Mara
@mrlzbth.bsky.social
Public librarian/cataloger, voracious reader, history buff.
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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The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.
I promise you, librarians are not intentionally throwing first editions and rare books out in the trash. It will apparently surprise some of you to know that we are actually trained on weeding. Books go througha process before they hit that dumpster.
Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival@theharvestmaid.bsky.social · last wk.The posters saying "wait till you hear how many books the librarians shred" are being disingenuous. The destruction of books is not by itself what's causing outrage. It's in combination with many other factors, chief among them AI companies' history of unethical and even blatantly illegal actions.
Never let someone tell you that you must excuse owning enslaved people or participating in killing Native people because someone was "of their time". Silas Soule was of the same time.
Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · 2w agoRemembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...
Before sports betting was legalized everywhere, I was neutral about it, thinking that it was a personal choice. Now that it exists everywhere I have been radicalized against it like a 19th century suffragette
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3w agoi worked in several casinos and later for an online sportsbook. the best advice i can give you is to stay the hell away from all of it.
two percent of united states senators are currently dead. check on your senator today!
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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Also currently reading THE DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR NAMES by Paul Richter, a fascinating and moving look at the history of Japanese immigration in the United States. #ewgc
Currently reading and loving FEMALE LIFE ON PLANET EARTH by Laleh Khadivi, in which a grieving daughter gets unexpected news about her mother's past. So many fantastic character moments in this one! #ewgc
I loved MAN EATER by Ally Wilkes, which takes everything I've loved about her polar horror novels into the depths of the Amazon. Fantastic creepy, feminist vibes and a suspenseful plot where the feeling of dread just keeps building and building. #ewgc
THE WHITECHAPEL FULL MOON SOCIETY by Elizabeth DeLozier was a really fun read, and I enjoyed both the Jack the Ripper mystery part of the story and the supernatural goings on at the boarding house. Hoping for a sequel! #ewgc
I love a third book in a series that's just as good as the first one was, and A TRADE OF BLOOD by Robert Jackson Bennett definitely delivered. And now the impatient wait for Book 4 begins! #ewgc
I loved the creepy vibes of RELIQUARY by Hannah Whitten, in which a woman has a super intense time meeting her dead fiancé's family. The minute she started descending the stone stairs into the bowels of the earth with them I knew she needed to be making much better life decisions. #ewgc
Hi, Galley Chatters! I'm traveling this month but have scheduled some posts. Looking forward to catching up on what everyone else has been reading later on! #ewgc
The InvestiGators are on the case . . . and going to the movies! Author @johngreenart.bsky.social says, “I’ve always believed InvestiGators had the potential to leap beyond the page. I’m thrilled to be partnering with Sycamore for the next chapter of their adventure.” deadline.com/2026/07/inve...
'InvestiGators' Movie Rights Bought by Sycamore Studios
'InvestiGators' book series saw its movie rights snapped up by animation studio Sycamore Studios.
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"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...
These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech
Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.
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Happy Fourth of July! Remember, the REAL fireworks are the tears of your enemies as you destroy their proxy bids and dash their hopes, in the name of democracy. auction.romancingthevote.com
Romancing the Vote 2026
Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.
Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · last mo.Kavanaugh says that Constitution is an "enduring document" and that new exceptions to birthright citizenship can be added for "modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers"
See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.
Court can't go on like this. The Constitution as plainly as possible says people who were born here have an unequivocal right to citizenship. Four people whose ONLY job is to read the Constitution for the rest of their lives just tried to overturn it because they're tired of brown people. Pack it.
About Trump v. Barbara: Do not give the Court and the CJ credit for reading and upholding the Constitution. It's a travesty that this is not a unanimous decision... it's also a travesty that the Court let this question percolate for a year, giving credence to a crank theory of citizenship.
People should know that NYPL alone has 100 vacancies and that this doesn't include the 160 vacancies at BPL & QPL. Library workers also need higher pay. Meanwhile the libraries ARE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH FUNDING. We need @mayor.nyc.gov and the @council.nyc.gov to fund libraries at 0.5% of budget now.
what’s happening tonight in NY is how we win the infrastructure is there, you don’t have to build it from scratch, it’s called the Democratic Party you just need to go and wrest the controls from the people who aren’t serious about doing what needs to be done, and as tonight shows, that’s doable
Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”
Super excited about the launch of Murmurations, a peer-reviewed open access journal focused on trans and gender diverse topics in the library profession. murmurations.space
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September reads I'm excited for: THE CHINESE LADY by Bo Wang, WITCH DAUGHTER by Tanaz Bhathena, WICKHILLS by Premee Mohamed, THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN by Deesha Philyaw. #ewgc 📚 💙
