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It’s a vibe.

5 Questions to Ask Your Vendors about AI Cut through the hype and get real answers about artificial intelligence products americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2026/06/01/5...

I wrote about the new ALA workers' union and why it matters to all library workers in the U.S., whether you're an ALA member or not. 📚 acrlog.org/2026/06/03/t...

Find the Cracks: That’s How the Light Gets In. on reclaiming joy in library work without losing yourself to it I get asked a lot to do something that feels contradictory to me, and I’ve been struggling with it for a while. How to reground librarians in their work or help librarians find joy in…

Time for girl dinner!

In the same way the Times went back through Jayson Blair’s reporting to identify falsehoods after his fabrication came to light, they should go back through Bari’s old columns and find out how much she was lying about.

Carpetbagger and Iowa GOP candidate for governor Zach Lahn Avoids Questions About Living in Kansas iowademocrats.org/2026/06/01/n...

A lovely offline morning.

Do you find value in the freebies?

I have signed this as an alum of the University of Iowa. The Iowa Board of Regents needs to stop this political takeover and protect the values, core mission, and legacy of Iowa’s public universities. Please sign and share with alum and allies from Iowa public universities!

Does the war on universities start to make more sense now folks? 😬 The public university is the opposite of an ivory tower, in principle: the whole reason we have public education is intergenerational equity. Can we start saying that all together, a little more loudly please? 🙏

Well we voted. And almost killed 2 children in the process. Parents. Tell you children to be more aware of cars and to only cross with the light. Drivers. Put your heads on a swivel. School is out.

gAI "Feeding off our waterways and our towns just so it can deposit books that no one will read, and music that will never sing." thank you @nikostratis.com

“This transaction reflects our conviction that research and AI are mutually reinforcing: our proprietary content and data fuels AI, and AI accelerates the pace of publishing.” Not sure that this vision of ever-accelerating pace and expanding scale is good for the quality of academic research (1/2)

The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure

When you have a snacky snack you’re popular!

"I think about the librarian I never had — the person who might have handed me a book by an author who thought like me, who might have told me I was allowed to push back, who might have cracked open the world a little earlier than college did." bookriot.com/librarian-i-...

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

Every time I see a sea turtle rehab video I feel like I chose the wrong career

Sarah lost her library job due to long COVID. She has a new one, but it doesn't allow time off to stay home and provide hospice care for John. This has all happened very fast. Please consider donating. I know Sarah personally. Every little bit helps! gofund.me/25d51d5c5 #medlibs #publibs 📚

If you don't have any interest in autistic people themselves, maybe don't work in or research autism? Just a thought. #autism #neurodiversity #INSAR2026

I don't need to be "protected" from seeing porn, I need porn artists to be protected from being debanked, having their work stolen by AI, being abused for the content of their work, and going broke.

Happy Pride Month!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Every Iowan deserves to feel loved & accepted, with their civil rights protected in our state. That’s why we celebrate #Pride and continue to fight for an Iowa we can all be proud of!

Happy Pride month! Remember, joyous existence is also a form of resistance against fascism

I'm doing the 30 Day Journal Challenge from Passion Planner this month. Free printout here. passionplanner.com/products/30-...

Please consider donating. I know Sarah personally. She was one of my favorite people to chat with in Hardin. She lost her library job due to long covid. She has a new one one which does not allow her enough time off to stay home and provide hospice care. gofund.me/15faa9f29

every company from june 1st until june 30th

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut billions in Medicaid over the next 10 years, leaving millions of citizens without Medicaid coverage. Iowa's U.S. reps & senators all voted in favor of OBBA Hospitals at risk of closing in Ottumwa, Council Bluffs, and Oelwein www.press-citizen.com/story/news/h...

Laurian, Lucie, Mahsa Saharkhiz, Siavash Karimi, Iulian Vamanu, and Kara Logsden. 2026. “Public Libraries’ Contributions to Local Economic Development: Evidence from the Midwest.” Public Library Quarterly, May, 1–23. doi:10.1080/01616846.2026.2668981.

“I’ve found that momentum matters more than page count; once I reconnect with the feeling of discovery, the habit tends to return on its own.” ALA Pres. Helmick on how picking up a book that’s different from what you “should” be reading can help get out of a reading slump. https://bit.ly/4dP24Wy

Please consider donating. I know Sarah personally. She was one of my favorite people to chat with in Hardin. She lost her library job due to long covid. She has a new one one which does not allow her enough time off to stay home and provide hospice care. gofund.me/15faa9f29

Something better is possible. Let's build it together. ThriveLib, a virtual conference for librarians and library staff. Reimagining library culture together. Registration opens June 15th. virtual, August 11, 12, 13. www.thrivelib.com

Sioux City Iowa's Public Library is back to square one in its search for a new library director after a failed search. Around 20 people applied. The field was narrowed to four finalists, but three withdrew from consideration kscj.com/2026/05/29/s...

Well, I may regret it, but I posted a response to the ALA SRRT's latest resolution that does not address the actual issues librarians are facing right now.

Sterling saying some things. youtu.be/xiCBAk35DaM?...

This to me is spiritually the same as the "we have no hierarchy here because we all dress casually" in tech lol

Reading in one of my favorite places.

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

"Too much of leftist politics at this moment is chasing Trump’s personalist appeal to a mythical male working class. The left has run this play before, and it failed. "I am, of course, speaking of Bernie Sanders." www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...

“’I’m sharing the opinion because many of you can relate to my own experience. These statements are deeply harmful to all of us. This ruling and the recent rulings of Louisiana appellate courts validate that.” View the full update and court documents at: linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian

OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries S5, E1: Disability Justice, Inclusion and Anti-Oppressive Compensation w/ C.A. Deane www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/epis...

Cedar Falls graduate named first National Youth Poet Laureate from Iowa www.thegazette.com/news/cedar-f...

JoCo Board of Supervisors finalizes fiscal year 2027 budget, despite public disapproval for lack of funding for immigrant and social services. dailyiowan.com/2026/04/24/j...

YouTube Is Crawling with Pirated Audiobooks Made Using A.I. (GiftLink) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

It’s remarkable how this administration has done every single thing conservatives pretended liberals were doing when Biden was in charge.

About time. This has been a fiasco www.inc.com/moses-jeanfr...

I’m 5 minutes into the Hacks finale and I’m crying.

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This is so interesting, and I am guessing it's true for other municipalities too. As a part-time library assistant I remember patrons who were angry about overdue fines, lashing out by saying we were overpaid. Maybe this is how they got that impression.