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
11.03.2026 14:47
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"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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11.03.2026 17:36
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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.
11.03.2026 15:57
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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
11.03.2026 14:16
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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.
11.03.2026 00:55
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Shorter: Rep. Jaime Andrade is flat out lying.
09.03.2026 15:45
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Everyone needs to be talking about this.
06.03.2026 03:39
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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
03.03.2026 18:39
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Cover of the day
03.03.2026 23:56
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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
03.03.2026 17:13
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Big W from Tish James here.
03.03.2026 12:14
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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
02.03.2026 15:58
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The NYT style guide
02.03.2026 04:09
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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.
28.02.2026 16:16
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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
28.02.2026 16:24
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
23.02.2026 13:55
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27.02.2026 15:28
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Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh
25.02.2026 16:34
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ABSOLUTELY AGREE 💯%.......
25.02.2026 10:31
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[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
share.google/pNQ1p3gBfWRl...
24.02.2026 12:53
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Cries in Chicago
23.02.2026 22:45
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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.
23.02.2026 16:03
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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. 🥚
22.02.2026 17:02
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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.
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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."
21.02.2026 00:55
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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...
19.02.2026 16:45
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