here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science. 1. Books are for use. 2. Every reader their book. 3. Every book its reader. 4. Save the time of the reader. 5. A library is a growing organism. they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚

We have about 30 of these calendars left, so if you want one, you better get one soon! Hoping to sell out within the next week 🤞 Squidfacts.net

Chat gpt is not a search engine. Chat gpt is not a confidant. Chat gpt is not your friend. Chat gpt is not a reliable source. Chat gpt is not real. Chat gpt is not real. Chat gpt is not real!

My songwriting friend and I have this saying… “Sometimes the song gets there before you do.” What we mean is that often times the writer doesn’t know what a song is really about until long after it is finished. Sometimes only in hindsight do we know what we were trying to say.

Natural Curves #477 taken 7:39 pm #art #photography #macro #shell

Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm." ~ Aldous Huxley The Tow Path at Argenteuil 🎨 Claude Monet (1875)

Darwinopterus modularis flaplings getting ready for the big leap 😬🤞 #pterosaur #paleoart #sciart #jurassic

This is the way.

it's december !! 🙀 good excuse to post these guys again ...!

this is true. I've written about it here: shannonhale.com/blog-archive...

"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls." time.com/7335723/auto...

we're all thinking it

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life

There are 8 picture books on this list. None were created by women. After everything we’ve been through the last decade, this is an enormous oversight. What @slj.com has just said is that only men are influential in the world picture books. And I’m not okay with this.

I genuinely think a lot of people don't understand that writers get some of the money every single time you buy a book. You are not stealing from a big corporation, you're stealing from the person who wrote the book you want to read. Also: libraries exist!

Pumpkin house (it was eaten within 30 minutes)

70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish! There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

Strega Nona fanart! I think more of us should draw fanart of our childhood faves. What were the kids’ books that you remember fondly?

And with that, this thread has been updated! When you are tempted to ask "what can I do," the answer is probably in here. When you are tempted to ask me what *I* am doing, the answer is in here. This is nearly five years of work. It's all free to you.

65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

Vasilisa Romanenko’s Lush #Portraits Wrap Common #Birds in Decadent Patterns #flowers #art Link for more info and paintings: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/vasi...

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

I designed an otter blanket! Up for presale on my kofi this weekend. 🦦

I saw this illustration by @annafollies.bsky.social on Tumblr today and instantly lost it. Still missing Fergus every day. 💔 www.tumblr.com/annafollies

This is Rufus. His Halloween costume arrived late. Really wants to escargot trick-or-treating if you don’t mind turning on your porch light. 13/10 (IG: rufuscorg)

Captain Torture

More info about Marta Leiva, the woman I witnessed being assaulted by plainclothed men in the SLC airport last week. She has a work permit legal through 2029, mom of 4 with sick kids: www.ksl.com/article/5139... You can donate to her gofundme for legal expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/apoya-madr...

lament of the kraken #ofmd

Wandering fox. Pastels on paper. Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad... #illustration #art #pastels #fox #nature

“The Problem We All Live With” (1964)

This is long but well worth the time investment, especially if you have friends or family that are having trouble spotting AI Slop. @banditelli.org

Happy Halloween 👻👻👻 #kidlitart

During our spring tour for The Cartoonists Club, @goraina.bsky.social and I presented to several hundred families in Evanston. A more peaceful, beautiful setting would be hard to imagine.

Made some ghosts 👻

Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this WONDERFUL & ESSENTIAL page on the placement of BODY FAT on figures by the talented @marinscos! REAL BODY SHAPE VARIETY is a part of what makes us all beautiful, and that should be reflected in our art. I LOVE this. #ART #anime #ARTIST

This is one of my favorites, so I'm surprised I hadn't posted it here yet Study of a Wolf Conservation Center video, that I painted sometime in 2022

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Dear fish,

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

If you ever feel like your sketchbook as an artist is not looking pretty or artistic enough: take a look at Gustav Klimt‘s sketchbook

Nothing fills me with a sense of dread quite like the work of artist Chris Van Allsburg. When I was very young, his illustrations terrified me just as much as the ones in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but in a way I didn't even have words to describe yet. He was liminal before liminal was cool

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.