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Emily Clasper
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Library gadfly, provocateur, iconoclast.
Rochester, NY
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November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy Pride Eve to all who observe.
May 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries

Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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As we write, DOGE is reportedly inside the gates of the IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services), where Keith Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of Labor and “somehow now Acting Director” of IMLS is dismantling the agency that helps libraries be libraries. /1

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March 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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When I asked the media specialist how she felt when banned books were pulled from the shelves of the St. Francis High School library, she told me, “Each book I have had to remove crushes me inside.”

minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...
'The Handmaid's Tale' could really teach something to the kids in St. Francis. Too bad it's banned. • Minnesota Reformer
“The Bluest Eye” and “The Perks of Being A Wallflower” are out.
minnesotareformer.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.

www.everylibrary.org/statementiml...
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
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March 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services is just one more way of coming for the most vulnerable people in our country. #IMLS
March 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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By Jeff Parker
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If you don't know why this is super alarming, you're not paying attention.

Trump administration dismisses national archivist

www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...
Trump administration dismisses national archivist | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s administration announced it had dismissed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan in a surprise move Friday evening.
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February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Groundhog Day is stupid. There I said it.
February 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Take yall children to those black history events that will be held at some local libraries. It starts at home
February 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.
February 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I have never needed Spring Training to start as badly as I need it this year. ⚾️
February 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
November 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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I'll watch every video from every angle of this.
A Thanksgiving treat for you!
November 28, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Remembering when the kids were little and Claire loved going into Radio City at Christmas time to see the "Rock Heads". She was sure they were robots.
November 28, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Anyone surprised by Glinda being shady in Wicked didn't pay attention in the Wizard Of Oz...
November 28, 2024 at 4:09 PM
F Ronald McDonald. Grimace in a Mets hat is the balloon New Yorkers deserve in the parade this year.
#macysparade
a purple monster is standing in front of a building with the words `` lets go mets '' written below it .
ALT: a purple monster is standing in front of a building with the words `` lets go mets '' written below it .
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November 28, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Had a slight issue with the stream settings, so here is a new link: youtube.com/live/-a9g0AU...
We'll be live in about 2 minutes. Come hang with us.
November 27, 2024 at 5:08 PM
So, we're at it again.
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Join my fabulous self and my insufferable son starting at noon today as we prep for Thanksgiving dinner. We love welcoming family and friends we don't usually get to see into our home via the interwebz.
Hey, I cook once a year... don't miss it!
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November 27, 2024 at 2:29 PM