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City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

You can help! Send a letter to your city council member making this 0.5% funding demand: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

“Our city deserves a budget that both focuses on the people here and cultivates education, civic life, and recreation for children, families, and new arrivals– for the millions of people that live here creating, learning and connecting. That is what makes NYC great.”

“…But I think that, in New York City, one of the richest cities in America, and the world, our library institutions should not be regularly put on the chopping block while Wall Street brokers take home millions annually from fossil fuel destruction, AI data center expansion, and war.”

Guest Post: Hal Schrieve on the Fight to Fund NYC Libraries The Seven Stories author and librarian makes the case for prioritizing library funding

“…I understand that Mamdani’s administration may believe that this initial budget doesn’t represent their final objective, and that it is therefore okay to use libraries to parlay with Hochul–after all, every other mayor has…” sevenstories.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Reporter: What’s your message to the families of the fallen?

Trump:

(via @acyn.bsky.social)

“When we sing together, our hearts start to beat together.”

- Thomas Stark
#flowerfeed🌱

Bold black text on a pastel gradient background reads: "hands off our rights. 03/03 FEDERAL PLAZA. SOLIDARITY WITH THE KANSAS TRANS COMMUNITY. 6 P.M. 219 S. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO, IL. SHOW WE WON’T STAND FOR TRANSPHOBIC LEGISLATION.

Tuesday in Chicago - Hands OFF - Solidarity With the Kansas Trans Community

Thanks so much to the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association for volunteering with us last week!

Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons

lololol

I don't care where you as an individual choose to post. I would like you to just stop talking about it, lol.

The Israeli army has begun a wave of airstrikes on Lebanon in response to Hezbollah firing rockets towards Israel.

Iran school strike claims over 100 dead; US and Israel have not confirmed Iran says a school in Minab was hit by strikes on Saturday, killing more than 100, while Israel and the United States say they are not aware of any attack. Humanitarian groups are investigating amid airspace and access restrictions.

Iran school strike claims over 100 dead; US and Israel have not confirmed

ha!

thanks for reading

Ah I see. It's not my graphic.

sucks for you that you have no power to do anything.

it's correct. I linked to the application not the org.

The Seydou Keita exhibition @brooklynmuseum.org has been extended until May. www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/... - I really appreciated this exhibition.

It's inexplicable.

No one.

A popular distracted boyfriend meme: The boyfriend, labeled "ME," looks at a passing person labeled as Mariame Kaba's book "We Do This ‘Til We Free Us," while his girlfriend, labeled "All the unread books on my bookshelf," looks annoyed.

FedBook memories reminded me of this from 5 years ago today. I am still chuckling. Thanks to @fakepalindromed who originally shared it on Twitter. We Do This was published 5 years ago. Where has the time flown?

Texas comrades have been saying for a month that she's run a bad campaign. No strategy.

Texas senate primary (Emerson poll)

James Talarico 52%
Jasmine Crockett 47%

emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-p...

US President Donald Trump vows to avenge deaths of American troops, but says more casualties likely before Iran operation ends, adding: "That's the way it is."
Latest updates on the conflict: u.afp.com/SucM

Young Baltimore writers share their favorite literary spaces in the city CHARM (Ryan Scott, 8th grader at ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School)  CHARM, the voice of Baltimore, the voice of youth When you’re there, tasks feel complete, like the stars in the night. Work...

Something lovely in a rough day.

baltimorebeat.com/young-baltim...

#11: Porch Side Abolition New Zine: "50 Ways To Meet Your Neighbor"

A new edition of the 1 Million Experiments zine is here! It’s terrific as usual and includes a new zine which is a treasure. To jump-start neighborly relations, try one of the 50 (mostly untried) ways to meet your neighbors. Get into some Porchside Abolition. open.substack.com/pub/millione...

The shape of Iran with the words NO WAR WITH IRAN over it

The attacks on Iran, including one which killed dozens at a school for girls, are beyond horrific. End the US/Israel war machine now!

The U.S. Department of Defense, which houses the military, is the largest employer in the world.

And the military welfare state, comprised of numerous employee benefits for service members and their families, is a “multi-billion-dollar-per-year safety net.”

aeon.co/essays/how-t...

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