Kelly Thompson
@libkel.bsky.social
Librarian, art lover, mother, tired
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I am thinking of every IMLS worker today.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I am thinking of every IMLS worker today.
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. [Books] taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive."
— James Baldwin #booksky 💙📚
— James Baldwin #booksky 💙📚
March 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. [Books] taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive."
— James Baldwin #booksky 💙📚
— James Baldwin #booksky 💙📚
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look at this absolute unit
October 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
look at this absolute unit
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Muffins are so important because they're the very best way to eat a piece of cake for breakfast without everybody asking you if you're okay
February 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Muffins are so important because they're the very best way to eat a piece of cake for breakfast without everybody asking you if you're okay
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In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
January 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
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Many librarians in the state are concerned about what potential cuts might mean for the services they provide to their communities.
SDLA worried about impact of budget cuts to State Library
Many librarians in the state are concerned about what potential cuts might mean for the services they provide to their communities.
www.dakotanewsnow.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Many librarians in the state are concerned about what potential cuts might mean for the services they provide to their communities.
Trump has previously proposed cutting all federal funding for libraries.
But we can take action today!
Please join us and sign the petition to show your support for fully funding IMLS in the Continuing Budget Resolution.
action.everylibrary.org/imls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
But we can take action today!
Please join us and sign the petition to show your support for fully funding IMLS in the Continuing Budget Resolution.
action.everylibrary.org/imls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Trump has previously proposed cutting all federal funding for libraries.
But we can take action today!
Please join us and sign the petition to show your support for fully funding IMLS in the Continuing Budget Resolution.
action.everylibrary.org/imls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
But we can take action today!
Please join us and sign the petition to show your support for fully funding IMLS in the Continuing Budget Resolution.
action.everylibrary.org/imls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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@rafiamahli.com thank you for drawing our attention to this important medieval bat, possibly actually cuter than the last one?
November 21, 2024 at 1:41 PM
@rafiamahli.com thank you for drawing our attention to this important medieval bat, possibly actually cuter than the last one?