Kate

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

What better day to launch a Bluesky account than our birthday? We turn 225 today! 🎂 🥳 Here's a brief summary of the Library's history, courtesy of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress.
www.loc.gov/about/histor...

Also shout out to Archer’s Thread for my Kennedy Center OOTN.

@guster.bsky.social fans brought a message to the Kennedy Center for this past weekend’s show with the National Symphony Orchestra.

Ok but if I WERE a millionaire my first order of business would be another 100 seasons of #SomebodySomewhere

We’re moving approximately 20 minutes away from Patterson Park but you’d think it was 20 light years based on how dramatic I’m going to be about it.

Arguably the most complicated design my brain could come up with but not too shabby for my first attempt at block printing! #PattersonPark #Baltimore

The (subjectively) good news is you can follow the #WorldHealthOrganization here on Bluesky. @who.int

Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire. Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.

We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn

Love a #fridayreads thread! What is the Bluesky version of Booktok or Bookstagram? #Booksky?

Currently in the middle of The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin and completely enthralled.