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That's for me to know and you to figure out.
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Bob Weir gave us songs to sing and shows to remember. Relive decades of Grateful Dead live recordings in the Live Music Archive. 🌹💀 archive.org/details/Grat...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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ICYMI: The University of Nebraska at Kearney finalized plans to trim $4.5 million, which brought total cuts across NU in this budget year to $43 million. UNK’s total annual budget is about $170 million.

From Zach Wendling:

nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/31/u...
UNK finalizes plan to cut $4.5 million, rounds out NU-wide cuts of $43 million • Nebraska Examiner
Campus leaders across the University of Nebraska have finalized cuts that together would trim $43 million this fiscal year.
nebraskaexaminer.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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How Bob Ross Inc is helping to close the public media funding gap

via @deema_zein

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Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public bro...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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We join PEN America in celebrating a victory for the freedom to read, as a U.S. judge orders banned books returned to military school shelves.

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A Victory for the Freedom to Read, as Judge Orders Banned Books Returned to Shelves in U.S. Military Schools
A federal judge in the Eastern District Court of Virginia today ordered the Department of Defense to restore all books banned in five schools at U.S. military installations, a ruling PEN America calle...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Meanwhile...in Florida.
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"This unhinged, unsubstantiated, and incredibly harmful claim prompted Superintendent Ayres to concede to the permanent banning of more than fifty titles.

bit.ly/4mvYqnp via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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When Books Become Crimes: Florida’s Dangerous Censorship of Public Libraries Escalates
Florida State Board of Education threatens school administrators with criminal prosecution over library books
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July 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
HB4 and SB6, two severe anti-library bills in Alabama, are dead.

EveryLibrary stands behind frontline advocates and professional organizations, helping them succeed in their states and communities.

bit.ly/43zT8Ap via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The Advocacy Partnership that Defeated Two Bad Alabama Bills
EveryLibrary is so proud to be part of this kind of advocacy partnership.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This sets an incredible precedent that will allow the state to regulate books and deny you the right to read freely in public libraries.

action.everylibrary.org/governmentdi... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The Government Can Now Ban Books It Dislikes.
This court ruling should terrify you.
action.everylibrary.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Thank you, Miriam! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Miriam Tuliao, marketing manager at Penguin Random House, is running 18 miles on Global Running Day to support future librarians of color through ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship.

She’s swum around the Statue of Liberty, walked 32 miles, and more—all to open doors for the next generation. bit.ly/4jW1J6s
May 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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This fall, Roadtrip Nation is sending three people on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to explore careers in libraries.
Learn more about this opportunity, fueled by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social & Strada Education Foundation.
➡️ ilovelibraries.org/article/hit-...
Applications are open through May 25, 2025.
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM