Mark Edwin Peterson
@rarebooklibrarian.bsky.social
Writing about special collections.
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🚨ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??
Mike Johnson waited 50 DAYS to swear in Adelita Grijalva but he swore in Matt Van Epps from Tennessee 48 HOURS after his special election.
Mike Johnson is a piece of shit.
🚨ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??
Mike Johnson waited 50 DAYS to swear in Adelita Grijalva but he swore in Matt Van Epps from Tennessee 48 HOURS after his special election.
Mike Johnson is a piece of shit.
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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🚨ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??
Mike Johnson waited 50 DAYS to swear in Adelita Grijalva but he swore in Matt Van Epps from Tennessee 48 HOURS after his special election.
Mike Johnson is a piece of shit.
🚨ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??
Mike Johnson waited 50 DAYS to swear in Adelita Grijalva but he swore in Matt Van Epps from Tennessee 48 HOURS after his special election.
Mike Johnson is a piece of shit.
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
What would it take to send all those soybeans to Gaza?
October 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What would it take to send all those soybeans to Gaza?
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this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"
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I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:
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EU, defund this guy already!
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
EU, defund this guy already!
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Uh oh
How Ruby went off the rails: A deep dive into the ownership and governance drama of some of the most important open source projects in the world
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
www.404media.co
September 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Uh oh
But it was too late for me.
IT'S A COOKBOOK
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” was meant to be a warning not a to-do list. How on earth can the Washington Post be expected to fight against government overreach in crushing dissent when it is doing Trump’s work for him?
September 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
But it was too late for me.
While it is certainly possible that this will be our Reichstag fire, never forget that one main reason that conservatives and especially Trump, Musk and their ilk are so dangerous is that they are huge cowards.
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
While it is certainly possible that this will be our Reichstag fire, never forget that one main reason that conservatives and especially Trump, Musk and their ilk are so dangerous is that they are huge cowards.
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There is no compromise policy Democrats can offer Republicans to make them act normal on this issue. We simply have to state the basic reality — immigrants contribute to our country in myriad ways — and fight for it. I don't know how so many journalists convinced themselves this isn't an option.
September 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There is no compromise policy Democrats can offer Republicans to make them act normal on this issue. We simply have to state the basic reality — immigrants contribute to our country in myriad ways — and fight for it. I don't know how so many journalists convinced themselves this isn't an option.
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Republicans keep doing enormous damage to rural Virginians. The question is, will rural Virginians stop voting for Republicans? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/satu... h/t @ssurovell.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Republicans keep doing enormous damage to rural Virginians. The question is, will rural Virginians stop voting for Republicans? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/satu... h/t @ssurovell.bsky.social
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ICONIC. (And not in a good way.)
August 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
ICONIC. (And not in a good way.)
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Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires
More than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina.
A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
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It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
August 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
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Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
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How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
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not sure how many decades it will take America living down having elected Trump twice
August 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
not sure how many decades it will take America living down having elected Trump twice
Supposedly smart people never get how their bitching about people not giving them the respect they have paid for comes across as expecting the rest of the world to be silent and obedient.
Oh you have an advanced degree and decades of experience in the topic, well have you considered how I feel about it
August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Supposedly smart people never get how their bitching about people not giving them the respect they have paid for comes across as expecting the rest of the world to be silent and obedient.
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Dusting off the Madagascar Plan
August 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Dusting off the Madagascar Plan
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Remember when Israel and their defenders used to get incredulous when they were compared to the apartheid regime?
They have almost inarguably become something even worse.
They have almost inarguably become something even worse.
August 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Remember when Israel and their defenders used to get incredulous when they were compared to the apartheid regime?
They have almost inarguably become something even worse.
They have almost inarguably become something even worse.