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Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

I heard Subway was hiring too...

Dear @nytimes,

It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.

Sincerely,

An actual educator

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.  

Longtime Pentagon reporters refused to accept new restrictions on their work. The news outlets that have arrived to replace them may not tell the truth, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. “More important, they will produce confusion.”

Yeah, you also wanted to win your swimming race but you fucking failed at that too, so maybe go home and reconsider your life choices.

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And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

Imagine building an entire adult personality around "I finished fifth in a college swimming championship three years ago and I'm still furious I didn't get to be fourth. Therefore, a congresswoman must debate me."

It's just a turducken of loser shit.

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I’ve used Spotify since it came to the US— no longer 👋

To be sure, it’s long overdue.

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

Food pantry director: our pantries receive USDA food. That food is down 30-50%. So pantries are receiving less food, and the need continues to grow.

Hey academic #LibraryWorkers: Join us next week (11/5 at 4pmPT) for another Library Workers Organizing Meeting & Strategy Session hosted byt @higheredlabor.bsky.social us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Let's collectively fight for better libraries!

Whoa. Decadence ✨

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 Our project, Linked Open Profiles, is a WordPress plugin designed to display ORCID profile data directly on websites. With ORCID Global Participation Fund (GPF) support, we moved the tool from a proto...

Our team developed an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you pull in items from your ORCID profile and display them on your site. Very cool!

Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...

Why isn’t it a crime to refuse to pay people enough to live?

If you’re villainizing people for earning low wages, and you ignore the CEOs who created this environment, may you some day come to know: hell is hot.

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people? Does anyone work anymore?"

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

The nightmare isn’t even what’s unfolding: the nightmare is the normalization, the expectation, that anyone can or should thrive in these moments.

Deep breaths.

usual, and some of our cities are under siege, people are being disappeared from the streets, and we’re supposed to concentrate and be productive, and all I know is that my heart isn’t built for this kind of dichotomy. There is no scenario where I am able to wellness my way out of this nightmare.

understand how we’ve arrived at this place where it seems reasonable that people should starve, or go without healthcare, or even affordable healthcare. I get that ‘cruelty is the point’ rhetoric, but my brain can’t make sense of it. We’re moving through our days, going to meetings, business as,

this unfold. It’s a slow motion heartbreak. I saw a post somewhere about how, if we can, folks could buy groceries for a family this month to try and help avoid tragedy, and if as many of us as possible do this, it’s at least some help. I think we’ll be able to do that this month, but I just don’t,

It’s getting cold here in ME, and it is gutting to know that SNAP benefits won’t be available for folks in November. These upcoming winter months are expensive; heat is expensive, cars and tires that allow folks to drive in snow are expensive, everything is expensive! It’s maddening to watch,

“More than 41 million depend on the monthly payments, according to the USDA. In some states, like New Mexico, dependence on the program is as high as 21% of residents, it said.”

I hadn’t spent a lot of time with this book until today; I really enjoy it. Establishing a writing practice has been something I’ve worked on this year, and this book is full of lots of thoughtful advice, chapters end with practices and tasks, and there are even playlists!

atlantic article screenshot headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight by yasmin tayag

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

Dr. Stephanie Evans Faculty Workshop Writing as a Regenerative Practice Dr. Evans is a Professor of Black Women's Studies; faculty in the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and affiliate faculty in the Department of Africana Studies at Georgia State University. Her newest work is Black Feminist Writing: A Practical Guide to Publishing Academic Books.

Really looking forward to attending this workshop today —

“He’s a builder at heart… clearly”

Show me the east wing.

THIS!