Emily☀️
@leap4emily.bsky.social
schnauzer & border collie lover | slow hiker | librarian turned HR
Still laughing about buying sandals with velcro accidentally because I didn't know what "hook and loop closures" meant.
May 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Still laughing about buying sandals with velcro accidentally because I didn't know what "hook and loop closures" meant.
It's funny (sad) how humanities degrees are so discredited, but this little English and Mass Communication degree holder is doing pretty well for herself managing training and internal comms at a library. Between the federal government and Utah legislature, I'm very nervous for higher ed.
April 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's funny (sad) how humanities degrees are so discredited, but this little English and Mass Communication degree holder is doing pretty well for herself managing training and internal comms at a library. Between the federal government and Utah legislature, I'm very nervous for higher ed.
I wish Luka was on my team.
April 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I wish Luka was on my team.
The book I've feared would show up on a banned list, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, is being removed from Jordan School District. The story involves sexual assault, which teenagers should be allowed to learn about through literature. Please consider filling out this film in support of the book.
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April 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The book I've feared would show up on a banned list, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, is being removed from Jordan School District. The story involves sexual assault, which teenagers should be allowed to learn about through literature. Please consider filling out this film in support of the book.
I think it's odd the Utah Shakespeare Festival switched to doing the same play every Saturday night throughout the summer, instead of alternating the Saturday show. Now if there's a play you want to see that's not the Saturday show, you have to miss one to two days of work to get to it.
April 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I think it's odd the Utah Shakespeare Festival switched to doing the same play every Saturday night throughout the summer, instead of alternating the Saturday show. Now if there's a play you want to see that's not the Saturday show, you have to miss one to two days of work to get to it.
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More disturbing stories about the detention centres. Among them, there was a couple in Canada taking selfies at the Peace Arch border. They accidentally strayed across the boundary and were taken into custody.
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
More disturbing stories about the detention centres. Among them, there was a couple in Canada taking selfies at the Peace Arch border. They accidentally strayed across the boundary and were taken into custody.
It is always interesting to watch people who are not used to public transit etiquette attempt to board a train. Just an absolute stand still of refusing to step out of the way and risk not getting on first, so folks on the train can’t get out the doors.
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It is always interesting to watch people who are not used to public transit etiquette attempt to board a train. Just an absolute stand still of refusing to step out of the way and risk not getting on first, so folks on the train can’t get out the doors.
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ALA President Cindy Hohl: “Congress created I.M.L.S. by law, with bipartisan support, and Republican and Democratic Presidents signed those laws, including President Trump in 2018...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...
Trump Administration Moves to Shutter Library Agency (Gift Article)
The staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, were put on leave.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ALA President Cindy Hohl: “Congress created I.M.L.S. by law, with bipartisan support, and Republican and Democratic Presidents signed those laws, including President Trump in 2018...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...
IMLS was gutted today and according to DOGE" "We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations."
March 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
IMLS was gutted today and according to DOGE" "We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations."
This is a college friend, who was fired as a federal probationary employee and has since been reinstated but on administrative leave. defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Fired USFWS Fish Biologist | Defector
Chinook salmon start their lives high upstream in the rivers of western North America. The young fish linger in the safety of freshwater until they are big enough to head out into the open ocean, wher...
defector.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is a college friend, who was fired as a federal probationary employee and has since been reinstated but on administrative leave. defector.com/an-interview...
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Libraries are literal lifelines for millions of Americans and the fact that the New York Times thinks there’s something “obscure” about the agency that directly funds public access to research databases, interlibrary loan, and rural broadband internet access is a huge part of how we got here.
Among the “largely obscure” (to use the NYT’s phrasing) agencies included in this order?
The IMLS.
[gift link]
The IMLS.
[gift link]
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent (Gift Article)
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Libraries are literal lifelines for millions of Americans and the fact that the New York Times thinks there’s something “obscure” about the agency that directly funds public access to research databases, interlibrary loan, and rural broadband internet access is a huge part of how we got here.
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This was exciting news to wake up to. Reading a list of “obscure” agencies as the New York Times put it, and finding IMLS on the list. 🤦🏻♀️
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This was exciting news to wake up to. Reading a list of “obscure” agencies as the New York Times put it, and finding IMLS on the list. 🤦🏻♀️
Turns out I’ve had a bacterial infection in my nose for over a year and just thought it was sore from the dry air. Fun!
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Turns out I’ve had a bacterial infection in my nose for over a year and just thought it was sore from the dry air. Fun!
This is incredible.
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is incredible.
Thinking about the time a back specialist did a few movement tests on me, then said "I believe you that your back hurts, but there's nothing wrong with it." When I can barely twist or bend or pick things up withing feeling a twinge in a way that tells me if I'm not careful I will throw my back out.
March 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thinking about the time a back specialist did a few movement tests on me, then said "I believe you that your back hurts, but there's nothing wrong with it." When I can barely twist or bend or pick things up withing feeling a twinge in a way that tells me if I'm not careful I will throw my back out.
If two stadiums happen on North Temple, let alone one stadium, I don't know how I will get in and out of my neighborhood on game days. This should be tied to a TRAX line on Redwood or other major improvements to our transit options. (And you know, efforts to cleanup the Jordan River Parkway.)
A late session bill headed to committee tomorrow would increase stadium options within the Fairpark District, which is already the preferred site for an MLB stadium.
The proposed language offers some clues into the possibilities #utpol:
www.ksl.com/article/5126...
The proposed language offers some clues into the possibilities #utpol:
www.ksl.com/article/5126...
More than a home run? Utah lawmaker wants to add stadium options to Fairpark
A Utah lawmaker is seeking a bill that could open the door for more than one professional sports stadium in Salt Lake City's Fairpark area.
www.ksl.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If two stadiums happen on North Temple, let alone one stadium, I don't know how I will get in and out of my neighborhood on game days. This should be tied to a TRAX line on Redwood or other major improvements to our transit options. (And you know, efforts to cleanup the Jordan River Parkway.)
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it was bad when the worst poster on my favorite website bought that website and made it terrible but it has been worse having that person also buy my country that i live in
February 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
it was bad when the worst poster on my favorite website bought that website and made it terrible but it has been worse having that person also buy my country that i live in
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Really telling how unprepared our media is to meet this moment that every outlet doesn’t have headlines blaring that Trump n Musk just did the largest layoff in history, with stories like this & analysis of the economic effects of suddenly firing the equivalent of the entire pop of Salt Lake City
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Really telling how unprepared our media is to meet this moment that every outlet doesn’t have headlines blaring that Trump n Musk just did the largest layoff in history, with stories like this & analysis of the economic effects of suddenly firing the equivalent of the entire pop of Salt Lake City
As a local government employee, this thread is making me laugh so I don’t cry.
not trying to pick on this guy. this just reminded me that the federal government does not provide coffee to workers. to drink coffee at a federal office you generally have to pay into a "coffee club" that is managed by a staffer who volunteers to collect money and purchase a monthly coffee supply.
February 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
As a local government employee, this thread is making me laugh so I don’t cry.
I am having $100 extra taken out of every paycheck and we *still* owe $1800 in taxes. Why?? I just want them to take the right amount out of my check every month so we don't have to make a big payment in the spring.
February 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am having $100 extra taken out of every paycheck and we *still* owe $1800 in taxes. Why?? I just want them to take the right amount out of my check every month so we don't have to make a big payment in the spring.
I must poke my eye with the mascara wand all the time because without fail if I forget to put my contacts in first I poke myself and it hurts like a son of a bitch.
February 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I must poke my eye with the mascara wand all the time because without fail if I forget to put my contacts in first I poke myself and it hurts like a son of a bitch.
Who is going to stand up to this?
February 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Who is going to stand up to this?
Turns out it doesn't matter if something is illegal if no one is enforcing it.
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Turns out it doesn't matter if something is illegal if no one is enforcing it.