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The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
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It is immensely frustrating that there are so many good people of genuine faith in this country who recognize the evil in front of them but do not get credit for being religious people because they’re not screaming about abortion.
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
It is immensely frustrating that there are so many good people of genuine faith in this country who recognize the evil in front of them but do not get credit for being religious people because they’re not screaming about abortion.
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"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 AM
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
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What makes Gavin Newsom such a skilled politician is that he stands up to Trump’s bullying with piping hot memes AND is able to agree with Trump about policy
www.sacbee.com
www.sacbee.com
Gov. Gavin Newsom: ‘I disagree’ with calls to abolish ICE
The 2028 presidential contender came out against calls to dismantle ICE after an agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman.
www.sacbee.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
What makes Gavin Newsom such a skilled politician is that he stands up to Trump’s bullying with piping hot memes AND is able to agree with Trump about policy
www.sacbee.com
www.sacbee.com
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During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
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IT'S OUT! The top library books of 2025, from Syndetics Unbound, @LibraryThing and @clarivateag.bsky.social
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December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
IT'S OUT! The top library books of 2025, from Syndetics Unbound, @LibraryThing and @clarivateag.bsky.social
proquest.syndetics.com/news/2025/12... 🧵
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Every year at work we round up our top five reads of the year and every year — without fail — I read a book immediately afterwards that would’ve made my top five. This is a skeet about Heart the Love by Lily King.
blog.librarything.com/2025/12/top-...
blog.librarything.com/2025/12/top-...
Top Five Books of 2025 « The LibraryThing Blog
blog.librarything.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Every year at work we round up our top five reads of the year and every year — without fail — I read a book immediately afterwards that would’ve made my top five. This is a skeet about Heart the Love by Lily King.
blog.librarything.com/2025/12/top-...
blog.librarything.com/2025/12/top-...
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
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The fight is to save health care for 15 million Americans.
The fight is to lower your insurance costs.
The fight is to say: Congressional Republicans cannot take affordable health care away so they can give tax breaks to a handful of billionaires.
The fight is to lower your insurance costs.
The fight is to say: Congressional Republicans cannot take affordable health care away so they can give tax breaks to a handful of billionaires.
October 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The fight is to save health care for 15 million Americans.
The fight is to lower your insurance costs.
The fight is to say: Congressional Republicans cannot take affordable health care away so they can give tax breaks to a handful of billionaires.
The fight is to lower your insurance costs.
The fight is to say: Congressional Republicans cannot take affordable health care away so they can give tax breaks to a handful of billionaires.
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Probably best to chase it indefinitely
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Probably best to chase it indefinitely
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No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...
No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector
The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it…
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October 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...
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Outside Dupont north metro
August 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Outside Dupont north metro
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Katrina, Sandy Hook, Jan 6: three watershed moments where we could have risen to our ideals, but instead just paved the road to modern American hell
katrina was the bellwether for how all future disasters would be handled and it's only getting more so as they increase
The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:
August 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Katrina, Sandy Hook, Jan 6: three watershed moments where we could have risen to our ideals, but instead just paved the road to modern American hell
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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Once we start picking and choosing which librarian-approved books are okay to discriminate against, we open the damn floodgates. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Supreme Court Requires Schools to Allow Opting Out From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Once we start picking and choosing which librarian-approved books are okay to discriminate against, we open the damn floodgates. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
I taught my 8 y/o daughter about weaponized incompetence today (as exemplified by her brother during laundry time). She was NOT having it. Start ‘em young, y’all.
June 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I taught my 8 y/o daughter about weaponized incompetence today (as exemplified by her brother during laundry time). She was NOT having it. Start ‘em young, y’all.
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do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
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it really doesn’t matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up
June 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
it really doesn’t matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up
What do y’all talk to your kids about while walking the dog together? The murder of The Romanovs and the fake Anastasias? Cool, me too!
May 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What do y’all talk to your kids about while walking the dog together? The murder of The Romanovs and the fake Anastasias? Cool, me too!
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Da Pope
Chicago pope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Da Pope
A conclave reality show is the reality show we NEED.
May 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A conclave reality show is the reality show we NEED.
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The US used to have free to low tuition until schools couldn't discriminate based on race
Countries with free tuition: Germany, France, Denmark, Czech Rep, Sweden, Uruguay, Turkey, Taiwan, Iceland, Austria, Finland, Greece, Egypt, India, Norway, Brazil, Argentina, Kenya, Luxemb., Slovenia, Mexico.
Something about the next generation being the future of the country, I guess.
Something about the next generation being the future of the country, I guess.
I was a first-gen, working-class Black student who took on student loans to get here.
This GOP budget would've slammed that door shut on me—and now it will for future generations.
We should be expanding access to college, not widening the achievement and racial wealth gap.
This GOP budget would've slammed that door shut on me—and now it will for future generations.
We should be expanding access to college, not widening the achievement and racial wealth gap.
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The US used to have free to low tuition until schools couldn't discriminate based on race