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Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, with 'Sold' topping the list The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs. Efforts to remove titles have become more coordinated and politicized.

“Libraries exist to make space for every story and every lived experience,” ALA President Sam Helmick said in a statement. “As we celebrate National Library Week, we reaffirm that libraries are places for knowledge, for access, and for all.”

The kind of AI that techbros and governments are pushing is not the internet, or cell phones, or personal computers, or heavier than air flying machines, or the wheel.

It's the digital equivalent of asbestos, plastics, teflon, and lead.

And if you’d like to be emailed a love letter template, dm me here!

It's finally #NationalLibraryWeek! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to send a #RI #library a love letter! Even if you haven’t signed up you can still take time to reflect on what you love about your library and/or stop in and say hi and thank you to your librarians!

But no trains to the games?

A colorful illustration of the front of a library with a librarian at the door waving to members of the community outside. A banner over the library reads "FIND YOUR JOY!" Logos for American Library Association and Library Champions in top right. Text below the illustration reads "Celebrate NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, April 19-25, 2026"

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace.

Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

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Library Love Letter Show your appreciation to a Rhode Island library

Rhode Islanders love their libraries! We have 150 people signed up to send a note of appreciation to at least one library and two people are sending notes to seven! 😍
There’s still time if you’d like to have a pdf emailed (no snail mail, sorry!) Sign up here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

Heeeeyyyy Warwick! Show your libraries a little love! Sign up here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

We’re sure Foster Public Library has some fans! Sign up here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

Don’t leave Greene hanging! Sign up to send it a love letter here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

These two RI Libraries still are in need of a love letter. Might it be you? Sign up here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

Unhelpful update: checked out Kaloo Halal Market in Warwick. No barberries but decent selection of other goods.

Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal Residents of a St. Louis suburb turned out in droves to unseat four incumbents just days after the council approved a development agreement for a $6 billion data center.

Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6B data center, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection

Might be worth a call or email to city forester to determine if it was a legal removal.

Forestry | Tree Service Requests - City of Providence Tree Work Requests To request a tree removal, stump removal, fallen branch pick-up, or other services for a tree in front of your property, visit PVD 311 or call the […]

Don’t know what muni you are in but in PVD, even on private property, the city arborist typically has to approve “significant” tree removal. www.providenceri.gov/parks/forest...

It’s really interesting! I wonder if other Euro countries have similar last name conventions. And I’m eager to learn more as if there have been other elected similarly named as the place they represent.

Serious question: is Magyar a common last name in Hungary, given that “Magyar” translates to “Hungarian”?

Library Love Week (AKA National Library Week) is approaching! @jesscigna.bsky.social and I have just 12 more libraries to cover in order to reach our goal of every single one.

Donald Trump is the worst thing that has happened to western civilization since World War II.

Wooden door with carved text in a language used in a video game designed by the now-defunct 38 Studios.

Maybe the plaque could be carved in wood, in a particular gaming language, to replicate a 38 Studios office door?

I finished listening to @karenhao.bsky.social Empire of AI this weekend. I had so many of these moments as well as many audible WTF reactions.

I would guess A LOT of us had this same thought and/or conversations in group chats this week.

How to talk like a Rhode Islander Podcast Episode · Rhode Island Report · September 22, 2022 · 21m

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Two guys from Rhode Island on how to correctly pronounce the 39 cities and towns in the Ocean State YouTube video by Globe Rhode Island

Here’s some pronunciation guides from the littlest state. youtube.com/shorts/x5dIY...

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Spring Swamp Sunset

Thumbs down for the poop description for RI. Maybe the roads look like poop but our vast natural and public spaces certainly are lovely year round and desperately need our support.