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@jerseyredhead.bsky.social
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Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.

Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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I want to laugh at it but sadly it’s true.
February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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For the first time, New Mexico is considering bills to protect the freedom to read in all libraries. Join the Freedom to Read New Mexico coalition in asking the Governor to add them to the 2026 short‑session agenda: https://www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/put_libraries_readers_on_agenda
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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The kidlit event of the year is almost here. Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and so many more. Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.

#ALAyma
#ALA150
#ForOurLibraries
📚💙
January 19, 2026 at 12:03 AM
"A.I. is generating new ideas or not — and whether it may one day do better work than human researchers — it is already becoming a powerful tool when placed in the hands of smart and experienced scientists" #AI #math #research www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/t...
Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/b...
As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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If the holidays are hard, here are some reminders for you. ❤️
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lesson from @netflix #truecrime docs is: Do not go missing in a foreign country, or get tangled up in a legal system. Current Police, Fire, Law example: 🇲🇨 Monaco in #MurderinMonaco (yes 🇺🇸 plenty to see too)
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
apnews.com/article/end-...
#MAID
physicians can consult patients on making deeply personal decisions with authority, autonomy, and empathy,
Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill
Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.
apnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reading The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr- just came to the pseudo @karaswisher.bsky.social -
“interviewed on stage by the tech journalist Keri Bite. It had been the usual Bite grilling: lots of finger wagging about loopholes & demanding to know when StoicAI was going to fix”
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Me: soon as World News Tonight comes on
“How many millions are affected”?
It’s the number one thing copywriters there love to do.
IYKYK
#davidmuir #worldnewstonightABC
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A photo worth a thousand words: Taliban minister meets with women journalists in India - BBC News
#gender #afghanistan
October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Cool if you could opt out of political commercials or texts because you already #votedbymail
a cartoon sun holding a ballot with the words " i love voting early " below it
ALT: a cartoon sun holding a ballot with the words " i love voting early " below it
media.tenor.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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NEW: the FCC has added two last-minute agenda items—the Hotspot Lending Program and School Bus Wi-Fi—to its September 30 meeting. The Commission is expected to overturn the programs, despite the proven impact of hotspots and existing funding through the federal E-Rate program.
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, CMS Director Mehmet Oz, and FDA Director Marty Makary silently flanked the president — complicit in his unscientific claims and pseudoscience agenda.

We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Libraries are centers of access to information & beyond. Supporting public health & access to healthcare information is a vital way many libraries show up for their patrons: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Tell Congress we need MORE support for libraries, not less: ala.org/fundlibraries #FundLibraries
Libraries are public health hubs
The roots of community health and wellness extend out into the 9,000 or so public libraries across the U.S., writes Katherine O'Malley. But the Trump administration has moved to end federal funding fo...
www.wbur.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Whew. 15 min break. Let's recap:

> CDC officials learned of Covid vaccine recommendation change via X post
> RFK Jr. can't show scientific evidence for changing childhood vax schedule
> RFK Jr. gets no briefing from agency public health experts
> CDC officials "very nervous" about new ACIP
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM