Earlier today NYC Tw*tterati re-posted their list of 9 commitments we can make to supporting incarcerated people in the new year. If you’ve been wondering what you can do to support people in jail and prison, this list is a great starting point: docs.google.com/document/d/1By…

Come work with me! Plz pass along to any early career/recent grads you know looking for a non-project based work! ias.synchr-recruit.com/job/372889/ass…

Very pleased to be able to share the news that Best Practices for Archival Term Positions is now available online: osf.io/a4zc8/. I worked with an awesome group a people to put this together, could not have been done w/out the excellent leadership of Alison C.

JOBS! SAADA - South Asian American Digital Archive is hiring an Operations Associate and a Program Associate: saada.org/jobs Applications are being considered on a rolling basis.

Absolutely wonderful time today giving a public lecture on power and impact of Black photographers, Blackness, and Black visual culture at the Harn Museum of Art! Grateful for Carol McCusker and the Harn Team!

Archives Job Time--My old position at PSU just posted. If you're interested and want to chat, feel free to DM me. Posting here: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/j…

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Meet a few of the people we really should thank for our weather app–or at least for the technologies that made it possible. This team from Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) worked on numerical weather forecasting. Check out our BONUS EPISODE to learn more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/los… Photo credit: IAS

Thank you so much to Lost Women of Science for a really illuminating series on the KVN! What a wonderful team and a great example of what context research can add to our archives!

Tidbit from our #RBMS22 preso "Imagining Otherwise: Reflecting on what the Abolition in Special Collections Survey Data Can Teach Us About the Harms Enacted by Security Policies and Procedures"; we hope the data will prompt reflection & action Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Read Wendy Brown's "Alito’s Dobbs decision will further degrade democracy" ias.edu/news/2022/alit… via Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

Last night, while many of us were sleeping, Senator Republicans passed an abortion restriction that the Governor can’t veto b/c it’s a constitutional amendment. This language is incredibly dangerous to reproductive freedom in PA & we must fight hard to stop it. #BansOffOurBodies

The end of Roe is not business as usual. That’s why people across the U.S. are joining the #BansOffOurBodies Walkout on July 13th at 4 PM local time. They’ll walk out in support of abortion providers and to draw attention to abortion rights. Join us: p.ppfa.org/BansOffWalkout.

The end of Roe is not business as usual. Hope to see lots of Libraries & Archives folks walk out with us on July 13 at 4 p.m. local time or post in solidarity with abortion providers and abortion rights.Learn more at BansOff.org #WeWontBackDown #BansOffOurBodies

The National Museum of African American History & Culture announces “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” to open March 24 It will feature Octavia Butler’s typewriter, Nichelle Nichols’ Star Trek uniform, Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther suit, more nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/nat…

Loved working with my colleague Emma Moore at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on this small exhibition! Even more grateful to the members of Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) community like Tony Pullido, Bill Casselman, and others who provided heaps of support!

Director and Leon Levy Professor David Nirenberg in The Wall Street Journal: "What counts as antisemitism? Is it on the rise, and if so, who’s to blame—the left or the right, Christians or Muslims? Or is it “the Jews” and their actions that are at fault, as some maintain." wsj.com/articles/histo…