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Retired Uni Librarian. Resist. Resist. Resist.
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Sign of the day…
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sign of the day…
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Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
Love this man so much
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Love this man so much
Book bans at the college/university level 🤬
Maya Angelou's memoir, novels about the Holocaust and Trayvon Martin's death, and so much more are among nearly 400 books now banned from the Naval Academy library. We continue to see the devastating impact of executive orders targeting DEI: the deliberate erasure of our history.
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Nearly 400 volumes were removed from the academy’s library this week after Secretary Hegseth’s office ordered it to remove books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nbcnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Book bans at the college/university level 🤬
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#NationalLibraryWeek kicks off today! It’s a time to celebrate the places that welcome everyone, spark curiosity, and strengthen our communities.
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
April 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#NationalLibraryWeek kicks off today! It’s a time to celebrate the places that welcome everyone, spark curiosity, and strengthen our communities.
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
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Just for fun…
April 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just for fun…
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‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Influenza pandemic lasted 1918-1920, followed by the gilded age, the Great Depression in 1929, and eventually WW2.
COVID pandemic lasted 2020-2023, followed by a new gilded age, now a tariff war, while Israel bombs Gaza, Russia bombs Ukraine, & USA bombs Yemen & plans to bomb Iran.
History repeats
COVID pandemic lasted 2020-2023, followed by a new gilded age, now a tariff war, while Israel bombs Gaza, Russia bombs Ukraine, & USA bombs Yemen & plans to bomb Iran.
History repeats
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Influenza pandemic lasted 1918-1920, followed by the gilded age, the Great Depression in 1929, and eventually WW2.
COVID pandemic lasted 2020-2023, followed by a new gilded age, now a tariff war, while Israel bombs Gaza, Russia bombs Ukraine, & USA bombs Yemen & plans to bomb Iran.
History repeats
COVID pandemic lasted 2020-2023, followed by a new gilded age, now a tariff war, while Israel bombs Gaza, Russia bombs Ukraine, & USA bombs Yemen & plans to bomb Iran.
History repeats
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Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
March 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Me, as a Park Ranger 🙂
PARK RANGER: to be a guide you need to be able to name all the animals
ME: no problem
[later with a tour group]
ME: that’s Greg, & that's Sydney…
ME: no problem
[later with a tour group]
ME: that’s Greg, & that's Sydney…
March 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Me, as a Park Ranger 🙂
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Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.
March 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The accuracy!
March 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The accuracy!
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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!
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
February 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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Some sound advice:
February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some sound advice:
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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WTAF 🤬
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WTAF 🤬
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One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.