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Colorado Librarian, hiking is my jam.
Just read a fascinating piece from the Supreme Court Historical Society: “Women Advocates Before the Supreme Court”. 📚
It traces 817 different women who argued 1,730 times at the Supreme Court of the United States as of May 2025.

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Women Advocates Before the Supreme Court | Supreme Court Historical Society
In her work on Supreme Court advocate Bessie Margolin, Marlene Trestman compiled research and an exhaustive list of other pioneering women lawyers who argued before the Court.
supremecourthistory.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill

This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.

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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
July 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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MyPillow creator Mike Lindell's lawyers were fined thousands for submitting a legal filing riddled with AI-generated mistakes. It highlights a dilemma of balancing technology and using it responsibly.
A recent high-profile case of AI hallucination serves as a stark warning
MyPillow creator Mike Lindell's lawyers were fined thousands for submitting a legal filing riddled with AI-generated mistakes. It highlights a dilemma of balancing technology and using it responsibly.
n.pr
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#CoolLibraies No. 7
This is a wonderful rabbit hole. A century of mourning attire. Prints of Women as Flowers.

www.metmuseum.org/art/librarie...
Costume Institute Collections
This collection contains ephemeral and archival collections from the Costume Institute and its Irene Lewisohn Costume Institute Library, including fashion plates, sketches, and exhibition binders.
www.metmuseum.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Trump’s second term is being documented without writing down the words..

The White House has pulled official transcripts, leaving future historians (and the public) in the dark.
buff.ly/WHnhrI0

#USPolitics #Trump #History
From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history
A nation’s history is told by its records. The White House no longer publishing Trump’s full remarks makes this history less complete.
buff.ly
June 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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ICYMI: the National Portrait Gallery’s director is still at work — and Trump’s attempt to fire her will be a subject of a Smithsonian board meeting on Monday www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work
The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#CoolLibraries #7

From the Library of Congress

m.youtube.com/watch?v=C-rK...
Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
m.youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Love this piece, “What’s the weirdest thing you ever found in your pocket?”
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 30
These creative questions are fun to answer and can help reveal people's personalities. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker shares her favorites and explains how to come up with your own.
Want to cut through small talk? Try asking a 'magical question'
These creative questions are fun to answer and can help reveal people's personalities. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker shares her favorites and explains how to come up with your own.
n.pr
May 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
www.infotoday.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Trump’s firing of Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress, marked the first time in U.S. history that a #librarian of Congress was dismissed.

Trump Is Trying to Control Congress by Taking Over Its Library. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Is Trying to Control Congress by Taking Over Its Library
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Alondra Nelson’s resignation from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council is adding yet another layer of erosion to our intellectual freedom and democratic values in our federal institutions.

time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@saturdaynightlive.bsky.social wishing you would bring Carla Hayden Supreme Court Librarian as next host! She would rock!
May 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What’s at risk?
“Loss if more complete picture of people of thus coubtry, blind to context and what can happen in the future”
youtu.be/0GEIXkofoSc?...
Fired Librarian of Congress on losing history during Trump 2.0
YouTube video by GBH News
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:

“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."

[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#CoolLibraries No. 5
The FDLP Federal Document Library Program led me to this sweet archive.
It’s a collection of PS: The Preventive Maintenance Magazine, which is actually a comic book from 1951-2019. 804 cartoon illustrated issues.

www.dvidshub.net/publication/...
April 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#CoolLibraries
No. 4. The Library of Congress again. The 2025 inductees into the National Recording History. This 2025 list of 25 inductees includes Tracy Chapman, Miles Davis, Dale Evans’ classic, “”Happy Trails” and many others. Playlists on Spotify.

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National Recording Registry Inducts Sounds of Elton John, Chicago, Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ Mary J. Blige, Amy Winehouse, Minecraft and Microsoft
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance.
newsroom.loc.gov
April 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#CoolLibraries number 3, coming out of University of Miami, the Pan American World Airways Records digital collection. There are 7,985 pieces. All kinds of things to look at including the Alaska hunting and fishing guide, circa 1952-52. digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/coll...
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digitalcollections.library.miami.edu
April 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM