When Libraries Do More Than Congress: Food-for-Fines in American Libraries While Congress debates cutting SNAP benefits, local librarians are stocking food pantries, organizing donation drives, and ensuring that struggling families don’t walk away empty-handed.

Across the country, public libraries are running “food for fines” campaigns for Thanksgiving and the Holidays.

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A note of congratulations for the launch day of the author’s novel “Keep Sweet.”

Today’s the day! #books

One day until my launch. If you wonder about the FLDS cult, here are some reading suggestions.

Two days to launch. I hope you have a chance to use the QR code and listen to LHA read her poem, which uses lines from letters refers sent her.

So close!

Ah—the end game. Private prisons with no-bid contracts in a ‘gold rush’ of setting their own prices to imprison immigrants. As always, it’s about greed and $$$$$.

Announcement that Victoria Waddle’s novel “Keep Sweet” launches on June 21. Includes a QR code to link to the trailer for the Netflix documentary “Keep Sweet Pray and Obey.

Five days to launch! ❤️

Library and Banned Books News 5-23-2025 Hello Friends,

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This week’s library and banned books news.

A Timeline and Update on the Institute for Museum and Library Services We are a little over two months into the dismantling of the only federal agency dedicated to libraries, and the news has been coming at a pace no one could...

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The chapbook entitled “How the Wizard Came to the Cherrythorpe.” Includes a drawing of a man sitting on a bench in front of a brick building and birds coming toward him.

The inside of a Little Free Library full of books.

My son Patrick has a chapbook out from Bamboo Dart Press. We are placing copies in Little Free Libraries in many places with help from friends. The first copy is out in Redlands on the corner of Cypress and Center. More cities to come!

An elephant pulling the plug on a MRI machine labeled “Medicare” and saying “first the good news: We passed that huge tax cut for billionaires!”

The Woke Pope A cartoon by Michael de Adder

The Woke Pope
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Trump Posts AI-Generated Image of Himself Dressed as the Pope President Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself as the leader of the Catholic Church, coming as the Vatican’s conclave to select the new pope is set to commence next week. On Friday eve...

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STATEMENT: President Trump’s FY2026 Budget Proposal Will Eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services These attacks are ideologically motivated and structurally dangerous to our educational, civic, cultural, and community institutions.

Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement on Trump's recently released proposed budget that eliminates all Federal Funding for libraries!

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In the 90s, I genuinely thought the Internet would cure loneliness. But it turns out that for me anyway the Internet addresses loneliness the way alcohol addresses anxiety.

Where I'm From #185 with Victoria Waddle YouTube video by Alyson Shelton

I loved the chance to be on Alyson Shelton’s “Where I’m From” podcast today. It was on Instagram, so you can watch me turn my iPad around and then discuss my “I Am From” poem. Creating the poem based on a specific form was so much fun and talking about it was a blast!

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Review of “Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking over America” And some similar books; plus some soothing art

Review of “Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking over America”
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The Trump Administration Is Attacking Democracy | Opinion This is about control—an attempt to control our history, and with it, the future of American democracy.

The recent executive orders from the Trump Administration represent an unprecedented attack on American democracy by targeting the institutions that safeguard public knowledge, history, and civic participation.

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Opinion - Denise Lyons: Vital services of Kentucky public libraries must not be disrupted - NKyTribune Team Kentucky is committed to serving the educational and informational needs of Kentuckians, which includes providing access to high-quality public library resources and services.   In 2024, there…

All Kentuckians are less than 30 minutes from a public library, and 79% are within 10 minutes of a library, where they can access many everyday services, from passport renewals and free tax assistance to story times and wellness programs.

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

This sums up the GOP on voting 🗳

Our expectations for you were low but holy f*ck

Sign of the day…Chicago

Ohio House budget draft slashes library funding, risking vital services, library advocates say Analysis by the Ohio Library Council shows state funding would drop by more than $100 million compared to the governor’s proposal

The House draft of the state operating budget for the next two years eliminated the main source of state funding for Ohio's public libraries.

The local “Hands Off” protest was labeled “Hands Off Education,” so many of the protesters had signs about schools.

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

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