannot enforce new anti-discrimination rules in health care for transgender Americans, a Mississippi federal judge ruled, citing a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling that weakened the power of federal agencies.

Judge cites new Supreme Court ruling in blocking health care anti-discrimination protections for transgender Americans | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com The Biden administration cannot enforce new anti-discrimination rules in health care for transgender Americans, a federal judge in Mississippi ruled Wednesday, citing a recent landmark Supreme Court r...

"When people ask me for advice about queer archiving, I usually say that the most important thing is to recognize your importance. You need to see yourself as a as a repository of history — as a repository of memories, both internal and external, and in the things you care about." #archives #GLAMS

ICMYI I wrote about the importance of being a citizen archivist. We've seen so much incredible art and writing from marginalized people, and we need to preserve it in the face of a huge, well-funded backlash. This is something concrete you personally can do! buttondown.email/charliejane/...

We Should All Be Archivistsbuttondown.email Lately, I keep obsessing about two seemingly opposing but interrelated trends: 1) The past decade has seen an incredible bounty of art and self-expression...

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Canadian oil companies & lobby groups have scrubbed their websites of any and all mentions of carbon capture after Canadian govt's new "greenwashing" regulations come into effect Latest @desmog.bsky.social #abpoli #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2024/07/03/c...

Canada Oil Companies Delete Carbon Capture Mentions on Websites Before New Regulations Kick inwww.desmog.com Canadian oil companies, fossil fuel lobby groups, and third-party advertisers are scrubbing their websites of content related to carbon capture and storage in the wake of new legal greenwashing guidel...

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I love everything about this photo of Joey Ramone c. 1985, from the correctly punctuated hand-lettered sign with equalized pricing for the three genders, to the photo of Aretha Franklin on the cover of Long Island Pulse Magazine and Grace Jones in the ad on the back.

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Transit funding = antifascist praxis

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i cannot stress how relieving it is to see the president of a major creative tech company like nintendo voice concerns about generative ai and say they’re not interested www.tweaktown.com/news/99109/n...

Nintendo won't use generative AI in its first-party gameswww.tweaktown.com Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has revealed that the company currently has no plans to use generative AI in its games due to IP rights concerns.

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Apparently the government of the Yucatán recently erected a Poseidon statue on one of their major beaches. It’s a very heavily Mayan area, where people still pray to Chaac, the god of rainfall. They’re now being slammed with 3 hurricanes and significant flooding, leading to memes like this

Logging on

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we really need liberal professors to start doing a better job of brainwashing their conservative students

At its best, the library is a site of public possibility and public good, and conservatives cannot allow for either of those things to exist.

This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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the conservative theory of law in one headline

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It’s important to understand that overruling Chevron and granting the president immunity—while apparently in tension—are of a piece. Together, they destroy the administrative structures that channel power and shift all discretion upwards to president. I explain here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

THE EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATEpapers.ssrn.com A set of constitutional claims today strikes at the heart of the administrative authority of the federal government. Claims regarding administrative policymakin

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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

A useful warning for all of us in post-secondary education whose federal governments may go far to the right in the next election.

How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disasterwww.theguardian.com The long read: Over the past 14 years, the Conservative dream of a free market in higher education has collided with the harsh reality of austerity and the cultural resentment of the radical right – d...

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we're all just gut biomes with internet access

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to clarify: life under authoritarians is often boring and normal for many people until it all of a sudden isn’t, and of course it’s that uncertainty that causes the corrosion.

Living under authoritarian regimes is both relatively boring and normal AND incredibly corrosive to the human soul. These things can absolutely co-exist. This is why everyone needs to resist authoritarians, even people who privately assume they’ll be just fine.

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I saw The Blair Witch Project way too young and it made me afraid of projects

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Race is still factored in. White applicants get to keep the advantages they've accrued through systemic racism without any countervailing forces.

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I think the reason Philip K Dick is still the predominant SF writer of the last century is, he was the only one who foresaw a future where everything would be boring, inconvenient and dehumanising, and where the only way you can win is to somehow refuse to give up your humanity.

I often forget, and then am forcefully reminded, that George W. Bush is a painter.

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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

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Are you a neurodivergent librarian or supervisor at a US public or academic library? Do you identify as autistic and/or ADHD? Please consider participating in our survey! This IMLS-funded study investigates the workplace experiences of neurodivergent librarians. For details, visit our website! 📚

Call for Participation – Neurodiversity Researchbit.ly

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yeah i'm classist. i hate the class of being known as "wizards"