Rosemary Farrell
Librarian, writer, feminist, MPH student, dreamy flying cat
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellAny #medlibs?
- Are you coming to Philadelphia this summer for ALA Annual? Do you want to meet fellow library workers? Learn how to build solidarity? Learn how to fight for (& win) better working conditions? And why organizing & collective bargaining are the tools we need now? Join us: forms.gle/yaWvzcFa9NiC...
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- Are you coming to Philadelphia this summer for ALA Annual? Do you want to meet fellow library workers? Learn how to build solidarity? Learn how to fight for (& win) better working conditions? And why organizing & collective bargaining are the tools we need now? Join us: forms.gle/yaWvzcFa9NiC...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellMike Lawler: "We don't want to be straight up accepting any type of gift from any foreign government, certainly not one that can be viewed in a way that obviously has been presented here."
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrell"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellWho I feel sorry for is America’s homegrown racists, who have worked hard for decades only to be forced to compete with Afrikaners for their jobs.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellOver the weekend, the Library of Congress posted this video message Dr. Carla Hayden, whom Donald Trump unjustifiably dismissed as Librarian of Congress, that makes clear how much the nation has lost. Props to whoever put it up. I hope everyone watches it.
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- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellJust out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellPetitions to advocate for the Librarian of Congress: #medlibs Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here. www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrell@emilyjaynef.bsky.social you are what a hero is- a person who does what they feel is the right thing in a moment that sets a good example for others. Accept it as a compliment to the spirit of all you have experienced and learned in your life. You did good. And we would do well to emulate you.
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrell“I am directing the Bureau of Prisons to use all 850 Joann locations to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social theonion.com/trump-v...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellJust finished ~10k words on this, btw (was supposed to be ~8k 😬), and hopefully they'll see the full light of day later this year
- Nowhere near enough media coverage about the interconnection between the destruction of content moderation, the proliferation of LLM "generative AI" bullshit engines, the death of consensus reality/knowledge making, misinformation and disinformation, & the aims of Western authoritarians and fascists
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellFrance and Germany say they want trade deals with the US. Then why aren’t they spending their taxpayers’ money on Trump’s personal cryptocurrency?
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellWell, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellThey totally used chatgpt to generate portions of the HHS anti-trans report. They used a made up citation style and then put 404 not found for a link. Just insane.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellAre you a health equity researcher who has lost federal funding for a project? RWJF’s Evidence for Action is offering Rapid Response grants to support community-centered, social science research disrupted by cuts. ☀️ More details: www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellOutstanding piece.
- A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellAs others have noted, if you’re not seeing this “pro-natalism” creepiness through the lens of the white nationalist Fourteen Words, you’re missing the point.
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrell⚖️🩺 New York’s maternal health crisis continues to disproportionately harm Black mothers. #CUNYSPH’s SRJ Hub collaborated with City & State on an op-ed by Associate Dean Lynn Roberts, Senator Lea Webb & Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. cunysph.me/maternalhealth-oped #BMHW25
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellNEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellNew Yorkers should remember this gem before letting Andrew #Cuomo anywhere near Gracie Mansion.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellJust a reminder: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks formal education or professional credentials in critical scientific fields such as biology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, immunology, virology, epidemiology, genetics, pharmacology, or medicine.
- The US is paying El Salvador to house people in concentration camps. If our government wanted to, they could fly home everyone that they put there.
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrell😷🎒 The benefits of school-based masking outweigh the risks, say #CUNYSPH’s Chloe Teasdale & Sasha Fleary in a @amjpublichealth.bsky.social editorial. Masking protects vulnerable students & reduces educational disruptions—public health decisions should be rooted in science. cunysph.me/BenefitsofMasks
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellWe had a great time with the Public Health/Health Admin caucus of the @medlibassn.bsky.social. Thanks for inviting DRP to meet your members & talk about our work! We love sharing with others because sharing is caring. Unless your name is Rose, & you are on a wooden panel in the North Atlantic ...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellDo not leave the country if you are not a United States citizen! #MomSky #Voices4Victory
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellDOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance. Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellI’m sorry but the aoc and bernie inspiration tour is tired. people are being abducted, thought crimes are a thing now, orwellian double speak is everywhere. I need them to be obstructing not orating
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrellnot going to say the timeline would have turned out way differently if elite universities had just told Elise Stefanik to fuck off a year ago, but it probably wouldn't have hurt
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellFacilities & Administrative/Indirect Costs are the REAL COSTS of supporting and facilitating sponsored research at colleges and universities. This support for the research enterprise since the end of World War II are one of the reasons why the USA enjoyed largely uninterrupted prosperity since 1950.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellRead the genocidal message between the detention lines
- The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellThe Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellThe entire ballgame, folks. Unconstrained fascism on display in the Oval Office. Either we’re a Republic of laws & constitution, or not. It’s increasingly obvious which one it is. Total, complete failure of Article I.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellIt's Sunday so let's give a shout out to Trump & the GOP who are doing the Lord's work by taking food away from the hungry and healthcare from the sick, to give rich people more tax cuts. #ProudBlue #TaxTheRich #TaxTheChurces #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellPlease see below strong Statement from @apha.org Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD: "I ask my colleagues to join me and speak up. Secretary Robert Kennedy is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired." #PublicHealth #EpiSky #SocialEpi www.apha.org/news-and-med...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellProof that they don’t even know what programs and services are being cut because they don’t give one single solitary fuck about us. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellIf the administration can exert federal oversight over Columbia, then any university is at risk. A collective response is needed. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
- Well played Columbia. Perhaps this is what the Board wanted when they started down this path, disgracing the school in front of that grandstanding Congressional committee in 2024. Hope my employer and other higher ed institutions are banding together and preparing themselves for what’s coming next.
- This is why you never capitulate. This would be the end of Columbia university. It would be a testing ground for the direct fascist takeover of private universities by a dictator. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellGreat news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
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- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellA NEW NIH study calls maternal mortality “an urgent public health priority” That it was published amid massive job and funding cuts at federal health agencies charged with reducing these deaths has not escaped notice www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/m...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellWe saw this coming: "[T]he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), NIH will not only block new funding for the university, but also stop paying investigators working on all existing NIH projects." #PublicHealth #EpiSky #SocialEpi www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrellthe jamelle bouie secret to presciently anticipating the behavior of the president is to just ask myself what a dumbass bully would do
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellThe CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and @nycfood.bsky.social are teaming up to develop an interactive dashboard will help city agencies better understand food environments and track programs and policies.
- Reposted by Rosemary Farrell"As for what I think about this technology . . . I’ve never been called a Luddite more often in my life, but it is a badge I am proud to be wearing right now." ~ me Part 1 of Ruth Monnier, Ella Gibson, and I discussing concerns re: GenAI in libraries. 📚 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellSome may think it’s weird that noted Intermittent “Politician” “Dr” Jill Stein hasn’t said a single word about the Fascism but cut her some slack; she’s only paid to talk divisive shit every four years and that gut-renovation of her new dacha is exhausting.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellWe are being governed by a group that has commitments at varying degrees to Christian Nationalism and Technofascism, and the thing everyone should understand about the Christian Nationalists is that their movement's origins is opposition to ending segregation. So when you blame trans ppl ...
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellWhen you blame trans rights for Democrat losses, you are saying that a movement that was founded on the premise that civil rights are bad -- and which has been willing to destroy the middle class over it -- has a point. You're taking the side of Christian Nationalists, congrats
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellDiscussed here. sciencebasedmedicine.org/misinformati...
- #AndrewNoymer is tied to the Great Barrington Declaration authors in some fake journal.
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellGrammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with Western rock and pop influences as one half of the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, has died aged 70 ⤵️
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellIt has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story
- Reposted by Rosemary FarrellSuch important work. Such a shame.
- Among other losses... all of the staff who oversaw the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System have been terminated. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
