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@tinker@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The local library is doing the Repair Cafe!!! This is an initial event. Im hoping we can do something like this monthly once we get it going!!!

Repair Cafes are community events where people bring things to get fixed and maintained for free. Volunteers come to hang out, talk shop, and work on folks' items.

This is a mutual-aid event - So folks might be good at fixing bicycles but arent as good at mending jeans. So they might bring their jeans to get patched and then help tune a bicycle!

While my library has asked if I can help with desktop support (which I'm more than willing to do), I actually really like working on bicycles! So I let them know I could do that, too.

I'm at my bandwidth with creating and organizing things with the Free Fridges and Food Rescue, but I absolutely can join an volunteer on the days of if all I have to do is show up, hang out, and tinker on some repairs!

THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!

#solarPunk#repairCafe#rightToRepair#mutualAid #libraries #library #librarians

Email that states: Hi Once again I have to thank you for sharing amazing ideas with me - thank you! I've been able to partner with the R Board to host our first Repair Cafe, which will be on Thursday, February 12 from 1:30-3:30. They will be supplying folks who can do small machine repairs, like toaster ovens or Instant Pots, and people to repair clothing (tailors/ sewers). Would you be interested in volunteering for the event? I'd love to have someone who could help with software and computer help. l've reached out to IdeaSpace to ask about physically repairing computers, like rebuilding them but I thought software help might be really handy too. Looking forward to hearing from you, -- Thank you, Assistant Branch Manager/ Adult Services Department Head (she/her) Fredericksburg Branch
Email that states: Hi Once again I have to thank you for sharing amazing ideas with me - thank you! I've been able to partner with the R Board to host our first Repair Cafe, which will be on Thursday, February 12 from 1:30-3:30. They will be supplying folks who can do small machine repairs, like toaster ovens or Instant Pots, and people to repair clothing (tailors/ sewers). Would you be interested in volunteering for the event? I'd love to have someone who could help with software and computer help. l've reached out to IdeaSpace to ask about physically repairing computers, like rebuilding them but I thought software help might be really handy too. Looking forward to hearing from you, -- Thank you, Assistant Branch Manager/ Adult Services Department Head (she/her) Fredericksburg Branch
Email that states: Hi Once again I have to thank you for sharing amazing ideas with me - thank you! I've been able to partner with the R Board to host our first Repair Cafe, which will be on Thursday, February 12 from 1:30-3:30. They will be supplying folks who can do small machine repairs, like toaster ovens or Instant Pots, and people to repair clothing (tailors/ sewers). Would you be interested in volunteering for the event? I'd love to have someone who could help with software and computer help. l've reached out to IdeaSpace to ask about physically repairing computers, like rebuilding them but I thought software help might be really handy too. Looking forward to hearing from you, -- Thank you, Assistant Branch Manager/ Adult Services Department Head (she/her) Fredericksburg Branch
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@dennyhenke@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Jenna with her old laptop, now updated to GNU/Linux! She'd stopped using it some time ago because had become so slow that it was unusable. A project of our local where I . We spent some time installing then a brief introduction to the basics of using and a few of the apps.

She was excited to have a working computer again and, bonus, touch screen worked perfectly which made her extra happy.
Beardy Star Stuff
@dennyhenke@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Jenna with her old laptop, now updated to GNU/Linux! She'd stopped using it some time ago because had become so slow that it was unusable. A project of our local where I . We spent some time installing then a brief introduction to the basics of using and a few of the apps.

She was excited to have a working computer again and, bonus, touch screen worked perfectly which made her extra happy.
Tinker ☀️
@tinker@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The local library is doing the Repair Cafe!!! This is an initial event. Im hoping we can do something like this monthly once we get it going!!!

Repair Cafes are community events where people bring things to get fixed and maintained for free. Volunteers come to hang out, talk shop, and work on folks' items.

This is a mutual-aid event - So folks might be good at fixing bicycles but arent as good at mending jeans. So they might bring their jeans to get patched and then help tune a bicycle!

While my library has asked if I can help with desktop support (which I'm more than willing to do), I actually really like working on bicycles! So I let them know I could do that, too.

I'm at my bandwidth with creating and organizing things with the Free Fridges and Food Rescue, but I absolutely can join an volunteer on the days of if all I have to do is show up, hang out, and tinker on some repairs!

THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!

#solarPunk#repairCafe#rightToRepair#mutualAid #libraries #library #librarians

Email that states: Hi Once again I have to thank you for sharing amazing ideas with me - thank you! I've been able to partner with the R Board to host our first Repair Cafe, which will be on Thursday, February 12 from 1:30-3:30. They will be supplying folks who can do small machine repairs, like toaster ovens or Instant Pots, and people to repair clothing (tailors/ sewers). Would you be interested in volunteering for the event? I'd love to have someone who could help with software and computer help. l've reached out to IdeaSpace to ask about physically repairing computers, like rebuilding them but I thought software help might be really handy too. Looking forward to hearing from you, -- Thank you, Assistant Branch Manager/ Adult Services Department Head (she/her) Fredericksburg Branch
Email that states: Hi Once again I have to thank you for sharing amazing ideas with me - thank you! I've been able to partner with the R Board to host our first Repair Cafe, which will be on Thursday, February 12 from 1:30-3:30. They will be supplying folks who can do small machine repairs, like toaster ovens or Instant Pots, and people to repair clothing (tailors/ sewers). Would you be interested in volunteering for the event? I'd love to have someone who could help with software and computer help. l've reached out to IdeaSpace to ask about physically repairing computers, like rebuilding them but I thought software help might be really handy too. Looking forward to hearing from you, -- Thank you, Assistant Branch Manager/ Adult Services Department Head (she/her) Fredericksburg Branch
Email that states: Hi Once again I have to thank you for sharing amazing ideas with me - thank you! I've been able to partner with the R Board to host our first Repair Cafe, which will be on Thursday, February 12 from 1:30-3:30. They will be supplying folks who can do small machine repairs, like toaster ovens or Instant Pots, and people to repair clothing (tailors/ sewers). Would you be interested in volunteering for the event? I'd love to have someone who could help with software and computer help. l've reached out to IdeaSpace to ask about physically repairing computers, like rebuilding them but I thought software help might be really handy too. Looking forward to hearing from you, -- Thank you, Assistant Branch Manager/ Adult Services Department Head (she/her) Fredericksburg Branch
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@anarchismhub@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Dark Nights: Philadelphia, U$A: Anathema Volume 11 Issue 1

https://darknights.noblogs.org/post/2025/08/23/philadelphia-ua-anathema-volume-11-issue-1/

Volume 11 Issue 1 (PDF for reading 8.5×11) Volume 11 Issue 1 (PDF for printing 11×17) In this issue: What Went Down Ins & Outs Leadership Is It Fascism? Ten Years Of Anti-Gentrification Ben Morea Talk Reportback Anarchist Muay Thai The Moon Is Down Review

#Library#AnarchistNewspaper#Anathema#BenMorea#BlackMask#Democracy

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Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Tell Overdrive to get AI out of Libby https://company.overdrive.com/contact/support/

#library

Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Tell Overdrive to get AI out of Libby https://company.overdrive.com/contact/support/

#library

Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

no AI in the #library

‪Rachel Storm‬ ‪@rachelsstorm.bsky.social‬ · 1d Heads up library workers, Overdrive is shoving AI into Libby. It will be making book recommendations and they are rolling it out over the next few weeks. Smoke is pouring out of my ears. 📚 Inspire Me in Libby. Inspire Me is a major new feature that encourages Libby users to explore the farthest reaches of your digital collection for their next read. This engaging experience uses artificial intelligence to suggest creative book "inspirations" that lead readers to matching book recommendations at your library. To distribute content discovery across your entire collection, the AI-generated inspirations and recommendations presented by Inspire Me will favor titles that are available to borrow. The primary purpose of Inspire Me is to maximize the value of your library's existing catalog.
‪Rachel Storm‬ ‪@rachelsstorm.bsky.social‬ · 1d Heads up library workers, Overdrive is shoving AI into Libby. It will be making book recommendations and they are rolling it out over the next few weeks. Smoke is pouring out of my ears. 📚 Inspire Me in Libby. Inspire Me is a major new feature that encourages Libby users to explore the farthest reaches of your digital collection for their next read. This engaging experience uses artificial intelligence to suggest creative book "inspirations" that lead readers to matching book recommendations at your library. To distribute content discovery across your entire collection, the AI-generated inspirations and recommendations presented by Inspire Me will favor titles that are available to borrow. The primary purpose of Inspire Me is to maximize the value of your library's existing catalog.
‪Rachel Storm‬ ‪@rachelsstorm.bsky.social‬ · 1d Heads up library workers, Overdrive is shoving AI into Libby. It will be making book recommendations and they are rolling it out over the next few weeks. Smoke is pouring out of my ears. 📚 Inspire Me in Libby. Inspire Me is a major new feature that encourages Libby users to explore the farthest reaches of your digital collection for their next read. This engaging experience uses artificial intelligence to suggest creative book "inspirations" that lead readers to matching book recommendations at your library. To distribute content discovery across your entire collection, the AI-generated inspirations and recommendations presented by Inspire Me will favor titles that are available to borrow. The primary purpose of Inspire Me is to maximize the value of your library's existing catalog.
Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Tell Overdrive to get AI out of Libby https://company.overdrive.com/contact/support/

#library

Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can. What steps did you take leading up to it? * I'm very upset that Libby is using generative AI — I'm currently part of a class action lawsuit of authors against AI companies and I've been promoting the use of Libby to my readers but I *will not* promote generative AI in any form as it is a pox on the land, the genAI companies stole my books, AI is a massive environmental disaster and there are so many other harms too numerous to go into. NOT TO MENTION that any mention of AI has a generally toxic impact on purchases and checkouts — people don't like it, they don't want it, but especially READERS who understand this issue better than most. AI turns people off. Keep it away from my books and away from the library.