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October 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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This is your reminder to support your local public library. Libraries are more than just places to read and learn, they are refuges for people of all ages where young minds in particular can find support and direction. Let's not let the fascists and fanatics be their compass.
www.ala.org/advocacy
www.ala.org/advocacy
Advocacy & Issues
ALA advocates year-round at every level of government for libraries, library workers, and everyone we serve.
www.ala.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is your reminder to support your local public library. Libraries are more than just places to read and learn, they are refuges for people of all ages where young minds in particular can find support and direction. Let's not let the fascists and fanatics be their compass.
www.ala.org/advocacy
www.ala.org/advocacy
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"We cannot get rid of mankind's fleetingly wicked wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true.
"I give you a holy word: DISARM."
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Deadeye Dick (1982)
"I give you a holy word: DISARM."
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Deadeye Dick (1982)
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"We cannot get rid of mankind's fleetingly wicked wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true.
"I give you a holy word: DISARM."
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Deadeye Dick (1982)
"I give you a holy word: DISARM."
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Deadeye Dick (1982)
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If there is anything MAGA needs it’s a good library.
NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates.
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
September 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If there is anything MAGA needs it’s a good library.
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Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
August 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
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Up to 1845, half of everyone born was dead by age 35.
There were no chemicals in their food then, the air & seas were clean, animals were not fed any weird stuff.
Today the average life expectancy has nearly doubled thanks to science, to medicines, to vaccines
There were no chemicals in their food then, the air & seas were clean, animals were not fed any weird stuff.
Today the average life expectancy has nearly doubled thanks to science, to medicines, to vaccines
August 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Up to 1845, half of everyone born was dead by age 35.
There were no chemicals in their food then, the air & seas were clean, animals were not fed any weird stuff.
Today the average life expectancy has nearly doubled thanks to science, to medicines, to vaccines
There were no chemicals in their food then, the air & seas were clean, animals were not fed any weird stuff.
Today the average life expectancy has nearly doubled thanks to science, to medicines, to vaccines
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Proofread, proofread, proofread...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...
A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery
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July 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Proofread, proofread, proofread...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...
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Letters to Louisiana: The Storm We Should’ve Seen Coming
open.substack.com/pub/grangerf...
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Letters to Louisiana: The Storm We Should’ve Seen Coming
July 9, 2025
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Letters to Louisiana: The Storm We Should’ve Seen Coming
open.substack.com/pub/grangerf...
open.substack.com/pub/grangerf...
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Some days are best spent sitting under a tree. This sassafras is perfect for sitting by the lake and listening to the birds and the nickering horses. You don't, though, need to own a farm - a local park should serve your needs. Spending time among our trees is deeply rewarding. Go find a good tree!
May 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Some days are best spent sitting under a tree. This sassafras is perfect for sitting by the lake and listening to the birds and the nickering horses. You don't, though, need to own a farm - a local park should serve your needs. Spending time among our trees is deeply rewarding. Go find a good tree!
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Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
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Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
January 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
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I've seen a lot of posts lately saying that to support a library, you should get a card. Other things you can do:
1. Be promiscuous in using that card
2. Go to board meetings
3. Join the Friends
4. Demand the books that represent you, you can challenge absent books as much as present ones
5. Donate
1. Be promiscuous in using that card
2. Go to board meetings
3. Join the Friends
4. Demand the books that represent you, you can challenge absent books as much as present ones
5. Donate
December 22, 2024 at 12:56 PM
I've seen a lot of posts lately saying that to support a library, you should get a card. Other things you can do:
1. Be promiscuous in using that card
2. Go to board meetings
3. Join the Friends
4. Demand the books that represent you, you can challenge absent books as much as present ones
5. Donate
1. Be promiscuous in using that card
2. Go to board meetings
3. Join the Friends
4. Demand the books that represent you, you can challenge absent books as much as present ones
5. Donate
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We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
Help us gain our following back
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Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
Help us gain our following back
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Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
Help us gain our following back
Follow
Retweet
Repeat
Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
Help us gain our following back
Follow
Retweet
Repeat
Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
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Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'
December 11, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'
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Libraries matter now more than ever. They stand for the powerful idea that knowledge is free and belongs to everyone. In a time when books and free thought are under threat, we must defend and support our libraries and librarians—they are guardians of access, learning, and freedom.
December 10, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Libraries matter now more than ever. They stand for the powerful idea that knowledge is free and belongs to everyone. In a time when books and free thought are under threat, we must defend and support our libraries and librarians—they are guardians of access, learning, and freedom.