Jake Berg
@jacobsberg.bsky.social
Libraries. Beer. DC. You always go to the show.
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Beer and Music, Music and Beer, 2025
How this works: I pretty much only use the blog for this yearly post. I've got a bunch of music I liked this year with pithy comments that m...
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Good morning, everyone. Here's what I enjoyed listening to and drinking in 2025.
If we must have 2026, at least let’s have it together!
Good start to the new year to hang out for a bit at @elizqueenmama.bsky.social’s place with @bogrosemary.bsky.social and @kellygo.bsky.social, @mediaslave.bsky.social, @srfrjulie.bsky.social, @jacobsberg.bsky.social, and others not from the Internet!
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
If we must have 2026, at least let’s have it together!
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
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This is a little orgasmic, I won’t lie.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This is a little orgasmic, I won’t lie.
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This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
First boule of 2026
January 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
First boule of 2026
At least there's this:
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
At least there's this:
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This story reminds us that:
a) Not everything has been digitized
b) Not everything digitized is accessible to the public
Also: What's happening at NASA is part of a broader trend of library closures in government & industry. (Even university libraries are moving away from physical books & journals)
a) Not everything has been digitized
b) Not everything digitized is accessible to the public
Also: What's happening at NASA is part of a broader trend of library closures in government & industry. (Even university libraries are moving away from physical books & journals)
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This story reminds us that:
a) Not everything has been digitized
b) Not everything digitized is accessible to the public
Also: What's happening at NASA is part of a broader trend of library closures in government & industry. (Even university libraries are moving away from physical books & journals)
a) Not everything has been digitized
b) Not everything digitized is accessible to the public
Also: What's happening at NASA is part of a broader trend of library closures in government & industry. (Even university libraries are moving away from physical books & journals)
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"It's not a political appointment, and it's never happened in American history previously....I was never given an explanation for why I was removed."
Colleen Shogan discusses her role, and her removal, with @johnavlon.bsky.social
Colleen Shogan discusses her role, and her removal, with @johnavlon.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"It's not a political appointment, and it's never happened in American history previously....I was never given an explanation for why I was removed."
Colleen Shogan discusses her role, and her removal, with @johnavlon.bsky.social
Colleen Shogan discusses her role, and her removal, with @johnavlon.bsky.social
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So, librarians, do you have a contingency plan for when these goons enter your facility? You might not be able to block access to a public building, but how are you alerting your patrons? Do you have a plan to get them out safely? Because you should.
Your tax dollars hard at work in Minnesota at the library! Notsee LARPers everywhere these days getting those government paychecks
December 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So, librarians, do you have a contingency plan for when these goons enter your facility? You might not be able to block access to a public building, but how are you alerting your patrons? Do you have a plan to get them out safely? Because you should.
Just brutal. 📜📚
Apropos of nothing I interviewed for the deputy director here in 2019, lost to an internal candidate.
Apropos of nothing I interviewed for the deputy director here in 2019, lost to an internal candidate.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Just brutal. 📜📚
Apropos of nothing I interviewed for the deputy director here in 2019, lost to an internal candidate.
Apropos of nothing I interviewed for the deputy director here in 2019, lost to an internal candidate.
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my 2025 year in review
January 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
my 2025 year in review
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Goodnight, sweet prince.
Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Goodnight, sweet prince.
Happy Pride, everyone! 🌈🦄🏳️🌈
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Happy Pride, everyone! 🌈🦄🏳️🌈
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RETVRN
(to doing the dishes piled up in the sink)
(to doing the dishes piled up in the sink)
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
RETVRN
(to doing the dishes piled up in the sink)
(to doing the dishes piled up in the sink)
Good morning, everyone. Here's what I enjoyed listening to and drinking in 2025.
Beer and Music, Music and Beer, 2025
How this works: I pretty much only use the blog for this yearly post. I've got a bunch of music I liked this year with pithy comments that m...
beerbrarian.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Good morning, everyone. Here's what I enjoyed listening to and drinking in 2025.
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this remains the greatest synopsis of incel culture one could ever ask for
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
this remains the greatest synopsis of incel culture one could ever ask for
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
a man in a suit and tie is dancing in a courtroom .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in a courtroom .
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
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boycotting the Kennedy center is just like dropping a WaPo subscription or quitting Twitter. It rankles the worst people in the same way because it reminds them that normie liberals have agency, which they don’t like
December 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
boycotting the Kennedy center is just like dropping a WaPo subscription or quitting Twitter. It rankles the worst people in the same way because it reminds them that normie liberals have agency, which they don’t like
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Another bad sign for D.C.: Tighter immigration policies are reducing tourism revenue. Domestic visits to D.C. far outpace international ones, but international tourists tend to spend much more money.
December 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Another bad sign for D.C.: Tighter immigration policies are reducing tourism revenue. Domestic visits to D.C. far outpace international ones, but international tourists tend to spend much more money.
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Per the D.C. CFO, the impact of the federal government layoffs may finally be hitting the city's revenues. He says in a new revenue estimate that sales/withholding tax collections for October were down, potentially reflecting the layoffs taking effect.
December 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Per the D.C. CFO, the impact of the federal government layoffs may finally be hitting the city's revenues. He says in a new revenue estimate that sales/withholding tax collections for October were down, potentially reflecting the layoffs taking effect.
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The Kennedy Center prioritized owning the libs over everything else and artists refusing to show up is the natural consequence of this.
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Kennedy Center prioritized owning the libs over everything else and artists refusing to show up is the natural consequence of this.
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it