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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
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Dear politicians: (Or really, your digital team) I have never given you permission to text me. So don't.
I don't care how much I like or agree with you... spam you will be marked.
I don't care how much I like or agree with you... spam you will be marked.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dear politicians: (Or really, your digital team) I have never given you permission to text me. So don't.
I don't care how much I like or agree with you... spam you will be marked.
I don't care how much I like or agree with you... spam you will be marked.
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it requires time and effort and money to coordinate ILL requests, to pack books and ship them, and to process and keep track of loans.
and it requires mutual trust.
ILL is such an extraordinary example of the goodness of mutuality that I remain a little astonished that it exists.
and it requires mutual trust.
ILL is such an extraordinary example of the goodness of mutuality that I remain a little astonished that it exists.
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
it requires time and effort and money to coordinate ILL requests, to pack books and ship them, and to process and keep track of loans.
and it requires mutual trust.
ILL is such an extraordinary example of the goodness of mutuality that I remain a little astonished that it exists.
and it requires mutual trust.
ILL is such an extraordinary example of the goodness of mutuality that I remain a little astonished that it exists.
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Postwar patterns set up by GI bill and govt. subsidy of roads/airports vs. strangulation of railroads are harder to get out of here because they fit the cultural sensibilities of people whose votes count for more than transit users.
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Postwar patterns set up by GI bill and govt. subsidy of roads/airports vs. strangulation of railroads are harder to get out of here because they fit the cultural sensibilities of people whose votes count for more than transit users.
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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Amsterdam/Paris/London figure a lot more prominently for those countries' average citizen than big cities do here, and those for whom city transit is important in U.S. have their vote watered down by EC/Senate/filibuster.
In a lot of other countries, national pride is invested in making metropole (often singular capital or a few big cities) look good and function effectively, here rural/exurban areas that hate/fear cities play on historical agrarian ideals.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Amsterdam/Paris/London figure a lot more prominently for those countries' average citizen than big cities do here, and those for whom city transit is important in U.S. have their vote watered down by EC/Senate/filibuster.
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I do not want to create an account for a one-time purchase. Yes, I want a bag. Yes, I want a receipt, printed out, not emailed or texted. No, I will not download your app for future weak discounts.
Please just let me be a customer like it’s 1987
Please just let me be a customer like it’s 1987
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I do not want to create an account for a one-time purchase. Yes, I want a bag. Yes, I want a receipt, printed out, not emailed or texted. No, I will not download your app for future weak discounts.
Please just let me be a customer like it’s 1987
Please just let me be a customer like it’s 1987
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Booth visitor royalty! @davidbowles.us author & translator posing here with his @leeandlow.bsky.social: Tales of the Feathered Serpent, of which he's the author, and El otoño de las luciernagos which he translated #NCTE25 Booth 504
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Booth visitor royalty! @davidbowles.us author & translator posing here with his @leeandlow.bsky.social: Tales of the Feathered Serpent, of which he's the author, and El otoño de las luciernagos which he translated #NCTE25 Booth 504
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Daniel Nayeri Wins 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature buff.ly/Y234xTX
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Daniel Nayeri Wins 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature buff.ly/Y234xTX
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Come see us at Booth 504 to address this problem #NCTE25 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
NCTE 2025: Teachers Want More Than the Same Old Books
A recent NCTE survey shows educators overwhelmingly value diverse literature—but need help getting it into classrooms.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Come see us at Booth 504 to address this problem #NCTE25 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Happy Fran Allison's birthday!
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Fran Allison's birthday!
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‘The Teacher of Nomad Land’ Wins 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
www.slj.com/story/Daniel...
www.slj.com/story/Daniel...
'The Teacher of Nomad Land' Wins 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature | School Library Journal
Daniel Nayeri's novel set in World War II Iran was selected from a list of finalists that included Kyle Lukoff’s A World Worth Saving, Amber McBride’s The Leaving Room, Daniel, Hannah V. Sawyerr’s Tru...
www.slj.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
‘The Teacher of Nomad Land’ Wins 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
www.slj.com/story/Daniel...
www.slj.com/story/Daniel...
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Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Daniel Nayeri for 'The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story' (Levine Querido)
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Daniel Nayeri for 'The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story' (Levine Querido)
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“Project 2025 makes very clear that the administration intends to capture higher education for ideological purposes,” Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan, says in a round table discussion with two other leaders of American universities.
Opinion | ‘We Need to Be Worried’: Three University Leaders on the Fate of Higher Education in the Trump Era
The view from Dartmouth, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wesleyan.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“Project 2025 makes very clear that the administration intends to capture higher education for ideological purposes,” Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan, says in a round table discussion with two other leaders of American universities.
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“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
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DAILY NEWS GETS ACTION:
MTA board just approved a $7.4 million contract for new subway wheels after NYCT says it knows what caused the Daily News' mystery wheel-wear scoop from January: Trains were going too fast around curves.
The $7.4M will get New Yorkers 3,000 new wheels from Standard Steel.
MTA board just approved a $7.4 million contract for new subway wheels after NYCT says it knows what caused the Daily News' mystery wheel-wear scoop from January: Trains were going too fast around curves.
The $7.4M will get New Yorkers 3,000 new wheels from Standard Steel.
Mystery track defect wearing out NYC subway car wheels has MTA shuffling trains
A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing a shortage of trains on the lettered lines, the Daily News has learned.
www.nydailynews.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
DAILY NEWS GETS ACTION:
MTA board just approved a $7.4 million contract for new subway wheels after NYCT says it knows what caused the Daily News' mystery wheel-wear scoop from January: Trains were going too fast around curves.
The $7.4M will get New Yorkers 3,000 new wheels from Standard Steel.
MTA board just approved a $7.4 million contract for new subway wheels after NYCT says it knows what caused the Daily News' mystery wheel-wear scoop from January: Trains were going too fast around curves.
The $7.4M will get New Yorkers 3,000 new wheels from Standard Steel.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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The International Ice Hockey Federation has confirmed to The Athletic that neck guards will be mandatory for hockey players participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina in February.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The International Ice Hockey Federation has confirmed to The Athletic that neck guards will be mandatory for hockey players participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina in February.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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we're hurtling toward a post-MetroCard world, and you'll want to be ready to troubleshoot OMNY, because it's still got issues. Read our guide here: nygroove.nyc/omny-problems/
What to do if OMNY derails your commute and sanity
The MetroCard is over and OMNY is glitchy as hell; here's what you can do about it
nygroove.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
we're hurtling toward a post-MetroCard world, and you'll want to be ready to troubleshoot OMNY, because it's still got issues. Read our guide here: nygroove.nyc/omny-problems/
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I am wearing a cute new hat today that my son informed me he does not like, and so I am thinking about this “Open Letter to the Female Hat-Wearing Dog in ‘Go, Dog, Go’”: theuglyvolvo.com/an-open-lett...
An Open Letter to the Female Hat-Wearing Dog From “Go Dog, Go” – The Ugly Volvo
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November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I am wearing a cute new hat today that my son informed me he does not like, and so I am thinking about this “Open Letter to the Female Hat-Wearing Dog in ‘Go, Dog, Go’”: theuglyvolvo.com/an-open-lett...
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Thank you, Chicago librarians! I couldn't be more honored to have THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on your Best of the Best Books list for 2025!
And alongside so many amazing colleagues' books, too.
(My library holds list just got a LOT longer - congrats to all!)
www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...
And alongside so many amazing colleagues' books, too.
(My library holds list just got a LOT longer - congrats to all!)
www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thank you, Chicago librarians! I couldn't be more honored to have THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on your Best of the Best Books list for 2025!
And alongside so many amazing colleagues' books, too.
(My library holds list just got a LOT longer - congrats to all!)
www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...
And alongside so many amazing colleagues' books, too.
(My library holds list just got a LOT longer - congrats to all!)
www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...
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1) This fucking guy.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani
Looming budget deficits, no provisions for federal aid cuts and new commitments mark the departing mayor’s last word on the city’s financial plan.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
1) This fucking guy.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.