@piecesofthepi
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Lover of books, yoga, nature and food- not necessarily in that order. My name was slightly different on the other site.
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Interesting article on where people on X actually are. www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
X erupts after the platform reveals the locations where accounts are based
X, formerly Twitter, launched a feature that shows accounts' locations, in an effort to promote transparency.
www.businessinsider.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Interesting article on where people on X actually are. www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
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Please do this! Libraries and librarians really really need your support. Because the dismantling of the Department of Education will impact us ALL
Libraries do so much for our communities and families and we'd like to give back!
Please take time this coming week to send an email or postcard of appreciation for your library to your superintendent, school board/city council, county commissioners court- or to librarians themselves!
Please take time this coming week to send an email or postcard of appreciation for your library to your superintendent, school board/city council, county commissioners court- or to librarians themselves!
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Please do this! Libraries and librarians really really need your support. Because the dismantling of the Department of Education will impact us ALL
Yesterday our local brewery had an adult scholastic book fair supporting 6 local libraries in the region and a local book store. It was so much fun and you could feel the love for libraries and books and beer. A Win- win! Support libraries and support local businesses! #booksky #libraries
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yesterday our local brewery had an adult scholastic book fair supporting 6 local libraries in the region and a local book store. It was so much fun and you could feel the love for libraries and books and beer. A Win- win! Support libraries and support local businesses! #booksky #libraries
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Journalist types I know, I am genuinely curious: why does no one demand clarifications from him when he blatantly lies?
Trump: Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down. So I don't want to hear about the affordability.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Journalist types I know, I am genuinely curious: why does no one demand clarifications from him when he blatantly lies?
@anandian.bsky.social Thought of you and your book when I saw this. Source: NJ PBS share.google/05A0rQwRmFyM...
In coal country, community works to heal political divisions | PBS News Hour
For decades, coal was more than an industry in Pike County, Kentucky. It was a way of life, powering homes, paychecks, and a deep sense of identity. But as the economy shifts, residents there are also...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
@anandian.bsky.social Thought of you and your book when I saw this. Source: NJ PBS share.google/05A0rQwRmFyM...
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The Supreme Court’s 2025 term will decide critical election and voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy. I explain what is on their docket and what cases deserve your attention.
Please watch and share.
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
Please watch and share.
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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October 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Supreme Court’s 2025 term will decide critical election and voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy. I explain what is on their docket and what cases deserve your attention.
Please watch and share.
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
Please watch and share.
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
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#LetFreedomReadDay is TODAY!
#UniteAgainstBookBans with other advocates and take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship. Find resources, tools, and actions you can take in just 5 minutes at uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day @la-cac.org
#UniteAgainstBookBans with other advocates and take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship. Find resources, tools, and actions you can take in just 5 minutes at uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day @la-cac.org
October 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#LetFreedomReadDay is TODAY!
#UniteAgainstBookBans with other advocates and take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship. Find resources, tools, and actions you can take in just 5 minutes at uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day @la-cac.org
#UniteAgainstBookBans with other advocates and take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship. Find resources, tools, and actions you can take in just 5 minutes at uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day @la-cac.org
it’s that season where the temperature is just right for blankets, comfy pillows and good sleeping weather! Feel like hibernating!
a bear laying on its back next to a tree with its mouth open
ALT: a bear laying on its back next to a tree with its mouth open
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October 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
it’s that season where the temperature is just right for blankets, comfy pillows and good sleeping weather! Feel like hibernating!
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Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.
Why?
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Why?
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How to find community in 2025: ‘The most important thing I’ve learned is I’m not alone’
How to find community in 2025: ‘The most important thing I’ve learned is I’m not alone’
Civic participation is in decline across the English-speaking world. To opt out of the trend, Tom Gill learns to join in
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How to find community in 2025: ‘The most important thing I’ve learned is I’m not alone’
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“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” sojo.net/magazine/sep...
Learning To See Through Margaret Renkl and Mary Oliver’s Eyes
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
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September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” sojo.net/magazine/sep...
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As a bookish kid, I admired the Supreme Court for having the character to unanimously come out against segregation in the 1950s, when no other branch of our government would have had that courage.
So it saddens me to see it lose its way and endorse judging people for the color of their skin today.
So it saddens me to see it lose its way and endorse judging people for the color of their skin today.
September 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As a bookish kid, I admired the Supreme Court for having the character to unanimously come out against segregation in the 1950s, when no other branch of our government would have had that courage.
So it saddens me to see it lose its way and endorse judging people for the color of their skin today.
So it saddens me to see it lose its way and endorse judging people for the color of their skin today.
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💯 agree!!!
We really need to make licenses harder to both obtain and to keep
As a matter of public safety
(Among other things)
As a matter of public safety
(Among other things)
"Approximately 20% of drivers were engaged in distracting or impatient driving, with one in ten drivers being engaged in unlawful behaviours involving the use of handheld devices while driving. Drivers of larger vehicles also exhibited more dangerous driving." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
💯 agree!!!
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THIS
It's just so easy for folks to shift the responsibility of democracy on anyone else but themselves and then wonder why nothing is changing.
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US. *WE* are the goddamn adults in the room who have to do the work.
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US. *WE* are the goddamn adults in the room who have to do the work.
September 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
THIS
Heartbreaking story esp. with climate chnge and dismantling of protections for workers.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/wildfire-firefighter-cancer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.iL5U.gczoB6hVrH8K
‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Heartbreaking story esp. with climate chnge and dismantling of protections for workers.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/wildfire-firefighter-cancer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.iL5U.gczoB6hVrH8K
The new PLA survey is out and has recommendations for staff and program development. www.ala.org/pla/data/pla... #libraries #librarylife
PLA Surveys and Data
PLA administers a survey to U.S. public libraries every year in the fall.
www.ala.org
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The new PLA survey is out and has recommendations for staff and program development. www.ala.org/pla/data/pla... #libraries #librarylife
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In an effort to ensure more New Yorkers can get the latest Covid vaccines, Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to sign an executive order that would authorize pharmacists to provide the shot to almost anyone who wants it, the governor’s office said Thursday.
Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription.
nyti.ms
September 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In an effort to ensure more New Yorkers can get the latest Covid vaccines, Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to sign an executive order that would authorize pharmacists to provide the shot to almost anyone who wants it, the governor’s office said Thursday.
Libraries are amazing! #librarylife www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/c...
Why Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost)
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Libraries are amazing! #librarylife www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/c...
Upsetting www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Dangerous Legal Strategy Coming for Our Books
Our picture book was pulled from library shelves in Florida. The argument being used to defend the ban threatens the right to read.
www.theatlantic.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Upsetting www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Not in a collection but:
We give the kids stickers for every book they read. It’s summer. We will bribe them for anything that doesn’t cause someone to bleed or cry.
Anyway, I was going through stickers today making sure all the “I like big books and I cannot lie” ones stayed in the teen room
We give the kids stickers for every book they read. It’s summer. We will bribe them for anything that doesn’t cause someone to bleed or cry.
Anyway, I was going through stickers today making sure all the “I like big books and I cannot lie” ones stayed in the teen room
AI slop spotters--we have a mission for you, should you choose to accept it. Have you found AI slop in a library collection? Report it here!
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August 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not in a collection but:
We give the kids stickers for every book they read. It’s summer. We will bribe them for anything that doesn’t cause someone to bleed or cry.
Anyway, I was going through stickers today making sure all the “I like big books and I cannot lie” ones stayed in the teen room
We give the kids stickers for every book they read. It’s summer. We will bribe them for anything that doesn’t cause someone to bleed or cry.
Anyway, I was going through stickers today making sure all the “I like big books and I cannot lie” ones stayed in the teen room
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Tell me you don't actually care about kids' safety without telling me you don't actually care about kids' safety.
The New Hampshire government just made libraries a lot less safe for everyone, but particularly for kids
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New law to make New Hampshire library records available to parents • New Hampshire Bulletin
Borrowing records at public libraries have long been confidential under New Hampshire state law, even for the parents of a child borrower. A new law changes that.
newhampshirebulletin.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tell me you don't actually care about kids' safety without telling me you don't actually care about kids' safety.
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Yes … what have we become?
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yes … what have we become?
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This thing I keep saying about the appeal of misogyny — yeah. Just, yeah.
July 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This thing I keep saying about the appeal of misogyny — yeah. Just, yeah.