"Repeatedly accuse your opponents of doing something they are not doing, so that when you take power and actually do it, the worst you'll face is 'both sides do it' handwringing."

It's a low, shitty, dishonest strategy, but it works, again and again and again.

I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.

A panel room with a projected slide that reads, "Continued Conversations: Libraries, Publishers, and the Future of Ebook Publishing."

Now my last panel of the conference: the future of ebook publishing.

A zine cover which says "My Time at ALA Annual."

I stopped by the Zine Pavilion and began my zine career with an autobiographical entry.

panel slide: "1 Library Impact; Quantitative data tells us when/where/what is happening (includes words); Qualitative data explains how it's impacting users (primarily numbers/categories)"

10:30 panel on bridging the data gap with qualitative and quantitative reporting:

Slide on projector: [Core logo] "Building Platforms to Collect, Preserve, and Provide Access to Digital Games; Dr. Colin Post; Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences; UNC Greensboro" [ALA 2025 logo]

Left my hotel with what feels like 80 pounds of baggage at 8:30 am to get to this panel at 9!! So excited to talk about getting video games into libraries!

Useful technology isn't something people are forced to use. This was one of the really interesting things I heard maybe a year ago from so many pundits. Things like "I'm trying to think of ways to use this so I become good at it." That's not how productivity tools are supposed to work.

B Dylan Hollis waving as he is introduced and stapping onstage.

!!!

a crowded standing-room only booth preparing for a show

i made it but at what cost (standing)

Well... I ducked out early to get to the 3:30 B Dylan Hollis panel... The line is snaking around several booths... I don't think I'm gonna make it in 😫

A panel presentation. A slide on the projector says, "Relationships and partnerships are similar but very different. The former requires effort while the latter requires collaboration."

Building fruitful partnerships with vendors.

"Libraries, andlibrarians,are among the most trusted institutions and professionsin the world. will that continue to if bethe case we focus ona technology that we know IS unreliable?" Matthew Noe- Head ofCollections and Knowledge Management at Harvard MedicalSchool

I said what I said

No to AI in libraries

#alaac25

www.probiblio.nl/matthew-noe-...

Q: So I wonder what you think about that, about the phrase “globalize the intifada” and what we've seen as some anti-semitism coming from the left-wing protesters. A: The first thing as you were saying is anti-semitism is a real issue in our city and it's one that can be captured in statistics, the ones that you're citing. It's also one that you will feel in conversations you have with Jewish New Yorkers across the city. And I remember one conversation I had with a friend of mine after the horrific war crime of October 7th. He was telling me that he went for Shabbat services at his temple and he was facing forward when he heard the door open. And he turned back with a chill going up his spine because he didn't know who was coming in. And that's more than a year ago. And then just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish man in Williamsburg who told me that the same door he would keep unlocked for decades is one that he now locks out of a fear of what could happen in his own neighborhood. And I think that this is something that has to be the focus of the next mayoral administration, is not just talking about it, but tackling it. And these are the conversations that have informed our commitment around increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800% in our Department of Community Safety. To the question of language that's being used. I am someone who I would say am less comfortable with the idea of banning the use of certain words and that I think it is more evocative of a Trump style approach to how to lead a country. And-

Q: Does that just make you uncomfortable? Like the phrase globalizing intifada. And like the phrase from the river to the sea, does that make you uncomfortable? Or do you think- A: Okay, those are different. Those are super different. Q: They're not really. A: Those are like different genres. Q: I'm sorry, I'm asking so wrong. Then they're not really different to me. And to some people they are not different. A: I know people for whom those things mean very different things. And to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights. And I think what's difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw ghetto uprising into Arabic because it's a word that means struggle. And as a Muslim man who grew up post-911, I'm all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning. And I think that's where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe. And the question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven't ventured.

I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.

Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...

A mostly-drunk lemonade in front of a tote bag which reads "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss. They are situated on a small white side table next to an inviting white chair with an orange cushion on it.

Taking a little break at the OCLC hydration station.

Very informative panel on the ACRL survey. Lots of rising support for open access!

Why I can't sleep: The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 stripped Jews of German citizenship. If one parent was a Jew, they & their children were no longer German citizens, even if the other parent was German. Today SCOTUS basically said they're ok with that rule here! For at least a generation, RIP America.

unsurprisingly, im seeing an uptick in antisemitic rhetoric on the left, a totally predictable reaction to the hideous cowardice of this tactic

THE SATURDAY ESSAY The Improbable Rise of Zohran Mamdani The presumptive Democratic nominee for New York mayor emerged from a world of privilege with radical politics and charm to spare.

Has the Wall Street Journal called disappearing people and building camps in swamps radical? Turning back the clock on medical research? Cutting off foreign aid, killing children? Turning the Oval Office into a bribe depository? Telling polluters to have at it? Any of that deemed radical?

The trans healthcare ban is BACK in the bill (after the parlimentarian removed it, they put it back). Dems need to do a call and vote to remove it again.
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO VOTE AND KILL IT.

👏👏👏

Mark Butcher 1) Sandra used AI to write a report 2) Bill used AI to summarise the report 3) Bill used AI to write questions about the report 4) Sandra used AI to respond to the questions 5) Bill used AI to create a presentation about the report 6) Jane used AI to take notes from the presentation 7) Jane’s team used AI to summarise the notes she shared No one wrote the report, no one ever read the report, no one understood the questions or the answers. No business value was achieved But but but AI adds business value

Even linkedin gets it

Closer view of a single slide reading: "What does empowerment through comics mean to you and why is it important for the LGBTQIA+ community?"

A better image:

A panel room shot from the back, with an introductory slide on the screen.

9 am panel time! Happy to be at "GAYSSS IN COMICSSSSS" with a fantastic group on the last couple days of Pride Month.

I learned so much! Huge thanks to Noah Beckman and Carrie Robarge for a great panel.

A projector showing a slide which reads "Enhancing Library Services for Deaf Individuals: Best Practices and Resources."

Next up: learning how to serve Deaf/HoH patrons and researchers. I'm very interested in this panel, as someone who works to advance accessibility in our library.

Let’s definitely ban any regulations on this for the next 10 years

An informative panel slide with a meme showing a cat saying "stop using ChatGPT. i can also give you misinformation and i'm beautiful."

So real.

law professors have been unable to understand why people are actually concerned about this case. it’s not about nationwide injunctions per se, it’s about a court that waited until the issue hurt the GOP, and then intervened on behalf of one of the most egregious constitutional violations we’ve seen

A stage with a panel of six people sitting at a long table. The projector shows a slide with the Library Freedom Project logo and the title of the panel, "AI Ethics and the Library."

Long morning of walking the floor (and hoarding too much swag). Now it's panel time. This panel by the Library Freedom Project is on AI ethics. Looking forward to a very productive conversation!

Fresh lumpia and rice in a plastic takeout container with a bottle of mango juice and some bags in the bg.

My first time eating Filipino food! I got fresh lumpia from Tambayan in Reading Termimal Market.