just heard on the radio that on Tuesday, Oct 7, Tres Gatos in JP is donating 20% of all sales to WERS, so if you want to support local public radio and you like books, records, or food, you might want to check that out

The most important thing we heard out of the speeches by Hegseth and Trump to top military brass? Nothing. Total silence. That’s as it should be, but still a far cry from what Donald and Pete were used to. My write-up on the Quantico cringefest, in the replies.

MEMPHIS… Hegseth & Bondi rolling into town with an insane amount of cars in their entourage…

I accidentally threw a brand new bottle of shampoo in the trash, please boo 🤦 I talked myself out of fishing it out of the dumpster it has been in for three days, please clap 🏆

⛪️ Black History Church ⛪️

Tomorrow, we're back with another episode of Absolute Units! We continue speaking with @katrinanavickas.bsky.social about the history of the commons and resistance to enclosure, this time focusing closer to the present day. Expect riots, raves, Stonehenge, golf, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Folks in the Boston area: save the date for the week of November 3rd through 8th to take in some great events and exhibits highlighting archival labor and autumnal themes in area archives! Register for updates here: bit.ly/ArchivesCrawl2025 📜

It's nice to watch Sox-Yankee wildcard game without the 2010 era dude bro energy

I am not the only librarian that sees Amaz*n not-so-slowly crawling into the library book distribution sector, right? RIGHT? I am also not the only person that sees what a BIG F*CKING PROBLEM this is, right? RIGHT?! #librarysky #skybrarians #booksky #GLAMs 📚📜🍎

If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)? Hoover FDR Truman Eisenhower JFK LBJ Ford Carter And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

Can any #skystorians help with this? 🗃️

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: David Scondras (January 5, 1946 – October 21, 2020) was a member of the Boston City Council, having held the District 8 seat from 1984 through 1993. He was one of a few members of the Democratic Socialists of America to be elected to public office prior to 2016.

There goes the last of the sunshine for the year

Ah shit.

“Pete Hegseth’s Soul Kitchen.” Mmmkay. Some top shelf, 100% fake AI slop from our tech overlords at Facebook.

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The voice of right wing extremist Catholics. Team Strickland? Team Vigano? Team Leonard Leo? Is Fuentes elucidating what the Supremes says behind closed doors? crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-...

"Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing."

Oof. In new Quinnipiac poll, Trump's approval is down to 43-54 in *Pennsylvania.* Among independents in Pennsylvania Trump is down to an abysmal 29-64. Josh Shapiro's approval just hit 60 percent. By the way, there are contested House races in Pennsylvania.

Many families in Mississippi are denied Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits, and we want to know why. Share your experience with the TANF program here: https://bit.ly/3WmwG9m

Are you an incoming Oxford University student? Libraries will play a big part during your time at Oxford, so during 0th week we’re offering 30-minute webinars to introduce you to the Bod and how we can help you. For more information: new.ox.ac.uk/bodleian-lib....

If you or anyone you care about gets Medicare or Medicaid, then this shutdown is ENTIRELY because Republicans do not want them to get it

woah

Ive spent so much time working with tech people doing tech things on tech deadlines. In the past few years my practice has turned to analog tools (print making, zines, drawing) in my own personal protest. 1/3

The Republicans control government. A government shutdown is the Republicans' fault, only the Republicans' fault

GOOD apnews.com/article/shut...

📜 As always, @artstuffmatters.bsky.social is required reading.

I'm back from maternity leave and in desperate need of some work. If you're looking for some fun colourful cover designs I'm your guy! Here are some book covers I loved illustrating Contact me at [email protected] See portfolio link below Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated

On the eve of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Pierre Poilievre spoke out for the group he says faces the most hate-based violence. Um, and apparently that group is…Christians? (It isn’t). I called for backup on this one. Luckily @pampalmater.com answered:

The Republicans control government. A government shutdown is the Republicans' fault, only the Republicans' fault

there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level

would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Meet Fritz- King of Salento.

Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."

I still think it should have been all over when he said, “find 11,780 votes.”

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Definitely worth reading the big finish. Start on p. 148: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Does anybody have pics of them in the "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts that they wouldn't mind me posting? We're bringing them back for a second pre-order and I wanna see them in action 🥰 squidfacts.net

This is straight up run-for-the-hills fascism here. Close to our last chance to pick fight or flight apnews.com/live/donald-...

I know it always feels this way but today in particular it feels very apparent that it’s an administration of crooked mega church pastors

NEW: Adelita Grijalva Says Mike Johnson Is Delaying Her Swearing-In to Prevent Epstein Vote www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Gas price is astronomical. Food price is obscene. 5 mass shootings per week. People’s biggest concern: Bad Bunny speaking Spanish at the Super Bowl. SMH!

The Secretary of Defense who only got the job because the president saw him on the teevee is complaining about military leaders who were promoted "for the wrong reasons"

This is a Legion of Doom speech.

Black police officers would be ‘silenced’ by new rules, UK association claims

The president just told all of the military's leaders that all Democrats are evil and promised to send the full force of the military into Democratic cities to assault the "enemy within," and there's *still* a chance that Democratic congressmen provide the crucial votes to keep this regime running.