Join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses.
Date: May 4, 2026
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Proshansky Auditorium, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-it...
It’s the first day of National Library Week 📚
Take some time to reflect on everything libraries do and stand for and the threats they are facing.
Then think about how you can help.
👇
A cast white bronze sculpture of the reclining form of a dress with no body in it, surrounded by swirls of what appears to be crushed fabric. It is photographed from above and framed by a marble spiral staircase with red velvet steps.
i take a lot of museum photos but this spiral stairwell shot of Karen LaMonte's Reclining Nocturne 3 may be my favorite
Mood
sat down to play a new game last night but my hand slipped and i started a new save of Book of Hours instead 🤷♀️
In less time than it took to get our jaws off the floor and make this little update, Runaway to the Stars has already hit the first funding goal of $10,000 in just 18 minutes! here's a link for you to look inside: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ironspike/runaway-to-the-stars?ref=bv3t4m If you haven't touched this IP but enjoyed Project Hail Mary, this is for you! If you enjoy space travel or the idea of life off-Earth, this is for you! If you are a fan of anthro or aliens or interspecies community, this is for YOU! You won't want to miss out, and if you're still on the fence, take a little read: https://www.runawaytothestars.com/
We are FUNDED IN JUST 1️⃣8️⃣ MINUTES, FOLKS! 😱🤯 And already up to nearly 150% funding thanks to over 320 backers! THANK YOU!
Just seeing Runaway to the Stars for the first time? Fan response peaked your interest? We've saved a seat just for YOU! CLIMB ABOARD! 🚀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006
Happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes 🐀🎶🎉
drawing of a burning warehouse “all you had to do was pay us enough to live”
people will tell you it’s complicated but it’s really not
What a beautiful idea! As a show of appreciation for #RI' s public #libraries and the people who make them special, @jdinri.bsky.social and @jesscigna.bsky.social are organizing a "Library Love Letter" campaign. Letters will be delivered to libraries during #NationalLibraryWeek. #LibrarySky
The difference between hoarding and archiving is documentation and proper storage.
the easiest way to say it is
a poem is a crumpled plastic bag
that could be the home for a bird
you have to imagine the home
you have to imagine the bird
there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
I would just like to say that you cannot dehumanize robots because robots are tools and not humans.
Don't let them guilt you.
NIGHT LIGHT THURSDAY 4/16 9PM EASTERN ZOOM NAT RAUM TRAVIS SHOSA ELENA ZHANG STEPHANIE ANDERSON
next week!! more like “coolest month” imo, featuring @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @travisshosa.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, & Stephanie Anderson — register below!💡
reading this one right now and loving it! turns out a handful of poems and essays at the end of a long day is exactly what i need
Reminder that in this house we do not trash other genres of books to support the genre we like the most. One, come on, we're grown ups. Two, the bottom line is people reading and loving books. Three, every writer you know has friends working other genres, don't trash their friends, thanks.
happy friday now time to see if i timed this ibuprofen right to fend off the Pain
Publishers may be two-faced when it comes to their support for libraries, but in my experience authors have our backs with their full chests. 📚
Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social
and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con.
Register here:
virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /
Fundraiser for librarian Luanne James, who stood up to her rightwing library board that demanded she remove kids books with any trace of LBGTQ+ characters or content.
"I will not comply."
They sacked her and cops escorted her out.
She's a hero. This banned author just donated.
Can’t legislate us out of existence 🏳️⚧️ prints now available!
Happy #TDOV! 🏳️⚧️ Today is also a big fundraising day for my library, so if you wanna support a bunch of trans and enby librarians consider throwing us a few bucks!
wwpl.org/401Gives
“I stand by my decision and I am not going to change my mind,”
~ Luanne James
Stone cold hero.
Please join me in supporting Luanne Janes, Director of the Rutherford County (TN) Library, wrongly terminated for refusing to relocate children’s books to the adult section. Luanne is upholding the professional ethics of librarianship and the founding principles of democracy. Stand with Luanne!
Today is the last day to get this sick ICEBREAKER merch, and the last day to help us raise money for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
friendsatthetable.shop
Ad featuring the snazzy Juniper Books dust jackets of the Sworn Soldier books, and that 5% of sales will be donated to trans lifeline
Hey gang, from today until April 30th, Juniper Books is gonna be donating a portion of sales of the fancy Sworn Soldier editions to Trans Lifeline!
The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.
Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.
jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️ TRANS RIGHTS 🏳️⚧️