We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

If you are a journo covering the GOP budget and want to talk to people with medically complex kids who count on Medicaid to stay alive and in their communities, I have a trenchcoat of sources for you from all over the country, just drop me a line!

sesmith at realsesmith dot com

I don’t know if we should celebrate Broadway’s most financially lucrative year yet when you’re charging those prices for Othello. #TonyAwards

Would have been a fun bit to have Jeremy Jordan get trapped under the stage at the start of the show and just check in with him periodically. #TonyAwards

They better not forget to include the Kennedy Center in the in memoriam. #TonyAwards #Tonys2025

PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...

action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025

Show Up For Our Libraries - Tell Your Story Please share a story about how libraries have a positive impact in YOUR community. This might be a story about you or your family, or about other library users who have benefitted from the library&...

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Here's the email I sent if anyone wants a script: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#LibrarySky #LCSH

Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).

Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚

On the first day of RFK Jr: 5200 HHS workers got fired; the director and much of the staff of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) got fired. At the NIH directors learned of the imminent firings - about 1500 people. At the CDC 1300 people are about to be fired.

As a result...

Most of the people reading this have a sense of how bad things are right now.

So for encouragement, here's a thread with examples of folks fighting back.

There is a new spill canvas song out and it sounds exactly the same as when I was in high school

Open Letter to IDEAL 2024 Conference We, the #CripLib community – a community of library workers with disabilities who are dedicated to advocating for disability accessibility among information professionals – were excited to see the ann...

Hello #CripLib members and supporters!

Those of us on the #CripLib discord have drafted an open letter to the IDEAL Conference Planning team to express our concerns about the lack of accessibility.

If you're a library person and want to sign on in support please do!

I’ve just finished posting the transcript for today’s episode. Even if you’re not a podcast listener, I hope you take the time to read the words of our listeners in Gaza, and the beautiful and difficult conversation they prompted. I’ll post some below

www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/...

Hey you, I love you, and I don’t want you to get covid (again) for the love of everything, please do what you can to stop infecting yourself with this virus

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"Learning to live with COVID" means upgrading air quality, now This level of illness is unsustainable. Fortunately, basic measures can drastically reduce viral spread.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/learning-t...

My wife is not interested in Good Burger 2 and I'm rethinking some choices

There should be a word for when your feet are cold but you can't stand the feeling of socks

Library Worklife wants to know what you're doing to feel rejuvenated now that the pandemic is over.
You can fill out the survey to let them know we're still in a global pandemic!

IT'S A THIRST TRAP

Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities
by Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, Amelia Anderson, Heather Crozier, Samantha Peter
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