Facing a mental health crisis, an NJ school pulled a beloved novel from English class Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was removed from an English class at the public school. PEN America says it's part of a trend of scrubbing literature dealing with uncomfortable topic...

www.npr.org/2026/02/20/n...

PEN America what we've seen in this book ban crisis is the creep to ban anything that makes people uncomfortable. Now, we have many books that have been removed that talk about grief, about death, substance abuse, about suicide." #bookban #southorange #maplewood

Gallery of dust jacket art for the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories books, published in 1930.

Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.

Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...

I want to laugh at it but sadly it’s true.

Freedom to Read New Mexico. Ask Governor Lujan Grisham to Put Libraries and Free Speech on the Legislative Agenda!

For the first time, New Mexico is considering bills to protect the freedom to read in all libraries. Join the Freedom to Read New Mexico coalition in asking the Governor to add them to the 2026 short‑session agenda: https://www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/put_libraries_readers_on_agenda

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.

2026 ALA Youth Media Awards live from Chicago! ALA150, American Library Association, Monday, January 26, 10:00 AM CT. ala.unikron.com

The kidlit event of the year is almost here. Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and so many more. Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.

#ALAyma
#ALA150
#ForOurLibraries
📚💙

Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?

"A.I. is generating new ideas or not — and whether it may one day do better work than human researchers — it is already becoming a powerful tool when placed in the hands of smart and experienced scientists" #AI #math #research www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/t...

For those who help the poor, 2025 goes down as a year of chaos Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.

www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n... #foodbanks #antipoverty #headstart

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/b...

If the holidays are hard, here are some reminders for you. ❤️

Lesson from @netflix #truecrime docs is: Do not go missing in a foreign country, or get tangled up in a legal system. Current Police, Fire, Law example: 🇲🇨 Monaco in #MurderinMonaco (yes 🇺🇸 plenty to see too)

Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.

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#MAID
physicians can consult patients on making deeply personal decisions with authority, autonomy, and empathy,

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.

Sen. Andy Kim gets disgraceful welcome in Trenton • New Jersey Monitor State Sen. James Beach showed no graciousness to fellow Democrat U.S. Sen. Andy Kim at the Statehouse on Monday.

newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/02/a...

Reading The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr- just came to the pseudo @karaswisher.bsky.social -
“interviewed on stage by the tech journalist Keri Bite. It had been the usual Bite grilling: lots of finger wagging about loopholes & demanding to know when StoicAI was going to fix”

Me: soon as World News Tonight comes on
“How many millions are affected”?
It’s the number one thing copywriters there love to do.
IYKYK
#davidmuir #worldnewstonightABC

X-ray tables, hidden cameras: The tech in rigged poker games linked to the mob and the NBA More than 30 people were indicted on charges related to rigged, high-dollar poker games that allegedly involved NBA stars and organized crime families,

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Woah.

A photo worth a thousand words: Taliban minister meets with women journalists in India - BBC News
#gender #afghanistan

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Cool if you could opt out of political commercials or texts because you already #votedbymail

The Tragic Death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez Podcast Episode · Real Crime Profile · 10/08/2025 · 29m

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Celeste D4vd

Text graphic that reads: "FCC's plans to kill new federal hotspot lending rule are one more tactic to limit access to information." Bottom includes "Show Up For Our Libraries" graphic and American Library Association logo.

NEW: the FCC has added two last-minute agenda items—the Hotspot Lending Program and School Bus Wi-Fi—to its September 30 meeting. The Commission is expected to overturn the programs, despite the proven impact of hotspots and existing funding through the federal E-Rate program.

Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, CMS Director Mehmet Oz, and FDA Director Marty Makary silently flanked the president — complicit in his unscientific claims and pseudoscience agenda.

We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.

The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.

Libraries are public health hubs The roots of community health and wellness extend out into the 9,000 or so public libraries across the U.S., writes Katherine O'Malley. But the Trump administration has moved to end federal funding fo...

Libraries are centers of access to information & beyond. Supporting public health & access to healthcare information is a vital way many libraries show up for their patrons: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Tell Congress we need MORE support for libraries, not less: ala.org/fundlibraries #FundLibraries

Whew. 15 min break. Let's recap:

> CDC officials learned of Covid vaccine recommendation change via X post
> RFK Jr. can't show scientific evidence for changing childhood vax schedule
> RFK Jr. gets no briefing from agency public health experts
> CDC officials "very nervous" about new ACIP

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Robert Redford across my entire life of movies - admired his environmentalism and creation of Sundance for indie real creators. And being so easy on the eyes 👀

People of Jersey gotcha back

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

To rock a rhyme that’s right on time