JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

SCOOP from last night > Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to use Starlink satellite internet to upgrade the FAA's airspace system network, even though Verizon already had that contract. @jasonleopold.bsky.social & @allyversprille.bsky.social
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There are multiple studies showing that schools with teaching librarians have the best scores. We teach information literacy and critical thinking skills.

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said.

Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

ALA, AASL decry U.S. Defense Department censorship of schools and libraries on military installations
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#ShowUpForOurLibraries

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜

The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.

Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, board games, video game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, computers, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, passport services and so much more!
Maybe it's time for a visit! 📚❤️

“Read the books they’re banning. That’s where the good stuff is!”
- LeVar Burton 📚❤️‍🩹💛

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People are seeking books to teach their kids about diversity & belonging. What I hear: They're looking for books from a plethora of perspectives! Here are a few books, you & your kids may already be reading them ☺️
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Elizabeth Warren has receipts of all the times Hegseth said women shouldn't serve in combat roles -- he's said it many many times

AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time

Libraries, man 🥹

Please don’t be upset with the library workers if/when they run out of masks. They’re doing their best just like you. Ask how you can help them as they help you ✨

Thank you libraries, thank you firefighters, thank you first responders, thank you helpers 💚

The New Yorker's daily cartoon by Bob Eckstein.

Their research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use.

Is this why libraries are such a threat?

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