Zorrah
@ddoyle.bsky.social
Reader, writer, performer, researcher, library advocate. Live in beautiful Sonoma County. What’s next?
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“Much like libraries safeguard written knowledge, we safeguard the living traditions of oral storytelling.” - Tama Lunceford, interim president of the Storytelling Resource Place, a repository of books and materials related to storytelling performance.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4p2QieF
Read more: https://bit.ly/4p2QieF
December 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Much like libraries safeguard written knowledge, we safeguard the living traditions of oral storytelling.” - Tama Lunceford, interim president of the Storytelling Resource Place, a repository of books and materials related to storytelling performance.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4p2QieF
Read more: https://bit.ly/4p2QieF
The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Appalachia, Children Inherited the Opioid Crisis (Gift Article)
The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Libraries in Alaska - and across the country - have had their federal funding reinstated by the Administration. We can't tell you how important this is: www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries in next year's budget: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries in next year's budget: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Judge restores federal funding for museums and libraries, including in Alaska
At least some libraries in Alaska that lost federal funding last spring have received notice that it’s been reinstated.
www.kyuk.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Libraries in Alaska - and across the country - have had their federal funding reinstated by the Administration. We can't tell you how important this is: www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries in next year's budget: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries in next year's budget: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Whose Abortion Is It?
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Whose Abortion Is It?
The 89-page report, “Whose Abortion Is It? The Harms of State-Mandated Parental Notification for Abortion and Judicial Bypass in the United States,” documents how state-mandated parental notification ...
www.hrw.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Whose Abortion Is It?
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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Have you nominated a librarian for the I Love My Librarian Award? There's only ONE WEEK LEFT!
If your librarian has gone above and beyond, started a new program to fill a gap in the community, or stepped in to save the day, we want to know about it!
Submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/3EMzHao
If your librarian has gone above and beyond, started a new program to fill a gap in the community, or stepped in to save the day, we want to know about it!
Submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/3EMzHao
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Have you nominated a librarian for the I Love My Librarian Award? There's only ONE WEEK LEFT!
If your librarian has gone above and beyond, started a new program to fill a gap in the community, or stepped in to save the day, we want to know about it!
Submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/3EMzHao
If your librarian has gone above and beyond, started a new program to fill a gap in the community, or stepped in to save the day, we want to know about it!
Submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/3EMzHao
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New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva!
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva!
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced!
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced!
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
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ALA is proud to join our partners @arl.org & @carl-abrc.bsky.social in signing the Statement on 4 Digital Rights for Memory Institutions Online, led by @archive.org.
The principles are an essential roadmap to guide policies impacting libraries, archives, & museums:
blog.archive.org/2025/12/03/a...
The principles are an essential roadmap to guide policies impacting libraries, archives, & museums:
blog.archive.org/2025/12/03/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ALA is proud to join our partners @arl.org & @carl-abrc.bsky.social in signing the Statement on 4 Digital Rights for Memory Institutions Online, led by @archive.org.
The principles are an essential roadmap to guide policies impacting libraries, archives, & museums:
blog.archive.org/2025/12/03/a...
The principles are an essential roadmap to guide policies impacting libraries, archives, & museums:
blog.archive.org/2025/12/03/a...
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Library budgets across the country are under stress after cuts to federal funding and, increasingly, cuts to state funding. In Ohio, libraries and museums are reaching out to the community for support: www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/arts...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
New Legislation Puts Stress on Cincinnati's Museums and Libraries - Cincinnati Magazine
In the face of massive funding cuts, cultural institutions in Cincinnati are sounding the alarm—and the community is answering the call.
www.cincinnatimagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Library budgets across the country are under stress after cuts to federal funding and, increasingly, cuts to state funding. In Ohio, libraries and museums are reaching out to the community for support: www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/arts...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
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Join us TODAY at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific!
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
Join us Wednesday @ 4pm ET / 1pm PT!
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Join us TODAY at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific!
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
Please join us!
Unite libraries for stronger advocacy! Learn about ALA’s Ecosystem Initiative to boost funding, influence & partnerships on our next webinar, featuring our office's Lisa Varga. #ALAOneVoice
Join us on Thursday, Nov 13 @ 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern
Register now: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Thursday, Nov 13 @ 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern
Register now: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please join us!
Listen to this brave man.
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Listen to this brave man.
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There was a shooting at the Austin Central Library today: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...
Suspect in custody after shooting at Austin Central Library
One person was injured and taken to the hospital. Police said the person has serious but not life-threatening injuries.
www.kut.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There was a shooting at the Austin Central Library today: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...
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Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
4.9 million pounds of frozen, boneless chicken have been recalled
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Really terrible news. Show me a warrant or we will start “to impede….”
Masked men without identification abducting members of the population and throwing them into unmarked vans for non crimes
This is fascism in practice and deed.
This is fascism in practice and deed.
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
April 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Really terrible news. Show me a warrant or we will start “to impede….”
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From retired Naval Officer @joncduffy.bsky.social:
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
I wrote for Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social) on why banning books at the Naval Academy is a betrayal of everything we’re supposed to stand for: www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
I went to the Naval Academy to defend freedom, not to dismantle it
Stripping the library of books undermines our Navy—and mimics regimes we spent decades confronting.
www.defenseone.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
From retired Naval Officer @joncduffy.bsky.social:
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
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Proud of @scrippscollege.bsky.social who I don't think are actually on this site, but are actually on that letter
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Proud of @scrippscollege.bsky.social who I don't think are actually on this site, but are actually on that letter
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NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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A historic early collection of William Shakespeare’s plays from more than 300 years ago are set to go up for auction in the UK — and they’re expected to be sold for between £3.5 million and £4.5 million.
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
Historic early collection of Shakespeare plays to be auctioned off for millions of pounds
The first folio, which contains 36 of Shakespeare’s plays, is said to be “the most significant publication in the history of English literature”.
jrnl.ie
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A historic early collection of William Shakespeare’s plays from more than 300 years ago are set to go up for auction in the UK — and they’re expected to be sold for between £3.5 million and £4.5 million.
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
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Today, we sent a letter warning the new Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director not to cut library programs required by federal law. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Today, we sent a letter warning the new Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director not to cut library programs required by federal law. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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