Carol Watson
@cwatson290.bsky.social
Retired law librarian. Poodle-crazy, boiled p’nut aficionado, book lover, gardener.
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Attorneys from 33 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have already signed on to fight Trump's defiance of the courts. Join us now!
April 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Attorneys from 33 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have already signed on to fight Trump's defiance of the courts. Join us now!
Wait … removing books on the holocaust? Isn’t that antisemitic? I’m so confused
At Pete Hegseth’s directive, books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Nearly 400 volumes were removed from the academy’s library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office ordered it to remove books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nbcnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Wait … removing books on the holocaust? Isn’t that antisemitic? I’m so confused
Explicit? I know it when I see it.
Georgia school librarians could be found guilty of lawbreaking if shelves carry ‘explicit’ material • Georgia Recorder
Georgia is considering a bill aimed at preventing children from accessing explicit library material. Opponents say it would chill free speech
georgiarecorder.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Explicit? I know it when I see it.
Errr go dawgs?
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
propub.li
February 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Errr go dawgs?
Law librarians everywhere are wincing. Ouchie! Doh!
February 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Law librarians everywhere are wincing. Ouchie! Doh!
Saw this is the “other place which shall not be named.” Thanks to EB for maintaining standards
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Saw this is the “other place which shall not be named.” Thanks to EB for maintaining standards
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I’m excited for fake agency DOGE to get to the Space X and Tesla contracts worth billions. That will save a ton!
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’m excited for fake agency DOGE to get to the Space X and Tesla contracts worth billions. That will save a ton!
Whoever came up with today’s NYT spelling bee pangram has a cruel sense of humor.
February 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Whoever came up with today’s NYT spelling bee pangram has a cruel sense of humor.
Flogging will stop when morale improves.
Breaking news: The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff to prepare for deep cuts.
Federal workers have until Thursday to accept an offer to resign now and be paid through September.
Federal workers have until Thursday to accept an offer to resign now and be paid through September.
Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
Workers have until Thursday to decide whether to take an offer to resign now and be paid through the end of September.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Flogging will stop when morale improves.
Is someone trying to provoke me?
Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes.
They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going.
Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.
They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going.
Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Is someone trying to provoke me?
Awww I needed something positive for a change. Hope you get some endorphins
Former President Jimmy Carter posthumously won his fourth Grammy Award for his audiobook "Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration."
Carter was 100 years old when he was nominated, making him the oldest nominee – and now winner – in Grammy history.
Follow the Grammys live: cnn.it/3Q2lagi
Carter was 100 years old when he was nominated, making him the oldest nominee – and now winner – in Grammy history.
Follow the Grammys live: cnn.it/3Q2lagi
February 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Awww I needed something positive for a change. Hope you get some endorphins
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If only there were some publicly available and free service, like multiple warehouses of books, that someone could use to borrow a book to read before purchasing. You could have a little card they scan and you could return a book if you couldn’t finish it.
"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Wait, is this sarcasm?
Hello reply guys next time I will be sure to think of every possible scenario, use multiple qualifiers, be incredibly specific, and avoid dry humor and sarcasm before I post.
January 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wait, is this sarcasm?
Agree. I think. But keep in mind that I squeaked by the required undergrad Econ classes
SCOOP: Hakeem Jeffries has privately floated embracing the wholesale elimination of the debt limit next year rather than simply raising it.
Scoop: Jeffries' plan to kill the debt ceiling forever
Jeffries has privately expressed openness to embracing Trump's demand to abolish the debt ceiling.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Agree. I think. But keep in mind that I squeaked by the required undergrad Econ classes
Makes my librarian heart go pitter patter
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
apnews.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Makes my librarian heart go pitter patter
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I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
Clearly I’m not the only one who didn’t see the South Korea martial law imposition coming. Whaaaat is happening???
December 3, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Clearly I’m not the only one who didn’t see the South Korea martial law imposition coming. Whaaaat is happening???
This thanksgiving thing was all just an elaborate plot to get me to clean the house, right? Admit it!
November 26, 2024 at 4:17 PM
This thanksgiving thing was all just an elaborate plot to get me to clean the house, right? Admit it!
I would like to point out that I proposed this dinner topic before the latest news update. Follow me for more insider trading tips
Appropriate thanksgiving dinner discussion topic…so what’s everybody stocking up on in anticipation of tariffs?
November 26, 2024 at 1:10 AM
I would like to point out that I proposed this dinner topic before the latest news update. Follow me for more insider trading tips
Appropriate thanksgiving dinner discussion topic…so what’s everybody stocking up on in anticipation of tariffs?
November 26, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Appropriate thanksgiving dinner discussion topic…so what’s everybody stocking up on in anticipation of tariffs?
Yet another reason to love sturgill ❤️❤️❤️
🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social )
November 25, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Yet another reason to love sturgill ❤️❤️❤️
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People are going to be happy about this, but we're going to end up with somebody worse. Somebody who can more effectively marshal the DOJ against us who Republicans like better personally.
BREAKING: Gaetz withdraws from consideration for attorney general.
November 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM
People are going to be happy about this, but we're going to end up with somebody worse. Somebody who can more effectively marshal the DOJ against us who Republicans like better personally.
I’ll admit this platform is starting to grow on me. I think I have ptsd from mastodon
November 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM
I’ll admit this platform is starting to grow on me. I think I have ptsd from mastodon
Listening to the sounds of the engines of the small planes departing Athens. I am curious who is aboard.
November 17, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Listening to the sounds of the engines of the small planes departing Athens. I am curious who is aboard.
Hello? Can you hear me in the back?
November 16, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Hello? Can you hear me in the back?