The Lavender Librarian

Friends in New Hampshire should be calling the Governor. Friends in Texas leaning on their state representatives. There are good & bad bills all over the place. If you're new to engaging with government Harvard has made their course on civic engagement free online! pll.harvard.edu/course/we-pe...

This is actually their M.O. with everything. Create a crisis, then claim victory for ending it or emergency powers to deal with it.

"The GOP budget will make us into a nation governed by and for a handful of elites. This budget will:
• Increase the national debt
• Throw millions off their health care with Medicaid cuts
• Cut taxes for billionaires
• Raise costs for the poorest Americans

Hot take:
Folks are threatened by Trans people because their work to become themselves reminds us all that we can be happier as our most authentic selves

Well, that's worrying.

Love that my editor supported my seriously silly chapter sub-heading "Wiggle Our Waggles My Way." So thrilled to be working with @alaeditionsns.bsky.social on this project!

It's really hard to make videos about all of the cool science coming out all of the time.

I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency.

NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...

Just referred to the Very Hungry Caterpillar as an insatiable insect. So grateful that my editor has a sense of humour!

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

Today I called a pharmacy on behalf of a trans friend who was being misgendered while picking up her script for estrogen. They made a note to do better.

It was a small act, micro allyship, but it left her feeling loved and me feeling buoyed. Helping helps. Kind daily acts are transformative.

So, I was obsessed with The White Lotus all season. But after the finale I'm feeling let down by the whole thing. I'd been worried since the big and problematic monologue. I kept hoping that the bits of transphobia were going somewhere affirming. But I went away feeling disappointed and bored?

These fucking ghouls are now going after LIBRARIANS.

They posted this super gross slideshow from the official, federal account.

The caption reads "the era of using your taxpayer dollars to fund DEI grants is OVER."

Just petulant, pissant behavior.
Which is basically all they can ever manage.

@lavendermlis.bsky.social

The Democrats are lucky to have a politician like @aoc.bsky.social in this moment.

BREAKING: President Trump issued an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education.

This will severely hinder the federal government’s ability to meet its legal obligations laid out by Congress to protect students’ civil rights and empower them to achieve their future potential.

DOGE plans to fire 430 workers at the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service — which helps low-income and small business filers.

Meanwhile, its wider agency layoffs will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe.

See what DOGE is really about?

How to be an effective trans ally🏳️‍⚧️

Cover of SPEAK UP, SANTIAGO! by Julio Anta with art by Gabi Mendez. A boy in a blue shirt and tan shorts is crossing a street in a crosswalk. Four other children are in the crosswalk with him. One child holds a soccer ball.

In SPEAK UP, SANTIAGO! by @julioanta.bsky.social w/art by Gabi Mendez, Santi's lack of confidence about his ability to speak Spanish impacts relationships w/his abuela & his new friends. Story of identity, culture & community will resonate w/multilingual readers in similar situations. #mglit 📚👍🏻(1/2)

As a late identified autistic person I sometimes have to restrain myself from apologizing to everyone I've ever met just to be safe. Especially folks I interacted with before I knew I was Autistic.

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Send an Email to Congress We built this petition to help you let your representatives know that libraries continue to be an integral part of a healthy American community.

Signed!

Encouraging others to sign this too!

Let’s let those placed in power know that the American Public does not want this.

#SaveIMLS

action.everylibrary.org/emailreps via @everylibrary.bsky.social

You know how much you love the "magic" of ILL?

Defend it by defending IMLS.

The Hoopla app appears to be complying-in-advance with a new Oklahoma law that seeks to ban all content that Oklahoma deems obscene.

Hoopla is based in Ohio but is used by many libraries in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

If the goal is to raise children with limited literacy this is the way to make that happen. Kids read and learn more when they read what they actually enjoy. This attitude will result in children reading far, far less than they would naturally

"Another world is necessary. Another world is possible. Another world is happening." Print of this quote by Hannah Lewis, found at https://community.amplifier.org/art/another-world-is-possible/

Goodnight, dear friends.

Remember these words from the late activist Grace Lee Boggs: "Another world is necessary. Another world is possible. Another world is happening."

We're in this together, both the hard days and the good ones.

I love you.

🎯🎯🎯

@lavendermlis.bsky.social - I am enraged!!!!

OP said it's from an elementary school library they visited, for an author visit.

OH FUCK NO.

I'm sending an email, but white women, this is y'all's moment to shine. I can't think of a better reason to need to a speak to a manager.

Inside every white woman reading this is a Karen waiting to be called into action. Lock-in, dig deep, and be a Karen for democracy!

The NSA's "Big Delete" Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...

1. EXCLUSIVE

Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.

The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work