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.
Blind spots: A review of cognitive biases by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service
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January 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Blind spots: A review of cognitive biases by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service
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Here's what Barbie looked like the year you were born
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Mattel has launched its first autistic Barbie. Here's how the doll has changed through history.
The first Barbie doll hit shelves in 1959. Barbies have offered broader representations of race, body type, and careers over the years.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Here's what Barbie looked like the year you were born
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“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.” ― James Baldwin
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.” ― James Baldwin
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OMG - they're really digging into history!
US EPA will reassess safety of herbicide paraquat, says its chief reut.rs/49ewEb7
US EPA will reassess safety of herbicide paraquat, says its chief
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reassess the safety of herbicide paraquat, its administrator Lee Zeldin said on Friday on X, adding that the body is requiring manufacturers to thoroughly prove that current uses are safe in real-world conditions.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:26 AM
OMG - they're really digging into history!
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Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
Need Book Club ideas? Essential Dystopian Reads
Via Dek Unyil
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm – George Orwell
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
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Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm – George Orwell
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
January 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Need Book Club ideas? Essential Dystopian Reads
Via Dek Unyil
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm – George Orwell
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Via Dek Unyil
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm – George Orwell
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
60+ Small Tasks to Defend the Right to Read: Book Censorship News, January 9, 2026
No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
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No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
60+ Small Tasks to Defend the Right to Read: Book Censorship News, January 9, 2026
No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
bookriot.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
60+ Small Tasks to Defend the Right to Read: Book Censorship News, January 9, 2026
No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
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The jobs report is in. What a disaster.
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The jobs report is in. What a disaster.
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This entire regime consists of depraved sociopaths.
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This entire regime consists of depraved sociopaths.
Reading Rainbow Host Mychal Threets Wants Debut Kids Book to Teach People 'They Belong in the Library' (Exclusive)
The viral literary advocate, known online as 'Mychal the Librarian,' will release the picture book ‘I’m So Happy You’re Here’ in February
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The viral literary advocate, known online as 'Mychal the Librarian,' will release the picture book ‘I’m So Happy You’re Here’ in February
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'Reading Rainbow' Host Mychal Threets Wants Debut Kids Book to Teach People 'They Belong in the Library' (Exclusive)
In an exclusive interview, Mychal Threets, known online as the viral literacy advocate 'Mychal the Librarian,' spoke with PEOPLE about writing his debut kids book 'I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebrat...
people.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Reading Rainbow Host Mychal Threets Wants Debut Kids Book to Teach People 'They Belong in the Library' (Exclusive)
The viral literary advocate, known online as 'Mychal the Librarian,' will release the picture book ‘I’m So Happy You’re Here’ in February
people.com/reading-rain...
The viral literary advocate, known online as 'Mychal the Librarian,' will release the picture book ‘I’m So Happy You’re Here’ in February
people.com/reading-rain...
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The price went up.
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The price went up.
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🎯"Your elected president is a megalomaniac dictator and it's your fucking responsibility to stop him."
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
🎯"Your elected president is a megalomaniac dictator and it's your fucking responsibility to stop him."
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Katie Miller, former deputy press secretary for Donald Trump, posted a map of Greenland on X. (X)
January 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Katie Miller, former deputy press secretary for Donald Trump, posted a map of Greenland on X. (X)
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Space Karen admitted he's guilty of 2024 election fraud...
January 5, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Space Karen admitted he's guilty of 2024 election fraud...
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Never forget.
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Never forget.
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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." –Abbie Hoffman
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." –Abbie Hoffman
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...