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NIN, Nyman & Squirrels. Music Librarian at the Library of Congress Packard Campus! I'm that kid you always saw at Tower Records waiting for albums to drop at midnight😉
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· Nov 30
About This Program | Audio Visual Conservation | Programs | Library of Congress
The Packard Campus Located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Culpeper, Virginia, the Library's newly completed Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center provides un...
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They told us only to check emails during furlough. Because of this my laptop is downloading a whole bunch of updates. Basically I got excited to be back at work just to sit here staring at the Windows download progress 🤦♀️ I'm super happy to be back at work though!!!!💽🎼🎵🎶📚
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
They told us only to check emails during furlough. Because of this my laptop is downloading a whole bunch of updates. Basically I got excited to be back at work just to sit here staring at the Windows download progress 🤦♀️ I'm super happy to be back at work though!!!!💽🎼🎵🎶📚
I have received a text message from my boss asking me to log on to the work computer. It looks like we'll be back to work as of tomorrow morning! Instructions for resuming normal operations were sent only to our work emails. Fingers crossed the VPN is working!
NOTICE: During a temporary shutdown of the federal government, all Library of Congress buildings are CLOSED to the public and social media accounts are not active. In the meantime, please enjoy our content archive.
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I have received a text message from my boss asking me to log on to the work computer. It looks like we'll be back to work as of tomorrow morning! Instructions for resuming normal operations were sent only to our work emails. Fingers crossed the VPN is working!
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George has worked for Electric a long time now. He’s one of the most loved people at Electric Entertainment. When we heard about his illness it was devastating to us all. We’re all hoping and praying for his speedy recovery. If you can, please donate to his GoFundMe
gofund.me/a9c3ea507
gofund.me/a9c3ea507
Donate to Support George Meza's Stroke Recovery, organized by Allyson Meza
Last weekend, my dad, George Meza, suffered a stroke at home that shocked our famil… Allyson Meza needs your support for Support George Meza's Stroke Recovery
gofund.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
George has worked for Electric a long time now. He’s one of the most loved people at Electric Entertainment. When we heard about his illness it was devastating to us all. We’re all hoping and praying for his speedy recovery. If you can, please donate to his GoFundMe
gofund.me/a9c3ea507
gofund.me/a9c3ea507
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77 pardons of insurrectionists while we were all distracted by the shutdown.
NOW it’s all coming together.
NOW it’s all coming together.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
77 pardons of insurrectionists while we were all distracted by the shutdown.
NOW it’s all coming together.
NOW it’s all coming together.
..... I might have just drooled on my phone screen🤤
"In ’99, I commissioned my brother-in-law, who was a carpenter at the time, to build me shelves that can hold at least 50,000 records," said Questlove in 2014. Read more: dustandgrooves.com/ahmir-questl...
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
..... I might have just drooled on my phone screen🤤
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Who uses SNAP?
My friend, who works, raising 5 kids, husband bailed and won’t pay child support
My neighbor battling cancer and her life-saving meds are so expensive, she chooses between meds or food
My friend who’s a vet and struggles with mental health issues.
Not one of them chose this.
My friend, who works, raising 5 kids, husband bailed and won’t pay child support
My neighbor battling cancer and her life-saving meds are so expensive, she chooses between meds or food
My friend who’s a vet and struggles with mental health issues.
Not one of them chose this.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Who uses SNAP?
My friend, who works, raising 5 kids, husband bailed and won’t pay child support
My neighbor battling cancer and her life-saving meds are so expensive, she chooses between meds or food
My friend who’s a vet and struggles with mental health issues.
Not one of them chose this.
My friend, who works, raising 5 kids, husband bailed and won’t pay child support
My neighbor battling cancer and her life-saving meds are so expensive, she chooses between meds or food
My friend who’s a vet and struggles with mental health issues.
Not one of them chose this.
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I’ve worked on close to 60 grants overall in various capacities, I can’t imagine my working on any in the foreseeable future. There’s literally only one or two places to go.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I’ve worked on close to 60 grants overall in various capacities, I can’t imagine my working on any in the foreseeable future. There’s literally only one or two places to go.
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A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.
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This makes my skin crawl to read. Just so deeply embarrassing out infuriating. Print this out and mail it to your reps. Read it to them on their voicemails. They all need to feel unimaginable shame until they finally grow the collective spine to - at the very least - call for new leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This makes my skin crawl to read. Just so deeply embarrassing out infuriating. Print this out and mail it to your reps. Read it to them on their voicemails. They all need to feel unimaginable shame until they finally grow the collective spine to - at the very least - call for new leadership.
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
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I don't know about anybody else with autism but I can easily taste the chemicals in foods that are heavily processed. I've been helping people avoid certain foods and restaurants for over 2 decades now.🤷🏼♀️
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I don't know about anybody else with autism but I can easily taste the chemicals in foods that are heavily processed. I've been helping people avoid certain foods and restaurants for over 2 decades now.🤷🏼♀️
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
I second this!
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I second this!
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Jungle Brothers released their debut album ‘Straight Out the Jungle’ 37 years ago on November 8, 1988
album.ink/JBsSOTJ
album.ink/JBsSOTJ
Rediscover Jungle Brothers’ Debut Album ‘Straight Out the Jungle’ (1988) | Tribute
Though the music was straightforward and a little rough around the edges, the Jungle Brothers’ inaugural LP proved there was a place for their laid-back and groove-based approach.
album.ink
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Jungle Brothers released their debut album ‘Straight Out the Jungle’ 37 years ago on November 8, 1988
album.ink/JBsSOTJ
album.ink/JBsSOTJ
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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Agnes, 78, from Leeds says she was just focused on getting home and having a nice cup of tea...
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Agnes, 78, from Leeds says she was just focused on getting home and having a nice cup of tea...
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Adoptees, if you're an adult adoptee interested in participating in a research study about genetic testing, check this out from the University of Minnesota 🥚👇🏽
#adopteesky
#adopteesky
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Adoptees, if you're an adult adoptee interested in participating in a research study about genetic testing, check this out from the University of Minnesota 🥚👇🏽
#adopteesky
#adopteesky
Followup: try looking up the CD you are holding on @discogsofficial.bsky.social they do an amazing job of adding notes to let you know when there's a hidden track that they or the submitters have found!
This happened more often than everybody thought. My job is to catalog CDs and I can quick listen to most of it to get the subjects and genres to assign. But the last 2 minutes of the last track I let play and keep going because I know damn well more often than not there will be a hidden track/thing!
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Followup: try looking up the CD you are holding on @discogsofficial.bsky.social they do an amazing job of adding notes to let you know when there's a hidden track that they or the submitters have found!
This happened more often than everybody thought. My job is to catalog CDs and I can quick listen to most of it to get the subjects and genres to assign. But the last 2 minutes of the last track I let play and keep going because I know damn well more often than not there will be a hidden track/thing!
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This happened more often than everybody thought. My job is to catalog CDs and I can quick listen to most of it to get the subjects and genres to assign. But the last 2 minutes of the last track I let play and keep going because I know damn well more often than not there will be a hidden track/thing!
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A ethnic person with just one felony can’t get a good job, own a gun, vote in some states or travel to many foreign countries. Even paying their debt to society, they are still the lowest of the lows in society.
A wealthy white with 34 felonies can be President and do whatever he wants.
Not great.
A wealthy white with 34 felonies can be President and do whatever he wants.
Not great.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A ethnic person with just one felony can’t get a good job, own a gun, vote in some states or travel to many foreign countries. Even paying their debt to society, they are still the lowest of the lows in society.
A wealthy white with 34 felonies can be President and do whatever he wants.
Not great.
A wealthy white with 34 felonies can be President and do whatever he wants.
Not great.
When all the boys can't be men
Everybody knows I'm her friend
Everybody knows I'm her man
I'm not your senorita
Everybody knows I'm her friend
Everybody knows I'm her man
I'm not your senorita
What are the first song lyrics that come to mind when you see this album cover?
album.ink/toriamosFTCH
album.ink/toriamosFTCH
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When all the boys can't be men
Everybody knows I'm her friend
Everybody knows I'm her man
I'm not your senorita
Everybody knows I'm her friend
Everybody knows I'm her man
I'm not your senorita