And for the lady, perhaps audiobooks that support indie bookstores instead of mega corporations doing questionable things.
My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...
Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe
Solidarity with American Library Association staff!
Without these folks hard work, nothing at ALA gets done.
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call for chapter proposals - Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inquiries into Conceptual Challenges and Concerns from Bloomsbury Publishers
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
JJ Pionke interviews @drsamischalk.bsky.social about her book Black Disability Politics, her creative process, her teaching, and her current research on pleasure activism.
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Do you know someone who's done great work for social justice in libraries? Submit their name for the Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality (deadline March 2nd). airtable.com/appoik78pOkA... The award is $4,000!!! 📚
Americans have seen, fought, & defeated this dehumanization before.
Here's a link to the SPLC, where you can learn more about both slavery and abolition.
(Yes, the abhorrent claims that enslaving other humans is necessary or merely acceptable have always been accompanied by abolition movements!)
4 hours left to submit - deadline is 5pm eastern
I've seen reddit theories that the whole point of the new regulations were to make it easier for AI to use the internet. Based on timing of the ADA push/long standing WCAG rules I doubt that's the origin but I'm also sure it's a plus for the new admin
Wishing you plenty of rest and as minimal symptoms as possible!
unfortunately evergreen
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
This reminds me of that anti-DEI article in C&RL which said larger social justice issues had nothing to do with libraries
this thread is a better close read than you’ll find in any media outlet today
Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh, has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our community, and her friends and loved ones.
www.thrivelib.com/news/honoring-fobazi-ettarh
It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit.
Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
The update here left me weepy with how full of love it is. If you can help with end of life expenses, here's where and how.
I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚
JJ Pionke interviews @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, and why we keep fighting for progress.
ICE operates without accountability. More funding is a blank check to continue the disastrous and deadly actions we've seen in Minnesota, including reported violence against people with disabilities. Join us in telling the Senate: no more tax dollars for ICE and CBP! act.nilc.org/page/93101
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At the very least, Congress must disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits, and slash its funding. The Senate has the chance to rein in ICE this week.
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
The DHS funding bill can’t pass the Senate without Democratic votes.
Our senators can’t vote to give Trump’s secret police more money to kill innocent people, terrorize our communities, and violate our rights.
Demand that your senators vote later this week to rein in ICE and CBP death squads.
Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
"...we call upon our city and state leaders to consider this specific risk — among many others — as ICE continues to perpetuate harm through a range of deeply concerning interactions with diverse members of our community." ausm.org/news/stateme...
