Zorrah
@ddoyle.bsky.social
Reader, writer, performer, researcher, library advocate. Live in beautiful Sonoma County. What’s next?
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Library budgets across the country are under stress after cuts to federal funding and, increasingly, cuts to state funding. In Ohio, libraries and museums are reaching out to the community for support: www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/arts...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
New Legislation Puts Stress on Cincinnati's Museums and Libraries - Cincinnati Magazine
In the face of massive funding cuts, cultural institutions in Cincinnati are sounding the alarm—and the community is answering the call.
www.cincinnatimagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Library budgets across the country are under stress after cuts to federal funding and, increasingly, cuts to state funding. In Ohio, libraries and museums are reaching out to the community for support: www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/arts...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
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Join us TODAY at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific!
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
Join us Wednesday @ 4pm ET / 1pm PT!
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Join us TODAY at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific!
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org
Please join us!
Unite libraries for stronger advocacy! Learn about ALA’s Ecosystem Initiative to boost funding, influence & partnerships on our next webinar, featuring our office's Lisa Varga. #ALAOneVoice
Join us on Thursday, Nov 13 @ 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern
Register now: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Thursday, Nov 13 @ 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern
Register now: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please join us!
Listen to this brave man.
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Listen to this brave man.
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There was a shooting at the Austin Central Library today: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...
Suspect in custody after shooting at Austin Central Library
One person was injured and taken to the hospital. Police said the person has serious but not life-threatening injuries.
www.kut.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There was a shooting at the Austin Central Library today: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...
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Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
4.9 million pounds of frozen, boneless chicken have been recalled
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Really terrible news. Show me a warrant or we will start “to impede….”
Masked men without identification abducting members of the population and throwing them into unmarked vans for non crimes
This is fascism in practice and deed.
This is fascism in practice and deed.
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
April 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Really terrible news. Show me a warrant or we will start “to impede….”
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From retired Naval Officer @joncduffy.bsky.social:
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
I wrote for Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social) on why banning books at the Naval Academy is a betrayal of everything we’re supposed to stand for: www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
I went to the Naval Academy to defend freedom, not to dismantle it
Stripping the library of books undermines our Navy—and mimics regimes we spent decades confronting.
www.defenseone.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
From retired Naval Officer @joncduffy.bsky.social:
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
"Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen.
It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure."
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Proud of @scrippscollege.bsky.social who I don't think are actually on this site, but are actually on that letter
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Proud of @scrippscollege.bsky.social who I don't think are actually on this site, but are actually on that letter
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NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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A historic early collection of William Shakespeare’s plays from more than 300 years ago are set to go up for auction in the UK — and they’re expected to be sold for between £3.5 million and £4.5 million.
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
Historic early collection of Shakespeare plays to be auctioned off for millions of pounds
The first folio, which contains 36 of Shakespeare’s plays, is said to be “the most significant publication in the history of English literature”.
jrnl.ie
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A historic early collection of William Shakespeare’s plays from more than 300 years ago are set to go up for auction in the UK — and they’re expected to be sold for between £3.5 million and £4.5 million.
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
http://jrnl.ie/6684925
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Today, we sent a letter warning the new Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director not to cut library programs required by federal law. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Today, we sent a letter warning the new Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director not to cut library programs required by federal law. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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@debharkness.bsky.social this is right up your alley!
New #witches #tartan has been placed in the Scottish Tartan Registry to honour the women executed by the Scottish state for witchcraft between 1500 and 1800.
Every cm contains information about the witches. Check the alt text for details.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493734...
Every cm contains information about the witches. Check the alt text for details.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493734...
February 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@debharkness.bsky.social this is right up your alley!
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This rash of book-banning isn't about children, protecting children, or reducing "obscenity".
If that were true, the banning activists wouldn't be reading sex scenes out loud at public, recorded and transcribed meetings.
It's about shaming.
Shaming people into silence.
Don't be ashamed.
If that were true, the banning activists wouldn't be reading sex scenes out loud at public, recorded and transcribed meetings.
It's about shaming.
Shaming people into silence.
Don't be ashamed.
February 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This rash of book-banning isn't about children, protecting children, or reducing "obscenity".
If that were true, the banning activists wouldn't be reading sex scenes out loud at public, recorded and transcribed meetings.
It's about shaming.
Shaming people into silence.
Don't be ashamed.
If that were true, the banning activists wouldn't be reading sex scenes out loud at public, recorded and transcribed meetings.
It's about shaming.
Shaming people into silence.
Don't be ashamed.
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Try libraries, but don't try me. I don't feel shame for what I read.
#unashamed #booksky #books #avidreader #leslieknope
#unashamed #booksky #books #avidreader #leslieknope
February 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Try libraries, but don't try me. I don't feel shame for what I read.
#unashamed #booksky #books #avidreader #leslieknope
#unashamed #booksky #books #avidreader #leslieknope
Wow.“She advocates dirty books! Chaucer, Rabelais. Balzac!“
Here it is.
They have come for the books in Iowa's public libraries.
I, for one, do not want the State telling people what they can read.
www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/m...
They have come for the books in Iowa's public libraries.
I, for one, do not want the State telling people what they can read.
www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/m...
Iowa Legislature - Meeting Public Comments
Information pertaining to the Iowa Legislature as well as the Executive and Judicial branch in as much as they relate to the legislative branch
www.legis.iowa.gov
February 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Wow.“She advocates dirty books! Chaucer, Rabelais. Balzac!“
How is the administration justifying this?
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How is the administration justifying this?
“[L]ooks like Canada is playing ice hockey with guys who think they’re playing pool.” ~R. Solnit
She nails it again.
She nails it again.
Idiots like Elon Musk confuse being nice with being weak and being mean with being strong. Trump and Musk thought they'd sucker-punch Canada and that was the end of the story. Right now it looks like Canada is playing ice hockey with guys who think they're playing pool.
this is what we want to see. tariff the shit out of elon’s companies www.businesstoday.in/world/canada...
February 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“[L]ooks like Canada is playing ice hockey with guys who think they’re playing pool.” ~R. Solnit
She nails it again.
She nails it again.
Get your friends in Texas to complain to their state and federal senators and representatives. Then pick up the phone and call your own. This is not a local or a state issue. This is a constitutional issue.
Last week the Montgomery County (TX) Commissioners Court voted to place an elected county judge - Mark Keough- in charge of the public library system. Keough immediately terminated the Library Director Rhea Young.
www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
Montgomery County Commissioners Court Puts Politics Above Public Interest
Judge Mark Keough- voted by fellow commissioners to lead the Montgomery County Memorial Public Library System- immediately fires Library Director Rhea Young.
www.txftrp.org
February 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Get your friends in Texas to complain to their state and federal senators and representatives. Then pick up the phone and call your own. This is not a local or a state issue. This is a constitutional issue.