Jax Shirley

This is what not giving up looks like.

Defend the Internet Archive. Protect the Wayback Machine. Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit. Sign our open letter on change.org

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

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From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts Frankenstein was the monster’s name.   There’s no such thing as climate change.   A solero is a type of hat.   The planet is not round but flat.      Six is the legal drinking age.   Women get paid an equal wage.   Elvis once sang in Take That.   The planet is not round but flat.      Achilles had a dodgy knee.   Terror comes from refugees.   Insomnia affects most cats.   The planet is not round but flat.      The president’s above the law. Russia did not start the war. It’s impossible to change a fact.   The planet is not round but flat.   Brian Bilston

Here’s a poem called ‘From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts’.

No amount of executive orders can make us cease to exist.

Libraries are great for the books, sure, but it's also nice to have a quiet and safe space to sit and think- a place where no one is trying to sell you anything.

Good morning. I LOVE MY LOCAL LIBRARY 📚🥰

Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!

Public libraries are cool and badass

Support your local library, go there. Engage in your community and see what activities they have.

Libraries are awesome.

Yay! Go Jules!!! 💛

Me: gets bored watching a single episode of a tv show
Also me: will listen to an 8hr audiobook in one sitting

Definitely adding it to my list!

that book cover is ✨beautiful✨

LIBRARIES ARE HOT

MISINFORMATION IS NOT

Remember you can make a difference!

Get a library card—even if you don’t plan to use it. Your registration helps secure funding for libraries, keeping them open and thriving for the entire community. Every card counts!

Being sick :(
More time to lay in bed and read books :)

Out: Banning books ❌
In: Reading banned books 📖

Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded

*Steps on to archivist soapbox, taps microphone*

The biggest lie you can tell yourself is "I'll remember."

No. You won't.

Write down/add metadata about who/what/where/when. Put a year on EVERYTHING.

Now is a great time to group project this with family!

Nothing like getting some ho-ho-homophobia for Christmas

If you need a New Year’s resolution, one idea is getting a library card! Venturing into your local library and checking out books to your heart’s content is magical, and the Libby app is the cherry on top. 💫

#booksky

go get a library card

New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

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We love to see it! Let’s gooo

Goes to a new town to visit my girlfriend
Also me: where the library at though 👉👈

This account is a staunch supporter of your local public library. USE IT.

When you listen to an audiobook you’re reading a book. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Yknow what makes a great Christmas gift? Banned books.

Do you ever just read a book and remember what joy feels like?