Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries

#KeepThePagesTurning #SaveNachesLibrary

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Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs. YouTube video by Toronto Sun

Oh Canada!
I love the new ad:
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War of Exhaustion in Ukraine (video) And our responsibility

@timothysnyder.bsky.social posting from Ukraine on the War of Exhaustion(video) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

10 actions we can take to help protect our democracy | Editorial The last seven months have left millions disillusioned, frustrated and worried. But unlike Congress, Washingtonians can’t become paralyzed or fearful.

When the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social editorial board issues a call to #standupspeakout you know change is gonna come.
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(below emojis of X and a crown) 10.18.25

We’re back. Join our next nationwide day of defiance on October 18. Trump’s regime is abducting immigrants, deploying troops in our streets, rigging maps to silence voters, and defying the courts, but standing up to wannabe kings is part of our DNA. Let’s get to work: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Thanks to the article, Kelly. Can you guess what library app I just deleted from my phone?

Look on my works, ye Mighty Labors of Destruction and Creation

Historian Timothy Snyder writes urgently and well.
Look on my works, ye Mighty open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

I take heart reading, "...there are two important lessons. One is that resistance is patriotic...The other lesson is that resistance is constructive."

BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2025 THEME UNVEILED | Banned Books Week url:bannedbooksweek.org/banned-books-week-2025-t...

Why This Pennsylvania City Put Its Streetlights on a Dimmer

What a bright idea: This Pennsylvania City Put Its Streetlights on a Dimmer www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Oh Canada!

Happy Interdependence Day Weekend!

The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland “Attention is an intentional, unapologetic discriminator. It asks what is relevant right now, and gears us up to notice only that.”

A wonderful book, and archive posting by Margainalian @popovaprof.bsky.social www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/12/o...

First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages

"Is a River Alive?" This one certainly is!
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Reserving the first descent for Indigeneous youth, including "naming rights" was an inspiring decision by the people of the river.

Live with Heather Cox Richardson! A recording from Grounded Podcast's live video

Live with Heather Cox Richardson!
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Amidst the grinding onslaught of autocratic misrule, I find solace in books. I'll be doing my small part of providing an alternative to Saturday's military birthday parade by celebrating #FReadom with poetry, prose and book arts @ncwlibraries.bsky.social #WinthropLitFest
Free People Read Freely!

Craig Seasholes | Substack Retired librarian and outdoors enthusiast able to dally in a variety of NW environments.

Two Memorial Day repostings in my Substack: Sherman Alexie and Andy Borowitz substack.com/@craigseasho...

Lovely little project, wish I was still teaching it would be a great lesson in the library.

Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of loyalists as replacements has morphed into an enormous fight over th...

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Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers. Add to that the firing at the Copyright Office as AI techpowergrabbers cut a swath through our democracy.

Legislative Branch needs to stand firm.

Copyright Office head fired after reporting AI training isn’t always fair use Cops scuffle with Trump picks at Copyright Office after AI report stuns tech industry.

Alarm bells are ringing! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Love the @librarycomic.bsky.social jacket BTW.

Federal library funding supports programs, services, and resources at libraries in every state and territory. Join me and show up #ForOurLibraries and make your voice heard.

Call Congress to tell the White House to BACK AWAY from its attack on libraries: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress

Trump fired the librarian of Congress, Carla D. Hayden, on Thursday, drawing swift outcry from Democrats. Dr. Hayden was the first African American and first woman as Librarian

Since returning to office, Trump has moved quickly to fire as many African Americans and women as possible

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump Hayden was the first woman and first African American to hold the post.

Beyond shameful. www.politico.com/live-updates...

May 4, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Something about an oath of office and the Constitution.
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In Montana, a Rare Sight: Republicans and Democrats Voting Together (Gift Article) Derided by critics as the “Nasty Nine” and censured by the state party, a group of Republican state senators said they were simply advancing common-sense legislation and supporting the governor’s agen...

Hope. Patriotic values winning in Montana. “I will not offend my conscience,” she said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...

I completed day 2 of the Poetry Challenge! A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn this one together!

We were very tired, we very very merry, we had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, and the sun came dripping...." No actually it is raining! Good morning Seattle on Day 2 of the NYTimes Poetry Challenge. www.nytimes.com/shared/v2/20...

Lawyers might also ask him if he's read the Constitution.

Poetry Challenge: Memorize ‘Recuerdo’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, Ethan Hawke and Ada Limón.

@nytimes.com poetry challenge is perfect for Puget Sound ferry commuters too. Let's hear it Vashon, Bainbridge, Edmonds! "We were very tired, we were very merry -We gone back and forth all night on the ferry." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I loved #BuffaloDreamer by Violet Duncan. I heard her speak @Camp Read-a-Rama #NativeAmerican Read-In and thank @ncwlibraries.bsky.social for making it available.

Screenshot of a letter from members of Congress to IMLS Acting Director Keith Sonderling, sent April 21, 2025.

Thank you @schiff.senate.gov, @reed.senate.gov, and the 24 other lawmakers who are demanding answers about the status of the Institute of Museum & Library Services and its statutory obligations - INCLUDING library funding.

Read their full letter to IMLS: www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Washington State is in the crosshairs...because we fight for our democratic institutions, traditions and government of the people, by the people, and for the people.