Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Library Joy in a human being. Thank you Mychal Threets for your work, for celebrating libraries, and for staying one more day 💙💙💙 Thank you @aaslala.bsky.social for making this visit possible. #ReadingRainbow #AASL25 #libraryJOY #libraries #MentalHealth #TLsky

Gang member found! You know those fiercesome criminals about which Drumpf's been fulminating here in my home territory? This one (and her numerous companions) was NOT in Boston, but over the line one town....definitely posing a threat to FIFA fans...oh, wait, they're smaller in summer than in fall

#LibrariesMatter "I remember my mother walking us to West Norwood library in South London, where I was allowed to choose five whole books to take home. Those five books represented a passport to five different worlds, each waiting to be unlocked" www.thebookseller.com/comment/libr...

A cogent view of "bad times" reading choices www.thebookseller.com/features/fra...

Call to action to librarians to dig into providing families with accessible info regarding family safety www.doe.mass.edu/commissioner...

Week after week Frazz does it www.gocomics.com/frazz/2025/0...

How I appreciate a good thought piece early in the morning arstechnica.com/science/2025...

All the places #AI doe not belong: Springer Nature retracts Machine Learning book after citations ‘reference works that don’t exist' www.thebookseller.com/news/springe...

Outside innovation www.thebookseller.com/news/tiny-bo...

Local reporting: "Danielle described the effort to get ICE out of hotels as 'very strategic' compared to mass demonstrations and marches, which can be a good show of force but often don’t include a 'call to action.'” lapublicpress.org/2025/06/fede...

#Pride in history British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Poetry speaks fact and feeling thebulletproofpoet.medium.com/we-made-a-be...

#TBR euppublishingblog.com/2025/03/07/5...

#IndexDay “qualities in the indexer who creates…Empathy: the ability to put oneself in the place of the reader…Judgement: the ability to make rational decisions about what to include in the index…Understanding: the content of a book and implications of a text” www.thebookseller.com/comment/the-...

Gonna go see next month www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

I miss #IHC edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...

Pairing new #kidsbook authors with mentor #librarians... www.thebookseller.com/news/new-gll...

May you be inspired to find the point of activism here that you can join www.berkeleyside.org/2025/02/20/j...

Yes

Sometimes a reminder that community, hope, and growing food still happen is all one can offer others www.berkeleyside.org/2025/01/24/f...

Excellent walkthrough of how a teacher uses the Socratic method to move students from being passive to active critical thinking medium.com/prismnpen/ho...

Took too long and glad it finally hapened!

"Readers perceive the impact of small actions and the value of loving one's neighbor" as presented in NOAH AND HIS WAGON glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com/2025/01/noah...