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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 1d

🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 1d

This means that ALL of the libraries that participate in ILL have lost something.

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 1d

The only reason to get rid of interlibrary loan is that you prefer ignorance and illiteracy.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 2d

“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 3d

Look. The first Trump admin pulled the US’s Circumpolar Council Rep. This is totally the US military independent of administration. Admin would just secede it to Russia.

Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 3d

Alaska is again becoming a priority for U.S. military leadership, who see the state not just as a base from which to send out American forces, but also a place that could be the site of actual warfare. (via Northern Journal)

With twin threats from Russia and China, U.S. military puts new focus on Alaska

In the past, large-scale exercises “occurred in Alaska,” one general says. “Now, this is high-end training that is occurring — that is about Alaska, from Alaska.”

www.adn.com

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 3d

The second book in a trilogy is the best. If it’s not then that’s the author’s fault.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 3d

Addicted to Love by Florence Welch. Truly transcends the original.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 3d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 3d

When I talk about living in the PNW to people who have not experienced their weather I tell them…

If you wait until it stops raining you never go outside.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 4d

Can personally attest to this. The last long shut down under Trump we were buying grocery store gift cards for fellow service members with children.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 5d

Reading Between Two Rivers about how ancient Mesopotamians recorded themselves and their history. Can’t wait.

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 6d

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 8d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 7d

Outdated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home. It’s past time for Congress to repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN

Outdated and Dangerous

Antiquated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home to quash protests and order mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval.

www.brennancenter.org

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 8d

My goal in life, honestly.

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 9d

He was done dirty by his employer (last century!). He's kept track of all the subject heading changes he's suggested and how long it took LOC to implement them. An unnamed person at LOC once said "Sandy Berman is a major pain in the ass."
sanfordberman.org/cityp/ber1t....

City Pages: Sandy Berman's Last Stand

When the head cataloger checked out this past spring, the Hennepin County Library was anything but quiet

sanfordberman.org

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 11d

Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy.

KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 16d

A ken doll military.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 19d

That was shameful from the Cardinals manager. All people want to see when they watch sports is something spectacular.

KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 20d

The perennial quote.

divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 21d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 20d

When the “news” sites force cookies, can’t update on recent news, and then I have be to pay for a news site that contributes to this weird centrist stuff… why wouldn’t I get it from social media?

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boo-boo ma 👻🌊 @brobroma.bsky.social · 20d

cal raleigh is my MVP

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 20d

I don’t think the Rockies understand the only reason we’re watching this game is to see Cal hit some homers.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 24d

It's the "we've always done it this way" method of leadership that does no one any favors. Libraries and their communities deserve so much better, and leaders who dare break the mold don't deserve to be demonized for it.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 24d

I want library leaders who can conceive of resistance, who can imagine different futures, not who say "welp, this is the world, guess we have no choice" at every single turn of politics or technology.

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 25d

You know for a 79yo he really happens to care if people like him.

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 25d

Number one way I get people into baseball. Look at their ass when they’re doing something.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 25d

57 home runs for Big Dumper

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 25d

Literally reading Everfair right now! And agree.

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 26d

Would love to hear which recently read book/article this is for others. Mine is Carlo Rovelli’s Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.

Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 26d

One of my responses to the reading-difficulty conversation is: if you want to do anything with theory whatsoever you’ve gotta get comfortable feeling like you got hit with a rock on first reading. It’s a good and healthy and *pleasurable* thing to strive to meet a text where it’s at!!

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KMo @justfnread.bsky.social · 26d

There are a lot of great authors I have read that just aren’t my speed. But I engage with them on a wider cultural level where I try to understand their significance. I really don’t know how else you have epiphanies about this chaos we all live in.

R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 26d

So many people reading today hide behind 'couldn't relate' & 'boring' as an excuse to avoid reading deeply.

Authors are not just cooks making your fantasies to order. Engaging with a book will not always be a comfortable experience. A book isn't automatically bad bc you didn't 'get it' first time.

Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 26d

One of my responses to the reading-difficulty conversation is: if you want to do anything with theory whatsoever you’ve gotta get comfortable feeling like you got hit with a rock on first reading. It’s a good and healthy and *pleasurable* thing to strive to meet a text where it’s at!!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 28d

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

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