Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.

Fantastic news out of Harris this morning, where a huge swathe of the isle (as well as numerous others and hundreds of crofts) are set to come under community ownership Story: Locals win £1m to buy 27,000-acre Scottish island estate after 14-year campaign

Locals win £1m to buy 27,000-acre Scottish island estate after 14-year campaign

A HUGE Scottish estate with its own private island is set to be purchased by the local community after a £1 million grant was secured ...

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Great work here; ‘many designated long-distance walking trails are named after rivers they cannot follow’ including the Test Way that begins where I live, ‘a 44-mile (71km) walk named after the chalk stream [that] does not follow the river itself.’

Right to Roam@righttoroam.bsky.social · 2w ago

‼️Breaking: Almost three-quarters of English riverbanks have no right of access. Our new investigation has found that 71% of riverbanks in England have no right of access on either bank. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A new collection of poems sheds light on women’s poetic voices across Wales, Ireland and Scotland between 1400 to 1800

New anthology shines light on centuries of Celtic women's poetry

A new collection of poems sheds light on women’s poetic voices across Wales, Ireland and Scotland between 1400 to 1800. The new anthology is a collaboration between academics at Aberystwyth, Connectic...

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Ancient little guys of the day! These prehistoric baby bottles in the shape of little creatures were found were found in Bronze and Iron Age graves in Vösendorf (Austria). Actually, a study was conducted on these bottles around 2019 and they found traces of ruminant milk!

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

Another fantastic benefit shirt for the Prairieland defendants! 🤩 black-lodge-press.teemill.com/product/read...

Read Zines! Destroy Fascism! Prairieland Defendants fundraiser

This is a benefit shirt for the Prairieland Defendants, for more info see https://prairielanddefendants.com/ All profits when made available will be d...

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Nightmare time - can’t actually move in to my new apartment and have to figure out storage for my stuff and a place for the cat and I to stay until I can actually get into my apartment.

You do NOT want to miss the Hugo-award winning @snarkbat.bsky.social teaching Disability Justice lessons that can and should help everyone thrive. Elsa will share strategies for community care, sustainable leadership, living interdependence for real + much more: www.mobilize.us/educateus/ev...

Just saw someone driving a Subaru with a bumper sticker that said “not a lesbian” and excuse you, rude.

Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/petitions/te...

Tell Congress: stop the censorship & defend the public servants who protect our 433+ national parks

America 433+  is a national public education campaign and civic call to action responding to the growing attack, erasure, and distortion of our shared American story. Our national parks are more ...

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

A delicate Lammas dress from 1902 by Gustav Beer, richly decorated with silken wheat stalks, for drinking chouchen and telling fortunes in an old country garden, as a great golden moon rises in the dark Breton sky.

Another group that Project NIA seeded and continues to do great work is Liberation Library. They can also use financial support and they always welcome volunteers: www.liberationlib.com

LIBERATION LIBRARY

a nonprofit organization that sends books to incarcerated youth in Illinois

liberationlib.com

Scabbard guard from the St. Ninian’s Isle Treasure - an C8th hoard of Pictish silver which was discovered in 1958 on St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland, by a 15 year old volunteer during excavations. Now on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh 📸 My own #FindsFriday

Here are 10 recently released or soon-to-be released YA books from Indigenous authors! You can discover more on the Indigenous Reads Rising website, where we provide online resources for teachers, librarians, and readers to learn more about Indigenous books 📖🧡 📚 indigenousreadsrisin...

The Arkbound Foundation are looking for volunteer mentors to join their Writing Within Walls programme, which pairs volunteers with young people & adults in prison who want to develop their creative writing @societyofauthors.bsky.social @writersscotland.bsky.social volunteer.scot/search/a0gQD...

Help local students start the school year strong! In partnership with Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, MNUFC is hosting a school supply drive through Aug. 14 to benefit Neighborhood House. More » https://utd.mn/4fsaBkk

Running this tour again today for Glasgow Zine Library, I've just put a printable version of the zine up on the Radical Glasgow Tours website (alongside other resources including histories of fascism and antifascism in Glasgow, queer history resources & a Smudge the trade unionist cat tribute zine)

Katherine Mackinnon@kamack.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm doing a radical print tour for the Glasgow Zine Fest this weekend, so made an accompanying zine. Printed on the riso printer at Rumpus Room,. How nice is that blue!

The creativity in this fanbase >>>

The Missouri AG threatened Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia with total defunding and investigations if they read books with LGBTQ+ themes to kids in a Pride story hour. They did so anyway. Our latest story from s. Baum of one library's defiance against an oppressive Republican regime.

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats

“This isn’t isolated to Missouri. It doesn’t end here if we don’t stop it here.”

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On the road for day 2 of my trip across half the US. Second time this year I’ve had to move my entire life, but I’m relieved to be settling in Philadelphia for a long while.

This is ... horrific

Lady Yapper (KJ Colt)@moistenedtart.bsky.social · last wk.

futurism.com/artificial-i... Excuse me while I go cry

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...

am i allowed to talk about how weird it is that the main way liberals philantropize trans people is by donating money to liberal nonprofits for call centers that beg us not to kill ourselves, instead of directly funding our material needs which, when deprived, lead to suicidality? is that allowed?

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 6d ago

Sorry i meant to say we need more celebrities to donate $100 million to suicide hotlines so we can call someone who will beg us not to kill ourselves when the state takes away our medication and housing, and then send the cops to our home if we say the wrong series of words. My bad.

No problem

Man's Excited Reaction: Yes Woohoo

Alt: GIF from A Knight’s Tale showing Heath Ledger getting so excited and shouting yes! Then jumping away with two other actors including Paul Bettany in the background.

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Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

WWCC received an Art & Culture Grant from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, providing unrestricted support for its Archives, Library and Art Exhibitions programs as the organization continues operating after the closure of its longtime Spruce Street home. epgn.com/2026/07/29/n...

New grant supports William Way archives, arts programs amid building closure - Philadelphia Gay News

The William Way LGBT Community Center has received an FY2026 Art & Culture Grant from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF), providing unrestricted support for its Archives, Library and Art…

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You can read a digitised version of the @natlibscot.bsky.social’s Kilmarnock Edition online #BookHistory #C18 digital.nls.uk/poems-chiefl...

@artsteinberg-pft.bsky.social spoke with @cityandstatepa.bsky.social about Philly's school facilities plan, a "house of cards" that is only certain to close schools, not fix the rest as promised www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/202... #PhlEd

Addition by subtraction: Philly schools’ controversial closure plan has many ways to fail

The School District of Philadelphia has a $3 billion “right-sizing” plan to improve hundreds of city schools by closing 17 of them – but not everyone is buying it.

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