We’re talking with Ana Valens! Internet culture, learning about yourself, and vtubing.  https://twitter.com/acvalens  Readings Tumblr Porn by Ana Valens (Remember the Internet, Vol. 1): https://instarbooks.itch.io/tumblr-porn-by-ana-valens-remember-the-internet-vol-1  Trans Women and Smut: The 4 Worst Tropes From Porn Artists | [Sex Ed Video Essay]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jf_aLAuCtE  Why Don't Games Journalists Cover Adult Games? It's Complicated. And Getting Worse.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m8C_gkvXGA  Public sex is at the center of a queer culture war: https://cashmeremag.com/public-sex-lgbtq-845525/  Pixiv's NSFW Ban In The US & UK, Explained — And Why DLSite Still Doesn't Have MasterCard & Visa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdpWC-ReIA  Media mentioned https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-kill-the-couple-in-your-head https://global.oup.com/academic/product/trans-bodies-trans-selves-9780199325351 https://opendistro.net/

In an ep to coincide with the release of Infra Finder, we’re joined by Chrys and Lauren from Invest in Open Infrastructure to talk about the release, open source challenges, IT supply chains, and more! https://investinopen.org/ https://infrafinder.investinopen.org https://investinopen.org/blog/blog-introducing-infra-finder/  Reasonable Costs projects: https://investinopen.org/blog/the-cost-and-price-of-public-access-to-research-data/ http://investinopen.org/blog/infra-finder-your-hub-for-finding-infrastructure-services-enabling-open-research-and-scholarship   Media mentioned UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science: https://www.unesco.org/en/open-science/about?hub=686 Nelson Memo: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-access-Memo.pdf Holden Memo: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf Gates Foundation Open Access Policy: https://openaccess.gatesfoundation.org/ https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/ending-profiteering-from-publicly-funded-research/  https://www.heliosopen.org/ https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/ https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/scholarly-publishing/uc-open-access-policies-background/presidential/

We’re talking with Quill and RiotDad about the community side of the response to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and local school board issues surrounding transmisia, book bans in school and public libraries, and how to push back. Salary petition, board email/phone, and template email are in the notes. Email [email protected] (Template email below) Trustees phone contact: 360-906-5011 Attend meetings through FVRL website fvrl.org/board/trustees  Sign petition for FVRL staff salaries: https://www.change.org/p/it-s-time-fvrlibraries-pay-your-staff-a-living-wage?original_footer_petition_id=34850778&algorithm=promoted&grid_position=5&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uABhQQQIAAAAAZbwMe%2FqWz6hhNDJhOWQwNw%3D%3D  Readings https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/dec/06/opposition-to-drag-queen-story-hours-roils-fvrlibraries/  FVRL Board Meeting 2/20/2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_r6NqOlEi0  FVRL employees testimony https://keepthelibrarysafeforchildren.com/author/keepthelibrary/ Librarian Calls Police On Mom (Olga Hodges)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqqg-TBqPw0 2023 voters pamphlet (page 50)   Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG    Email template for FVRL Board of Trustees Dear Board of Trustees, I am writing to express my ongoing support for the Fort Vancouver Regional Library (FVRL) and its commitment to inclusivity for queer and trans community members. Members of the community have inspired me by attending Board meetings to counter misinformation regarding the Drag Queen Story Hour and other LGBTQ+ materials. I applaud their dedication and now wish to add my voice in their support. Also, during a recent meeting, dedicated FVRL employees and WPEA union members shared their struggles with low wages and an unsustainable workload due to high staff turnover. Starting salaries at minimum wage and capped wages force many to live in poverty. Employees are burdened with performing duties outside their job descriptions simply to keep branches functioning. I stand with these employees and the WPEA. I urge the Board to take immediate action to: Address the wage disparity by offering fair compensation commensurate with the cost of living. Invest in staff retention by providing competitive wages and benefits. Maintain the dedicated workforce required to keep libraries as vital community hubs. Furthermore, I encourage the Board to: Uphold the freedom of information by ensuring diverse materials representing all communities are readily available. Counter misinformation by providing accurate resources about LGBTQ+ topics and inclusivity efforts. Prioritize both the well-being of its staff and the needs of all members of the community.  Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, [Your Name/Group Name]

Movie night. We’re learning about the cutting edge of postmodernist impact from the Internet in 2016.  Media mentioned https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275828/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_and_Behold,_Reveries_of_the_Connected_World https://walkerart.org/magazine/minnesota-declaration-truth-documentary-cinema-1999/  https://walkerart.org/magazine/werner-herzog-minnesota-declaration-2017-addendum  https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-untold-story-three-young-hackers-web-killing-monster/  https://qz.com/778747/an-early-internet-pioneer-says-the-construction-of-the-web-is-crippling-our-thinking https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectroBOOM/comments/1772skr/server_room_goals/ https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/04/24/the-ecstatic-truth

This week we’re joined by Derya of the WPEA to talk about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and the library staff represented by the union fighting for a living wage. Check the notes to see how you can help support them!   https://nwlaborpress.org/2024/03/low-paid-librarians-fed-up-in-vancouver/  https://www.thestand.org/2024/02/take-action-raises-for-sw-washington-librarians-overdue/  (article #1) FVRL Board: Pay your library workers livable wages! (thestand.org)   (article #2-following the action)   Media mentioned Joe Clement did this piece on the Old Mole Radio Variety Hour, and it contains research resources as well as public testimony audio captured from Nerissa, Carmen, Abbie, and Derya from the latest Board meeting on March 18. https://truthout.org/articles/public-private-partnerships-are-quietly-hollowing-out-our-public-libraries/ https://www.lsslibraries.com/ https://twitter.com/wylie_alan  FVRL Board Meeting 2/20/2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_r6NqOlEi0  Old Mole Variety Hour on libraries upcoming April 8 https://kboo.fm/media/120834-old-mole-variety-hour-april-8-2024  Contact the FVRL Board The problem and the solution are simple: Fort Vancouver Regional Library workers are grossly underpaid, and they must be paid a living wage.    We are asking the community at large to speak up for libraries by telling the FVRL Board to approve the allocation of funds to ensure the dignity of a living wage for all FVRL workers.  Sign petition https://www.change.org/p/it-s-time-fvrlibraries-pay-your-staff-a-living-wage?original_footer_petition_id=34850778&algorithm=promoted&grid_position=5&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uABhQQQIAAAAAZbwMe%2FqWz6hhNDJhOWQwNw%3D%3D  Email board of trustees of FVRL [email protected] Attend meetings through FVRL website fvrl.org/board/trustees  Trustees phone contact:  360-906-5011  More information Flyer https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GQRWWVlrgZURJXOtSagHEcVoE0H-5j6f/view?usp=sharing Infographic https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MO9qZroV4NVwWnz7MTQfY4ElBg5nnzX-/view?usp=sharing   Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

We’re talking about Jon’s upcoming book on Bloch and how libraries are or are not models of utopia.  Pre-order Jon's book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/primer-utopian-philosophy-ernst-bloch Horror Vanguard: https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500  Media mentioned https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/ https://www.akpress.org/resist-everything-except-temptation.html https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/wilde-oscar/soul-man/index.htm kt0E46n9mnbpPWHnc2Nd

We’re talking about how the book sausage gets made! Publishing, publishers, libraries, horror, queerness, and maybe even some literal human sausage making.  https://twitter.com/david_demchuk https://bsky.app/profile/daviddemchuk.com https://hazlitt.net/feature/where-monsters-are-made Media mentioned Cruising (1980) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080569/  Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke https://ericlarocca.com/about Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt, Cuckoo. https://twitter.com/scumbelievable Hailey Piper, https://www.haileypiper.com/  Joe Koch, https://horrorsong.blog/ Suzan Palumbo, https://suzanpalumbo.wordpress.com/ Feeding Hannibal: A Connoisseur's Cookbook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feeding-hannibal-janice-poon/1123457647 Tender Is the Flesh https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tender-Is-the-Flesh/Agustina-Bazterrica/9781982150921  On the Line: New Gay Fiction https://www.amazon.com/Line-New-Gay-Fiction/dp/0895940493 Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth The Borrowers Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time Rosemary’s Baby Thomas Trion, The Other  The Haunting of Hill House Gerard Boesche, Feral The Stepford Wives The Exorcist John Updike John Cheever Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint Margaret Atwood, Life Before Man, A Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace David’s favourite contemporary queer/trans+ horror writers Eric LaRocca Gretchen Felker-Martin Hailey Piper Joe Koch Suzan Palumbo Adam Pottle Allison Rumfitt Lee Mandelo Kingfisher A.C. Wise Sam J. Miller Ashley Deng Jordan Shiveley Nino Cipri Chuck Tingle

This week we’re talking to the world’s greatest author, what else is there to say?  Pre-order Bury Your Gays: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250874658/buryyourgays Chuck’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chucktingle Media mentioned TLA post by Chuck: https://www.tumblr.com/drchucktingle/739065274126499840/the-texas-library-association-tells-chuck-tingle

It’s our Valentine’s Day episode!   RFTB https://radiofreetotebag.castos.com/  Data Transfer https://open.spotify.com/show/71DUoMdvyGDfWqDx2uvTGC  Bluesky @Aud Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk  Media mentioned Reddit segment: https://www.reddit.com/r/Library/s/lWgNJFVxif  Coyne (2022) “We have to figure it out ourselves”: Transfeminine adolescents’ online sexual experiences and recommendations for supporting their sexual health and wellbeing Ma 2022 Patterns of online relationship seeking among transgender and gender diverse adolescents: Advice for others and common inquiries.  Skeen (2024) The intersectional social patterning of early-COVID-era digital intimacies among transgender and gender-diverse young adults: effects on peri-pandemic sexual decision-making  Rothbauer (2004) The Internet in the Reading Accounts of Lesbian and Queer Young Women: Failed Searches and Unsanctioned Reading. https://openurl.ebsco.com/EPDB%3Agcd%3A4%3A11553252/detailv2?sid=ebsco%3Aplink%3Ascholar&id=ebsco%3Agcd%3A19872901&crl=c  Primed: The Back Pocket Guide for Trans Men and the Men Who Dig Them | Rainbow Health Ontario

We're covering the British Library hack and its fallout. Media mentioned https://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/comments/1aeq1ek/library_moral_dilemma_from_a_while_ago/  https://www.ft.com/content/4be5d468-0cc3-4881-a5fb-b5d0163de93e https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2010/long-term-access-digital-information.html (Dorothea mentioned) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rhysida-ransomware-gang-claims-british-library-cyberattack/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/08/british_library_finances_remain_healthy/?is=b78b52a0bbc1b1a4c4446480c8d59b7f8abf7ac5db44dcfceee6104ddb4dab4f https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/24/rhysida-the-new-ransomware-gang-behind-british-library-cyber-attack https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/15/british-library-cyber-attack-staff-users-analysis  Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk