BEING GAY ISN'T A CHOICE. BEING DISABLED ISN'T A CHOICE. BEING A REFUGEE ISN'T A CHOICE. BEING BORN INTO POVERTY ISN'T A CHOICE. BUT BEING CRUEL? THAT'S A CHOICE. BEING GREEDY? THAT'S A CHOICE.

Oppose HR 7661

Oppose HR 7661. Book bans by people who don’t read.

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Advocacy & Issues ALA advocates year-round at every level of government for libraries, library workers, and everyone we serve.

This is your reminder to support your local public library. Libraries are more than just places to read and learn, they are refuges for people of all ages where young minds in particular can find support and direction. Let's not let the fascists and fanatics be their compass.

www.ala.org/advocacy

"We cannot get rid of mankind's fleetingly wicked wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true.

"I give you a holy word: DISARM."

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Deadeye Dick (1982)

If there is anything MAGA needs it’s a good library.

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

Up to 1845, half of everyone born was dead by age 35.
There were no chemicals in their food then, the air & seas were clean, animals were not fed any weird stuff.

Today the average life expectancy has nearly doubled thanks to science, to medicines, to vaccines

A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery

Proofread, proofread, proofread...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...

Letters to Louisiana: The Storm We Should’ve Seen Coming July 9, 2025

Letters to Louisiana: The Storm We Should’ve Seen Coming
open.substack.com/pub/grangerf...

A very large sassafras tree sits in a broad yard by a lake on a horse farm. The farm owner is setting up chairs in the tree's shade while a dog plays in the shade. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

Some days are best spent sitting under a tree. This sassafras is perfect for sitting by the lake and listening to the birds and the nickering horses. You don't, though, need to own a farm - a local park should serve your needs. Spending time among our trees is deeply rewarding. Go find a good tree!

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.

Smashed records.

Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky

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Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:

Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.