New post: Neoliberal Time and the Promise of Slow Librarianship meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/20...

Illustration of a pink-winged eagle with a white head and talons clutching a rifle in one claw and a missile in the other. Its torso is a black shield marked with an eye inside a triangle, and three surveillance cameras rise from its neck against a pale green background.

"Palantir is creating digital infrastructure for the multiple forms of state violence & control... from the software facilitating mass deportations to the AI wielded in wars against colonized people."

@alfatau.bsky.social explains the drive for domination.

inthesetimes.com/article/pala...

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

I know I should have argued or at least asked questions ("how and why would we do that?" being a big one), but I have found myself often dumbfounded when my colleagues talk about AI.

The comment at our Fri. meeting that I thought would be totally non-controversial, that of course we wouldn't use a chatbot with our students, apparently was. Some of my colleagues argued that, while most chatbots suck, we (a bunch of ref/instruction librarians) could design a better one. WHAT?!?

I am forever saying that if refusal isn't a live option in any decision making process about "AI", then no ethical practice is possible. You've got to be able to stop if the thing is unacceptable.

Or, and hear me out, write how you want. Don't be cowed by LLMs. We do not have to cede territory to the Theft and Murder Machine. We don't write like LLMs; LLMs generate content that is a simulacrum of our work.

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

Page 1 of a legal Judgment document from the United States District Court, District of Oregon for Case No. 6:25-cv-02409-MTK, filed on 04/18/26. The plaintiffs are listed as "STATE OF OREGON, et al.," and the defendants are "ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, et al." The document is from United States District Judge Kasubhai. It outlines that final judgment is entered in favor of the Plaintiffs on Counts I, II, III, and IV. Item 3 states the Court holds unlawful, sets aside, and vacates the "Declaration of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services RE: Safety, Effectiveness and Professional Standards of Care for Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Children and Adolescents".

Page 2 of a legal judgment document for Case 6:25-cv-02409-MTK, filed on April 18, 2026. The text outlines a court order declaring that defendants lack the authority to unilaterally establish standards of care that supersede professionally recognized standards for gender-affirming care in the Plaintiff States. It permanently enjoins defendants and their agents, including the HHS-OIG, from enforcing the "Kennedy Declaration" against providers in those states. The document is dated April 18, 2026, and is signed by United States District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai.

Huge news: the court has entered final judgement in Oregon v Kennedy (HHS trans youth care ban) and has vacated the Kennedy declaration and permanently enjoined its enforcement to target gender clinics.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Paradox of Modern Medicine Testing has become so advanced that doctors now miss important elements of diagnosis.

A new piece from me at @atlantic: Modern medicine has diagnosis crisis, which isn't just about rare diseases — a huge number of people with #longCOVID, #MECFS, & more go needlessly undiagnosed b/c patients aren't listened to, as Alexandra Sifferlin shows: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

These celebrities with their ultra-neoliberal faux female empowerment messages make me incandescent with rage.

We just have to lean in Alex!!! LEAN IN!!!!

BREAKING: A record-high 40 senators just voted to block weapons to Israel, up from 27 last July.

There is much more work to be done, but today was yet another statement that the movement for Palestinian rights is growing in the halls of power.

I think a lot of Wes grads (at least in the 90s) also considered Hampshire. My parents were the reason I didn't apply, but Wesleyan definitely felt like a good fit for me too. It's such a tragedy for free-spirited kids to lose that option.

If you needed another reason to hate Target.

Absolutely heartbreaking.

Registration for 2026 CALM opens Monday, April 13 at 12 noon Eastern time 🎉
www.conferenceonacademiclibrarymanagement.com #LibCALM

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Unambiguous evil.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-co...

an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera . ALT: an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera .

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

Been yelling about this *for decades*, literally, as I've seen my area of librarianship - systems - basically get whittled down to glorified vendor support/sales at many institutions. But hey man, everyone loves Libguides.

His taste in music is incredible. So many great acts on here. An absolute gold mine!

Usually, I am thanking past-Meredith for her foresight in doing things that benefit future Meredith, but I'm working on an upcoming presentation and just found a sentence ("It was amazing to see how") with no end and I have no idea what I was going to say there. What amazed me last-Tuesday?!?🫠

Match Day 2023 a reminder of the real cause of the physician shortage: not enough residency positions | Medical Economics Let’s take stock on the real issue of why we don’t have enough physicians.

btw the reason for all this is a totally artificial shortage of funding for residency positions that congress has refused to amend since 1997 :) www.medicaleconomics.com/view/match-d...

ours goes to eleven

Learning from Matthew has been one of the best things to come from being on social media and has undoubtedly made me a better doctor. I donated and encourage you to do so as well if you are able!

My son is out going door to door for the progressive challenger in our state house district race today (I offered to come with and he looked horrified). Seeing the socially conscious, caring young man he's becoming is really giving me hope for the future. Also, really hoping Waz wins in the 38th!

The CDC has delayed the publication of a report showing that the Covid vaccine significantly reduced the likelihood of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.

This is a clear example of putting politics over science at the cost of lives.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...

And their one source suggesting this is a Gen-Z choice is the CEO of a company focused on workforce management for companies that work with gig workers and shift workers! Unreal.