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🌱 Tea, nature, tai chi, gardening, baking & DIY projects. Time with my dogs, my people, my libraries. 🌕🔵 Go Blue! 〽️
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Be the Joy. @BirdDogBaking Ypsilanti
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Be the Joy. @BirdDogBaking Ypsilanti
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The New York Public Library is proud to present Best Books of 2025. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens—curated by our expert staff and librarians—encompass fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, kids’ books in Spanish & more! www.nypl.org/spotlight/be...
NYPL's Best Books of 2025 | The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is proud to present our Best Books of 2025. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens—curated by our expert staff and librarians—encompass…
www.nypl.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The New York Public Library is proud to present Best Books of 2025. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens—curated by our expert staff and librarians—encompass fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, kids’ books in Spanish & more! www.nypl.org/spotlight/be...
Be the Joy. Canelé at Canelle Ann Arbor.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Be the Joy. Canelé at Canelle Ann Arbor.
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Hang with our Bassets. Watch nostalgia tv. Watch @jimacosta.bsky.social every damned afternoon. He has great guests!
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hang with our Bassets. Watch nostalgia tv. Watch @jimacosta.bsky.social every damned afternoon. He has great guests!
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Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield will become the first woman to be mayor of the city.
Mary Sheffield wins big, becomes Detroit's first woman mayor - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield will become the first woman mayor of the city after handily defeating Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. in Tuesday’s general election.
www.metrotimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield will become the first woman to be mayor of the city.
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Y'all - now you know us photogs are NOT kidding when we say the Northern Pygmy owls are SO SO SMOL!
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Y'all - now you know us photogs are NOT kidding when we say the Northern Pygmy owls are SO SO SMOL!
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A beautiful start to November in Ypsilanti.
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A beautiful start to November in Ypsilanti.
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The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
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This is... amazing:
"A group of people who only remember 'the cover was blue' is called a patron."
Collective Nouns for Librarians
A group of librarians is called a cardigan. A collection of empty chairs is called an author reading. A collection of Eric Carle books covered in s...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is... amazing:
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“The Department of Defense has a budget of more than $800 billion. … Its actions and policies are of great consequence to every American. It is vital that such a powerful force be subject to aggressive, fair, independent reporting, no matter who is in charge.”
Well said, @huffpost.com.
Well said, @huffpost.com.
The Pentagon wants @huffpost.com to sign an absurd document. We refuse
The Pentagon Wants HuffPost To Sign An Absurd Document. We Refuse.
Sign Pete Hegseth’s ridiculous press restrictions? No way in hell!
www.huffpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“The Department of Defense has a budget of more than $800 billion. … Its actions and policies are of great consequence to every American. It is vital that such a powerful force be subject to aggressive, fair, independent reporting, no matter who is in charge.”
Well said, @huffpost.com.
Well said, @huffpost.com.
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Joy is no optional. @OndoBakery #ERCSunday
October 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Joy is no optional. @OndoBakery #ERCSunday
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"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org
👉👉 nokings.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org
👉👉 nokings.org
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
October 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I love @tomgauld.bsky.social’s work
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I love @tomgauld.bsky.social’s work
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There should be more love songs for, like, libraries. And cheese. And people who stay calm when bad things happen.
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There should be more love songs for, like, libraries. And cheese. And people who stay calm when bad things happen.