Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend money is so important to so many people
Our Volunteer Open Night is on tonight in person at 6pm in Footscray (5 min walk from the Footscray train station). I’ll be there too and it’s not too late to book your free spot here: events.humanitix.com/asrc-volunte...
Doesn’t know a single verse in the Bible.
Mocks the poor and the disabled.
Threatens to murder a civilization on Easter.
Posts AI photos of himself as Jesus.
And you evangelicals are still out there making excuses for him?
France is switching from Microsoft to Linux
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
A geopolitical analysis of why countries are not joining the illegal war in Iran.
Hope this helps!
Civil Liberties Defence Centre Inaugural Fundraiser Dinner Thursday 7 May 2026 6pm-11pm Host Nazeem Hussein & CLDC Chair Nick Hanna. Special guests: Antoinette Lattouf, Mary Kostakidis, Dr Lana Tatour, Amani Haydar and Dr Nick Reime
Civil Liberties Defence Centre
Inaugural Fundraiser Dinner
Thursday 7 May 2026 6pm-11pm
Hosted by comedian Nazeem Hussein and CLDC Chair Nick Hanna, with special guests incl. Antoinette Lattouf & Mary Kostakidis. #auspol #auslaw #justice www.cldc.org.au
Is the world really going to have to suffer WW3 because the USA can’t impeach a president?
You cannot separate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive and profiting directly from the art.
I do love the way that Irish libraries have continued to integrate into society. This v impressive stand is in one of Dublin’s main hospitals, Tallaght, in the West of the capital.
It's never a bad time to remind ppl that there is a boy-goes-to-wizard-school novel with deeper themes, gorgeous writing, and psychological depth that HP never attained.
A Wizard of Earthsea. Do yourself a favor and read it. Ged is the better wizard, better man, and Le Guin the superior writer.
Great Kim Salmon Scientists/Surrealists shows coming up April 10th The Corner in Melbourne April 11th Oxford Arts Factory Sydney April 18th Rosemount in Perth. Two bands, multiple drummers and bass players.
Alright… hold on a second.
Back when I was cutting my teeth in radio, a march rolled past the station windows — homemade signs, people shoulder to shoulder, nobody waiting for permission or a camera crew to say it mattered.
Real change rarely checks in at the front desk.
Forget the Final Girl trope. The real power in horror right now is in the hands of women writers. Here are 16 releases by diverse female authors that prove the genre is alive and screaming.
gnofhorror.com/modern-horro...
The regime is counting on your exhaustion. 😮💨
Your neighbors are counting on your presence. 🤝
3,000+ events this Saturday.
Choose your side.
March 28.
#NoKings2026
Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges
Illustrators! Do you love your bookshop of course you do and how much do you love your bookshop? Can you demonstrate this love in illustrationey terms for paid moneys? APPLY!
Morning all.
Photograph by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen from her book ‘Writing In The Sand’ a celebration of the life of beaches in the North East of England, captured between 1973 and 1998.
“The people who proclaim they are protecting the children are still setting horrible examples of how to behave…”
@la-cac.org
theamericanleader.org/leader/amand...
As a former librarian, this infuriates me. We are not Bible Belt USA. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
Very excited about George Megalogenis’ latest. Out on 18 August, Three Shocks examines what’s upended our electoral maths: for too long, both major parties have operated on outdated assumptions about Australia that go way back to the Howard era. Can’t wait to read: www.penguin.com.au/books/three-...
📚✨ In 10 years in libraries, I’ve never seen 300 Norwegian librarians moved like this. Today, @samhelmick.bsky.social did.
The fight against book bans is about democracy.
We can’t take our values for granted. 📖
#Libraries #FreedomToRead #Democracy
“In this era of book banning, it’s not always easy working at a library.” @la-cac.org
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"Multiple recent studies have cited cracks present in its concrete cap.
Another said the structure was never designed to withstand the impacts of climate change, while a United Nations report pointed out it was not watertight"
Because I'm a bit of a nerd, and having never heard of it before, I had to look up Kharg Island. I felt sure it would have an interesting history. I wasn't wrong!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharg_I...
I really do encourage everyone to read this if they can. It’s worse than I thought it would be. The decision, not my piece. Although come to think of it everything I write is worse than I thought it would be.
I'm a free agent now, I suppose. Bit daunting. Subscribe to my silly newsletter? rick-morton.ghost.io/i-quit-my-job/
Superb to hear Sydney Writers Festival Director Ann Mossop on RN just now. Disagreement is not harm, she argued – quite rightly. Writers’ festivals exist to create rigorous environments for discussing books and the ideas behind them. Claims that they’re harmful tend to be made by non-attendees.
