Today is Thursday, March 12
Good lunchtime ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
All you fascists bound to lose ✊
This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative
1. The bass riff in The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There"
2. Grilled figs wrapped in prosciutto
3. Chickadees
Blockity block block block
A two panel comic of Loki from A Bad God's Guide to Being Good. In the first panel he's looking breezy and innocent and holding up a book. He's saying, "I think it's great that children read prose novels." In the second panel, he's looking more mischievous and saying, "It's a perfectly GATEWAY to comics."
Let's kill "comics are a gateway to reading" dead please?
So, it looks like there's nobody in the room listening to you?
Pitch an unnecessary sequel
Sinners 2: Disco Stack
Feels to me like whoever runs on "I am going to put into prison every single person currently in power in government, business, or law enforcement" has a decent chance at 500 electoral votes.
Is your stoat stunned?
Groovy, a new Sincere Engineer track. Video looks like it was done on the Northshore Channel Trail in Skokie ...
youtu.be/vneOOksj0ns?...
I am now feeling an overwhelming desire to go to manatee space.
Skeletor stands in a dark cavern, elbows ben, arms raised in victory as he looks up. Caption reads: I am worth it, every single day.
#DailySkeletor #affirmation
Sorcerer 2: The Rental Truck Is Due Back Monday Morning
How have women on the margins of urban society used tattoos as a form of self-expression?
@nastashasartore.bsky.social considers the cultural significance of tattooing in Victorian Britain.
the important thing i think is that they get comfortable now with living in federal facilities
I wish the museum shop sold the Cambrian sea video on blu-ray. 🙁
I am sorry www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdg...
Is his makeup being done by Rick Baker now?
"You regularly listen to 'Bosses Hang' by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. We have contacted your employer's HR department."
ALA 2026 elections banner
Publications Year Citation 2023 Noe, M., Wright, A., & Barrette, M. (2023). Answering the Call: ALA GNCRT Responds to Surging Challenges to Comics. In S. Oltmann (Ed.), The Fight Against Book Bans: Perspectives from the Field (pp. 115 - 124). New York, NY: Bloomsbury. 2024 Noe, M. (2024). Thinking about Socioeconomic Background in Librarianship. Journal of Library Administration, 64(2), 252–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2305077 2025 Monnier, R., Noe, M., & Gibson, E. (2025). AI in Academic Libraries, Part One: Concerns and Commodification. College & Research Libraries News, 86(4), 173. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.86.4.173 Statement We are living in an era where "unprecedented" is commonplace - in politics, the environment, and yes, in our libraries and organizations. I believe that these stresses require us to both stabilize our foundations (core values, ethics, and beliefs) and to imagine other ways of serving our mission and of different worlds. ALA should, and can, serve as a rallying place for library workers, for the missions of our libraries. We can do this by inviting more member involvement and not just through committee work, but through listening sessions and community building events throughout the year. I seek election to Council so that I can offer a voice for strong, values driven policies, to be someone members can come to and share their concerns, and to ensure that we don't lose ourselves to hype and capital driven technology that threatens our labor, our communities wellbeing, and our environment.
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social elections are here!
ALA members, check your email for your ballot.
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I am running for ALA Councilor at Large. I'd be honored to receive your vote. See a screenshot of my candidate bio statement here; I'm happy to find time to chat if you'd like to know more. 📚
Patti Mayonnaise has gone bad.
My hand holding an "I voted" sticker in front of an American flag, under a completely cloudy sky.
If only voting early would magically turn off all campaign ads.
Skeletor stands in front of a jagged icy blue wall. His left hand is positioned in a dismissive gesture. Caption reads: I am an amazing person.
#DailySkeletor #affirmation
The end point of this logic of "offend no one" is a library that looks like the offices in Severance
White walls
White floors
White books
Welcoming to no one
Meaningless
Therefore safe to defund and eliminate
A brown tanuki mascot In a straw hat sits in a deck chair on a lawn. He is holding a fan with one hand and waving to the camera with the other.
Takumi Ponzan, the mascot for the town of Shigaraki, in Shiga Prefecture, is a ceramics craftsman tanuki (raccoon dog) with large, pendulous testicles.
Everything the Emperor does is 100% legal so it makes sense not even to say he needs to be impeached.
Deeply disappointed in @thetriibe.com for refusing to respect its workers’ wishes to unionize and for this alleged act of retaliation against @corli.thetriibe.com I support the workers
Bee Gees, "Tragedy"
One of my favorite books from the past decade.
