Karla with a K

I feel for Jersey voters who don't have a good choice here. Ciattarelli is evil, and Sherrill is a terrible candidate. She's done zero outreach to the Black communities in Jersey.

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.

One of the largest distributors of print books for libraries is shutting down causing major issues for libraries.

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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

Resharing this! We haven't gotten much by way of groceries so if you can donate, please do.

Just donated! And my employer double matches so more is coming 🙂

Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify

#CancelSpotify.

indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

Genuinely the most shocking realisation of my adult life is how dramatically those of us who enjoy thinking are outnumbered by those who find it wholly unpleasant and worth significant cost and effort to avoid.

The sanitation workers in my area don't always dump the trash in a can into the truck-- they often just pull the bags out of the can. If there is loose trash (like a dog bag or a coffee cup) in a can they sometimes leave it. The sanitation workers don't like handling loose dogs bags either!!

I've taken to calling AI the Asshole Intruder, which helps a little bit

Maya. Walks are nice this time of year.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Apologies for the typo!

😊 just trying to be a helpful librarian

Digital collections from libraries are great for this!! Just did a search on dpla.org and found 80+ images of delivery vehicles from the 1950s. Folks, support and use your libraries and archives!

Almost everything I've seen about implementing AI in archives feels as though it was written in a world with neither archivists nor archival description

Further reducing what library and information science actually is and further reducing the meaning and value of that specific line of training and education.

"Faculty were not consulted" ... of course.

THANK YOU! I knew this setting existed, but I've never been able to find it on my own.

Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.

This ruling, which pulls significantly from the May ruling from the Fifth Circuit, says that you as a taxpayer have no First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections or access to library materials.

You are losing your rights. You should care about this.

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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement The staircase was originally acquired due to its craftsmanship. Only later did scholars realize that it was where Harriet Jacobs suffered abuse at the hands of her enslaver.

A staircase from a 19th-century South Carolina enslaver’s house was preserved for its beauty – but is a powerful witness to the story of slave Harriet Jacobs, who wrote a narrative of her captivity.

It’s the type of #history some hope to exclude from America’s museums.

This is absolutely heartbreaking. This man should not have been murdered. His children should still have a father. His wife should not have to tell people her trauma.

This government is committing war crimes.

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look' The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

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I need you to read this thread to understand why so many historians are revolted by this regime's crimes against the past

Happy Neko Case album release day to all that celebrate!!! 💃

The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.

This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”

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