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Library Punk
@altminitrue.bsky.social
· Jun 28
We can’t read our way out of this, but I’ve found books can provide comfort, perspective, and purpose in this confusing time. Here’s 20 I find helpful as we face what needs faced. Deploy your radical empathy. Say hello to a stranger. Give more than you take. Find common ground. Speak up & be present
In search of 21st century FDR
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In search of 21st century FDR
MTV was cool. Long live #dexterromweber
Flat Duo Jets - Dexter Romweber Interview for MTV in 1985 Entrevista Legendada em Português
YouTube video by PaulaWilliams29
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November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
MTV was cool. Long live #dexterromweber
A library worker from my community was taken by immigration officials. My library responded by creating a whistle kit assembly line. We made over 700 in an hour.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A library worker from my community was taken by immigration officials. My library responded by creating a whistle kit assembly line. We made over 700 in an hour.
What the world needs now is love sweet love and a new tom waits album.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What the world needs now is love sweet love and a new tom waits album.
@durbin.senate.gov doesn’t know what time it is, let alone…
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@durbin.senate.gov doesn’t know what time it is, let alone…
Chicago-motherfucker-can-you-speak-it?
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Chicago-motherfucker-can-you-speak-it?
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
I’m pretty much always stoked on libraries but it’s programs like these that get me right in the feels. This is what a community library looks like when it meets the moment.
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m pretty much always stoked on libraries but it’s programs like these that get me right in the feels. This is what a community library looks like when it meets the moment.
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
October 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
Throw the collapse of Baker & Taylor on the pile with the other bad omens.
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Throw the collapse of Baker & Taylor on the pile with the other bad omens.
The limitations to speech we allow to be imposed on us now will impact our governance as surely as moats and mountains did in the past. -Heather Marsh.
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The limitations to speech we allow to be imposed on us now will impact our governance as surely as moats and mountains did in the past. -Heather Marsh.
The Birkenhead Drill dates back to the 18th century. In an emergency, save women and children first. Instead, the building’s on fire and we’re all inside. As with everything else, the opposite of what should happen, is happening. At what point do we stop sleeping and take the streets en masse?
August 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Birkenhead Drill dates back to the 18th century. In an emergency, save women and children first. Instead, the building’s on fire and we’re all inside. As with everything else, the opposite of what should happen, is happening. At what point do we stop sleeping and take the streets en masse?
“Every person has a right to belong to a society, except in extreme cases as complete shunning can be equivalent to a death sentence.”—Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
August 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Every person has a right to belong to a society, except in extreme cases as complete shunning can be equivalent to a death sentence.”—Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
Prepare yourself for an emotional experience!
Mahler: Symphony nº 1, "Titan" - LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam
YouTube video by Lennyforever
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Prepare yourself for an emotional experience!
With Granny’s passing yesterday and what would be my dad’s 71st birthday tomorrow, I’m reflecting on what was and what could have been. I loved these people. Didn’t get to spend nearly as much time with them as I wanted. They were both makers. Granny loved textiles, Dad loved carpentry…and fishing!
July 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
With Granny’s passing yesterday and what would be my dad’s 71st birthday tomorrow, I’m reflecting on what was and what could have been. I loved these people. Didn’t get to spend nearly as much time with them as I wanted. They were both makers. Granny loved textiles, Dad loved carpentry…and fishing!
A light has gone out.
July 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A light has gone out.
As a librarian, I just want to say, and I understand the irony of it all…the internet was a bad idea.
Now look at some buttons I made at the makerspace.
Now look at some buttons I made at the makerspace.
July 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As a librarian, I just want to say, and I understand the irony of it all…the internet was a bad idea.
Now look at some buttons I made at the makerspace.
Now look at some buttons I made at the makerspace.
Hello good people of the United States…a lot of bad news going on and we can point fingers all day…but in the end, let’s come together and improve quality of life for everyone across the board…red states, blue states, rural areas and cities…nobody deserves this chaos and pain. Solidarity forever.
July 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hello good people of the United States…a lot of bad news going on and we can point fingers all day…but in the end, let’s come together and improve quality of life for everyone across the board…red states, blue states, rural areas and cities…nobody deserves this chaos and pain. Solidarity forever.
Turn of the century music was great. Lots of good songs, good videos came out around 2000. @talibkweli.bsky.social mos def, and common in top form.
Black Star - Respiration ft. Common
YouTube video by BlackStarVEVO
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Turn of the century music was great. Lots of good songs, good videos came out around 2000. @talibkweli.bsky.social mos def, and common in top form.
Hope builds through people power, so of course they don’t want us to have renewable energy. Green energy is gaining serious momentum though and we are building toward a world where everyone has what they need to live with dignity, regardless of what our dear oligarchs might want for us.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hope builds through people power, so of course they don’t want us to have renewable energy. Green energy is gaining serious momentum though and we are building toward a world where everyone has what they need to live with dignity, regardless of what our dear oligarchs might want for us.