Happy Pride Eve to all who observe.

Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

As we write, DOGE is reportedly inside the gates of the IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services), where Keith Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of Labor and “somehow now Acting Director” of IMLS is dismantling the agency that helps libraries be libraries. /1 www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.

When I asked the media specialist how she felt when banned books were pulled from the shelves of the St. Francis High School library, she told me, “Each book I have had to remove crushes me inside.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...

It's a five alarm fire. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc...

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml...

Eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services is just one more way of coming for the most vulnerable people in our country. #IMLS

By Jeff Parker

If you don't know why this is super alarming, you're not paying attention. Trump administration dismisses national archivist www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...

Groundhog Day is stupid. There I said it.

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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Take yall children to those black history events that will be held at some local libraries. It starts at home

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

I have never needed Spring Training to start as badly as I need it this year. ⚾️

I'll watch every video from every angle of this.

Remembering when the kids were little and Claire loved going into Radio City at Christmas time to see the "Rock Heads". She was sure they were robots.

Anyone surprised by Glinda being shady in Wicked didn't pay attention in the Wizard Of Oz...

F Ronald McDonald. Grimace in a Mets hat is the balloon New Yorkers deserve in the parade this year. #macysparade

Had a slight issue with the stream settings, so here is a new link: youtube.com/live/-a9g0AU... We'll be live in about 2 minutes. Come hang with us.

So, we're at it again. youtube.com/live/UBtv7Hn... Join my fabulous self and my insufferable son starting at noon today as we prep for Thanksgiving dinner. We love welcoming family and friends we don't usually get to see into our home via the interwebz. Hey, I cook once a year... don't miss it!

Nancy Mace needs to stop peeking into other people's bathroom stalls.

Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky

Anyone baffled by T's cabinet picks clearly operates under the outdated assumption that the president wants the government and its agencies to succeed. That notion is so last year.

One of the best articles I've read about proactively approaching the fight against book banning. Also, I'll be buying the book @librarianjones.bsky.social wrote. www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...

Me: "Wow, this has been a long week!" *looks at calendar*

If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

While we've been by and large out of the crosshairs in academic libraries, our turn is coming, especially as the coming administration sets its sights on Higher Ed. Thanks for this, Emily.

Most days I can tune out the noise of the work happening on the roof of our building, but today it sounds like the worst dentist visit ever, and I just can't concentrate. Maybe I need more coffee?

Intellectual Freedom isn't just for people who can afford it. #bookbans #libraries www.instagram.com/reel/DCefbOg...

just block them

Want to know how libraries fared on the ballot? This cool non-profit made a chart.

PONDER THIS… Have you ever noticed that when shit goes down, people demand that minorities be held responsible for their entire ethnic group? White folks are exempt from that demand. When a Black person does something bad, the entire Black community must answer for it. Why is that? 🧵

Girl, same

Museum of Play This guy does a super detailed tour of the toy and game museum in Rochester NY. For kids at heart. youtube.com/watch?v=BeuZ...

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Rochester, NY folks! Don't forget to vote for all of your ROC favorites! 💜 m.roccitymag.com/special-sect... Bonus points if you give a nod to the Central Library as best library 📚 (although all of our libraries are amazing!) and Rising Storm at the Mill for best trivia night (Yay Chris! ).

If civil war breaks out, meet me at the library.

Block lists are giving me life

Do not panic. Organize.

This is how the whole country works now. Every sector, not just government. Everybody assumes they know better and that whoever set up a system was doing incoherent nonsense, because they refuse to learn why something works the way it does

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

Currently following random folks I come across here who are interested in Libraries, Library stuff, Rochester NY, the NY Mets, and sharing hot takes in general.

I started playing with Twitter in 2006 and began using it in earnest in 2007. Had lots of fun and made great, lasting connections. Reduced use in 2021/22 because it was getting gross. Stopped entirely in 2023. Now I'm scrubbing the whole thing.

My list of good library and literary related podcasts has just been updated with the great Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social by @johnmitchinson.bsky.social and @iammilliam.bsky.social - check it out 📚🎙️ christianlauersen.net/2019/02/11/t...

Congratulations to Victor Quintana — a local teen who is the third-ranked Mario Kart player in the world! Join us in wishing him good luck as he prepares for an upcoming international competition. 👏