@craigseasholes.bsky.social
Freely-circulating retired school librarian committed to supporting public libraries and the right to read.
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
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November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social posting from Ukraine on the War of Exhaustion(video) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
War of Exhaustion in Ukraine (video)
And our responsibility
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September 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social posting from Ukraine on the War of Exhaustion(video) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
When the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social editorial board issues a call to #standupspeakout you know change is gonna come.
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10 actions we can take to help protect our democracy | Editorial
The last seven months have left millions disillusioned, frustrated and worried. But unlike Congress, Washingtonians can’t become paralyzed or fearful.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social editorial board issues a call to #standupspeakout you know change is gonna come.
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We’re back. Join our next nationwide day of defiance on October 18. Trump’s regime is abducting immigrants, deploying troops in our streets, rigging maps to silence voters, and defying the courts, but standing up to wannabe kings is part of our DNA. Let’s get to work: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We’re back. Join our next nationwide day of defiance on October 18. Trump’s regime is abducting immigrants, deploying troops in our streets, rigging maps to silence voters, and defying the courts, but standing up to wannabe kings is part of our DNA. Let’s get to work: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Historian Timothy Snyder writes urgently and well.
Look on my works, ye Mighty open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I take heart reading, "...there are two important lessons. One is that resistance is patriotic...The other lesson is that resistance is constructive."
Look on my works, ye Mighty open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I take heart reading, "...there are two important lessons. One is that resistance is patriotic...The other lesson is that resistance is constructive."
Look on my works, ye Mighty
Labors of Destruction and Creation
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September 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Historian Timothy Snyder writes urgently and well.
Look on my works, ye Mighty open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I take heart reading, "...there are two important lessons. One is that resistance is patriotic...The other lesson is that resistance is constructive."
Look on my works, ye Mighty open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I take heart reading, "...there are two important lessons. One is that resistance is patriotic...The other lesson is that resistance is constructive."
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2025 THEME UNVEILED | Banned Books Week url:https://bannedbooksweek.org/banned-books-week-2025-theme-unveiled/
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2025 THEME UNVEILED | Banned Books Week url:https://bannedbooksweek.org/banned-books-week-2025-theme-unveiled/
What a bright idea: This Pennsylvania City Put Its Streetlights on a Dimmer www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Why This Pennsylvania City Put Its Streetlights on a Dimmer
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July 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What a bright idea: This Pennsylvania City Put Its Streetlights on a Dimmer www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Oh Canada!
July 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Oh Canada!
Happy Interdependence Day Weekend!
July 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Happy Interdependence Day Weekend!
A wonderful book, and archive posting by Margainalian @popovaprof.bsky.social www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/12/o...
The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland
“Attention is an intentional, unapologetic discriminator. It asks what is relevant right now, and gears us up to notice only that.”
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June 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A wonderful book, and archive posting by Margainalian @popovaprof.bsky.social www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/12/o...
"Is a River Alive?" This one certainly is!
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Reserving the first descent for Indigeneous youth, including "naming rights" was an inspiring decision by the people of the river.
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Reserving the first descent for Indigeneous youth, including "naming rights" was an inspiring decision by the people of the river.
First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
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June 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Is a River Alive?" This one certainly is!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
Reserving the first descent for Indigeneous youth, including "naming rights" was an inspiring decision by the people of the river.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
Reserving the first descent for Indigeneous youth, including "naming rights" was an inspiring decision by the people of the river.
Live with Heather Cox Richardson!
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Live with Heather Cox Richardson!
A recording from Grounded Podcast's live video
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June 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Live with Heather Cox Richardson!
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Amidst the grinding onslaught of autocratic misrule, I find solace in books. I'll be doing my small part of providing an alternative to Saturday's military birthday parade by celebrating #FReadom with poetry, prose and book arts @ncwlibraries.bsky.social #WinthropLitFest
Free People Read Freely!
Free People Read Freely!
June 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Amidst the grinding onslaught of autocratic misrule, I find solace in books. I'll be doing my small part of providing an alternative to Saturday's military birthday parade by celebrating #FReadom with poetry, prose and book arts @ncwlibraries.bsky.social #WinthropLitFest
Free People Read Freely!
Free People Read Freely!
Two Memorial Day repostings in my Substack: Sherman Alexie and Andy Borowitz substack.com/@craigseasho...
Craig Seasholes | Substack
Retired librarian and outdoors enthusiast able to dally in a variety of NW environments.
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May 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Two Memorial Day repostings in my Substack: Sherman Alexie and Andy Borowitz substack.com/@craigseasho...
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Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers. Add to that the firing at the Copyright Office as AI techpowergrabbers cut a swath through our democracy.
Legislative Branch needs to stand firm.
Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers. Add to that the firing at the Copyright Office as AI techpowergrabbers cut a swath through our democracy.
Legislative Branch needs to stand firm.
Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers
President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of loyalists as replacements has morphed into an enormous fight over th...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers. Add to that the firing at the Copyright Office as AI techpowergrabbers cut a swath through our democracy.
Legislative Branch needs to stand firm.
Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers. Add to that the firing at the Copyright Office as AI techpowergrabbers cut a swath through our democracy.
Legislative Branch needs to stand firm.
Alarm bells are ringing! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Love the @librarycomic.bsky.social jacket BTW.
Copyright Office head fired after reporting AI training isn’t always fair use
Cops scuffle with Trump picks at Copyright Office after AI report stuns tech industry.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Alarm bells are ringing! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Love the @librarycomic.bsky.social jacket BTW.
Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. Join me and show up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard.
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
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May 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. Join me and show up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard.
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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Trump fired the librarian of Congress, Carla D. Hayden, on Thursday, drawing swift outcry from Democrats. Dr. Hayden was the first African American and first woman as Librarian
Since returning to office, Trump has moved quickly to fire as many African Americans and women as possible
Since returning to office, Trump has moved quickly to fire as many African Americans and women as possible
Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
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May 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Trump fired the librarian of Congress, Carla D. Hayden, on Thursday, drawing swift outcry from Democrats. Dr. Hayden was the first African American and first woman as Librarian
Since returning to office, Trump has moved quickly to fire as many African Americans and women as possible
Since returning to office, Trump has moved quickly to fire as many African Americans and women as possible
Beyond shameful. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump
Hayden was the first woman and first African American to hold the post.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Beyond shameful. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Something about an oath of office and the Constitution.
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May 4, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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May 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Something about an oath of office and the Constitution.
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Hope. Patriotic values winning in Montana. “I will not offend my conscience,” she said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...
In Montana, a Rare Sight: Republicans and Democrats Voting Together (Gift Article)
Derided by critics as the “Nasty Nine” and censured by the state party, a group of Republican state senators said they were simply advancing common-sense legislation and supporting the governor’s agen...
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May 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hope. Patriotic values winning in Montana. “I will not offend my conscience,” she said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...
We were very tired, we very very merry, we had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, and the sun came dripping...." No actually it is raining! Good morning Seattle on Day 2 of the NYTimes Poetry Challenge. www.nytimes.com/shared/v2/20...
I completed day 2 of the Poetry Challenge!
A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn this one together!
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April 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We were very tired, we very very merry, we had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, and the sun came dripping...." No actually it is raining! Good morning Seattle on Day 2 of the NYTimes Poetry Challenge. www.nytimes.com/shared/v2/20...
Lawyers might also ask him if he's read the Constitution.
They NEVER read the books.
Tennessee's Rutherford County School Board member Stan Vaught admitted to banning books he hadn't read.
This revelation kicked off a federal lawsuit.
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Tennessee's Rutherford County School Board member Stan Vaught admitted to banning books he hadn't read.
This revelation kicked off a federal lawsuit.
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MSN
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April 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lawyers might also ask him if he's read the Constitution.
@nytimes.com poetry challenge is perfect for Puget Sound ferry commuters too. Let's hear it Vashon, Bainbridge, Edmonds! "We were very tired, we were very merry -We gone back and forth all night on the ferry." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Poetry Challenge: Memorize ‘Recuerdo’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, Ethan Hawke and Ada Limón.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@nytimes.com poetry challenge is perfect for Puget Sound ferry commuters too. Let's hear it Vashon, Bainbridge, Edmonds! "We were very tired, we were very merry -We gone back and forth all night on the ferry." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...