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Lisa Schiff

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Librarian. Some things I care about: social justice; defending libraries, education, & research; information equity. All posts/thoughts my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981 @lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org https://defendresearch.org

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The mother is an asylum seeker. Her 7-year-old is deaf and didn’t have his hearing aids when he was detained.

06.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 361 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

05.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 1736 πŸ” 709 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 81

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06.03.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 11687 πŸ” 7114 πŸ’¬ 281 πŸ“Œ 322

"Members of Trump's Board [of Peace] are ... among the worst human rights violators on the planet."

04.03.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean that to me the article isn't the analog of the album, but of the song, i.e. issue=album and article=song.

05.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

04.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 1773 πŸ” 890 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 55
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Upcoming FREE UKSG webinar "Why we all need to #DefendResearch" starring alicemeadows.bsky.social,
@louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social, @tteleen.bsky.social
and @lschiff.bsky.social dub.sh/csknxSv.

04.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Isn't the issue the album?

04.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Zenodo is great!

04.03.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Texas Supreme Court just blocked the judge’s order that would have kept Democratic polls open until 9 p.m.

But don't let them trick you: anyone who was in line by 7PM STILL has the legal right to vote and have it counted. Anyone after will have their vote collected, but counting isn’t certain.

04.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 1057 πŸ” 397 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 25

Israel/US killed 167 schoolgirls in Iran in an Illegal unprovoked attack.

And never mind being condemned, the Media won't even mention it.

03.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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#TheAmericanHolocaust

04.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Paperback edition of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Paperback edition of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Today the paperback of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out.

It's arriving in a country once again waging warβ€”a country that can spend tens of billions on bombs without blinking, while millions of Americans are one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from homelessness.

Let's take stock of where we are.

03.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 1061 πŸ” 372 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 36
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Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war.

The viral video below claims to show the aftermath of a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight.

But the video was posted last week to TikTok, and shows an unrelated car accident in Riyadh.

Please vet your sources.

03.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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American Library Association employees forming union with AFSCME Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the primarily Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.T...

As proud as I’ve ever been to be a member of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social!!

afscme31.org/news/america...

02.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

02.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 2754 πŸ” 693 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE's alleged 'ruse' in Columbia student arrest may have violated law, attorneys say Agents are permitted to use "ruses" in enforcement actions, but they can bump up against constitutional protections.

The question here is whether ICE agents broke the law by pretending to be police officers and lying by saying they were looking for a missing child to gain entry to a residential building.

If the law allows this, how are people to trust any official if one can easily be impersonated?

02.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Webinar Series Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

FYI, there is still time to register for the March 5th #DefendResearch webinar with Nina Jankowicz of the American Sunlight Project on " #Censorship, #Disinformation, and the Fight for Academic Freedom" and how we can resist censorship and its consequences. www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

02.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Corporate Media destroy Biden over US military deaths in necessary & overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan (his approval numbers never recovered) but sits there and laughs with Trump as he talks about drapes as US military dies over Iran in war of choice that he has not even bothered to justify to US.

02.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Iran in Focus: Stop Trump's War Β· MoveOn Over the weekend, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, a dangerous escalation that risks dragging us into another devastating, decades-long conflict. This war threatens the l...

TONIGHT: Join activists, foreign policy experts, and Members of Congress who are calling for immediate de-escalation in Iran and demanding immediate action to rein in Trump.

This call will cover actionable next steps and launch a nationwide push to tell every elected official no more endless wars.

02.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

We’re live in 20 minutes to discuss new research revealing biases in AI.

02.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was there for that. It was horrific.

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Learn more about Expert Voices Together (EVT) and our approach to customized support.

If you are a #journalist or #researcher who has experienced harassment or intimidation because of your work, the amazing organization @righttobe.bsky.social has a new program to offer direct support: expertvoicestogether.org

02.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand Up for Science: March 7th, 2026 β€” STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

I am ready to #StandUpForScience and #StandUpAgainstWar this Saturday, March 7th. I hope many, many of us are out there! www.standupforscience.net/march7

02.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This video by @michaeldgreen.phd is a powerful expose of the type of #censorship and #racism the Trump administration is applying to #science and knowledge production. Fighting back is the only solution! We have toolkits that help you do just that! #DefendResearch www.defendresearch.org/take-action

02.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support Johnathan’s Legal & Relocation Costs, organized by Johnathan Perkins My name is Johnathan and I've dedicated my personal and professional li… Johnathan Perkins needs your support for Support Johnathan’s Legal & Relocation Costs

Fighting for my First Amendment rights.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...

02.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A line plot with the numbers of NSF awards for fiscal years 2021-2026. The curve for fiscal year 2026 is quite a bit lower than those for 2021-2025 while the curve for fiscal year 2026 (in red) is much lower than all through the same date.

A line plot with the numbers of NSF awards for fiscal years 2021-2026. The curve for fiscal year 2026 is quite a bit lower than those for 2021-2025 while the curve for fiscal year 2026 (in red) is much lower than all through the same date.

But, as they say, there is no time like the present

[OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick]

But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves!

2/3

05.02.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9

Something for all of us to bookmark and ask our local officials to put into place! #NoICE

01.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0