🫥 Schrödinger's Librarian🌒🌕🌘

I've been referring to #Pluribus as PlurONEbus thanks to @boarsgoreswords.bsky.social and honestly I kinda like it better.

This guy needs transport from Solano County to LA County (Suisun to Palmdale, CA) if anyone has ideas for getting him there before Monday. His chances of survival are best if he goes asap but I am having a baf time with my neck issues and Chewy isn’t feeling well so I want to keep an eye on him.

“Come See Me in the Good Light” conveys poet and queer activist Andrea Gibson’s courageous acceptance of impending death while living with terminal ovarian cancer and captures how Gibson made the most of their time left with partner Megan Falley. https://wapo.st/43FAgj7

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

everybody in chicago look for this cat please

In Wynter’s honor we are going to sponsor the adoption fees of 12 dogs over the next year. 1 a month alternating between Loudoun County Animal Services and Homeward Bound NJ. In all likelihood we will continue this each year. 🩷

Protest changes the permission structure. It says fascists will not be allowed to proceed unencumbered. And if you didn't think there was anything to be done, a protest shows you many think otherwise.

@apscuf.org

#HandsOff #Harrisburg #APSCUF

From my aunt in Indianapolis—a massive gatherings in the red states too!

📢 On April 5, we’re joining hundreds of thousands across the country to say: Hands off!

Hands off our Social Security. Hands off our services. Hands off our democracy.

AFT members will be in the streets this Saturday—will you join us? Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.

When I said 10 years ago that we didn’t need to fear intelligent AI nearly as much as we need to fear dumb AI used by people who think it’s smart, I was really hoping to be wrong but now none of us can retire because AI is bad at math

Started listening to "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by T.J. Klune (follow-up to "The House in the Cerulean Sea") this morning, absolutely sobbed through the introduction. Now Chapter 5 is getting me again. If you care about human rights or civil rights AT ALL and haven't read these books you should.

This is absolutely sickening

This is a great story about exactly why you don't want to end no fault divorce and financial independence for women

We have to do this differently this time around, and one of the ways I hope that we do that is by collectively understanding that people can care about two things at once (or even, gasp, MORE than two things)

especially while people are out there banning books: TALK ABOUT BOOKS!

Trump administration takes away life-saving HIV prevention medications from vulnerable LGBTQ+ people worldwide According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.

The Trump administration has launched yet another calculated attack on LGBTQ+ lives—this time by withholding access to pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP under the longstanding President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

ConsulApp Contigo: Mexico’s New App to Help Nationals Navigate U.S. Immigration ConsulApp Contigo is Mexico’s digital lifeline for nationals navigating U.S. immigration threats.

Mexico has launched an app for Mexican nationals in the U.S. (legally or no) that has an emergency button you can tap to alert the closest consulate if something happens or you feel in danger from immigration. Please share.

We Keep Our Histories Safe. Emergency Response Network: Help Save Southern LGBTQ Histories

If your Southern university/institution holds LGBTQ and related archives and collections and they become at risk of inaccessibility, censorship, or destruction, please reach out to us. We have developed a long term loan program to keep the materials until it becomes safe to return them.

State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis) released the following statement: “The active intervention to end or attack anything in the budget that gives state dollars to people of color is sickening. I won’t mince my words: It’s racist. Black Hoosiers and other minorities pay taxes, so we deserve to benefit from the state budget as much as our white counterparts.

“Martin University is Indiana’s only predominately Black institution. The only reason why it’s not an official HBCU is because it’s relatively young. Now they will receive zero state dollars, which is a complete cut from 2023. He also cut the College Success Program, which encourages minority and first-generation, low-income students to attend college. That means a total of $10 million in support for minority students has been eliminated."

Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, but for those of us in higher education, it's worth paying attention to what is (and has been) going on. Take the Governor's new budget, which cut all of the $10M previously allocated to Martin University, the only predominantly Black school in the state.

Make no mistake: this is not enough! We need a FULL exemption for all VA positions, so they can hire the people they need NOW. And we won’t rest till they get it.

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Some of the most important abortion research people in the universe are here, @ansirh.bsky.social is a must follow if you care about repro issues

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Not engaging with the MAGA circus today, instead watching #WhatWeLeftBehind w/ @saraphxiii.bsky.social

British Children’s Literature in Japanese Culture Whether watching Studio Ghibli adaptations of British children’s books, visiting Harry Potter sites in Britain or eating at Alice in Wonderland-themed restaurants in Tokyo, the Japanese have a close a...

No StudioGhibli or Miyazaki fan or scholar will want to miss this excellent book, which is both academically impeccable and very readable.Attend the London book launch and get a 40% discount on cover price and author signature if you book soon! Tickets here, free to book: dajf.org.uk/event/britis...

Joy and spite!

DICTATORS FREE THEMSELVES BUT THEY ENSLAVE THE PEOPLE

Should the Archivist publish the ERA in the Federal Register?

Sure. Yes, absolutely.

Does her inaction make it not-part of the Constitution?

No, absolutely not.

The Constitution gives no such power to a random, unelected librarian. Not even close.

🙅🏻‍♀️🚫

In the words of @tribelaw.bsky.social & Professor Kathleen Sullivan:

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There’s a lot of confusion over Biden’s #era announcement and what it actually means—including whether action from the National Archivist is needed. One interesting take I just got is that Biden has actually usurped the archivist and given the required notice to the states himself. So it’s done.