Should You ‘Feed a Cold and Starve a Fever’?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...

Statement on FY2026 "Minibus" Funding for the Library of Congress

The bill to reopen the gov will enable the crucial work of the Library of Congress to continue, but we still need to secure funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Archives.

www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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I Believe in Libraries. EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.

EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.

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A Win in Delaware! HB119, The Freedom to Read Act, is Now Law

BREAKING!

Delaware officially enacted House Bill 119, the Freedom to Read Act, yesterday.

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The one crime Trump doesn't seem to have a problem with? Domestic violence. "If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can't claim 100 percent [reduction in crime]," the president said Monday.

The one crime Trump doesn't seem to have a problem with? Domestic violence. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This overlooked lifestyle change could be hurting your brain

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue.

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives www.statnews.com/2025/08/04/b... via @statnews.com

Fire on Miccosukee Reservation Engulfs Homes and Artifacts Among the structures destroyed was a building housing the Creativity Center, where community members learned to sew, bead, and make traditional patchwork.

Fire on Miccosukee Reservation Engulfs Homes and Artifacts  hyperallergic.com/1030562/fire...

The Death of the Public Library Public libraries are in decline not because of the internet or because people are reading less, but because they have become de facto homeless shelters, writes Zac Bissonnette.

The Death of the Public Library
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Pub Jun 12, 2025
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Severe flooding in Australia

Met Museum Surrenders Artifacts Thought Looted From Iraq

Met Museum Surrenders Artifacts Thought Looted From Iraq www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/a...

Why We'd Rather Cancel Gay Penguins Than Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Trainwreck A Case of Paranoia, Jealousy, and Misinformation

Why We'd Rather Cancel Gay Penguins Than Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Trainwreck
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Can learning cursive help kids read better? Some policymakers think it’s worth a try Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive handwriting.

Can learning cursive help kids read better? Some policymakers think it’s worth a try
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Arlington Cemetery Website Loses Pages on Black Soldiers, Women in Military and Civil War The cemetery, which is operated by the Army, said it was working to restore the content. Among the obscured pages was material about civil rights.

Arlington Cemetery Website Loses Pages on Black Veterans, Women and Civil War www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

The Hot Place to Be Seen for Young Indians: Book Festivals (Gift Article) From beaches to hilltops, young people are driving a boom in literary events as they read more in India’s dozens of native languages.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/w...

I would have enjoyed it more if it had been TTS enabled. Hope this comes out in audio!
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Alabama Senate approves bill requiring adult-size changing tables in public buildings • Alabama Reflector The Alabama Senate passed a bill requiring powered, height-adjustable adult-size changing tables in new or renovated public buildings starting in 2028.

Alabama Senate approves bill requiring adult-size changing tables in public buildings alabamareflector.com/2025/02/28/a...

Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books

Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar • Stateline Amid a national rise in book bans in school libraries and new laws in some red states that threaten criminal penalties against librarians, a growing number of blue states are taking the opposite appro...

Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar stateline.org/2025/01/07/l...

Avail Feb 04, 2025
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If you want to escape into a lighthearted holiday mystery that revolves around the Bonfires on the Levees in Louisiana, today's the day to grab a Kindle copy of A CAJUN CHRISTMAS KILLING for the low, low price of $1.99 @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

Imagination is a wonderful thing!
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If someone said ‘Hey, I’ve got a portable Time Machine that will transport you to a place and time entirely new to you and yet you will feel completely connected to it - and it only costs £8.99 for a return trip’ - you’d bite their hand off to have a go.

In other news: buy a book!

Find someone who looks at you the way we look at books.

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