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The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
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March 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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NEW: A blockbuster ruling in Wisconsin hands vote suppressors a big loss. A victory for voting rights!
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Major Voting Victory
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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February 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: A blockbuster ruling in Wisconsin hands vote suppressors a big loss. A victory for voting rights!
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
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Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
February 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
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John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech
Democracy around the globe is under threat from the retreat of Donald Trump’s US into isolationism and its likely replacement by China on…
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
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Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
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November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
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“It's sensible to be dismayed when you learn that Caligula wants to make his horse Incitatus a Consul, but is it really surprising? Incitatus is hardly your biggest problem when Caligula himself is Emperor.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2024/11/if-r...
www.dorfonlaw.org/2024/11/if-r...
If RFK Jr. (or Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, or Pete Hegseth) is Caligula's Horse, Trump is Caligula
One occasionally hears the phrase "the best and the brightest" used without intentional irony to describe people as highly qualified expert...
www.dorfonlaw.org
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
“It's sensible to be dismayed when you learn that Caligula wants to make his horse Incitatus a Consul, but is it really surprising? Incitatus is hardly your biggest problem when Caligula himself is Emperor.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2024/11/if-r...
www.dorfonlaw.org/2024/11/if-r...