Updating my voter registration as I type this

She's like a Nazi version of Trudy from Reno 911.

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

“It isn’t that I’m more afraid of public speaking than death; it is that public speaking feels like it could cause my death. But I do it every month because I am a high school librarian in the state of Texas in times such as these.” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@la-cac.org

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Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.

Fobazi Ettarh, who first wrote about the concept of "vocational awe" in respect to library work, has passed away. Here's the revolutionary essay that has helped so many to understand, and put into context, the nature of our labor in libraries.

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

#Trump

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Middle aged white lady carrying a blue poster board sign with the words SEE YOU AT NUREMBERG FUCKERS

Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it

Because, you know, it's obvious, because, like, that's the way Sams play around, that's the way Sams play.

chipping away at erroneous garbage which definitely is as exciting as pudding deliciously spooned from the lap of the ludicrous into the mouths of the questionless idiots licking their lips as their eyeballs are rolling
And flapping their tongues as they're losing their marbles

somebody would have become a phenomenal howling lightning tampering with the electrical evidence shown to be relevant, possibly with the exception of ivory everyone else had abandoned the obvious

You know, it's like I always say: Maybe they had a ridiculous statement to make about something they hadn't experienced, possibly Sam had a different opinion that nobody'd ever considered important and damn it if Norman and Betty were listening

Morning.

An image of Stone Henge in silhouette as the sun rises inside the two main stones. From Wiki commons.

Happy Winter Solstice to all my Pagan chums.

Monsters do monstrous things.

You may believe that the giant frog and the rainbow unicorn were the masterminds behind the Louvre heist, but I definitely saw both of them at my town's No Kings rally yesterday so their alibis are totally airtight.

Hell yeah, my brother!

How to Topple Tyranny Last night, while making dinner, something hit me.

Yeah, I feel this.

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An image of a frog with an American flag tied around its neck, looking serious and determined. It says underneath “ HOP”. It is reminiscent of the images generated before elections like the one for Barack Obama where underneath it said “hope“

The resistance art is
TAKING OFF. Inspired by ANTI FASCISTS in the STREET!

The Photographer Who Set Out to Watch Herself Age Nancy Floyd began taking a self-portrait each morning in 1982 and sustained the practice on and off for nearly four decades.

The photographer Nancy Floyd began taking a self-portrait each morning in 1982 and sustained the practice on and off for nearly four decades.

You and me Bono, you and me both

The crests' sole purpose is to attract females of the species during bus mating season. This is a commonplace adaptation throughout the animal kingdom, and explains why so many male songbirds and commuter trains are so much more colorful than their female counterparts.

Main Street Fire Employee Assistance Fund YouTube video by Downtown Alliance SLC

In which actor and local bar owner Ty Burrell, @slcmayor.bsky.social and the Downtown Alliance produce a video to raise money for the employees impacted by the Main Street fire (and it's kinda funny! 😂): youtube.com/watch?v=0xDVTKrrDHM&feature=youtu.be #utpol #SLC #Utah

It's like everyone else's spirituality, except with a weaker chin and worse teeth!

Snares - Black Sabbath YouTube video by ElectroBassDub4

R. I. P. to the Prince of Darkness.

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This Max Gate sounds like quite the fellow.

Alt text pretty good also