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I hope the other MSNBC anchors walk their talk and take collective action to protest Joy Reid’s firing. @maddow.msnbc.com @chrislhayes.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com

Luigi Mangione content is a timeline soother

Ranganathan implores us to "Save the Time of the Reader." But what happens when "saving time" becomes a goal in-and-of-itself and ruins the experience of being in a library? At what point does "efficiency" actually cause more harm than good?

Also on this list is changing Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley.

📚🍉LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS TENTATIVE MONTHLY LIST 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025) classweb.org/tentative-su... Do you have any concerns? Email: [email protected] by Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (that's TODAY) #GulfOfMexico #GulfOfLegality

Please don't say that no one is doing anything. We're waiting for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov to catch up with their constituents.

One piece of lovely news: the organization that houses the Anchor Archive zine library seems to be about to be given $100k to buy their building! "The venue is also home to community services, including The People’s Photocopier and the People’s Fridge which provides free community meals." #gOCanada

(in bonus mother handwriting bc my mom's was atrocious) Please excuse Jenna if she owes you an email or a letter. She's not coping well. You probably aren't either, so maybe you'll understand. Normally her trauma response is heightened productivity. She'll probably get there, but it's taking a sec.

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

Zine recommendation: Fangirl Confessional by @kdc.bsky.social "A zine of essays about Black metalhead representation, solitary fandom, my imaginary high school metal band, my obsession with Faith No More, and other topics." wildramppublishing.gumroad.com/l/fangirl?la...

TIL cataloging Fangirl Confessional zine by @kdc.bsky.social: #Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances. ... Liszt's playing was reported to raise the mood of the audience to a level of mystical ecstasy.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Merry Valentine's Day, billionaires!

The AI learning community at the primarily women's college where I work invited this guy to speak jaredzelman.substack.com/p/educations.... They're not endorsing his views, which makes sense bc he seems to hate higher ed and women; they're just interested in his GenAI company so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Doing this, but changing the subject line, so my message doesn't thread.

Use Duck Duck Go as your search engine for the ability to turn AI off, if not for the privacy. Or use it for both! 🦆🦆🏃🏻

I'm gonna go with 'Start Racism'

Working in the electric office at the Public Theater. Around this time in 1996 someone at Noise/Funk Broadway was annoyed with me for charging a task to Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk to the B'way move on my time sheet. That was an awesome show, and the daily show reports were even better.

I'm enjoying Afshan Jafar's takedown of #RobertsRulesOfOrder. Did you know Robert (Henry Martyn Robert), born 1837, was military--a West Point grad? And it's possible his rules let minority voices be heard, but not have any actual weight. #academia #AAUP #DEItbh 🎓

Here's a post on a site about art zines where I talk about how I kind of don't get art zines. artzines.info/interviews/j...

Quietly reposting. I blobdamn love High Fives Are Gay and Dear Mama zines.

Helpful! 🏳️‍⚧️

Glad to see the @libraryofcongress.bsky.social's web archiving program, at least for zines, is still live www.loc.gov/collections/... 📚📜

Same for all of us in non-government jobs vulnerable because of our Palestine activism. Note to self: weekly drive download

Speaking of comics: Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month. Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

Today in #ZineCataloging, Leeking Ink #35 by @leekinginc.bsky.social. Davida asks something I've been thinking about, "At what point do all of our quirks become diagnoses?" I understand the satisfaction in being understood, but I also wonder if everything needs to be pathologized to be accommodated.

mpow is seeking a new chief diversity officer. The position is advertised without the words "diversity" and "equity" in the title. I choose to believe the move to "Belonging and Inclusion" is a nod to all the BI kids of many races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities at our school.

"..Trump’s funding pause, according to a memo from the White House’s OMB, is to “provide the administration time to review agency programs & determine the best uses of the funding for those programs,” & consider whether such programs align w Trump’s policy agenda." www.chronicle.com/article/a-fe...

Want to organize around NYC public libraries to secure stable & expanded funding? NYC Public Library Action Network’s next meeting is Feb 9 from 2 to 4:15 pm in Brooklyn. If interested, email [email protected].

Love that Scabby has some friends! This is definitely a time for unity and standing together against oppression