they/m | brimwats.com | PhD.
working @westernufims.bsky.social on how GLAMS describe marginalized folks; information's histories & identity in sociotechnical systems
🔗 Homosaurus.org HistSex.org CritCat.org NCPWG.org QMDC & TMDC
bri watson 🐝
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we certainly live in terrid times
The authors guild can go fuck themselves
if faculty don’t control curriculum, it’s not actually a university. it’s just expensive high school for adults
bri watson 🐝
some of my department's @westernufims.bsky.social allstars (Alissa, Luke, Joanna) in this bit here, along with Cynthia--The Walrus is really doing the work here (unlike a certain politico 🙃)
The Authors Guild are in partnership with an AI Licensing company. They're trying to funnel members to this company in the guise of 'earning more' from their books. But even if an author is paid for a 3 year licence, their books are in the meat grinder for good. There's no way to extract titles.
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
Paul Tremblay
#WesternU occupational therapy professor Debbie Laliberte Rudman, discusses what's at stake when people lose the community spaces that bring them together.
Watch on @therundowntvo.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ctd...
#ThirdPlaces
We're excited to partner with The Authors Guild to help authors control and monetize their content.
🧵 w/a couple examples of artist residencies that specifically fund vs barriers to art, for folks who are:
women, trans, intersex, nonbinary, orgenderfluid age 45+ or a caregiver/parent; Indigenous+interested in learning neon art; BIPoC & in NE Ohio; public educators or impacted by Hurricane Maria;
