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lizhd1.bsky.social
@lizhd1.bsky.social
Librarian with eclectic interests. Art, books, current events - preference for fictional dystopia but here we are.
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June 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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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
April 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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okay, i choose communism
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
America’s (self proclaimed) hometown today.
#plymouthrock #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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“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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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
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
March 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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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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A thread with reminders on how we can support public libraries ❤️
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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🚨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...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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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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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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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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