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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Screenshot of a 3hr old post from the GW Hatchet: “BREAKING: GW sold its Virginia campus to Amazon Data Services, an Amazon subsidiary that manages the company's data centers, for $427 million on Friday. The deed, obtained by The Hatchet, authorizes ADS to develop the campus into a data or information technology center. STORY TK”

GW‘s student newspaper appears to have broken the story that the institution has sold a satellite campus to Amazon to be turned into a data center, which is just about chef’s kiss for the state of American higher education rn

The @atbw.bsky.social Freedom School 2026 Series: Digital Literacy & Cultural Stewardship is dedicated to strengthening digital literacy, advancing archival practices, and safeguarding the web as a vital site of cultural memory. Register for the spring sessions: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Gyokeres is our path to winning it all. Please shelve the horseshoe attack and give him the ball to feet, into space, and on the run.

I believe in Gyokeres. Always give Gyokeres the ball. #TOTARS

Here's a short thread about some political and intellectual icons and their work at, and appreciation for libraries.

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump www.propublica.org/article/inst...

This is an IQ test. If you nod along with Sam, you failed it.

Google news summary of Open AI and Anthropic bosses refusing to hold hands at an industry circle jerk

this got more press coverage than Grok's Memphis data center dumping toxic cack all over black neighborhoods

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Leonidas H. Berry papers at

Chicago History Museum: bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/portal/view/...

National Library of Medicine: collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:...

Chicago Public Library: www.chipublib.org/fa-leonidas-...

Schomburg: archives.nypl.org/scm/20967

Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives Over the last few decades, the standard procedure for storing and backing up data has been ‘put it in the cloud.’ Many of us use cloud…

Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives medium.com/community-ar...

Me holding copy of the book

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽

www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

This feature gonna do numbers.

With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026. Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy. We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

Remembering Fobazi Ettarh‬ by reading her brilliant work. I read about vocational awe in my last year of library school & she provided the vocabulary I needed to describe some of my observations & experiences as a BIPOC worker. She will be missed. www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...

"Amid attempts to erase Black history and progress, Onyx Impact’s Invest in Black Media campaign will fund Black storytelling, journalism, and media preservation throughout 2026." www.theroot.com/nonprofit-co...

We, the students of Central Indiana High Schools, have walked out of our classes today because we have been taught to speak out when we see injustice. We are committed to welcoming our neighbors and we know we must speak out for the most vulnerable among us. We believe in freedom, equal rights for all, and the importance of our constitutional rights. Fear and hate are not the foundation of the America we know and in which we believe. We see injustice and we have no choice but to oppose it. We are the future of our city, of our country, and of our world. We have been let down time and time again by those we are supposed to look up to. It is time for us to take charge of our future - to mold it into what we want. As we look around our country, we are faced with murders, kidnappings, disappearances, and state-sponsored violence that harken back to the secret police and squads of the worst authoritarian governments of the 20th century. Even though it is painful to contemplate, we call upon our friends and family to not look away. We demand an end to the tyranny and we will not stand idly by as our communities are terrorized. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security have no place in our communities. They hide their concentration camps behind nicknames and euphemisms. Senate Bill 76 is an unconstitutional immigration enforcement mandate that will bring harm to our state. We stand with our fellow Hoosiers: students too scared to come to school, parents afraid to leave their homes, neighbors afraid to go to the hospital. All of them are fully human. Every person residing in the US has a right to due process, a right to asylum, protection from illegal searches without a warrant, a right to an attorney, a right to emergency care, and a right to free speech. Current ICE practices are a violation of not just human rights but basic human dignity. Let us take to heart the words of another Hoosier: "Americans have to unite and stop this descent f…

Our First Amendment rights are being stripped away from us as we speak. Some who have been brave enough to protest have faced unjust and deadly consequences. ICE does not enforce laws. It enforces fear. Fear in schools, hospitals, workplaces. They try to use our fear as a weapon, but we must not allow them to any longer. We are told this is about "security." But there is nothing secure about traumatizing communities. There is nothing lawful about denying due process. There is nothing moral about profiting off detention. Today we call for change. We believe in dignity over detention. We believe in compassion over cruelty. We believe in community over cages. We believe in humanity over hatred. Human rights don't come with a citizenship requirement. It is time to bring back kindness. To bring back empathy and compassion. It is time to bring back the courage to care. In the wise words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Our city, our neighborhoods, and our nation must remain places of safety, where everyone belongs. So we encourage you all to continue to speak up and use your voice. Use your resources to help where you can. Because real change doesn't come from fear - it comes from love in action. In love and solidarity, Participating Students of Central Indiana High Schools Brebeuf Carmel Greenfield-Central Lawrence North North Central Park Tudor Zionsville

Open letter from students from various central Indiana high schools explaining why they are organizing walkouts in protest of ICE.

Hard not to get emotional in response to the moral clarity on display.

Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives Over the last few decades, the standard procedure for storing and backing up data has been ‘put it in the cloud.’ Many of us use cloud…

Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives medium.com/community-ar...

Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.

Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.

All Black. All doing their jobs.

“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.

Inspiring community memory work led by Teressa Raiford and the awesome Don't Shoot PDX crew. bsky.app/profile/oreg...

Two copies of a black, white and red book cover. The cover reads UNCORRECTED PROOF NOT For SALE SECOND SIGHT: HOW THE WONDER AND VISION OF BLACK MEDIAMAKERS PUSH AMERICA TOWARD FREEDOM SARAH J. JACKSON My light brownish hand with chipped purple glitter nail polish holds the books

Thrilled to have galleys of my book in hand! Final corrections & index pending. Please consider preordering, gifting, & teaching. Via the archive, interviews & more I show how the crisis we face now reflects failure to listen & act on the democracy Black folks have envisioned, but we still can.

Fellowship opportunity from
@atbw.bsky.social. Applications due February 2nd. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Hogsett allies routinely benefit from no-bid city contracts On the campaign trail a decade ago, the mayor said no-bid contracts should ‘never be the default.’

WE (The City of Indianapolis) paid $1.2 million in a NO BID CONTRACT

To a Mayor Hogsett donor/ real estate developer for a "report"

that the city WON'T release to press 🤧😂😂😂

mirrorindy.org/hogsett-alli...

The coach is the final hurdle. We have the players.