I put my pin on my bag.

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I find it absolutely hilarious that Little J (who's 14 and not so little) has taken to referring to @ryancordell.org research as 'dad's little essays.'

It’s the mango-ginger cause all ginger no mango. And cherry-pink peppercorn because it was so boring.

Exhalation EP, by The Anxious Bench 3 track album

Hey y’all, it’s Bandcamp Friday again. So if you by the Anxious Bench EP today, 100% of the proceeds will help us get back into the studio

@eviedc.bsky.social says that we play "winter music"—good for quiet evenings at home when it’s too cold outside to do much—so maybe today is perfect

Correct. A pie a person is a good gauge

DID YOU TAKE MY BLENDER TO THE FABLAB TO MAKE PAPER?!

Two books sit on a desk - Portal and Librarians as Researchers

@ryancordell.org says I need to celebrate my wins more

So here are two things I published this year.

a woman is dancing in front of a sign that says 76 on it ALT: a woman is dancing in front of a sign that says 76 on it

It’s going to be a bop.

Exhalation EP, by The Anxious Bench 3 track album

Late this summer I got to go into the studio with @pablohutch.bsky.social & our buddy Tim to record some tunes—and our EP is up today on Bandcamp!

I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen

All of this while trying to convince us to buy him pet rats

What’s so cute about @ryancordell.org getting these is how he realizes that I live in absolute color

“OMG YOUR <insert clothing> is so BRIGHT>

Me: please drive 🩷💕

Bluesky: there are 24 hours left & our kiddo is in 2nd place

If you feel compelled to buy popcorn to support a drama program in central Illinois, today is the day!

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!

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The best espresso drinks I have ever had was in Australia and New Zealand and they were all flat whites

Jorge the Porch Goose is ready to welcome the corn sweats.

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Friday Night Live - 40 North EVERY FRIDAY | MAY 30 – AUGUST 22 | 2025 | 6-9PM | DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN  Downtown Champaign will serve as the backdrop for Friday Night Live, a free street-side performance series featuring multiple ban...

For any local friends on here, the Anxious Bench (my trio with Tim Ryan & @pablohutch.bsky.social) will be playing Friday Night Live Downtown Champaign this Friday 6/20 from 6-7pm. We’ll be on the Neil & Park stage, in front of the Lit. Would love to see folks there! 40north.org/our_programs...

The spring issue of the iSchool’s Intersections magazine has a piece about “the Cordells…and their connection to the iSchool” featuring @eviedc.bsky.social & @cadenceac.bsky.social !

Carla Hayden is an inspiration to so many in the library profession. People outside of that profession probably don't even realize how much. She certainly became an inspiration to me. She will be missed as our chief librarian.

South of Midnight is a game worth hollerin’ about A game worth praise dancing for.

I only played the first hour or so last night, but I think “South of Midnight” is going to be a special game & would really love all those bros trying to sink it for being woke/DEI—you know, for telling a Black story with a Black protagonist—to be summarily rebuked www.theverge.com/games-review...

I say she missed me as much as I missed her.

I thought about live posting the #acrl2025 sessions I attended like I used to, but it's so much work. So I didn't, but I was here. I conferenced.

Thanks to everyone who stopped me to tell me they loved my shoes. They are awesome and super comfy.

Just a girl who loves clothes trying to pack for her profession’s biggest conference.

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

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Please JB Pritzker do not commit any crimes before 2028. I know it is part of the job as Illinois governor but you must resist.

A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Two large posters on off white paper with blue ink reading: NO TYRANTS! & NO KINGS! In large wood type font. There is a large image cut of a wooden printing press with a banner of text above it reading “THE TYRANTS FOE THE PEOPLES FRIEND”

I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired *directly* by the Founding Fathers

The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.