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Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

Appreciate doing an interview as a higher ed expert and having to do a quick, "oh, wait, you know I left a Texas university for Delaware right?"

I got to read through my SMU resignation letter again for this interview which was fun. Snippet below!

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For me, it's Sarah Gailey! Never been wrong to pre-order, always something totally new

hey friends! this is a common question but a good, warm-fuzzy one:

who are your ride or die, auto-buy authors? who have you read everything by, who's new releases do you get really excited for?

A pink and white graphic advertising that applications/nominations are open for the annual CAIS awards. The four available awards are the Master's Research Award, Doctoral Dissertation Award, Emerging Leader Award, and Career Achievement Award. cais-acsi.ca/awards has more details. The deadline for nominations has been extended to April 26, 2026, midnight EST.

The nomination deadline for our annual CAIS Awards has been extended to April 26 at midnight EST.

See the details about each award on our website: cais-acsi.ca/Awards

Nominate an exceptional researcher, practitioner, or student in the field of Information Science.

I'd recommend The Starving Saints!

Where Did All the Books Go?: Student hosts conversation on censorship, book banning After reading about Japanese incarceration camps in America in the book “The Buddha in the Attic,” English senior Riley Williams wondered what other parts of history were left out of her classes. “I r...

Saturday's student-led event at UT-Austin raised awareness about censorship & book bans, and featured great conversation w/ lots of energy. Proud to have been a part of it. (Also, as a lifetime Longhorn, I'm kinda stoked I finally made it into The Daily Texan.) thedailytexan.com/2026/03/30/w...

Really interesting discussion about how most research doesn't have enough metadata to tell you if its what you're looking for - on the other hand AO3 has a really helpful metadata schema.
#UKSG2026

Has PornHub ever given academic researchers access to their data? I feel like if they have someone within the sound of my voice will know…tysm

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

From a recent police board meeting, crime trends year over year up to Q3 2025. Something clearly stands out! And yet despite ABC being in a constant moral panic about crime, it's the one thing they consistently ignore (or sometimes actively make worse).

We had folks from @queerliblib.bsky.social visit class last night for a guest lecture! Hard to say how awed I am by what they've built and how happy I am such a thing exists. Canada: someday!

Babel by R F Kuang | Papercuts Bookshop Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War "Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternat...

Another book you should read instead of watching *another* iteration of that racist transphobic bs.

RF Kuang's Babel.

Nebula-award winning exploration of imperialism and racism at a school lots of stairs and turrets, if that's your thing.

You do "emotional labour" when you are producing an inauthentic emotional state as a product to be sold, which, like the factor lineworker producing a widget all day long that *they* don't own, is a form of alienation a la Marx.

The right way to read fresh-off-the-presses critical cataloguing work is in a chat thread with @brimwats.com. There's so much to praise about this analysis and writing! www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...

The World's First Fully Automated Genius System Experience the future of education with PureGenius - an AI-powered learning platform that unlocks every student's potential. Sign up for early access today.

long story but i just founded an AI education platform. if you want to join the board or contribute to the blog, hit me up. just submitted a conference talk on "surveillance as care" to ELO. wish me luck!!!! puregenius.education

All Canadians over 16 are invited to comment on this Transport Canada public consultation on headlight glare: tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

Please participate if you're able! The brightness of LED headlights is out of control, and they're a real hazard to drivers and pedestrians.

Text heavy poster with images of five middle aged women, four of whom are white. The text reads: The Fresno State Library invites you to a FREE webinar! Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today Ethics, Power, and Possibility Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT/ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET. Please join us for a conversation with four nationally known librarian leaders in the critical cataloging/critical librarianship movement. They will explore how we can continue to move forward with this important work in the shifting political landscape. The panel will also discuss why it matters in higher education and in society today more than ever. Speakers 1. Emily Drabinski Associate Professor and Chair, School of Information Studies, Queens College, City University of New York 2. Dr. Karen Snow Professor and Ph.D. Program Director, School of Information Studies, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois 3. Violet Fox Creator of The Cataloging Lab, Minnesota 4. Billey Albina (FKA Amber Billey) Social justice rockstar librarian turned clinical social worker, Toronto, Canada. Host: Julie Renee Moore Special Collections Catalog Librarian, Fresno State Library, California State University, Fresno. Use the QR code to register! This webinar is sponsored by The Womack Lecture Series named for late librarian emeritus, Printise J. Womack, at Fresno State.

Join @edrabinski.bsky.social & Karen Snow & Billey Albina & me for a free webinar, "Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today: Ethics, Power, and Possibility" on Tuesday April 14th. Part of the Womack Lecture Series sponsored by @fresnostatelibrary.bsky.social. 📚 #critcat

The Danger of Silence When Academic Freedom Is Under Threat Inaction from rank-and-file workers enabled government censorship during the Red Scares.

You ever write something and there are so many parts you hope people engage with that you can't figure out which ones to quote?

I'll do a wee thread on the 3rd, and final, essay from my Red Scares series

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This is the story btw (this report is fine, but is being decontextualized and amplified on X). It's reserve land, the 50 year lease is expiring, the Nation has previously warned they may not renew, they are now giving 2 years notice and waiving pad fees until then

cheknews.ca/residents-at...

By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC News Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramati...

What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material.

Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.

I'd probably go with something like your option #1. I think it'd require some more digging to see what they want out of it (in terms of findings) if the existing lit wasn't a sufficient answer for them.

Global News’ Ben Mulroney Shared a Video of Airstrikes. The Footage is Actually from a Video Game. The host of Global News’ West Block gets lost in a misinformation-driven fog of war as American and Israeli forces strike Iran

NEW FROM ME:

While US and Israeli forces launched strikes against Iran this weekend, Global News' The West Block host Ben Mulroney reposted video of fighter jets that had been miscaptioned as American F-15s attacking Iran

I double-checked. Ben was actually sharing footage from a video game

Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh

As a 2016 UT Austin PhD grad, the speed of the deliberate dismantling of this public university is stunning. I wasn’t naive about Texas politics but still. Damn.

A graph of database connections, showing a massive spike at around 18.30.

This is what AI scrapers are doing to our platform. Our database capacity is just being ruined every time they initiate a fresh scrape and our tech team has to scramble, taking radical measures, to keep the platform up.

A Love Letter to Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee The northern community faces some of its darkest days ahead, but is famously resilient.

“For those who are just learning about Tumbler Ridge for the first time, know that it is so much more than the events of this week. The town is a portrait of resiliency. It has survived against the odds and emerged stronger.”
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

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Thank you, @weratedogs.com for this reportage: www.youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...

What an effective curse you've placed on me

Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard NEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs

It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit.

Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.

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