Iron Librarian

screenshot of the Chicago Public Library "Ask a librarian" page, with a form to submit questions, a box that says Call (312) 747-4300 to talk with a librarian: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and a box that says "Chat is offline, Chat is available 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday Email us your question."

so much closer, i definitely can't summon

"Oh dear, you have to go out in the world and talk to people, like you're missing out on so much there"
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Trump’s DHS Nominee Made Profitable Stock Purchases Days Before US Military Strikes As a member of a key Senate committee, Mullin was privy to information regarding planned military actions.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin — Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security — profited from stocks in oil and security companies that he invested in just days before U.S. military strikes in Venezuela and Iran.

Please use your local library. It's full of books, DVDs, CDs, games, toys, puzzles and even possibly a library of things or a 3d printer.

Wonderful things await you at the library

Probably a bit hard to let people flash bang and tear gas and point live rounds in civilians faces and then tell them oops no more, but sure.

Shorter: Rep. Jaime Andrade is flat out lying.

Everyone needs to be talking about this.

The approximate cause of death for Anne Frank was the Nazis. The specific cause of death was the outbreak of Typhus at Bergen-Belsen camp, which overtook her (and others) from chronic malnutrition and medical abuse. These conditions are not, in character, unlike our system of immigration camps today

Cover of the day

Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago—Even After Judge Said To Stop An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.

In November, a group of fantastic reporters published our OSINT investigation that found feds used tear gas and chemical agents dozens of times after a judge ordered them to stop southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Big W from Tish James here.

Infographic about how books are published, sold, and enter the school library. Available at: tinyurl.com/how-books-2026

Remember my infographic about How Books Enter the Library? In this new version, I’ve added an annotated summary of Kelly Jensen’s “Books Don’t Just Appear on the Shelves.” Use this mashup to help folks understand how the claim of porn in school libraries makes no sense. tinyurl.com/how-books-2026

The NYT style guide

Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, sitting alone on the surface of Mars.

It is 1991. I am 15 years old. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.

It is 2003. I am 27 years old. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.

It is 2026. I'm too old for this shit. The US has gone to war in the Middle East.

Would like to politely suggest the reason @axios.com’s story is littered with errors is because it is based on anonymous quotes from administration offficials and not actual, factual reporting.

Please subscribe to my @ghost.org for real reporting on DHS/ICE flights! gillianbrockell.ghost.io

Why Is The Cook County State's Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters? A Block Club investigation found dozens of protesters arrested by state police are still facing criminal charges for minor infractions, such as sitting on a concrete barrier — even after Gov. JB Pritz...

Why Is The Cook County State’s Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters?

A @blockclubchi.bsky.social investigation by Mina Bloom: blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/w...

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

U.S. Nonprofit Libraries Forced to End Passport Services. Can They… Starting Feb. 13, you won't be able to apply for a U.S. passport at nonprofit public libraries—unless a bipartisan effort to extend the deadline succeeds.

Marco Rubio made it so you can't renew your passport at the library any more, very annoying! www.frommers.com/tips/news/li...

Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh

ABSOLUTELY AGREE 💯%.......

[LIVESTREAM] People's State of the Union · MoveOn At the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and t...

#ResistanceUnited #ONEV1 #Pinks #ProudBlue
Don't give Trump the viewership to brag about. Boycott Trump's SOTU. Our favorites will watch & give us a post by post breakdown.
Instead of watching Trump's SOTU and the ear pain of hearing his voice, watch
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Cries in Chicago

I am proud to support a progressive champion like Miguel Alvelo-Rivera because he has been on the ground with me doing Rapid Response and organizing to protect our communities.

If we're going to tax the rich and stand up to fascism, I need another unapologetic colleague in the General Assembly.

I have been saying that these ICE thugs look and operate like nothing so much as the paramilitary death squads in the Southern Cone countries in the 1970s and 1980s, who disappeared people and adopted out their children, and HERE WE ARE. 🥚

Held for no reason in a detention center for six weeks — for no reason — and even after signing self-deportation papers.

Based on comments from agents and guards, Newton says she was imprisoned so ICE agents could collect incentive bonuses.

#28 in Urquilla-Ramos v. Trump (S.D.W. Va, 2:26-cv-00066) – CourtListener.com MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; directing Petitioner be released immediately; Respondents are PROHIBITED from re-arresting and detaining Petitioner absent...

Seriously, read the whole thing:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Page 34: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct."

This "guerilla dance" outside the Kennedy Center has gotten a lot of deserved attention, tho not much is known about those involved. Here's the video & more on the troop, which includes Broadway dancers from HAMILTON & performers from the Kennedy Center.

www.elisbergindustries.com/blog/the-pow...