Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/b...

The Romans called it “Damnatio memoriae” indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts There have been many routes to damnatio memoriae including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history.

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Hope this cancer patient finds his cat, named Greedy

The woman credited with creating rectangular-shaped Spam musubi is Japanese-American Barbara Funamura, who made the snack in 1983 while managing a restaurant on Kauai. It combined a slice of Spam with sushi rice and dried seaweed.

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

To not go insane while talking to your chatbot costs extra

A look at the library’s development, design choices, and growing public interest

A fool and their money are soon parted. . . > MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back www.ibtimes.com/magas-are-fu... Thus the #CosmicJoker laughs. So do I. Blessed be the #DivineHumor #GOP #PartyOfStupid #scams #con #PendejoInChief

dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/cats... People who pet cats often tend to score higher in emotional sensitivity and empathy. They gravitate toward calm, low-stimulation environments and prefer bonds that feel genuine rather than demanding.

If you need citations on the biases, as a starting point I've been collating Zotero libraries on knowledge equity and metrics - www.zotero.org/groups/54546... www.zotero.org/groups/51444...

> The slow death of academic freedom www.salon.com/2026/04/02/t... When the more "mainstream" media are noticing what the insiders and trade already know, you know shit has hit the fan. #academia #HigherEd

After more than a year of declines, Canadian travel to the U.S. ticked up 1% in April—but only compared to last year’s catastrophic numbers.

On the latest They Call Us Bruce, we welcome Scott Kurashige, author of American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism. He talks about the erasure of anti-Asian racism, and why we’re constantly learning and re-learning this history. theycallusbruce.libsyn.com/they-call-us...

IFLA SET and ALISE ILE SIG recording of #AI Use in International LIS Education (webinar) is available youtube.com/watch?v=Ay74... #libraries

📌🚨💥🔅Close contact is not always the case in hantavirus human-to-human infections. "Public deserves to know”: Harvard Professor says official messaging contradicts hantavirus science MS NOW 5/10/2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO4X... #HantaVirus #PublicHealth #InfectitousDisease #MedSky #MomSky 🔁

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

"The CDC hasn’t 'had a press briefing, we haven’t heard anybody talk about mobilizing investigators across the world who are already working on potential treatments.'"

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB) to act as an international hub for research on banned literature – reliable information about bans and censorship around the world.

The Andes virus outbreak associated with the MV Hondius should be treated with urgency now, before transmission chains become established internationally. 1/

The CB radio fad must have been a fucking nightmare for truckers and first responders. You know there would've been drunk assholes doing SNL catchphrases in Hee Haw voices and well-meaning housewives failing to report actual hazards and accidents in any kind of useful way. But then the fad ended!

Do you think #hantavirus can be effectively contained? Many states made it illegal for #publichealth officials to declare emergencies, quarantine, enact masking mandates

🙏indeed This map is interesting & enlightening Surprisingly good readings in unexpected places I only wish I had the tools to add data… one day 🤞

The only place COVID is presently moderate is Washington, D.C., probably due to all the anti-vax conservatives in the Trump administration. We are almost 60% lower than this same week last year. No sign of a summer surge, but last year's didn't start until July. 2/2

I don't recollect a US map like this since the CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) has been reporting on #COVID19. Virtually every state is at very low viral activity. Just four are at low (LA, MS, TX, WV.) 1/2

As helpful, imo, is keeping an eye on the Majority Leader's weekly calendar, which will list out the bills being discussed that week. It isn't necessarily comprehensive but it's really useful/insightful: www.majorityleader.gov/schedule/wee...

BUT! You can keep an eye on what the House is working on through their calendar here: www.house.gov/legislative-...

Updating this Skeet with some info because I'm being asked about it. HR 7661 isn't yet on the House calendar, and in fact, the House is currently not in session as representatives are working in their home districts (in theory). So here's what that means...

Listen to my brilliant @nycplan.org comrades @halschrieve.bsky.social and @abbyemerson.bsky.social in this great conversation with Jay and Justin on @librarypunk.bsky.social. www.librarypunk.gay/e/164-nyc-pl...

The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.

We've released the spring 2026 edition of the CNI Project Briefing Series, featuring five new community contributed videos on topics such as digital transformation and data storage allocation. Watch at: www.cni.org/resources/pb...

Now Available Online: Video Recordings of Panels and Presentations From Charleston Conference - Asia, 2026 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #AI #scholcomm @chashub.bsky.social

See Also: The Trump Administration is Deleting Government Data. From Infant Deaths to Hunger, Here Are 5 Ways It’s Hurting Americans (via @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The Guardian: “‘Things Were Going Dark Left and Right’: The Race to Save US Government #Datasets Before They’re Deleted” www.infodocket.com/2026/05/07/t... @datarescueproject.org @envirodgi.bsky.social @archive.org #data #libraries #librarians

Banned Nonfiction #Books Double in Public #Schools, Erasing Authentic Stories & Histories (New Report From @penamerica.bsky.social Direct to Full Text Report pen.org/report/facts... Summary/Release pen.org/press-releas... #libraries #bookbans

Report: "One in 277 PubMed-Indexed Papers in 2026 Shows Fabricated References, Says Analysis” www.infodocket.com/2026/05/07/r... #scholcomm #publishing #AI

Did you know that @everylibrary.bsky.social provides pro-bono support to libraries at the ballot box? Every $1 they raise secures over $1,600 for libraries! #library #libraries #book #books #author #authors #lit www.everylibrary.org/txoh2026

Celebrating 30 Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Class President: Center for Democracy and Technology @cdt.org helped write the rules of the internet. And 30 years later, they’re still fighting to keep it open. See more of the #Classof96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/c...

In 1939 Mary and her husband Frederick provided a Kindertransport escape route from Nazi Germany for two young girls Helga & Irene Bejach stayed in Leicester with their 'second family' throughout the war, formative influences on Mary's teenage son David, future passionate supporter of life on earth

Our archives contain an Attenborough link but not, perhaps, one you might expect...🧵 In the wake of the 1937 bombing of Guernica, nearly 4,000 Basque children were evacuated to Britain, escaping the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. The children were supported by a national network of volunteers...

USA: Epidemic trend summary: May 8, 2026 COVID-19 As of May 5, 2026: 🔹0 states has COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹26 states has infections declining or likely declining 🔹9 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

Beef Jerky Jr. says over one million Americans shouldn't have been wearing that short skirt if they weren't asking for it

New: a look at the CDC and FDA's open campaign to suppress positive vaccine data, AU preps for Pathogen X, what we know so far on the hantavirus outbreak, a new groundbreaking study on C19 in kids is here, how to find empty film screenings at AMCs, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

Definitely read the entire statement. "ANDV can be transmitted between individuals under specific close-contact conditions... may include household exposure, intimate contact, caregiving without suitable PPE, and prolonged exposure in poorly ventilated or crowded settings."

fyi, anyone using Chrome. In addition to the steps David mentions in the article, you should also type chrome://flags in the address bar, search for 'Gemini', and set literally everything in there to 'Disabled'. And then ofc remember to do that again anytime Chrome updates.

Do you know the difference between a nestling and a fledgling? www.countryliving.com/gardening/ou...