Well, your library-worker podcast friends truly appreciate that support!! You rock!!!! 🥳

It does not take much to get me started on how important libraries are to a functional society. Librarians do important work.

Thanks!! I truly appreciate the support, Brian. 🩵

Do both these things! The podcast is good, and libraries are important.

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

I cannot begin to describe how this will hurt rural/small town libraries and small regional museums. IMLS is extremely necessary to their existence
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The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.

IMLS is the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It's about $200 million per year for libraries and $50 million for museums. Not a lot for the federal budget, but a huge piece of the culture and knowledge system - which is why MAGA is eliminating it.

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Episode 7: Have We Mentioned That Xavier is a Jerk?? Podcast Episode · X-Club: An X-Men Book Club · 03/15/2025 · 37m

New episode! But first, call your elected officials & demand they push back on this admin’s effort to gut the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Without this critical funding, libraries across the country will no longer be able to support the community. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Oh nice! Yeah, we’re gonna be doing the rise and fall miniseries next time. The rest of the deadly genesis chat should be out this weekend. Thanks, bud!!

I don’t think I knew there was a What If about this! Hmmmm….we might have to tack that on. Thanks!

Thanks for the shout out, friend! Let us know what you think of deadly genesis. Cheers!

‘F**k That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s Chaos “Ironically for the Trumpies, bringing us back to the office will make us stronger morale-wise,” said one EPA employee as Trump vowed to purge civil servants.

ICYMI: I talked to federal employees across eight agencies about the internal chaos they're experiencing because of Trump/Musk and how they feel going forward in their jobs.

A clear theme? They are scared -- and also pissed and digging in for a fight.

"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...

Starting a Graphic Novel Book Group at Your Library - ALSC Blog Graphic novels are wildly popular with kids–and librarians also know that they can help build visual literacy skills, increase reading confidence and strengthen vocabulary knowledge. Kids who read gra...

Starting a Graphic Novel Book Group at Your Library

#libcomix

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This is truly unfathomable to me.

Like... there are no rules?

Anyone can walk into any government agency and do whatever they want whenever they want - even agencies that can only be disestablished by acts of Congress?

Muh gurl!
Domino by Fran Galan
#xmen

Your Library's Hoopla Digital Collections Are Breaking Their Budget If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before.

Did you know your public library's hoopla digital collections are absolutely destroying their budget? That prices have gone up in some instances of over 400%, while library budgets have been stagnant or cut?

Everything you should know as a library user: bookriot.com/library-hoop...

Episode 5: Crystal Clear Podcast Episode · X-Club: An X-Men Book Club · 02/03/2025 · 51m

We’re wrapping up our review of the Brood Saga! Check it out on Apple or Spotify. Coming up next we’ll start our coverage of 2006’s Deadly Genesis miniseries! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Guest on Megyn Kelly this week: “So, that's the thing is the funniest joke we ever pulled on the Democrats was convincing them that Project 2025 wasn't real…it's over, we won, yes, we're going to do Project 2025. And the other thing is, it's good.”

Fix your hearts or die, mon ami.

Jean by Godtail #xmen

One of the best things in Baltimore is @beyondvideo.bsky.social. Every city should be so lucky.

David Lynch in sunglasses saying "i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects"

Honor his memory by doing something strange, unraveling a riddle within yourself, and working on your favorite projects.

"Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision. What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything."

was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch

You should absolutely keep watching! Twin Peaks is an amazing piece of art and has some of the strangest but endearing characters.

Rachel Grey sketch by Mario Chavez

Rachel by Mario Chavez #xmen

Episode 3: Sweet, Sweet Cloaca X-Club: An X-Men Book Club · Episode

Start your week with us as we explore the original Brood Saga! #XMen open.spotify.com/episode/4PDN...

It’s depressingly clear that corporate media has no desire to get on Trump’s bad side.