David Brian Holt

#FirstGen college grad | 🏳️‍🌈 | he/him/his | BA/MLIS/JD | Law Librarian @ UCDavis

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

I know politics have been nasty in America for a long time. But let’s not kid ourselves—Donald Trump has poisoned it beyond recognition over the past decade.

He’s dragged this country into a darker, more divided place. We aren’t even the same nation we were ten years ago, and it’s all by design.

[UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter @UCAFT1474]

.@UCAFT and @CFTunion members showed up for NO KINGS march and rally in San Francisco. Workers stand up together for our communities. Solidarity!

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

I just gave to Kamala Harris! https://t.co/fRGhCPQD10

[Anthony Michael Kreis, FRHistS @AnthonyMKreis]

Unbelievable that Supreme Court justices who see forgiving student loans, mandating vaccines, and regulating climate change as a slippery slope toward tyranny were not clear-eyed on questions of whether a president could execute citizens or stage a coup without being prosecuted.

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

@theFordon Why do I get the impression that his idea of a "data-curation person" is a man? Trying to "update" the title of librarian has always been deeply rooted in sexism.

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

“Tell the Governor to Fund Free and Equal Access to Legal Information!” https://t.co/6yf1StxKEE

[Timothy Vollmer @tvol]

200,000 University of California workers will be forced to take a pay cut because the UC administration is raising employee healthcare benefit contributions across the board. Endless austerity foisted onto the shoulders of workers and their families.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The former president has filmed clips with libraries across the country to increase awareness of their services and promote access to books. https://t.co/9tyPr0RO7U

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

Eric Adams wants to slash NYC's library budget to overfund the NYPD. One of the most culturally-significant locations in America to learn new facts about our world and expand your knowledge has always been the local public library. Any mayor who's anti-library should resign ASAP.

[Billy Witz @billywitz]

UC police are beginning to arrest protesters at Regents meeting.

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

“People who work in higher education don’t expect exorbitant salaries, but they also don’t expect food insecurity while pursuing a graduate degree.” —Stacy Torres, Assistant Prof of Sociology at UCSF School of Nursing, in @CalMatters

https://t.co/7fsXgXoLnE

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

“We’re the ones who perform the majority of the teaching, and we’re the ones who perform the majority of the research,” said Rafael Jaime, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is president of U.A.W. Local 2865 #FairUCNow

https://t.co/dhQEo6S33f

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

BREAKING - 36,558 total votes were cast in UC Academic Workers’ Strike Authorization Votes, with 98% voting Yes to authorize a multi-unit strike if necessary. These are far and away the largest and most decisive strike authorization votes ever taken by Academic Workers in the US.

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

@theFordon We also use Gimlet here at UC Davis. It's really cheap and works well. We tried out LibInsights from Springshare and decided it was overkill for what we needed (plus too expensive).

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

@BrianSimsPA Went to see it last Saturday and enjoyed it. Ignore the bad press and go see it!

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

@toddgrooten I just did and I haven't been a member of ALA since I was in library school.

[David Brian Holt @DavidBrianHolt]

@DrakeAlyson My team here @UCDavisLaw is extensively using Slack for file sharing and departmental communication. Would that fit into this? We're also utilizing https://t.co/KFprOJ24NF and Google Drive.