Watch THE LIBRARIANS, Feb 9, on PBS Independent Lens. Check local listings. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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Watch THE LIBRARIANS, Feb 9, on PBS Independent Lens. Check local listings. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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As Congress prepares to strip health insurance from millions of Americans it bears mentioning that members of Congress receive the most exclusive concierge medical care in the country.
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“[Oregon’s] new law prohibits removing and banning books from school libraries for reasons exclusively based on the fact that their content includes a protected class.”
Fund school libraries and staff them with trained, licensed librarians.
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Denver crowd was estimated at 30,000 people, with fences around the event surrounded by spectators as well.
“…The whole world is watching, and they want to know if the people of America are going to stand up to Trumpism, oligarchy and authoritarianism.”
coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/21/c...
Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
Attn to all my school librarian mutuals. Please get this info to your students who are aspiring writers. Virtual and scholarships available.
Logo of the School Library Research Journal from the American Association of School Librarians, displayed over an image of stacked magazines.
“Editorial Board members play a critical role in shaping the journal’s direction by identifying emerging research and key findings that impact school libraries." Apply to serve today. More information available at: engage.aasl.org/slr
Why is Trump waging a war on the Department of Education?
Because he knows that his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations of learners who are unafraid to speak truth to power.
Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
Libraries need your support!
Take action to support libraries at buff.ly/41eAGMI!
Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
My mom, 1988:
Making the same points almost 40 years ago that we’re still fighting for today: www.c-span.org/program/publ...
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
I love this idea, and now I want to knit one.
I just learned that Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. An alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform (and yes it's really easy to transfer your lists from Goodreads to StoryGraph). You know, while we're moving things.
a banger not sung in English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztR...
may contain throat singing and bagpipes and a bassline that is eerily familiar
