MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants.
Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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American Library Association annual conference approved!
Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
A tree - possibly an ent - with legs, arms and an unusually large bellybutton.
Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.
We have a great group in Harrisburg too!
Protests in Harrisburg today! We will not abide!
I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before
I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there
As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...
Redwing blackbirds are back at Wildwood - singing their hearts out!!! 😻
I am the master of building stork nests!
Awww I love finding heart stones!
Wow this is so cool!
A human man who has somehow morphed into a tree and transformed his hands into branches.
A tree with an unusually large bellybutton which, when you pass through it, leads you to 'Dark Narnia'.
Don't forget: trees are people too.
My washing machine is almost 50 years old and still working (knocks on wood)! Kenmore. Really we never buy anything new except for a handmade item splurge and most other things we get at a thrift store.
Woooow!!!
Choice model railroad residents - mooning the trains going by! 😂😂😂
A snowy and quiet weekend away from the rest of the world! Just what we needed. 😍
Oh so cute!!!
I was going to go to the socialist bookstore but I realized I could go to the library instead.
Sea star butt
Closer up sea star butt
For this evenings viewing pleasure… some sea star butts!
Ugh, full moon buzzing and I’ve already made one bad decision today. Take me away!!!! Photo of a happier day wandering on Iona.
Yay this is so cool!!! Can’t wait to see your pictures!
No kitties were hurt in the taking of this picture. They are dramatic cats.
Early for work and checking out Blake Wolfes werewolf series - recommended? #blakewolfe #cryptids #werewolf #escapism
Medieval Dick Pics 2025 Calendar m.urwarmyard.co.uk Warmyard Official
Found a perfect calendar for the next year!
Woman holding 2 crazy cats!
First post - kitty post!
