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Philadelphia is a phenomenal city. And so is the food 😉

I get the stock market is bad but the equivalent has already happened to foreign aid, research funding, and public health. Everyone didn't freak out because there isn't some ticker on the news measuring the number of cancer researchers and Ebola prevention experts being fired.

It’s nice to be thanked.

We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.

This too could be us if we weren’t so in it on both sides.

May days like today be your reminder to donate to your local PBS and NPR stations and to visit your local library. These institutions need you. #pbs #library #publicmedia

Institutions will never save us. Strong communities will. Organize!

Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.

www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

the internet would be so cool if it wasn't evil

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Feeling helpless? Want to do something?
Go to your nearest library, get a card, browse the books, download the apps, say hello to the staff. 📚
Public spaces need you in them.
#library #libsky #booksky

Support your local library.

Please. 📚🖥️🛜🖨️

I can’t even begin to tell you how ridiculously excited I am right now.

PETITION: Support the Right to Read in DOD K-12 schools The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.

The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.

action.everylibrary.org/dodschools

Sign the petition and follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more

Help public libraries today by:
✅ Downloading an ebook
✅ Registering for a program
✅ Sharing a post from your library
✅ Emailing staff and thanking them
✅ Mark your calendar to attend the next library board of control meeting
✅ Ask 5 friends to do the same

learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program

learn about the Zapatista uprising

learn about Jane

learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union

learn about STAR

learn about Act Up

learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain

learn about the Spanish Civil War

we are not the first

MapQuest 2001: If this unlocked a core memory, your knees probably creak now

Building Voter Support for Libraries in the United States

Support libraries year-round and show off your love for books with a limited-time exclusive sticker!

Choose from six unique designs when you start a monthly donation to EveryLibrary.

www.everylibrary.org/sticker via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with or influenced you. Post one per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers #booksky #bookchallenge #libsky

When They Call You a Terrorist
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
9/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with or influenced you. Post one per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers #booksky #bookchallenge #libsky

The Vampire Armand
Anne Rice
8/20

broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals”

woke - Stephen Smith:

Lots of fear and uncertainty on my skyline for the last few days, but it's more crucial now than ever that we keep the focus on CONCRETE ACTION that everyone can be taking in the face of this mess.

I've collected a short list of folks who've helped me to keep my focus on that crucial benchmark.

The most annoying fucking people right now are the ones who constantly tell others that something they care about which is currently happening is just a “distraction” that they are “falling for” because we apparently aren’t as smart as they are at figuring out the 4-D chess game.

A digital flyer with a purple background encourages people to support gender-affirming care at CHLA (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles). It invites community members to join CIR (Committee of Interns and Residents) to demand that CHLA maintain gender-affirming care for their patients. The event is scheduled for Thursday, February 6th at 5:30 PM at 4650 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. The flyer includes bold text, a megaphone graphic, and the CIR SEIU Healthcare logo at the bottom.

Protest tomorrow at Children's Hospital LA over their cessation of gender affirming care for trans youth.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with or influenced you. Post one per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers #booksky #bookchallenge #libsky

Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
7/20

Seen on my news and academic feeds today:

"This is highly illegal!"
"Where are the courts?"
"Someone needs to arrest him/them!"
"The military needs to oust them!"
"WHERE ARE THE DEMS?"

This is the denial stage of grief. None of the above institutions are coming to save us.

We are all we've got.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with or influenced you. Post one per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers #booksky #bookchallenge

Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir
6/20

I think people truly don't understand just how much our lives are about to change forever.

Worried about a fascist takeover? This sheet-pan paella will make you feel like you’re in 1930s Spain.