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lizhd1.bsky.social
@lizhd1.bsky.social
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Librarian with eclectic interests. Art, books, current events - preference for fictional dystopia but here we are.
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lizms.bsky.social
June 20: #FishyFriday 🐟 #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
Pet store view of orange goldfish swimming in all directions against a dark blue background
June 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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lizms.bsky.social
Working on letting some of my feelings about current events leak into my artwork, here’s a moodier sketchbook interpretation of spring this year for the #smArtist April theme, biomes (day 13: even)
#EastCoastKin #art #artchallenge #artprompt #dailyart #ArtYear
A water color & pen sketch of a caterpillar making its way to a small cluster of blossoms at the end of a branch. The colors are muted and washed out, with the cooler greens of the caterpillar’s stripes showing in contrast against the warmer neutral tan of the background and the dried looking branch and flowers.
April 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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jessespector.com
okay, i choose communism
A bright yellow cement rowhouse in Astoria flying a blue flag with a red outline that says TRUMP OR COMMUNISM, one word on each row, with TRUMP largest in white letters. Behind are blue, gray, and pink two-story homes with siding and white trims. The sky above is cloudless, cut only by a couple of overhead wires. The image is actually mirrored so that the flag can be read, because of the way the wind is blowing.)
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
lizhd1.bsky.social
America’s (self proclaimed) hometown today.
#plymouthrock #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“Imagine if I had done any of this.”

— former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week
April 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."

Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Take action: ala.org/showup
White House "cutting off opportunity" for Americans as administration cuts IMLS staff. American Library Association, Show Up for Our Libraries. “Whether on a campus, in the neighborhood, on a military base or elsewhere, libraries mean opportunity for everyone in our communities. By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially. “Congress created IMLS by law, with bipartisan support. Republican and Democratic Presidents signed those laws, including President Trump in 2018. Any significant reductions to the IMLS’ small and talented workforce would undermine the agency’s ability to carry out that law. “To the dedicated staff of IMLS, you have the full support of ALA. We thank you for your service to America’s libraries. We are exploring all possible policy and legal responses to this order, and we promise to mobilize library supporters nationwide to return you to the vital work entrusted to you." ALA President Cindy Hohl
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]
March 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
not to defend the robber barons but Andrew Carnegie, the richest man of his era, gave away 90 percent of his wealth and funded the building of 2,811 libraries, and I’m afraid the current crop of oligarchs isn’t sending their best.
March 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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libro.fm
A thread with reminders on how we can support public libraries ❤️
libro.fm Libro.fm @libro.fm · Feb 3
It's #LibraryLoversMonth and libraries rock ❤️ They:
➡️ Offer free materials
➡️ Host events
➡️ Build community and life-long learning
➡️ Are safe spaces & makerspaces
➡️ Provide life-saving resources & ESL support
➡️ Boost critical thinking
➡️ Aid in career development
➡️ Have LIBRARIANS!
March 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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kateerobert.com
ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?

It's literally called Library Extension.
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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rebekahwriter.bsky.social
You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?

Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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mikestabile.bsky.social
We've reached "arrest the librarians" level of authoritarianism.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Arrest a librarian? Georgia Senators to consider bill to remove 'harmful materials'
Georgia Senate Bill 74 would remove librarians' protections against a state law about giving 'harmful materials' to minors. Here's what we know.
www.usatoday.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
I miss the days when very rich people used their money to fund libraries, public art and philanthropic endeavors rather than launching slow-motion coups against the federal government.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM