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Rachel F
@bibli0rach.bsky.social
Librarian, Denverite, mother of adults. One of many 40-something Rachels. I do not like or watch sports.
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The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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I’m Julie Gonzales, a state senator and daughter of a rancher and a teacher. I’m running for U.S. Senate because this race is about who controls our lives: billionaires and the politicians they own, or the working people who actually make Colorado run.

👉 Join us at julieforcolorado.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Facing a big spike in your health insurance next year? The @denverpost.com wants to talk to you. Follow the link if you're willing to talk to a reporter about your experience.
Facing a spike in your health insurance? The Denver Post wants to talk to you
The Denver Post wants to know how you’re planning to cope with paying about twice as much in 2026 on subsidized health insurance on the individual marketplace.
www.denverpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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They’re calling it “a politician’s ideal headline.” www.westword.com/news/colorad...
Jared Polis Promotes White Supremacist and Child Porn Defender as "Intellectuals"
The governor encouraged Coloradans to follow the controversial online personalities, saying they do "actual thinking."
www.westword.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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OK, we're going on a thread.

Remember when Executive Director Ford claimed she didn't know about the involvement of a lobbyist in the Alameda Road Repurposing and that was nonsense?

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The video is from the November Denver DOTI Advisory Board meeting. In the email screenshot in the following post Amy Ford is made well aware of MG Public Affairs involvement in JULY
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Hey look- it’s Mayor Johnston and the the Deputy Manager and COO of DOTI with the lobbying firm that Jill Anschutz used to kill the Alameda road safety project. If you are a regular resident and want something done in this city. You don’t stand a chance against those with money.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures.
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Streaming? Out. Borrowing physical media from your public library? In.
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Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?
Streaming is over. The magazine is back. And everyone who’s too online is apparently getting off again. The time is ripe for an analog revolution. And where better to start than the stacks? A…
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December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
We decorated today!
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Hey Colorado, time to object to this application. Having one conglomerate own #1 & #3 station will NOT improve competion or coverage.
Today the FCC accepted for filing the application for Nexstar (Fox31) to acquire TEGNA (9NEWS) and has set a pleading cycle (public comment) to run through late January with a ruling to follow. The FCC says Nexstar is requesting two ownership rule waivers.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Denver scaled back a street safety project after pushback from the family of Colorado's wealthiest man.

While the city told the public that construction was the hold up, @spencersoicher.bsky.social obtained internal city emails showing the issue was "high level" community concerns.
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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In addition to gifting a banned book, what can you do to help someone get excited and engaged in the fight for the freedom to read?

Here are 10+ ideas!

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How to Support Anti Book Censorship Work Through Holiday Giving: Book Censorship News, December 5, 2025
In addition to gifting a banned book, what can you do to help someone get excited and engaged in the fight for the freedom to read?
bookriot.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Libraries are sites of refuge, where curiosity is nurtured, where people find shelter, education, entertainment, job assistance, skill-building programs, and access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach.
In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded
Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.
truthout.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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having FUN
isn't HARD
when you've GOT
a library CARD
www.404media.co/the-last-vid...
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The city (and library) has been purging experienced and knowledgeable staff. It's smaller scale, but similar outcome to the feds. Incompetence, lack of historical perspective, misaligned values, and no continuity of operations. This makes our city slower and worse at delivering services. 📚
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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FWIW, I celebrate ILL in this recent article :)
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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You know what would be great? Let's support Franklin & Kids Can Press by promoting their wonderful books to as many folks as we can. The holidays are coming and we all know a kid who would love one of their amazing titles. 📚
www.kidscanpress.com/products/
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚

Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance | Common Dreams
​History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts.
www.commondreams.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Ive been asked so

Here is the way you can support me

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I’ll add my Patreon when I finish this update
November 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064
April 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.

www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Hey you
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM