honestly so grateful to be alive at the precise moment in time where old books are old enough to be breaking down and smell so sweet, and there still exists rooms full of them.

"Sinner meets newly elected Pope at Vatican" aka tennis star, Jannik Sinner, aka absolutely only invited for this particular headline :p

long live the therapy dogs 😌

A young Arnold Schwarzenegger at the library.
#book #education #library

Gouache painting of a spaniel, beagle, and german shepherd. They're holding in their mouths a tennis ball, library card, and rope toy respectively. The beagle looks very proud, while the other two stare at them.

Happy National Library Week!! A great time to ask everyone you know if they have a library card.
#art #nationallibraryweek

hoping my bluesky account is anonymous enough for this, but if not, ah well.

our boss is asking us to hide "DEI content" from our library guides.

how can i respond to this?

#libraries

pet peeve: reading an article that mentions an organization (or other such thing) by its acronym, and *never spells out what the acronym stands for* 👹

*alarm sounding off from door marked Emergency Door, Alarm Will Sound*

guy: oh, usually those signs don't mean anything

me: well, they do here

guy: you guys should put a disclaimer on that door

MY GUY. 😔🙏😮‍💨

🤢 "We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations,” Acting Director Keith Sonderling 🤢

This is not and never has been the point of libraries or museums.

screenshot of pubmed webpage showing search for "brian westwood" and pubmed suggesting "did you mean brian eastwood?"

No, PubMed. No I did not.

I am VERY nervous for the free flow of information in our supposedly free country.