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SHAME.

Books on Film: Carla Hayden on CBS Sunday Morning 100scopenotes.com/2025/06/12/b...

The international library community is rallying around its peers and colleagues in the United States as they endure challenging times that have seen the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under attack by President Trump and Dr. Carla Hayden fired as the Librarian of Congress.

Read a statement from German library associations (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband dbv) on the dismissal of renowned Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden; you find it in english. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @librarycongress.bsky.social #Hayden

#ALAAC25 🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, as an ALA Annual Featured Speaker! She will be joined by author Kwame Alexander! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most influential voices in our field! Register Now! bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...

#OurForeverLibrarian A class act, Dr. Carla Hayden. #ALAAC25

Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights. And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live. That is un-American and wrong.

I mean this with my whole chest: Go fuck yourself. You’re living in a failed state so be careful of your glass house. It’s about to shatter. Also, who suggested no vetting? You’re introducing and moving an arbitrary goalpost. The Haitians here have been vetted. The stupidity staggers me

If not us then who?#librarians Do not obey in advance. We know our collections and, we know there is no pornography, and we know ALA will help, as will the #ACLU. This is the time to be Ruby Bridges teacher. Don't give in. DON'T GIVE UP. #SKYBRARIANS

We already honor all parents' input about which books their own child(ren) can check out. Once again, this censorship is based on ignorance and not on actual daily practice in school libraries. #blueskybrarians #libraries #libraries #resist #readbannedbooks #bringit #resisteveryday

🏳️‍🌈 Join the Monterey Bay Aquarium as we sea-lebrate Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️ Our staff and volunteers gathered in early June to raise the Progress Pride flag in front of the Aquarium.

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*This* is why they are freaking out about Zohran Mamdani.

So today is also a good day to reminder everyone that it is not an "honor" to have your book banned. It doesn't increase sales. It doesn't land you on the elusive banned books B&N front table. What bans do: harm individuals, erase identity, destroy democracy. Book bans are attacks on freedom.

If it was not clear before, it is undeniable now: the President, Congress, and Supreme Court no longer support and defend the Constitution.

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

Of course newrepublic.com/post/197149/...

I love how the right is trying to scare us by saying the United States is turning into one of those European countries with great mass transit and free healthcare.

Hoarding wealth is a sickness

The problem of property taxes, school and local levies in Ohio, is an issue of the GOP failing to make budgets and to structure school funding in responsible ways. They are hurting citizens by offloading state responsibilities onto local government and individuals.

We're not spectators to history, we're the makers of it. Join us on July 17 to Make Good Trouble Together & carry on John Lewis' legacy of fighting for justice & equality. #GoodTroubleLivesOn social.demcast.com/s/H9SVWZrf

Today, on the 10th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court marriage equality case, Obergefell v. Hodges, we’re celebrating with the best love story of all: yours. 💙💛

So. which Stephen king book are we doing today, folks?

The data is undeniable: •15 of top 16 states with the highest rates of infant mortality are red states that deny/ban repro access. •12 of top 13 states with the lowest rates of infant mortality are blue states that protect repro access. Why is this even a debate? www.qasimrashid.com/p/three-year...

The data shows that investing in public libraries helps facilitate a better country. When libraries are adequately funded, it empowers residents, boosts engagement, and enhances the quality of life. action.everylibrary.org/finland

Three years without the protections of Roe v. Wade. Three years of cruelty. Three years of women denied care, criminalized for miscarriages, and forced to cross state lines in crisis. Three years of the GOP screaming “freedom” while snatching away our bodily autonomy. (1/2)

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa. It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;) It's so New York.

This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.

They want to regulate what you and your family are allowed to read - www.bookbanpetition.us

Book banners LOVE to say they just want pornography out of school libraries. They're lying. And we have the receipts. (A Thread) Or all in one post if you like - action.everylibrary.org/bookbannersl...

Just because he pulled out doesn’t mean it’s over. Rapists never understand that #NoWar #ImpeachTrump

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Last night, Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and totally obliterated.” This morning, JD Vance says we will “permanently dismantle that nuclear program over the coming years.” Which is it? Sounds like more endless war against the will of the American people.

Take note.

The only regime change we’re interested in is one in America.

Pretty on the money quote at the bottom of my cheesecake slice

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡