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My body has decided to be tired when I'm sitting up and WIDE AWAKE when I'm laying down. Fun!

a rare crossover event:

1) bring back shame
2) I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

everyone! Cars are expensive and people watching is fun!

The other day I saw a guy sweeping leaves with a BROOM so all you leaf blowing mfers are on NOTICE

🙏🏻

Another birthday gift to me [It's on Sunday] would be if many of you decided to learn about your library boards and Friends of the Library groups.

*10/15/2025 noncooperation thread*

Closing the thread out w/ this, which is *exactly* the kind of thing suggested in the WWII Simple Sabotage Field Manual (www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184...) (& not unlike boycotting Target).

We can't do everything—but we can gum up their mechanisms of funding!
9/9

OUT NOW ❤️‍🔥The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities by Dorothy Berry is now available: www.weherespace.org. The first 50 copies sold will be signed.

Earlier today I was listening to one of the hosts from Here and Now repeatedly ask a resident from Southeast Chicago whether throwing rocks at ICE was justified. And finally she just said, "They invaded our community. They have machine guns."

I was dreaming about an amazing race sitch but it was a bunch of academics (stress nightmare not fun/cool) so now I'm awake 2 hours too soon. Even reading isn't appetizing when I want to be asleep but am not

Exploring AI uses in archives and special collections: Integration, entities, and addressing need - Hanging Together Learn how archives and special collections are exploring using AI responsibly to meet accessibility requirements and improve access to unique resources.

I have read through the new OCLC blog post about AI in archives (hangingtogether.org/exploring-ai...) and liveblogged my response over on Mastodon.

Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.

Some highlights:

EVERY BOOK BANNED FROM THE READING BOWL HAS BEEN RESTORED!!!!!

The kids will be able to read and compete over all 20 books. Raising the issue made a difference. Teen advocates made a difference.

docs.google.com/document/u/0...

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Brown rejects the compact!

President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters

that they left em masse, at least, seems like a good sign

Preach

I'm not commenting on scotus today because I have to focus on one dumpster fire at a time so as not to have a heart attack in my 30s. I will just say, today is a great day to learn more about Reconstruction. I'll keep recommending Black Reconstruction as one of my favorite books on the period.

The thing about these guys is they're awful. And while there's always a subset of humans that are awful, the question to ask is why do they keep getting access to power

Pleased that past me did all the hardest parts so I can entertain tomorrow and rest after a long travel day tonight 🙏🏻

I should be practicing for a conference presentation but - in 2025?

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

LittleSis have dropped a new report and data visualization about the billionaires and corporations profiting from the deportation industrial complex:

littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

Damn, Ensure??
Also 👀: "Compounding the problem is the exploding popularity of protein-fortified foods, snacks, and beverages, which are designed to supplant conventional foods in American diets but are frequently made with the same problematic ingredients as the supplements."

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

super smart to share your sexual fantasies with technofascists in a country too corrupt to pass a baseline internet privacy law

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

✊🏾 RIP www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

LibraryPAC is proud to endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for mayor of New York City. He understands the role libraries play in civic life and is committed to .05% baseline funding. That would transform our city!

librarypac.nyc/endorsements...

If Keira really wasn't aware, then she needs to fire her team because they absolutely suck at their job. But also, I don't buy for a second that she didn't know. JKR being terrible is not a little known fact. She's put her face at the forefront of TERF legislation in the UK.

lol

Ugh this is extremely shitty