Libraries are pretty rad.

There’s a new issue of Deadman out this week and a new villain for Libraryland

“I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek— And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.” www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...

"Patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent."

I would kill or die for Larry

At some point we're going to have to reckon with the fact that part of learning, part of educating yourself, is figuring out how to deal with the friction between yourself and the world at the limits of your knowledge in ways other than retreating from it or making it someone else's problem.

The importance of historians, educators, and cultural heritage workers has never been so clear in my lifetime

Public historians will work for decades to repair the damage done during the current administration @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Looking back on year two of the @calstate.bsky.social Libraries Conference @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/li...

(More) bad news for school libraries in California @aaslala.bsky.social @calmatters.org calmatters.org/education/k-...

I got an ARC of The Dissidents at #alaac26 and wow - don’t sleep on this too-timely study of would-be autocrats & the importance of the freedom to read, write, & create. It’s brilliant for what it teaches & terrible for what it reminds us @derfbackderf.bsky.social www.abramsbooks.com/product/diss...

Reflecting on @sdsulibrary.bsky.social contributions to #alaac26 library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/al...

Interactions with authors can be brief at #alaac26 because you don’t want to be the guy holding up the line, but I enjoyed talking (and talking up @sdsulibrary.bsky.social & @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social) with @jamesthefourth.bsky.social, @pkuper.bsky.social, @alexrossart.bsky.social & others

Day 2 at #alaac26 included panels and posters on collections, sustainability, tenure for librarians, graphic novels, Comics Studies, a few games, and a tour of the Chicago River.

The library news out of Florida continues to be grim www.hercampus.com/school/ucf/u...

Kudos to my @sdsulibrary.bsky.social colleagues - Sarah Tribelhorn and Connor Franklin Rey - presenting their research at an active poster session on collections at #alaac26

I could not defeat the line for @scalzi.com at #alaac26, but am comforted knowing that I already have his new book on order and that I’m sure to see him again at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social

Great hearing @derfbackderf.bsky.social at #alaac26 giving props to libraries & archives supporting his research on “The Dissidents”

Good first day at #alaac26, including some graphic medicine, meeting with publishers, meeting with @calstate.bsky.social colleagues, and San Diego community partners. On to Day 2!

Great work continuing through the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Prison Book Project

Wonderful combination of fandom, science communication, and community engagement at the Field Museum and the #Pokemon Fossil Museum

More on the sad state of affairs at DePaul and its former art museum @wbez.org www.wbez.org/arts/2026/06...

News — University of Central Florida (UCF) abruptly shut down two of its three libraries today, plus an important resource desk within the main library. Staff were given no warning. UCF is the 2nd largest public university in the country w/ ~70k students. Library hours page confirming closures:

This is a more informed essay than the original in @insidehighered.com, especially in recognizing that professional education for librarians should be assumed to grow from a start in LIS programs to a lifetime in libraries & professional associations @ala-acrl.bsky.social acrlog.org/2026/06/25/t...

“Zines are a foundational first amendment document …. Zines discussing ideas of revolution, mutual aid, ideas of a world after capitalism should not be able to be criminalized in and of themselves … That’s just dangerous to all of us.” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

"The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth." ~ H. L. Mencken

I'm not sure that is the direction that this should go considering whose candidates were more successful in the recent primary.

“Libraries are more than places to borrow books. They are cornerstones of public life: accessible, trusted and embedded in every neighborhood.” @sdpubliclibrary.bsky.social @sandiegouniontribune.com www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/06/23/o...

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is eager to seize the Smithsonian, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes. He profiles the institution’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, and explores how he’s managed to survive the chaos—for now. theatln.tc/fpRhFV40

While the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social is closed for #Juneteenth, our digital resources are always available and we do have some reading recommendations for you libguides.sdsu.edu/history/june...

“The cultivation of natural science cannot be efficiently carried on without reference to an extensive library.” Here’s the story of one of the most extensive & accessible under threat @biodivlibrary.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

this is a catastrophe and he will do harm, and only harm, to those living with disabilities

A new article in @insidehighered.com updates a discussion about professional credentials that I brought to @libraryjournal.bsky.social in 2010 (1/3) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

UK learning the wrong lessons from the US: "Vice-chancellors now see themselves as CEOs ... and students now see themselves as consumers .... This process goes hand in hand with universities’ preoccupation with employability.” @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/special...

More on Starbucks disastrous public relations move in Korea (which I first heard about through @ryanestrada.com) @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“If the authors can’t be bothered to check their references … how can we trust them to properly scrutinise their data?” @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/do-we-...

My Public History class last month was heavy on current eventd @protectparks.bsky.social www.npca.org/articles/114...

I’m always going to show up on the floor for @chrismaze.com - the trick is getting there early (or catching him somewhere less insane like Comic Con Revolution)

As a fan of Star Trek & other science fiction, I don’t mind if science is fudged for dramatic effect. But when the scientific process & scientists themselves are misrepresented, inserting secrecy & efforts at social control, it contributes to distrust in science & misconceptions that can cause harm.

Looking forward to reading this new volume in the @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social Marvel line by @sdsulibrary.bsky.social and @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social friend Ted Adams

Some deep cleaning around the house has yielded some unexpected prizes from 2020-2022 @play.pokemon.com

When I joined the American Library Association in the late 90s, there was interest among the more progressive wing around the recurring rise of “infoshops,” a grassroots movement to protect access to diverse sources of information that has remained essential in the U.S.

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

Please know this about the American academy:

I was sleeping on Assorted Crisis Events until i listened to a @sktchd.bsky.social interview with my LCS and am very glad that I was able to catch up! For a kid who grew up in The Twilight Zone, this is like coming home

A damning account of the decline in transparency and respect for members by @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social leadership on the eve of its attempt to ask us to provide additional financial support to the 150th anniversary celebration (1/2) trevordawes.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/w...

If the Cubs think they were cursed by a goat, that's nothing compared to the "Indiana curse" that the Chicago Bears will so richly deserve @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/c...

RIP to a man who looked cool even though he did not appear to have a teaching credential or a library degree www.bbc.com/news/article...