And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.

Sony: well just don't let them use BitTorrent Me: ... Sony: also we've never sued universities Me: (stares directly at the camera like we're on the office)

In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps: /1

I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ

Heated cat bed time.

I connected surveillance, misogynoir , platform governance, immigration and the failures of journalism to properly document ElevenYEARS ago .. yes yes I did and are we seeing how targeting Black women first has speed run our destruction by in action also yes modelviewculture.com/pieces/every...

New paper alert! (My first!) This is a benchmark paper on all NPS fossils within the State of Utah through 2024. Loads of illustrations by me and pic by coauthors and collaborators. Open access, free to download! Thanks to all who made this possible! giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...

it's funny that "the tragedy of the commons" was essentially a myth created so that private ownership and corporations could seize control of the commons to actually create the tragedy

Recognize that if your professional/scholarly society wants your speaker contract with them to be confidential, it's because they -know- it's a terrible contract and are trying to prevent you from talking to your friends/fellow members about it.

DON'T SIGN THINGS THAT AGREE THAT OTHER PEOPLE OWN YOUR WORK CHALLENGE

New evolution in supposedly-membership-based academic/professional org being hostile to its own members: A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.

Every time I hear some fed say "energy prices are down" I want to spray paint my Xcel bill numbers on the doors of Congress.

One of the greatest things about chat and email library reference desks is the confidence that K-12 school kids have to ask (sometimes unhinged) questions. Yes, public school student from 1000 miles away, I (and one of my colleagues) -are- going to tell you "How do I copyright?"

Wow.

Free shovel to dig your own grave.

If you are yourself, or have parents who are, elderly but independent - now is a good time to set up an internet music account & curate the algorithm to taste. If there comes a time that's no longer independently possible, the prior curation is nice both for the account holder and caregivers.

But did you get the triple arrows in there

Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care? What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.

Y'all, they been setting up Vetaw to be the next mayor after this. And we gotta increase outreach/turnout for 2026 anyway. Progressives in this city not over North (like really over north not north loop) need to better understand North by MAGNITUDES.

institutions have been involved in digitization, for example, which made research that many of us do possible — but we don't control a lot of that infrastructure because we partnered with companies like Google, Gale, etc. Publishing conglomerates' enormous consolidation of power in the era of +

Congrats to Becka Thompson on not ACTUALLY having to move in with her uncle 50.2% of the time.

My mom, recently moved back to Mpls, is reading @naomikritzer.bsky.social 's blog and snickering appreciatively at turns of phrase. ❤️

The few kids who got distracted reading this were my favorite thing this evening. (Near runner up, the -several- kids thrown by the lack of glass in my storm door. Most thought it a fun trick, but a few were very concerned about my broken door - i showed those how I would put it back together.)

Popped back in to Bsky to check on this and apparently we are at the stage of claiming to be living in a relative's house, possibly only just over half the week (bc she was claiming just -under- half the week in W12 before she resigned from Park Board (in the ward her actual house is in.))

Man, having to do work that rests on the presumption that laws exist is extra-draining lately. "No, no, right, -they- probably are not going to follow the laws. But if you don't, you will definitely find out that -you- still have to." See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...

Also, CLEs, man. Now???

Man, having to do work that rests on the presumption that laws exist is extra-draining lately. "No, no, right, -they- probably are not going to follow the laws. But if you don't, you will definitely find out that -you- still have to." See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...

Among the many international offenses of the US, our blithe disregard for geographic indicators is overall pretty minor. But then we go and pull shit like this:

Look, there are a lot of things you can say about this, and, if I'm honest, there are a lot of things that I'm resisting the urge to say about this. But I'll say this much: software companies broke ownership. The longer we go without fixing that, the more we're going to regret it.

Among the many international offenses of the US, our blithe disregard for geographic indicators is overall pretty minor. But then we go and pull shit like this:

So the spirits of the Connecticut Four are sitting on my shoulder and asking me: if the feds rolled up to your library and asked you to generate a list of patrons with Hispanic last names, with maybe their addresses and current checkouts, could you do that? i think it's bad if you can do that 📚

I have so many bugs in my yard. Hopefully more to come.

tbqh "it's too late to do anything so let's do nothing" now just feels like the next stage after "it's a hoax so there's nothing to do" in a multi decade multi level marketing scam

I needed this reminder today, thanks.

Of recent reposts, this is one I think even a lot of smart folks are underestimating. If you -must- metricize yourself, I recommend products "for seniors" which can often be used without an app/WiFi.

they're so fascinated by the intellectual implications of wind shear that they can't comprehend why the general public remains concerned about the fucking bridge breaking

I don't like quote/repost-only accounts myself, but i've been leaning that way a lot lately. Mostly that caregiving responsibilities are kinda foremost in my life right now.

What a summer to be teaching a graduate course on the cultural politics of contemporary children’s literature. 😬 We’ll have a TON to talk about next week… and *this* is why I spent the 2010s ignoring those who slammed our work on representation in kidlit 🤷🏾‍♀️

I get to be the proud alum who explains to everybody in the group chat how the governor pushed people onto the board and those new members began working with DOJ to threaten the president so he would resign so they could do a coup and replace him with someone that would destroy the university

Sometimes the bad thing is exactly as bad as the thing seems and trying to tell people "it's not that bad" isn't being *postive,* it's just normalizing the incredibly bad thing.

[Side note, to the industry folks from non-porn companies who failed to come to bat in this one, shame on you all. This decision isn't "cabined to online pornography" and you know that. You're next.]

"Obscenity is no exception to the widespread practice of requiring proof of age to exercise age-restricted rights." [Remember, pornography is always the online speech canary in the coalmine.]

And this widening of the net of religious liberty to include “kids can’t find out people disagree” (for Christians) but exclude “oh come on, it’s no biggie, just get with the program” (for non-Christians) is just using the Court to establish a religion in this land.

The standards bodies have tried suing sites like Public.Resource.Org for reprinting parts of their model codes--which, again, *are the law of the land*--and have gotten shot down at nearly every turn. This bill is a desperate attempt to try and forestall defeat.

Jackson: I view the demise of the notion that a federal judge can order the Executive to adhere to the Constitution—full stop—as a sad day for America. The majority’s unpersuasive effort to justify this result makes it sadder still. It is the responsibility of each and every jurist to hold the line.

Rob Sand, Dem candidate running for Governor in Iowa on school choice.