Matt Lillywhite I saw a woman at the library using a public computer. Her toddler slept beside her in a stroller. She was filling out job applications, phone on one side, snacks on the other. When closing time came, the librarian brought her bus vouchers and a list of childcare programs. She said, "You just kept me from giving up." Some call libraries charity. But they're often the epitome of a functioning society. NOV 2, 2025 SUBSTACK.COM/@MATTLILLYWHITE

Said one reply to this inspiring post, “This is what community looks like when it works — small acts that keep the human spirit from collapsing.”

Indeed.

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Black background Heading in large type: Books Body of the image reads as follows: REAL, PHYSICAL, HARD COPY BOOKS ARE THE FREELY AVAILABLE WEAPONS WE NEED TO REMEMBER HOW A FREE SOCIETY FUNCTIONS. GO BUY THEM. RIGHT NOW. HOARD THEM. HIDE THEM, COMMIT THEM TO MEMORY. IF THEY INTEND TO ERASE OUR FREEDOMS FROM THE INTERNET (AS WE EXPERIENCED THIS WEEK [reference to the first week of the second Trump administration where whole swathes of data was stripped from publicly accessible government websites and replaced with error/does not exist messages]) WE WILL DEFEND OUR LIBRARIES TO THE DEATH.

This is your permission to fill the shelves of your home libraries with everything you think we need to rebuild a free society.

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I know just started English paper piecing. My library is block from my house. They also contain all the local historical society books and data. #libriaries