Catherine Moffat
@catemoff.bsky.social
Writer. Hopeful gardener. Loves the theory, not so good on the doing. Lives on Darkinjung land.
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reposted by Catherine Moffat
Dear alternative Prime Minister Peter Dutton: Neither the ABC nor Guardian Australia is “the hate media” as you assert. This is an egregious smear/incitement. A robust liberal democracy needs a free and questioning media. By misrepresenting ABC/Guardian you expose your illiberalism.
April 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Dear alternative Prime Minister Peter Dutton: Neither the ABC nor Guardian Australia is “the hate media” as you assert. This is an egregious smear/incitement. A robust liberal democracy needs a free and questioning media. By misrepresenting ABC/Guardian you expose your illiberalism.
“I make my own compost so that I can convince myself that even when the world seems sociologically and ecologically broken there are still mechanisms for recovery: it shows that change is possible” @frasermacdonald.bsky.social
‘Composting is a bit like making coffee: there are many ways to do it, and most of them are good in their own way, though people usually have a favourite.’
@frasermacdonald.bsky.social on the joys of composting:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@frasermacdonald.bsky.social on the joys of composting:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fraser MacDonald · On Compost
I sometimes wonder whether my love of compost is a response to the dispiriting cleanness of modern life – the spray’...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“I make my own compost so that I can convince myself that even when the world seems sociologically and ecologically broken there are still mechanisms for recovery: it shows that change is possible” @frasermacdonald.bsky.social
Not quite Monet’s water lilies, but the sunlight and the reflection is just as satisfying
March 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Not quite Monet’s water lilies, but the sunlight and the reflection is just as satisfying
When they come for the archivists...
#librarians #historians
Trump Fires Nation’s Archivist in Latest Round of Personnel Purge www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#librarians #historians
Trump Fires Nation’s Archivist in Latest Round of Personnel Purge www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Trump Fires Nation’s Archivist in Latest Round of Personnel Purge
“No cause or reason was cited,” wrote the archivist, Colleen Shogan. But the National Archives had been deeply involved in the classified documents case against President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
When they come for the archivists...
#librarians #historians
Trump Fires Nation’s Archivist in Latest Round of Personnel Purge www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#librarians #historians
Trump Fires Nation’s Archivist in Latest Round of Personnel Purge www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Never underestimate the power of books - what you do when you come home to discover the builders have knocked out the walls leaving your entryway open and then gone home.
December 15, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Never underestimate the power of books - what you do when you come home to discover the builders have knocked out the walls leaving your entryway open and then gone home.
So I started on the bird in 2009. Here's hoping the butterfly will get 15 or so years before the people with the bug spray arrive ...
November 17, 2024 at 1:39 AM
So I started on the bird in 2009. Here's hoping the butterfly will get 15 or so years before the people with the bug spray arrive ...