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But not on white kids who misbehaved in the same ways. They also often referred to 10 year old Black kids as ‘teens’ but 10 year old white kids were ‘kids’.
I’m slowly working my way to leaving the profession cause it’s exhausting and demoralizing.

I don’t know if you’re just looking for patron stories, but at a previous job my colleagues expected me to do all the ethnic holiday displays since I was the only POC librarian and I cared so much about race issues. 🙄 These same colleagues would call the cops on Black kids who misbehaved

Recently listened to a podcast on a book about this called The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Have it in my to-read pile since I work with kids.

When you strip away humanity

For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.

Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."

Image of a Canva graphic. It says "Survey! Librarianship & Mental Health" with the link to the survey via Google docs at tinyurl.com/library-mh-25. It has an image of books on shelves. Below the image, it says "Open through August 1. Answers anonymous and encouraged from *all* levels of library workers."

**Libraries & Mental Health Survey**

I'm updating my research and subsequent talks related to mental health in the library. I'd love insight from library workers of all backgrounds + experiences, and I've got a handy survey. Please take & share widely. Thank you!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

With passage of the Big Bill, it is worth noting that this is the largest rollback in health coverage in history.

To date since WWII, and since the passsge of Medicare, Medicaid and ACA generally all legislation EXPANDED coverage, but this is the largest RETRACTION in health insurance coverage ever

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Wisconsin 😭

I got hit by a car a few years back. Snapped my ankle in half. The paramedic asked if I wanted anything for the pain and my first question was, ‘how much is that gonna cost me?’ I ended up saying nah and waiting til we got to the hospital since we were only 10 mins away. 😭😬😭

I'm still not over yesterday's obscene SCOTUS decision that our government can deport people to prisons in countries they're not from. How is anyone walking around going about their day?

I didn’t think it was possible for this man to get any hotter. I was wrong.

#PedroPascal #punk #hardcore #celebritycrush

How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.

Americans are taking to the streets and showing up in US cities by the thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies—from trans rights to travel bans from foreign nations and deportation policies.

This is a WIRED guide on how to best protest safely.

I'm starting to fill out my pitches for the fall and winter, so hmu. Even if I can't review you, I promo most books that come my way (that also meet my parameters - see quoted post). Esp looking for small press and books by and about BIPOC and queer experiences.

Yes

It still might provide useful info 🙂

Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?

“The group estimated that reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service… we would be witnessing the dismantling of a century-old system”

I forgot to mention, he also used to live in Baltimore.

Nick might know of things to do up that way. As a Buffalonian I think he knows folks from there/spent some time there.

🤞

Here is actually what is happening: braindead management is pushing AI wherever it can, launching it, laying off some people, then realising it can't replace them, then hiring back *less* people than before. AI is used as a soft layoff excuse to dress up flagging growth.

😭😭😭 Praying for you 😂

I like this (free) energy. There is always something institutions can do besides capitulating. pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...

5th Circuit rules Texas library patrons have no First Amendment right to information The 10-7 ruling overturns a decades-old precedent barring the removal of library books for political reasons.

This news came out last night and I’m not sure how widely it’s been reported so here it is again: 5th circuit court rules patrons have no first amendment right to information (aka “freedom to read”). This directly contradicts well established precedent.

www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

Tribal colleges face uncertain future amid federal funding cuts Tribal colleges and universities have endured decades of chronic underfunding, relying heavily on federal support to stay afloat. Now, the Trump administration’s broad cuts to federal programs are hit...

We continue to raise alarms around Tribal Colleges and the threat we face w/federal funding cuts. This feature on PBS NewsHour debuted this week, telling our story more broadly. We stay fighting for our students and to see that treaty and trust obligations are honored.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

I think the only way to fix our democracy would be to have more parties added to the mix cause at this point the dems and reps might as well be the same party.

“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Minister Malcolm X

He was born 100 years ago today.

Rest in power.

Suggesting that AI can be used as a solution for loneliness is the bleakest thing I have heard all week.

And this is 2025.

Every week is full of bleak shit.

There's no excuse for a phrase like "smuggling in food" to be an intelligible one anywhere in the world. Starving a population to death is genocide.