Mariella (not Maria) C
@m2thecee.bsky.social
Librarian in Chicago combating disinformation. Resident Millennial. #critlib for a library revolution. momma. Love board & video games, films, doggos. #theresistance She/her
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I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
July 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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What separates journalism from stenography is independent reporting, verification and context. Trump calls in the National Guard for LA — note he did not do so for the insurrection. He says no one will spit on law enforcement, note he pardoned those who physically assaulted law enforcement Jan 6.
June 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What separates journalism from stenography is independent reporting, verification and context. Trump calls in the National Guard for LA — note he did not do so for the insurrection. He says no one will spit on law enforcement, note he pardoned those who physically assaulted law enforcement Jan 6.
Parades are fun. But ground zero for performative appearances by elected officials. I have zero business participating in one cause I do the real work. And it's not fun.
June 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Parades are fun. But ground zero for performative appearances by elected officials. I have zero business participating in one cause I do the real work. And it's not fun.
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Just wait until you see the poster this HS teacher in Evanston is in trouble for displaying
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Support ETHS Teacher Andrew Ginsberg!
Evanston Township High School history teacher Andrew Ginsberg is facing an official censure on his record from the D202 School Board for displaying a poster from Jewish Currents magazine, with languag...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Just wait until you see the poster this HS teacher in Evanston is in trouble for displaying
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
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When you view arts and entertainment purely as what happens on a national stage, you ignore the potentially rich arts and entertainment environment locals are interested in. When you publish generic pap designed to run anywhere, what are you telling your readers about something that interests them?
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When you view arts and entertainment purely as what happens on a national stage, you ignore the potentially rich arts and entertainment environment locals are interested in. When you publish generic pap designed to run anywhere, what are you telling your readers about something that interests them?
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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I’m not a Catholic but high hopes for an American world leader who has some kind of moral compass
The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m not a Catholic but high hopes for an American world leader who has some kind of moral compass
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trina reynolds-tyler, Andrea Faye Hart and Eve L. Ewing, three "day-one" friends of Build Coffee, will take over the Woodlawn café and bookstore as "volunteer owners."
The trio says they want to be a model for running a "politically and community-oriented" shop. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/05/e...
The trio says they want to be a model for running a "politically and community-oriented" shop. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/05/e...
Eve L. Ewing And Friends Unite To Buy South Side Cafe Build Coffee
Author and scholar Eve L. Ewing, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist trina reynolds-tyler and media-based organizer Andrea Faye Hart will take over the shop in June. It will undergo a slight rebrand to ...
blockclubchicago.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
trina reynolds-tyler, Andrea Faye Hart and Eve L. Ewing, three "day-one" friends of Build Coffee, will take over the Woodlawn café and bookstore as "volunteer owners."
The trio says they want to be a model for running a "politically and community-oriented" shop. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/05/e...
The trio says they want to be a model for running a "politically and community-oriented" shop. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/05/e...
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Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
April 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
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i know it's cringe to post star wars as ~revolution~ or whatever, & that's not what this is, but I do think about this sequence from Andor a lot bc I know how paralyzing it is to feel overwhelmed. So, I'll continue working in the lanes where I feel the most needed/helpful.
November 11, 2024 at 7:51 PM
i know it's cringe to post star wars as ~revolution~ or whatever, & that's not what this is, but I do think about this sequence from Andor a lot bc I know how paralyzing it is to feel overwhelmed. So, I'll continue working in the lanes where I feel the most needed/helpful.
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republicans are disappearing people under the guise of fighting antisemitism and can’t even pretend to give a fuck when a jewish governor’s house gets firebombed on passover
April 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
republicans are disappearing people under the guise of fighting antisemitism and can’t even pretend to give a fuck when a jewish governor’s house gets firebombed on passover
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Today we filed suit in federal court to halt and reverse the gutting of the only federal agency dedicated to library funding. We will not allow these illegal actions against Americans and our libraries to go unchallenged.
Learn more about the suit: ala.org/IMLS-suit (2/3)
Learn more about the suit: ala.org/IMLS-suit (2/3)
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Today we filed suit in federal court to halt and reverse the gutting of the only federal agency dedicated to library funding. We will not allow these illegal actions against Americans and our libraries to go unchallenged.
Learn more about the suit: ala.org/IMLS-suit (2/3)
Learn more about the suit: ala.org/IMLS-suit (2/3)
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SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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I said it once I'll say it again. #robertsrulesoforder are anti-democratic
March 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I said it once I'll say it again. #robertsrulesoforder are anti-democratic
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To be incredibly clear: the library is for everyone. But it can't be EVERYTHING for everyone.
And that's the expectation being laid at the feet of libraries.
And that's the expectation being laid at the feet of libraries.
February 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
To be incredibly clear: the library is for everyone. But it can't be EVERYTHING for everyone.
And that's the expectation being laid at the feet of libraries.
And that's the expectation being laid at the feet of libraries.
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When the POTUS and his boss say they want meritocracy, know that they actually want mediocrity.
Elon Musk at Trump's first Cabinet meeting: "I think this is the best Cabinet ever. Literally. So, uh, and I do not give false praise... I think it‘s literally the best Cabinet that the country has ever had."
February 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When the POTUS and his boss say they want meritocracy, know that they actually want mediocrity.
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Emphasizing again that anyone who responds to "that's illegal" with some variant of "lol all law is meaningless you're a sucker for thinking that matters" is actively doing PR for Trump and helping him.
Nihilism about the law is the best way to make sure that the rule of law dies a quicker death.
Nihilism about the law is the best way to make sure that the rule of law dies a quicker death.
February 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Emphasizing again that anyone who responds to "that's illegal" with some variant of "lol all law is meaningless you're a sucker for thinking that matters" is actively doing PR for Trump and helping him.
Nihilism about the law is the best way to make sure that the rule of law dies a quicker death.
Nihilism about the law is the best way to make sure that the rule of law dies a quicker death.
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ICYMI: ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (@libcomix.bsky.social) announced its 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List. ilovelibraries.org/article/and-...
#LibComix
#LibComix
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ICYMI: ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (@libcomix.bsky.social) announced its 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List. ilovelibraries.org/article/and-...
#LibComix
#LibComix
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It's always a woman who is brave
February 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's always a woman who is brave
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Bad news from LCSH. This will percolate down to libraries as well, as we use these subject headings.
Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bad news from LCSH. This will percolate down to libraries as well, as we use these subject headings.