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Library tip:
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Library tip:
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
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The Alaska State Troopers have issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Ketchikan and Annette Island areas until 6 p.m. Wednesday, due to an arctic front expected to leave another 3 inches of snow in the Ketchikan area, and up to 5 inches around Annette Island.
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Alaska State Troopers have issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Ketchikan and Annette Island areas until 6 p.m. Wednesday, due to an arctic front expected to leave another 3 inches of snow in the Ketchikan area, and up to 5 inches around Annette Island.
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Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Dan Robinson (@bookmandan.bsky.social)
Retired. Interested in just about everything. Avid reader.
bookmandan.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
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Looking for a compelling history of the emergence of AIDS in the US?
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
Book Review: And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts - The Bibliophage
Randy Shilts creates a tour de force history of the early years of the AIDS epidemic in And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic.
thebibliophage.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Looking for a compelling history of the emergence of AIDS in the US?
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts is one of the best, exploring the history through those involved across the globe and the rise of ACT UP (Also a 🎥).
We wish all health histories were this good.
(1/3)
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Poetrye, theatre, storyes, daunse, art, scholarlye researche about literature, historye, and language -- all of these thinges mattir more now, not less.
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Poetrye, theatre, storyes, daunse, art, scholarlye researche about literature, historye, and language -- all of these thinges mattir more now, not less.
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I'm a pass on card catalogues, but I am all-in on making sure our physical collections not only remain strong, but are designed to encourage browsing.
Despite what consultant-class trends in academic libraries will tell you, our patrons actually do want stacks in the library. We should listen.
Despite what consultant-class trends in academic libraries will tell you, our patrons actually do want stacks in the library. We should listen.
The one thing I really miss about the 'older world' is browsing library stacks, and card catalogues. However much I appreciate databases and retrieving what I want in moments, the serendipity of 'the book next to the one I wanted' and 'the article in the same issue' cannot be replicated. #Libraries
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm a pass on card catalogues, but I am all-in on making sure our physical collections not only remain strong, but are designed to encourage browsing.
Despite what consultant-class trends in academic libraries will tell you, our patrons actually do want stacks in the library. We should listen.
Despite what consultant-class trends in academic libraries will tell you, our patrons actually do want stacks in the library. We should listen.
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Somewhere along the way, freedom of movement became freedom from responsibility.
The search for a superior moral justification for selfishness has never idled this smoothly.
The search for a superior moral justification for selfishness has never idled this smoothly.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Somewhere along the way, freedom of movement became freedom from responsibility.
The search for a superior moral justification for selfishness has never idled this smoothly.
The search for a superior moral justification for selfishness has never idled this smoothly.
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I think this an important point. The shutdown was hurting millions of people. In a normal political world, the party in power would first, not want that, and second, care about being blamed for it, which is leverage for negotiation. Neither applies here.
It's also virtually certain that Dem's efforts to restore ACA subsidies were not going to work. They had no leverage to negotiate because the opposite side doesn't care how much or how long Americans in either group were hurting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think this an important point. The shutdown was hurting millions of people. In a normal political world, the party in power would first, not want that, and second, care about being blamed for it, which is leverage for negotiation. Neither applies here.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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The Palmer City Council has awarded a contract to rebuild the city’s public library nearly three years after the facility was shuttered due to a roof collapse. via @matsusentinel.bsky.social
Palmer City Council OKs library rebuild contract nearly 3 years after collapse
The new library is expected to open in 2027. It closed in early 2023 after part of the roof buckled.
www.adn.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Palmer City Council has awarded a contract to rebuild the city’s public library nearly three years after the facility was shuttered due to a roof collapse. via @matsusentinel.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Histories of Alaska: The tale of Old Groaner, the moaning monster bear of Southeast Alaska www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
The tale of Old Groaner: The moaning monster bear of Southeast Alaska
The battered bruin had likely been groaning through the forests around the Unuk River for more than a decade.
www.adn.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Histories of Alaska: The tale of Old Groaner, the moaning monster bear of Southeast Alaska www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
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Back in Trump 1, somebody on Twitter said, "Wait... you mean this whole time the government has been operating on the honor system?"
To which I, a Fake Constitutional scholar, said: Yes!
Here's an explanation of why what the framers did in fact call "honor" is essential:
To which I, a Fake Constitutional scholar, said: Yes!
Here's an explanation of why what the framers did in fact call "honor" is essential:
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Back in Trump 1, somebody on Twitter said, "Wait... you mean this whole time the government has been operating on the honor system?"
To which I, a Fake Constitutional scholar, said: Yes!
Here's an explanation of why what the framers did in fact call "honor" is essential:
To which I, a Fake Constitutional scholar, said: Yes!
Here's an explanation of why what the framers did in fact call "honor" is essential:
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This was the predictable outcome of the campus space rules put into place over the last year.
"Content neutral" always, always means the side of the oppressor.
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Harvard Medical School Cancels Student Groups’ Pro-Palestine Vigil
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"Content neutral" always, always means the side of the oppressor.
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Harvard Medical School Cancels Student Groups’ Pro-Palestine Vigil
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This was the predictable outcome of the campus space rules put into place over the last year.
"Content neutral" always, always means the side of the oppressor.
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Harvard Medical School Cancels Student Groups’ Pro-Palestine Vigil
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"Content neutral" always, always means the side of the oppressor.
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Harvard Medical School Cancels Student Groups’ Pro-Palestine Vigil
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I suspected this might be coming because of her recent retirement... I knew she'd never lay down the microphone unless forced to.
RIP to a giant of journalism, to a Founding Mother of NPR, and to -- I am proud and humbled to say -- my friend.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
RIP to a giant of journalism, to a Founding Mother of NPR, and to -- I am proud and humbled to say -- my friend.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I suspected this might be coming because of her recent retirement... I knew she'd never lay down the microphone unless forced to.
RIP to a giant of journalism, to a Founding Mother of NPR, and to -- I am proud and humbled to say -- my friend.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
RIP to a giant of journalism, to a Founding Mother of NPR, and to -- I am proud and humbled to say -- my friend.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
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Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
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"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair
YouTube video by Banned Books Week
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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Dana Carvey parodied George HW Bush on SNL — “Nah, wouldn’t be prudent” — the President called him up and they became friends. .
Daryl Hammond imitated Clinton through his Presidency, including savage stuff during his sex scandal. Clinton invited him to do a “dueling Presidents” gag.
Daryl Hammond imitated Clinton through his Presidency, including savage stuff during his sex scandal. Clinton invited him to do a “dueling Presidents” gag.
President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
September 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Dana Carvey parodied George HW Bush on SNL — “Nah, wouldn’t be prudent” — the President called him up and they became friends. .
Daryl Hammond imitated Clinton through his Presidency, including savage stuff during his sex scandal. Clinton invited him to do a “dueling Presidents” gag.
Daryl Hammond imitated Clinton through his Presidency, including savage stuff during his sex scandal. Clinton invited him to do a “dueling Presidents” gag.
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Leaving you for the night with one of our favorite quotes from Teddy Roosevelt.
Keep fighting everyone!
Keep fighting everyone!
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Leaving you for the night with one of our favorite quotes from Teddy Roosevelt.
Keep fighting everyone!
Keep fighting everyone!
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DC today
September 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
DC today
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Today is August 32nd
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today is August 32nd
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Happy Labor Day! Today, we're honoring the library workers across the country whose dedication and expertise keep our libraries and our communities strong. Libraries work because library workers do!
ALA offices are closed in observance.
ALA offices are closed in observance.
September 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy Labor Day! Today, we're honoring the library workers across the country whose dedication and expertise keep our libraries and our communities strong. Libraries work because library workers do!
ALA offices are closed in observance.
ALA offices are closed in observance.
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For your info: PAY ATTENTION CHAD! YOU’RE FUCKING OFF AGAIN!
August 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For your info: PAY ATTENTION CHAD! YOU’RE FUCKING OFF AGAIN!