oh what, so we're supposed to unionize at every building a car crashes into in Columbus? come on now

Do you remember when a car crashed into @columbuslibrary.bsky.social Parsons through a glass wall? The next day, staff worked with plywood covering the broken wall & w/out reassurance about the structural integrity of the building. CML workers are forming a union to have input on workplace safety.

i am trying to gather the fortitude and will to tidy my apartment so my loved ones don’t see how i live

Asking a chatbot isn't better than nothing -- it's worse than nothing. Unless the goal isn't learning but rather "turning in assignments".

i’ve been working on this for so long, and to finally see it come to fruition means the world to me

“Workers on the front lines serving our communities should be the ones with decision making power!” — Lina, Youth Engagement Specialist, @columbuslibrary.bsky.social Northern Lights Branch

“We have the power to improve our working conditions if we come together.” — Charlie, Customer Services Specialist, @columbuslibrary.bsky.social Linden Branch

Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.

sorry about all the cancerposting, can i offer you a photo of my cat from 2 days ago

last year i had to fight a disease that required 4 holes to be drilled in my bones, 4 rounds of chemo, and 3 different hospitalizations and the part that hurt the most was fighting to keep my job!

Workers should be able to receive treatment for cancer or a chronic illness without the threat of losing their health insurance or their job. That's one reason @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers are coming together to form their union!

Marigold, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast. This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.

Tell these essential workers that you have their back. Pledge your support: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“Everyone has the right to dignity, integrity, and equity. I believe the way forward is with mutual care and collective action. Library workers should be making the decisions about library work.” — Ellie, Customer Service Specialist, Hilltop Branch

More @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers are speaking out: “I want a more fair & just workplace. I feel that we are undervalued with all CML asks us to do. I believe there should be easier & more attainable paths to forward mobility.” — Chris, Customer Service Specialist, Shepard Branch

A little belatedly sharing this piece that I published in @chronicle.com 's Opinion Forum (sorry full text is paywalled) www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

Mar is organizing a union with his co-workers at @columbuslibrary.bsky.social because “I have seen so many of my public service coworkers give their everything to give the members of our community the best possible outcomes and support, and we as workers simply deserve the same.”

Emily is organizing a union with her co-workers at @columbuslibrary.bsky.social because "A union would provide us the chance to have a voice in how our own workplaces are run while holding those at the top accountable when necessary.”

Adi is organizing a union with her co-workers at @columbuslibrary.bsky.social because “To continue on during these times without a union would be a surrender to the attack Ohio libraries are facing. A union will empower us to advocate for a better workplace benefiting workers and patrons alike.”

whenever a story like this breaks, i think about the way AI slop salespeople and their allies insist that their tech is “inevitable.” “it’s here whether you like it or not!” the entire project is rotten, but i keep getting caught on on how explicitly anti-consent it is.

This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

“We need to protect each other, we need to have solidarity with each other, and we need to use the power that we have in our numbers to organize and demand that our rights and dignity as employees are upheld.” — Phoebe, Customer Services Specialist, Linden Branch

“I believe my coworkers and I have the right to fight for a better workplace.” — Ryan, Adult Services Librarian, Main Library

“Library workers need every tool available to ensure our ability to continue to provide vital resources to our community. A union will strengthen our voice in our workplace, our job security, & ability to sustainably do the work we love.” — Maria, Librarian, Local History and Genealogy

Why are @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers organizing their union? “I believe we as employees know what our communities need. Our voices should be reflected in decisions at CML to better support our patrons and each other.” — Caitlin, Information Service Specialist, Franklinton Branch

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/18/w... could not be prouder of my fellow workers. 💕

“The current administration is trying to scrub websites, datasets, and now signs in National Parks (and on other public lands) of words or ideas that they don't like. We're trying to preserve this content to help preserve our full history, not just a tidy whitewashed version.” Listen now:

Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. This week, @samleecole.bsky.social speaks to a group of data preservationists behind "Save Our Signs" who want to save the real history of parks before the administration erases it.

I’ve seen several Godzilla flicks in the theater over the past few years and you can feel, viscerally, that we are all praying for Godzilla to rise from the sea and give us what we deserve

I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

"By insisting on the term 'automation,' Bender and Hanna reveal that what’s sold as innovation is often just labor displacement with better branding." Erik J. Larson discusses "The AI Con" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-return-of-the-luddites/

I think every time someone pitches this article, which we have seen in one form or another for as long as class has existed, they should get a fastball from a pitching machine right to the groin

nicole kidman as aimee semple mcpherson in a limited series about her life……..

I once had to go to a food pantry in November, and because it was close to Thanksgiving, the line to get in wrapped around the block. This was back in the early 2000s. Also when people had access to SNAP. Imagine what it will be this year without it.

black phone 2 runs aground on the fact that it’s just not possible to ice skate in a menacing way

wifi down at the library . may god have mercy on our souls

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

if Indy doesn’t get his Oscar i am burning the academy to the goddamn ground

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable." All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

This whole section really.

am i going to have to invest in a cardigan that says “WORKING LIBRARIAN, DO NOT PET”

As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer: 1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors! 2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy 3) Language learning via Mango 💙📚 And:

so Kaleidoscope Youth Center is shutting down their shelter program, which could leave the kids there homeless again in a matter of weeks. this fundraiser is for them. please give and share if you can. chuffed.org/project/supp...

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

excellent. MORE OF THIS.

What we should do instead of training people to use LLMs? 1. Provide education on what they actually are 2. Provide education on their environmental & labor impacts 3. Work towards regulation that holds LLM providers accountable for their negative impacts

Reading about this brought to mind a piece I wrote two years ago, inspired by one of my favourite authors. Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.