I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.

👏👏🫡 www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...

What separates journalism from stenography is independent reporting, verification and context. Trump calls in the National Guard for LA — note he did not do so for the insurrection. He says no one will spit on law enforcement, note he pardoned those who physically assaulted law enforcement Jan 6.

Parades are fun. But ground zero for performative appearances by elected officials. I have zero business participating in one cause I do the real work. And it's not fun.

Just wait until you see the poster this HS teacher in Evanston is in trouble for displaying actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

When you view arts and entertainment purely as what happens on a national stage, you ignore the potentially rich arts and entertainment environment locals are interested in. When you publish generic pap designed to run anywhere, what are you telling your readers about something that interests them?

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

I’m not a Catholic but high hopes for an American world leader who has some kind of moral compass

trina reynolds-tyler, Andrea Faye Hart and Eve L. Ewing, three "day-one" friends of Build Coffee, will take over the Woodlawn café and bookstore as "volunteer owners." The trio says they want to be a model for running a "politically and community-oriented" shop. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/05/e...

Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.

i know it's cringe to post star wars as ~revolution~ or whatever, & that's not what this is, but I do think about this sequence from Andor a lot bc I know how paralyzing it is to feel overwhelmed. So, I'll continue working in the lanes where I feel the most needed/helpful.

republicans are disappearing people under the guise of fighting antisemitism and can’t even pretend to give a fuck when a jewish governor’s house gets firebombed on passover

Today we filed suit in federal court to halt and reverse the gutting of the only federal agency dedicated to library funding. We will not allow these illegal actions against Americans and our libraries to go unchallenged. Learn more about the suit: ala.org/IMLS-suit (2/3)

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

I said it once I'll say it again. #robertsrulesoforder are anti-democratic

To be incredibly clear: the library is for everyone. But it can't be EVERYTHING for everyone. And that's the expectation being laid at the feet of libraries.

When the POTUS and his boss say they want meritocracy, know that they actually want mediocrity.

Emphasizing again that anyone who responds to "that's illegal" with some variant of "lol all law is meaningless you're a sucker for thinking that matters" is actively doing PR for Trump and helping him. Nihilism about the law is the best way to make sure that the rule of law dies a quicker death.

ICYMI: ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (@libcomix.bsky.social) announced its 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List. ilovelibraries.org/article/and-... #LibComix

It's always a woman who is brave

Bad news from LCSH. This will percolate down to libraries as well, as we use these subject headings.

Use. Precise. Language. "Any official, including the president, who chooses to blame everything from plane crashes to wildfires on non-White, non-male people should be asked whether they believe that desegregation is to blame. Whether they believe resegregation is the answer."

On the day after the election, I made a promise to the people of Illinois: when it comes to threats to our freedom, health, or security, if you come for my people, you come through me.

This. statuskuo.substack.com/p/is-somebod...

now that's how you write a headline www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

So these dudes just pushed past security? And folks are unable to physically remove them? These dudes?

“Hoopla, knowing how popular their service was, saw an opportunity to increase prices while keeping their services and offerings the same.” Book Riot breaks down yet another of Hoopla’s problems—the cost. bookriot.com/library-hoop...

Well played, President Claudia Sheinbaum, for committing troops already at the border since 2021, knowing perfectly well President Man Baby would have no idea and take it as a win.

Dems need to start speaking up like Rep. Crockett and actually meeting the moment. Not this poll tested gobbledygook they've been saying.

Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

NOBODY ELECTED ELON.

The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“You will kill me, but I will survive in my people, which is before yours, in the Americas.”

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

it's odd seeing older folks blame students for not 'protesting' against white supremacy rn. what did you think would happen? you didn't support the encampments. they were against *apartheid*. kids were met with police-state violence & threats. you. did. this. they cannot speak out now.

José "Cha Cha" Jiménez Dies at 76: A Voice for Puerto Ricans. He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in Chicago, it had chapters nationwide. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...

#Blackreadingjoy #booksky #blacksky #theresistance

Resist. Be #theresistance

Chicago’s first Black mayor, the late Harold Washington, then an Illinois state representative, led the push to commemorate the birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. thetriibe.com/2022/01/lets...

Altadena Girls pairs teenagers who lost their belongings in the Eaton Fire with stylists who help them rebuild their closets – and their self-esteem – for free. via @kcrw.com

The British museum upset and scrambling because someone appointed to a position of authority over it stole artifacts from there and took them away for his own profit is the most hilariously ironic story of the last 10 years apnews.com/article/brit...

“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”

”Escapism and hobbyism share a critical similarity: they permit the status quo to persist unchallenged. Managing our political engagement with sustainability in mind and directing our energy toward meaningful resistance is therefore essential for collective survival.”