Just followed this show on the podcasts app! I'm so looking forward to it

The chant I've been waiting for!!! Come join me at City Hall to testify on the bare minimum for library funding: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A majority of this country things the death penalty is ok but suicide is morally wrong??? Fuck you all

My mayor Muslim My bagel Jewish My cream cheese chive Knicks in five

I haven't had a good cry in a while and this was so touching. Happy pride to all my queer siblings but especially the libraries and books queers 🩷💜💙

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Literally this. If the largest, queerest, and most diverse city's socialist muslim immigrant mayor won't fight for trans kids , who will??

I'm working on a story on this as well, but the takeaway out of this is that Mamdani's direct-care clinic will apparently ban trans youth from getting care, will only provide it to adults. This is because of fear of loss of federal funding. This is DIRECTLY the capitulation reason NYU/Sinai gave.

Ugh, I so appreciate this woman!!!! <3

With respect to Mamdani, New Yorkers didn’t elect a Joe Biden to “weigh” how much of the right thing to do

This is actually the secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord

Spotted in NYC

I'm really glad all the Knicks love isn't "bringing people together" enough to humanize a fascist

Hanging out with some little people at the playground today imagining if there were fewer bars/restaurants/cafes for grown ups to hang out and more splash pads. I just want to run around a splash pad with my friends ⛲️🛝

Spent this morning at Brooklyn Public Library’ central plaza listening to music and talking to caregivers of little people about library funding. @nycplan.org

Happy Pride 🌈

we aren’t doing adopt a rent anymore but I got an email from one of our teacher referrers today I can’t skip. she has a family who 2 ms behind on rent —$2,630 and have until 4PM today to pay. can we start out the week by keeping a family housed? v: @ziibiing c: $Ziibiing pp: @standwithminnesota

Our Pride Center in San Antonio is being forced to move and is at risk of closing. If you have $26 to spare, match my donation and help make sure LGBTQ+ Texans have a place to feel seen and a little more safe. I started a team—internet weirdos for the SA pride center.

This is really infuriating. Not more $$$ for libraries, trans healthcare, parks, or like idk literally ANYTHING else on your campaign agenda. buy the entire city arsenal jerseys or something I don’t care. Anything besides more cops twiddling their thumbs in the subways and on street corners

Yet your library can't afford Kanopy.

That's a whole lot of library and trans health care, that is.

sorry, children who want to use the library, we need that money to pay 580 people to play candy crush and stand around until they are called upon to storm the Capitol building

Instagram is tee vee. Bluesky is newspapers. Newspapers are blogs for billionaires.

I’ve always cringed at reading that term in the various document’s I have but didn’t realise that it could get worse and this administration would actually turn it into a slur 🤢🤢🤢

Next year's budget will be decided at the end of June. Now is the time to let your council member know that you demand stable, robust library funding. A great way to do that is by testifying at the budget hearing. You can do it in person, on zoom, or through a written statement bit.ly/June10Testify

Did you know that BPL's Jail & Prison Services Team run a twice weekly pop-up library on Rikers Island, one of the city’s nine jails? Because hardcover books are not allowed in Rikers, the Jail and Prison Services Team have developed a process to de-hardcover books in preparation for distribution.

I had the sads yesterday, decide not to do work, organizing posting, or socializing last evening that I had to so. Instead I had chocolate cereal for dinner and watched TV and feel so good today. Unasked for advice for folks feeling the sads–giving it what it needs is really helpful

Ahem Ahem @mayor.nyc.gov! $97 million of libraries instead of this?

At this point SZA makes me feel more represented in her tamil-ness than Kamala Harris ever could

I keep banging on public libraries because it's a simple way of making public goods LEGIBLE to a couple of generations that don't have a grammar for the commons anymore. It's such low hanging fruit and yet... we can't get the socialist Mayor of NYC to increase funding for them.

Members of @nycplan.org in partnership with @ulunyc.bsky.social hosted a pre-budget hearing rally today in front of City Hall. Read about it all here: nycplan.org/press-releas...

Awww, I love love ❤️ Vote for Brad in the primary on June 23rd!!!

Our @nycplan.org library budget was terrific! Thanks I particular to my comrade @dylanflesch.bsky.social for his organizing work and to @abbyemerson.bsky.social for bringing the cutest advocates to the rally. The 7 year olds put us all to shame!

Join @nycplan.org for an all-ages artistic celebration of public libraries. There will be library-centric art, zines, and other ephemera as well as activities for kids, readings, a photobooth and more. RSVP here: librarypropagandafair26.eventbrite.com

I just signed this letter from Urban Librarians Unite @ulunyc.bsky.social asking that the Mayor commit to funding libraries at 0.5% of the expense budget. 0.5% is floor not the goal!!

@mayor.nyc.gov public libraries need a measly .5% of the city budget!

I should probably have lunch. Posting this cause I'm feeling nostalgic for the time of unhinged tweets and facebook status from 15+ years ago

they "hey can you come on my podcast/radio show/my event," and then you say yes and then there's 75 emails and three pre-calls and a proprietary app you need to download industrial complex needs to stop

Seth Rogen pleasantly surprises me all the time. First there is his sense of fashion and style and then there is this A+ take on GenAI

“We’re not excited to see these advancements in AI if it means it’s going to pollute our environment, spread misinformation, track us and take our jobs…”

A koan for your morning: If a goal continues to be a goal… is it really a goal? This thread on libraries, Mamdani, and the NYC budget is really illuminating!

What the actual fuck??????????

If you're mad at this (and you should be): Tomorrow at 1pm 120 Schermerhorn in BK Rally to demand accountability from the absolute ghouls in our courts.

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Ok, Executive Budget's now available. Here are the big-picture numbers for the public libraries: $526,629,157 For libraries $124,700,403,150 Expense Budget total That amounts to 0.42% of the Expense Budget. His promise was 0.50%, so let us prepare to follow @nycplan.org's lead.

The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).

Fifteen home health aides started a hunger strike on Thursday after the City Council failed to advance a bill banning 24-hour shifts, an issue that has roiled the mostly immigrant women working in the industry and patients who rely on round-the-clock care. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/16/h...

Literally feeling sick reading this 🤢 🤮

Hawaiian Fish, c. 1953 Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914 - 1998) color blockprint 14 1/2 x 19 5/6" #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt