Some recent film photos, shot on Kodak Ektachrome E100

People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.

“The verdict on public sentiment is clear and lopsided: about 94 percent oppose the proposed rule and only 6 percent support it […] The opposition is overwhelmingly grassroots rather than orchestrated.” www.techpolicy.press/the-public-r...

No, There Aren't 500,000 Comments on OMB's Proposed Reg open.substack.com/pub/presento...

If you use 10 seconds or less of a song, it’s fair use. You can copy 10% of a book for a class, and that’s fair use. Is this actually true? This is a guest post by Katherine Klosek of ARL and Stephen Wolfson of the University of Pennsylvania.

"What do we do when we’re under attack? Stand up, fight back. Because bullies buckle when we stand up—and when we fight, we win."

Some recent film photos, shot on Kodak Ektacolor Pro 160.

Some recent film photos, shot on Kodak Gold.

“Leaders of AFT locals would be more open to subsidizing convention delegate travel if they thought convention business was directly tied their union members’ needs, and if they thought their delegates’ participation would make any difference whatsoever.” futureschools.substack.com/p/this-is-no...

“UC’s position is clear: OMB should withdraw the Proposed Rule.” osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2026/07/uc-r...

ROUNDUP U.S. #Publishers Sue Google, Alleging Massive #Copyright Infringement Behind Its Gemini #AI Service (via PublishingPerspectives) publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/u-s-... #AAP Release publishers.org/news/publish... Docket/Filings www.courtlistener.com/docket/73603... #LLMs #lawsuits

Lindsay Graham was, I think, one of the most contemptible figures in US politics, a titan of respectable bipartisan foreign policy for years who displayed no principles, no insight, and no beliefs beyond a gleeful and vicarious love of violence. An indictment of every institution he served in. RIP.

UC-AFT lecturers continue the fight for a fair contract this week at UC Santa Barbara. Roll through to show your solidarity July 15 and 16! ✊ RSVP at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #WeTeachUC

Join us Monday @2PM to send a clear message to Congress: Protect our science infrastructure from partisan interference. Peer review, not politics, should guide scientific research. Slashing funding for science that does not conform to Trump’s ideological agenda will harm ALL Americans.

Read about our June 30 bargaining session at UC Berkeley, and get ready for two more days of Unit 18 contract negotiations at UC Santa Barbara on July 15-16.✊ weteachuc.org/2026/07/06/b... #WeTeachUC

2 years ago, Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard was arrested at @ucirvine.bsky.social as UCI chose to repress its Palestine encampment & fail its constitutional obligations. Her disciplinary case now rests w/the Chancellor. Let's ensure he knows what's right, sign/share! sites.google.com/view/withdra...

Some recent film photos, shot on Kodak Ultramax

Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Research Libraries, AI Research and Contract Override www.slaw.ca/2026/07/02/c...

"Researchers using licensed databases and journals likely never read the license terms governing the use of that content, but these terms have major implications for their right to access content; engage in computational analysis like text & data mining; and retain data" www.arl.org/blog/join-ar...

Obama wants people in the future to say "I can admire him even though he had a kill list and bombed kids with drones"

167 - librarypunk live: Critical AI research too hot for ALA Our second live show! Only Justin could make it to ALA but we’ve got THREE great guests plus very good audience questions. We talk about discourse analysis, refusal, STS, and more.

Did you know? Proposed rule changes at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will subject federally funded scientific research as well as grants to states and cities to ideological and partisan review. It's bad. Use this guide to craft your comment...

On Trump v Slaughter decision: “Today’s decision breaks with nearly a century of precedent to jettison protections for independent agencies and vastly expand the scope of executive power,” said Amit Agarwal, Special Counsel at Protect Democracy.”

NEW: Meta paid hundreds of contractors to pretend they were kids—and then prompt rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to talk about subjects like suicide, sex, eating disorders, and self-harm. From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social

“In the last few months, the city’s average apartment rent surpassed New York City’s to be the nation’s most expensive, reaching $3,827 a month.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/t...

Tomorrow at UC Berkeley.

Hot take, but I think its okay to treat politician genocide supporters extremely rudely. Scott Wiener aggressively supported the genocide against Palestinians & kept on doing so for many, many months. That he "moderated" in an attempt to get elected doesn't make him an ally or deserving of respect

Great @librarypunk.bsky.social live recording and panel discussion at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in Chicago: “Critical AI Takes Too Hot for the (ALA) Mainstage” @kslater.bsky.social

Some recent film photos, shot on Cinestill BwXX at 400

Universities' hand-wringing over accessibility requirements makes DEI™️ look that much more fraudulent in hindsight

The bill is unconstitutional, would restrict public access to legally mandated safety codes and gives private publishers copyright control over the law itself. Read the full letter here:

So great, and far too rare www.kqed.org/news/1208842...

UC-AFT lecturers continue bargaining at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, June 30. RSVP to show your solidarity as we fight for a fair contract.✊ linktr.ee/ucaft #WeTeachUC

“Our job security proposals really aim to reflect … the value of our labor and our contributions to campus.” www.dailycal.org/news/uc/dign... #WeTeachUC

The "AI" bark will used to lay more people off than any actual automation (the bite)

After 26 years at EFF, today is outgoing Executive Director Cindy Cohn’s last day here. Read her final message to all of us.

Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...

We are hosting a "Comment-a-thon" Zoom workshop with Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi, former NIH Scientific Program Official. New OMB federal rule change would severely affect federal grant process. Written comments from UC faculty can still stop its adoption! Join us! members.cucfa.org/omb-comment-...

“If the intent or effect is to make such a large category of costs unallowable, that seems to me the kind of change that would be immediately challengeable in court as a violation of Congress’s direct instruction not to modify indirect cost rates in the most recent appropriations bills.”

Here are the notes from my @aaup.org Legal Update, delivered by the incredible @sbagen.bsky.social at the Biennial this last week! academeblog.org/2026/06/15/a...

The always insightful Andrew Albanese nails the @AuthorsGuild ’s new survey, in which the Guild bizarrely demonizes libraries and library users. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-l...

Going to ALA annual next week? Want to vent about all the AI we're gonna see? Drop by our show on Saturday! Small cover goes to support IL Coalition on Immigrant & Refugee Rights.

Some recent film photos, shot on Kodak Ektacolor Pro 800.

A few recent film photos, shot on Kodak Ektacolor Pro 400.

Commercial publishers are refusing to allow for zero-embargo public access to peer-reviewed articles as required by federal policy. www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/o...

UCLA lecturers allege salaries are not enough to make ends meet dailybruin.com/2026/06/07/u...

Some recent film photos, shot on Kodak Ektapan 3200.

Yo this is fucked

Faculty: We want to unionize Admin: isn't there someone you forgot to ask