Stephen Abram
@sabram.bsky.social
Stephen Abram is a librarian and CEO of Lighthouse Consulting Inc. where he performs strategic planning, facilities planning, marketing and training projects. He blogs on library strategies for direction, marketing, technology, and user alignment.
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Investigate everybody
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Investigate everybody
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Them: “I’m sick of subsidizing their groceries when mine cost so much”
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Them: “I’m sick of subsidizing their groceries when mine cost so much”
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
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The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
Sad news of a friend. A real pillar of the railway community and brillliant systems guy.
Our friend Russ Milland, Toronto Railway Historical Association founding member, director and chief systems officer, has died at the age of 80. We miss him terribly. We will be sharing more about Russ’s life in the days to come.
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sad news of a friend. A real pillar of the railway community and brillliant systems guy.
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
Good news. Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
SCOTUS turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
SCOTUS turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good news. Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
SCOTUS turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
SCOTUS turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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5 Inconvenient Facts About E-Books
1. e-books cost more, a lot more
2. Libraries license e-books under unsustainable terms
3. Platforms & publishers can use user data against you.
4. e-lending does not hurt book sales
5. The legal framework for e-lending is an unregulated frontier.
bit.ly/4nQsev0
1. e-books cost more, a lot more
2. Libraries license e-books under unsustainable terms
3. Platforms & publishers can use user data against you.
4. e-lending does not hurt book sales
5. The legal framework for e-lending is an unregulated frontier.
bit.ly/4nQsev0
5 Inconvenient Facts All Librarians Should Know About E-Books
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the promise of the digital library became clearer than ever. As physical doors closed, e-books offered a vital lifeline, foregrounding the incredible potential of on-d…
librarianth.home.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
5 Inconvenient Facts About E-Books
1. e-books cost more, a lot more
2. Libraries license e-books under unsustainable terms
3. Platforms & publishers can use user data against you.
4. e-lending does not hurt book sales
5. The legal framework for e-lending is an unregulated frontier.
bit.ly/4nQsev0
1. e-books cost more, a lot more
2. Libraries license e-books under unsustainable terms
3. Platforms & publishers can use user data against you.
4. e-lending does not hurt book sales
5. The legal framework for e-lending is an unregulated frontier.
bit.ly/4nQsev0
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Senile Satan is straight-up lying again. After away food and healthcare from millions - this is his go-to defense. Obama has never made any profits or royalties from the ACA, ever.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Senile Satan is straight-up lying again. After away food and healthcare from millions - this is his go-to defense. Obama has never made any profits or royalties from the ACA, ever.
“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.”
– NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
– NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.”
– NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
– NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
Artificial Emotional Intelligence: Some Thoughts by Stephen Abram, MLS
Somewhere in these musings is the seed of positioning the magic sauce of librarianship in the AI world.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/11/04/a...
Somewhere in these musings is the seed of positioning the magic sauce of librarianship in the AI world.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/11/04/a...
Artificial Emotional Intelligence: Some Thoughts by Stephen Abram, MLS - Stephen's Lighthouse
Artificial Emotional Intelligence: Some Thoughts By Stephen Abram, MLS Somewhere in these musings is the seed of positioning the magic sauce of librarianship in the AI world. I am thinking a lot about...
stephenslighthouse.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Artificial Emotional Intelligence: Some Thoughts by Stephen Abram, MLS
Somewhere in these musings is the seed of positioning the magic sauce of librarianship in the AI world.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/11/04/a...
Somewhere in these musings is the seed of positioning the magic sauce of librarianship in the AI world.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Sex Offenders shouldn't be allowed to hand out candy at Halloween. Just Saying..
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sex Offenders shouldn't be allowed to hand out candy at Halloween. Just Saying..
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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"They were careless people, Donald and Melania—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"They were careless people, Donald and Melania—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
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The White House said that reporters could no longer access an area in the West Wing known as “Upper Press” that houses the offices of key communications staff members.
Reporters said the move would hurt their ability to cover the president.
Reporters said the move would hurt their ability to cover the president.
White House restricts media access in key area of the West Wing
The move limiting free press access to Room 140, which houses the offices of the press secretary and other staff, was said to be based on national security.
wapo.st
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The White House said that reporters could no longer access an area in the West Wing known as “Upper Press” that houses the offices of key communications staff members.
Reporters said the move would hurt their ability to cover the president.
Reporters said the move would hurt their ability to cover the president.