I'm so relieved that the VA special election is over. For some reason, I was receiving all of the reminder/spam texts for myself AND for my kid.

They're just little guys. You can look at them for free and you can look at them up close if you pay for Bird Premium (binoculars or camera). They're just doing behaviors. They will never email you.

Here is a rich compilation of resources to help you inform yourself and take effective action on #RightToRead Day.

They belong to US. www.npr.org/2026/04/20/g...

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Good story - and reflects how long people with FND often have to wait to get diagnosed FND should be part of standard medical training in every country so doctors don’t miss this condition

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace. Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

"There’s only taking from the most vulnerable and weak again & again & again. With all of the research on the importance of early literacy–and early access to literature...particularly among the most disadvantaged children–it’s clear government priorities aren’t on the well-being of its citizens."

I haven't been able to go on my walk at work 2x this week because of interactions with a belligerent person. I just don't want to deal with a confrontation on the sidewalk alone.

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Wow, there was a LOT of Nature on my car this morning.

If there were health services for people experiencing homelessness on the weekend, the ER would not have as many visits. I realize we're lucky to have services on weekdays. It's just that health and housing issues don't take weekends. #SundayLibrarian

Hosting my soon-to-be-17-year-old's b-day celebration. They are all watching Repo Man in the basement. It won out over second-choice The Blues Brothers. I blame myself for playing Iggy Pop in the car the other day.

If in 2026, you are STILL saying 'why didn't X survivor/victim of sexual assault go to the cops or prosecutors?' then you cannot be trusted to drive a car or live by yourself because you are ignorant.

I think I'm coming to view LLMs as essentially being the Fae. The Fae are usually seen as not having souls, and therefore not having consciousness in a way we can recognize; they don't understand the difference between lies and truth, kindness and cruelty; >

Those US-Iran negotiations in a nutshell: Iran sent 4 PhDs to Islamabad. The US sent a real estate developer, a son-in-law, a lawyer and a general.

"The Society of American Archivists recognizes and affirms that archivists and information professionals have an obligation and responsibility to ensure that the historical record is not only preserved, but that this information is not distorted, misrepresented, or suppressed."

I wish someone would point this out to the disability "advocates" who have been pimping wearables targeting Long Covid and chronic illness communities for profit, not because they can accurately calculate your baseline from the dermis level

16 said he heard that music was good for plants. I said I'd heard that, too. A few minutes ago, I saw him headed upstairs with his record player and a Fugazi album.

CASHIER: Are you part of our rewards program? ME: No. I want to pay the maximum amount, leave here, and never think about your store again.

This is one of those days when I woke up way too early and just resented the hell out of all the chirpy dawn birds.

This facility has been systemically negligent for many years. DC Dept. of Health has plenty of reports of PIW's mistreatment of patients. They don't want to shut it down bc it's the only facility in DC. People continue to be harmed in this environment. wtop.com/dc/2026/04/3...

Dude when your wife wants to jump out of the plane because you’ve been talking to her about Western Civilization for three hours that’s not ”skydiving”

FFS, use your goddamn earbuds in the surgery waiting room! I don't want to hear your bullshit while my spouse is in surgery. And I thought having speakers on in the library was bad.

Catastrophizing

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal

This is not an acceptable library donation. We cannot add these to our collection or sell them. You are wasting the time of our generous volunteers. If you want to give us the profits from your investments, then please go ahead.

The book banners said that anyone of any age needs parental permission to read our books. It took an international flight, but I got it. Did you?

Owltruism.

So much lithium.

I was inspired

we need more places where he can exist in public without being expected to buy anything, not fewer

Fundraiser for librarian Luanne James, who stood up to her rightwing library board that demanded she remove kids books with any trace of LBGTQ+ characters or content. "I will not comply." They sacked her and cops escorted her out. She's a hero. This banned author just donated.

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Daycare $200 billion Medicaid $150 billion Medicare $800 billion Wars $3.6 trillion Ballroom $150 billion someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my country is dying

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

I don't know if there's enough "gold" on this. wtop.com/dc/2026/03/w...

I am suffering from a specific sort of compassion fatique: I cannot handle being the Computer Systems Are Frustrating & Bureaucracy is Terrible Therapist. I get it, I really do. It is not right that you should have to jump through so may hoops, that the rules keep changing. THE USER IS NOT BROKEN

Having a hard time believing this is real, but it makes me laugh snarky little laughs. [Alt text:image of a $100 bill with Trump's signature. The stamp is the outline of a naked woman's body with the signature where public hair would be, just like the birthday card Trump sent Epstein.]

It’s a fine if freakin frigid day to fight the fascists here in the DMV, or wherever you are fighting from! Got your signs and banners ready? Pro tip: cut scallops/u shapes in cloth banners to allow the wind a way through. 🤘, anti-fascists! #noKings #fightfascism

There's a #NoKings Accessible Rally! Online with live captioning and ASL interpreting, today 1:30-3:00 EDT. "Resistance is for everyone, everywhere. But showing up isn't always easy. That's why we created a space that makes it possible for everyone to show up."

Trump has definitely pardoned the most pedophiles in US history

TFW your 16 y.o. laughs at you because you see a bunny and squeal, "BUNNY!!!"

Via this post from @thebloggess.bsky.social, I learn that my book Lock In has been banned from schools in New Braunfels, TX. There is irony here in that Lock In won the Alex Award from the ALA, given for "adult books suitable for teens." thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/t...

Denmark has long been hailed as a digital champion, with online public services and tablets in schools as early as 2011. Now they are now shifting course in the education sectors, due to alarming impacts to children’s mental health and school performance. A massive return to analogue is underway.

If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social #WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky

I am utterly delighted by daffodils. I am surprised by them every spring, as if I have a very weak sense of object permanence. They are loud and happy and their name is entirely appropriate.

Libraries are held up as a great equalizer, but in practice, they’re dogged by ideological problems, access barriers, and this idea that they’ve always been there and always will be. Look around us. How much that you have taken for granted is being actively destroyed?

One of the chief virtues of the book is that it’s nearly the only remaining form of media that isn’t constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.