Kathleen
@kdk7.bsky.social
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Massachusetts folks!!!! Anti-book ban bill call to action.
An exciting update! Mass Freedom To Read has been working overtime to get amendments filed that substantially strengthen this bill, and all the amendments have been filed! It's time to contact your MA senators to urge them to support the amendment: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Massachusetts folks!!!! Anti-book ban bill call to action.
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Their product has literally contributed to the deaths of kids.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Their product has literally contributed to the deaths of kids.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
🎧
Available today on JBR: Casey Dienel shares not one, but two new singles from My Heart is an Outlaw (out 10/17).
✨ "People Can Change" — breezy on the surface, cutting to the core underneath.
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🔥 "The Butcher is My Friend" — bold, cathartic, and unforgettable.
Listen to both here → lnk.to/SbH7Cw
✨ "People Can Change" — breezy on the surface, cutting to the core underneath.
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🔥 "The Butcher is My Friend" — bold, cathartic, and unforgettable.
Listen to both here → lnk.to/SbH7Cw
October 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Ooo
Questlove’s documentary about Earth, Wind & Fire set to arrive in 2026 thegrio.com/2025/10/13/q...
Questlove’s documentary about Earth, Wind & Fire set to arrive in 2026
The documentary about the legendary band is the first since 2001’s Shining Stars: The Official Story of Earth, Wind & Fire.
thegrio.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ooo
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Miss Major and D'Angelo in the same week. Jesus Christ, ease off the gas, universe.
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Miss Major and D'Angelo in the same week. Jesus Christ, ease off the gas, universe.
WOW I used to enjoy getting a drink at Savin Hill Bar & Grill, this is really not respectful at all.
They totally could’ve incorporated this history in a way that didn’t just put Whitey’s big mug in a fancy frame
They totally could’ve incorporated this history in a way that didn’t just put Whitey’s big mug in a fancy frame
“We are not honoring the legacy of Whitey Bulger. It is the history of the neighborhood, and we aren’t intending to glorify it. It is the history, and we are private business owners, and we should have the right to do what we want in our business and do it respectfully.”- Driscoll DoCanto, co-owner
A celebrity chef’s re-branding concept for Savin Bar + Kitchen – which features photos of notorious Boston mobsters, including the late James “Whitey” Bulger— is causing a stir in Savin Hill, where civic leaders voted to petition the business to remove the images. www.dotnews.com/2025/savin-h...
October 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
WOW I used to enjoy getting a drink at Savin Hill Bar & Grill, this is really not respectful at all.
They totally could’ve incorporated this history in a way that didn’t just put Whitey’s big mug in a fancy frame
They totally could’ve incorporated this history in a way that didn’t just put Whitey’s big mug in a fancy frame
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/ THREE TRANS ORGANIZATIONS U CULD DONATE 2 LINKED ON THE LISTING
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Oh no, this is so tragic. I really enjoyed learning an cúpla focal through his work
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
October 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Oh no, this is so tragic. I really enjoyed learning an cúpla focal through his work
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
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They’re bringing back Reading Rainbow, hosted by Mychal the Librarian. [youtube.com]
Reading Rainbow🌈 | Official Trailer 🎬 | Educational Videos for Kids |@Kidzuko
🎶 Take a look, it’s in a book 🎶
After nearly 20 years… Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course… new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈✨
#FollowTheRainbow
For all the latest upload
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
They’re bringing back Reading Rainbow, hosted by Mychal the Librarian. [youtube.com]
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The barriers put in place to stop any trans girls from playing with others girls are so complicated and onerous that TEN SCHOOLS can’t get enough cis girls through them to field soccer teams this year.
“Respect for women’s sports” my ass.
“Respect for women’s sports” my ass.
Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
edmontonjournal.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The barriers put in place to stop any trans girls from playing with others girls are so complicated and onerous that TEN SCHOOLS can’t get enough cis girls through them to field soccer teams this year.
“Respect for women’s sports” my ass.
“Respect for women’s sports” my ass.
No thanks !! 🤢
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
No thanks !! 🤢
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given the current climate, can I recommend this short book on how governments have cracked down on dissidents in the past, and how community members have banded together to support those jailed for their beliefs?
pub'd by @pmpress.bsky.social
ill. by @nobonzo.bsky.social
pub'd by @pmpress.bsky.social
ill. by @nobonzo.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
given the current climate, can I recommend this short book on how governments have cracked down on dissidents in the past, and how community members have banded together to support those jailed for their beliefs?
pub'd by @pmpress.bsky.social
ill. by @nobonzo.bsky.social
pub'd by @pmpress.bsky.social
ill. by @nobonzo.bsky.social
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Reposted by Kathleen
This is the mugshot of a literal political prisoner, arrested, thrown in jail, then expelled from a public university, for yelling at Charlie Kirk supporters
Texas Tech student expelled after video showing Charlie Kirk rant on campus
An 18-year-old Texas Tech University student is no longer enrolled at the university after a video appearing to show her mocking the death of Charlie Kirk went viral.
www.fox4news.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is the mugshot of a literal political prisoner, arrested, thrown in jail, then expelled from a public university, for yelling at Charlie Kirk supporters
I love weather is happening so much
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I love weather is happening so much
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“The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I’d beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.” - Jack Kirby
Happy birthday King
Happy birthday King
Jack Kirby, born on August 28, 1917. The King.
August 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I’d beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.” - Jack Kirby
Happy birthday King
Happy birthday King
This reminds me that I intend (eventually) to research a sister of a great great grandma who was a librarian in Chicopee Falls and Westfield.
I found a postcard in a thrift store with a cryptic message/address and decided to try to find out more. Please enjoy my research quest to find out more about "Miss Crabb, Librarian" 📚
(and stick around for the LLM's answers if you're up for a good eyeroll)
www.librarian.net/stax/5702/mi...
(and stick around for the LLM's answers if you're up for a good eyeroll)
www.librarian.net/stax/5702/mi...
Miss Crabb, librarian and poet
I did some digging to track down the librarian I learned about on a thrift store postcard.
www.librarian.net
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This reminds me that I intend (eventually) to research a sister of a great great grandma who was a librarian in Chicopee Falls and Westfield.
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The cruelty is the point: ICE releases woman it had locked up for 10 days by shoving her out the door of its Burlington hole in the pouring rain, with no phone, 30 miles from home; she walked over to the Burlington Mall and begged for help at the Cheesecake Factory. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction
Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.
www.masslive.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The cruelty is the point: ICE releases woman it had locked up for 10 days by shoving her out the door of its Burlington hole in the pouring rain, with no phone, 30 miles from home; she walked over to the Burlington Mall and begged for help at the Cheesecake Factory. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
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we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
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Customs locks Canton woman away for four days at Logan, with no access to her diabetes or blood-pressure medication, then hands her to ICE, who ships her up to a Maine lockup
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
25 Investigates: Pushing feds for answers after agents detain Canton mother with green card
25 Investigates is working to get answers from the U.S. government after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at Logan International Airport detained a Canton mother who has been living legally ...
www.boston25news.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Customs locks Canton woman away for four days at Logan, with no access to her diabetes or blood-pressure medication, then hands her to ICE, who ships her up to a Maine lockup
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
Reposted by Kathleen
Library Freedom Project is seeking survey responses about library workers’ attitudes, experiences, and concerns about AI!
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AI in Libraries Survey
Library Freedom Project is conducting this survey to understand library worker attitudes, experiences, and concerns towards artificial intelligence (AI). LFP is a values-driven organization, with a sk...
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August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Library Freedom Project is seeking survey responses about library workers’ attitudes, experiences, and concerns about AI!
forms.gle/c9tt8zQ5zs8y...
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