A friend moved to a new state for a job and was laid off after just three months. He's had a hard time of things for the last few years—please help me raise funds to help him through an extremely bad time. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Support for a Trans Librarian, organized by Violet Fox

Hello! My name is Violet Fox and I'm raising money for a friend, a trans librarian who rece… Violet Fox needs your support for Support for a Trans Librarian

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Dear #Vermont voters, there are two amendments to the Vermont Constitution which will be on the ballot in November. One is about the right to collective bargaining, the other is about equal protection/treatment under the law (which it should have had already). governor.vermont.gov/press-releas...

Health care is a human right. But we are losing ground in this hellscape to murderers like Ralph de la Torre, who are plundering the health care system in order to buy themselves yachts. And murdering moms like Sungida Rashid to do it. We need Medicare For All. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

This thread (which Robin pursues down a couple different, useful forks) is a great overview of the mess that is eBook licenses for libraries, especially 24-month expiring licenses for books in series! (Context: cost per circ = cost per each time it's checked out.)

Robin Bradford@tuphlos.bsky.social · 2d ago

Book 1 is $59.99 went out 4 times. Cost per circ $14.99 Book 2 is $59.99 went out 4 times. Cost per circ $14.99 I'm not buying book 3. If the cost per circ was $5 or $3, I wouldn't mind. But that is WAY too high, especially for a thing that expires after 2 yrs.

ICYMI: I adapted 'the list' (the basic logistics your executor needs to close out utilities, find your money, and call your friends) into a real live thing you can use! Get it on my website...and then make a plan with a friend to actually sit down and fill it out.

An Article describing the way one education consultancy firm, Nous, is directly connected to the dismantling of multiple universities from Australia to Canada (and now UK). The Uniforum software they use for benchmarking was used @exeter.ac.uk Some gems quoted below: renthomas.ca/theres-a-nou... 1/4

Senate leaders on Wednesday sent a strongly worded letter to the nation’s regulator of buses that oversees transportation safety. The move comes after a @wbur.org and ProPublica report found dozens of fatal crashes missing from the federal safety record:

Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate

The request from two Democratic lawmakers comes after WBUR and ProPublica found that the federal safety record was missing dozens of fatal crashes involving one of the nation’s largest public transit ...

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A dangerous wind shift (visible on radar imagery) has just occurred in #Spokane, WA, where major wildfire disaster is currently unfolding. Three separate major fires (circled) near or within city limits have already caused major structure loss & chaotic, expanding evacs. #WAwx

As ever, buy from where you like, and here are some suggested vendors: SIGNED COPIES @astoriabookshop.bsky.social: www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw... @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/find... 🎧 @libro.fm: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman | Astoria Bookshop

"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...

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A mocked ICE is a melting ICE. 50% from prints of @chebutykin.bsky.social's ❤️‍🔥🧊 modern remixes of protest quotes celebrating neighbors defending neighbors (including w/bulk expired jelly dicks, it's a real thing) =donated to MN immigrant rent relief: store.wolfproofpress.com/product/revolution-dildos

Hey #comics peeps - readers, creatives, librarians, reviewers - help exert some pressure on @darkhorse.com management to negotiate in good faith with the company's union @darkhorseunion.bsky.social #Solidarity #Labor #WorkersRights

DHWU Wants Senior Editors in the Bargaining Unit!

Since the Voluntary Recognition Agreement was signed, Dark Horse Workers United has been working in good faith with Dark Horse Comics to take the next steps toward contract negotiations—but that good ...

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It’s important to understand “age verification” and “kick the kids off social media” laws as a gift to Big Tech. These policies allow surveillance capitalism to chug along full steam ahead and let Silicon Valley giants off the hook. Instead of regulating their biz model, we just put up age gates

Are you familiar with the University of Washington special collections Decorative and Decorated Papers digital collection? If not, you SHOULD be... what a cool resource! digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/coll...

In case anyone else wants to take advantage of this amazing free delivery offer, I've written a little guide to my books - and what you might like to try first if you are new to my work - here: www.tom-cox.com/a-brief-guid...

A Brief Guide To My Books

Villager is where I'd advise you to start if you wanted to read one of my novels. It's also the one people most frequently tell me they reread. It's set on a fictional moor which just happens to be in...

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all this is passing@allthisispassing.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’ve ordered almost your entire collection from Blackwells. Super easy and pretty quick to Northern California. I’m glad I have these on the shelf as an antidote for modern times.

Hey, Somervillains! We are still in need of people to work the polls for the September 1 primary: www.somervillema.gov/news/somervi... It is a long day but a pretty fun and chill way to meet your neighbors, do something concrete to protect democracy, and get paid. And our Elections department is 🔥.

Official editorial communication: The New England Review of Boats, a handmade regional zine about the vessels and people who go down to the sea for adventure, work, or pleasure--seeks submissions for its inaugural issue.

New paper from my colleagues on the critical importance of SNAP for people with disabilities, now under threat due to historically deep cuts to SNAP and work requirement expansions. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

SNAP Provides Needed Food Assistance to Millions of People With Disabilities

There are over 70 million people in the United States with one or more disabilities.[2], [3] Many people with disabilities have greater expenses than people without disabilities,[4] making it harder.....

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#ICYMI nerd stickers in the store! Some benefit mutual aid, some 📸s of my art. Pro-human Luddites, historical DH 🐳 pals, too floof to wolf sheep 🐑😎🫸🐺, historical misprints, & ✨"Letterpress for the people! Silly letterpress for the joyful people!" 🌈 store.wolfproofpress.com/category/stickers-tshirts

Have you seen this meme? If you have spotted (or created yourself) an Improve Society Somewhat meme, you can submit it here! We’re collecting casual examples (social media remixes/mashups), but I’m also licensing original work. thatonemattborscomic.com/send-a-remix...

HUGE congrats to my comrade @horbinski.bsky.social for her EISNER AWARD for her fantastic book, Manga's First Century!

Manga's First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989

2026 Eisner Award Nominee--Best Academic/Scholarly WorkA comprehensive English-language history of a beloved medium, Manga's First Century tells the story of the artists and fans who built a cultural ...

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It would be lovely if Anthropic got a fraction of the pushback over destroying books that libraries do over basic collection maintenance.

I found this fascinating. I don't think I've ever seen a Museum publicly list the costs of an exhibition before. www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri... - It's actually super helpful for people to see what it takes.

A Museum Dares to Reveal What It Really Costs to Make an Exhibition

“Performing Conditions: Artistic Labor and Dependency as Form,” at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, stars Autumn Knight, Dread Scott, Ghislaine Leung.

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Ms. Betye Saar has left us. Three days shy of her 100th birthday. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...

Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99

Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.

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Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

Honored to be book birthday-twins with @laurenfklein.bsky.social’s DATA BY DESIGN, out in October! Sure to be a landmark.

Lauren Klein@laurenfklein.bsky.social · last wk.

One of the nicest and most unexpected pleasures of having worked on a book for so long is that all of the friends you make along the way, who have also been working on their books for so long, eventually finish those books--all at the same time! I am feeling so much vicarious pride in 1/

Join First America, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, Red Media, and the Lindy Waters III Foundation for an evening celebrating Indigenous futurism, storytelling, and the release of "From the Heart of Our Nations": www.tulsaartistfellowship.org/calendar/fro...

FIRST AMERICA INDIGENOUS FUTURES BOOK RELEASE: FROM THE HEART OF OUR NATIONS — TULSA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

Join First America , Tulsa Artist Fellowship , the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities , Red Media , and the Lindy Waters III Foundation for an evening celebrating Indigenous futurisms,…

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If you're in the greater Worcester area, join me at the Millbury Public Library tomorrow night, Tuesday, at 6PM for a family friendly activity called A Map for a Cat! It's a bit silly but there are big ideas underneath it. It's most fun for participants aged 10 and up (adults can come too!)

Last chance to help shape the future of BHL: the BHL User Survey closes today, July 27. Take 3–5 minutes to tell us what would make BHL more useful to you. Your feedback will directly inform our priorities and guide improvements as we modernize the BHL platform. bit.ly/4fpc75D

BHL User Experience

BHL is beginning a major modernization of its platform. We’d like users to help shape what comes next. This 3–5 minute survey asks about how you use BHL and the improvements you’d like to see. Your ...

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Want to learn more? Here is an ancient Nursing Clio post about the dangers of ice cream

A Historian’s Guide to Summer – The Ice Cream Edition

Whether you’re overlooking the sandy shores of your local beach chowing down on a Gaytime, discretely licking the sides of your mouth to make sure there’s no lingering trace of that chocolate Paddl…

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bring Library Freedom Project to your library to host these classes, or use our free resources at libraryfreedom.org/resources

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w ago

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.