Regular reminder that Members of Congress still get paid during a shut down. The folks who work in their offices, who clean and guard the building do not.

Is it coffee time yet? MSS R.9.17 See the whole manuscript here: mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R... #marginaliaMonday

Parents of kids with CP: please let your kid do kid things are much as they are able. I was never allowed to have friends or play kids games or anything, because my parents thought they were "protecting" me. I get, kid with CP needs protecting--to an extent, but overprotecting is not the answer.

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!! reactormag.com/reading-rain...

if your kid is going to prom this coming spring and you live near me I’ll pick them up and take them and partner to prom in a 31 Ford Roadster convertible you’ll be able to take pics at pick up and drop off dm me

Jupiter seen from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Just really like the way these people are depicted, they're all so fabulous. Oh hiiiiii girls Hiiiiii howyoudoin'? Hihhihihi I'm going to talk to her! Go on go on Stop pushing me! He's sooo cuuuuute Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, The Romance of Alexander, 1338-44; 144v

I keep getting Riyadh and R'lyeh confused and the idea of a comedy tour there is baffling me.

Look, the world is an absolute mess but we’re still growing and celebrating 1200 lb pumpkins. While there are still preposterously huge gourds, I believe there is still hope

Ok, this is neat! I have wished for a bone replacement that actually works

Me, today

Due to library renovation, I have to clean out my Makerspace. 8 years of samples, leftovers, and ideas. Harder than expected

We are a community of kindness and connectivity or we are less. If we can’t manifest this in our behaviours we fail ourselves as well as those around us.

This is such a beautiful book

Look at the stumpwork on this! It's still full of shape and dimension after 400 years. My compliments to the maker.

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

Banned Books Week is coming! Find the areas hit hardest by book bans & the nearest Little Free Library book-sharing box locations using our 2025 Book Ban Map, created in collab with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @penamerica.bsky.social. Learn more & try the interactive map! littlefreelibrary.or...

Fact. Or Malort. Actually, Malort for colonoscopy prep.

Yes, please. More forest, less stupid or cult-ish tech.

Easy for news like this to get lost in the noise, but one of my colleagues was the historian the Hidatsa turned to for help compiling oral histories and other evidence not often recognized by academia. Reinterpreting the narrative of Sacagawea using Native voices www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

Applications are open through December 15th for Folger Institute Long-Term Fellowships -- $70,000 for the 2026-2027 academic year

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all. 🔗 library.saintheron.com

manuscripts reading room: do not bring anything in, including yourself. place your internal organs in a clear plastic bag and keep it on the table at all times office at rare books seller: hold manuscript at least 20cm away from your face if eating a hotdog. ashtrays must be kept on the windowsill

Neurodivergent culture is wanting to talk to someone but waiting for them to contact you first to be sure they want to talk to you 😮‍💨

please repost www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...

Came home last night and there's a drunk Ent in my parking spot.

Here's some good news!

BILL, BILL, BILL, BILL, BILL!!!

I literally needed to know this exact thing, so thanks to this guy.

i challenge you to find cooler news today than “despite all odds against American scientific research rn, a CO researcher developed a temperature-stable, single dose rabies vaccine that works bc of particles coated in CANDY & SAPPHIRE, & it could help reduce rabies deaths in places w/o electricity”

Still in its gorgeous and tactile original binding, if a little fragile, this is 'Rider's British Merlin', an almanac essentially, from 1712. I thought you might enjoy the September pages.

I want the stars for us! But we seriously have to clean up this place first, it's a mess

"The style guide warns on its first page that "Many citations in this guide are fictitious," meaning they are made-up examples used only to demonstrate proper formatting. Yet someone (or some AI chatbot) copied the fake example directly into the Education Accord report as if it were a real source."

Reporter Laura Weiss (@lauralew105.bsky.social) is looking to speak with people with #LongCOVID who are on Medicaid and concerned about losing benefits due to work requirements or otherwise due to Trump's spending bill. Contact her at (lauraweisswrites at gmail dot com).

I have a piece on this coming out this afternoon, but if you are faculty or a student at Angelo State in Texas or know one and have information that you'd like to share with a journalist related to ASU's new "policies" my signal is kissphoria.57

New job: Senior Social Media Strategist @ Smithonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. (Job closes once 150 applications are received, so apply NOW if interested.) FT, Washington, DC; $101,401-$131,826/yr Develop/execute comprehensive social media strategy across the Museum.

I have personal, ethical, and ecological objections to AI use. But I don't have enough hands to smack everyone using it for dumb stuff. So I'm training an LLO (Large Learning Octopus) to help me get smacking

Have a twisty void!

There are 340 MILLION OF US. Don’t you dare get despondent. STAND UP. And go GET YOUR COUNTRY BACK. Please. Let us not cower. This is all absolutely ridiculous. Come on now.

Keep 'em coming! these clubs keep signing up! I feel like I'm in one of those movies that takes place in a submarine where the alarms are all going off, and steam is blowing out the pipes, and everyone's running around in wet shoes trying to stop the sub from sinking.

“The response to these challenges by the librarians we meet in this quietly unsettling documentary is a mix of disbelief, refusal to bend the knee to encroaching authoritarianism, and quiet heroism.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @la-cac.org thepuristonline.com/2025/09/the-...

Reminder you can also go to thrift stores and buy anything disney related for very cheap that puts 0 dollars back into the hands of the Mouse. I know kiddos love the movies and so it can be a harder choice for parents to boycott but it's totally doable!

Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!

Is the First Amendment OK? Is freedom of speech still with us? It’s time we gave our old friend the Constitution a wellness check.

I can't do millennial complaints, but my most GenX complaint is that cynicism should not be an excuse to roll over or tell others to quit. It's the armor you need to continue to fight when you know you won't be the one to benefit from it. Yeah, we're fucked. Now get your hands dirty.

Pollen levels of 9.9 out of 10. Today is canceled due to ragweed trying to kill me

There’s a terrible situation at an ICE facility in Chicago. ICE GOONS are forcefully arresting people, pushing through protesters, and even lobbing tear gas at reporters.

More manuscripts are coming to the British Library's online site www.bl.uk/collection/d... And, erm, how can I say this nicely? If you have a cheeky script that downloads images from the site, please build in some delays so that you don't kill the servers. Play nice, innit!