Manatee Librarian

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

As real journalists from The Washington Post, the AP and elsewhere are getting laid off, pink-slime news sites are stepping in to fill the void.

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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.

CBS News/Free Press program "Has feminism failed women" brought to you by bank of america and hosted by Liz Plank and Allie Beth Stuckey

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

Would love to hear more besides the skewering and praise you received, thanks!

Innovation = “sign out” button is now a 4-click mystery process

A cool thing about Netflix’s new narc model is that, unfortunately, I cannot sign into the account I have elected to pay for, and I cannot sign out of my sister’s account, which I have also paid (half) for since 2017. @netflix.com fantastic retention strategy!

Literally your chance to build a PALACE but FOR THE PEOPLE

smh

Towns in Wales be like:

No that’s reserved for friends, or for enemies.

I love that youtube shorts randomly inserts accounts with 4 followers & 10 viewers into my feed. The closest to cable access we* have now. Call-in shows, puppets, aura healings. Devoted weirdos, young and old.

*Too old for Twitch. Hope this is what Twitch is like tho!

Genuinely great as Duke Caboom, tortured French Canadian daredevil action figure, in Toy Story 4.

We’re almost at the singularity 🙏

Encino Man Theatrical Trailer YouTube video by glows

youtu.be/1xkTN1Z1rTQ?...

Gotcha!

I think the goal is to privatize everything, but they forgot to find the place to privatize it or try to find it or care about finding it. Normal stuff. Private paramilitaries, jailed agitators, outlawed education. Normal fun time!

If you are trying to spin this as somehow good news for the left…it is not

Nazi grok

There was a domestic bomb attack in Palm Springs today and both @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com buried the story, all day, UNDER their OPINIONS sections, on their app’s landing page.

NYT really knocked it out of the park by ranking the Eurovision Song Contest higher. All day.

Props to this one for predicting Giuliani’s whole arc

Please share; hungry librarians in Lyfts must know (also “I was a ho in college, it was research” made it into my journal list of important 2025 quotes ❤️)

1974: Wonderful WEED WOMAN YouTube video by BBC Archive

I am become Wonderful WEED WOMAN

I know he is, but he’s citing an article from a dubious source and I’m just wondering if there is a less-dubious source, because I can’t fine done. You’re also welcome to check and lmk, I’m sure Aaron would appreciate it!

This seems like it may be a hoax? Can’t find any US accounts (even social media) that confirms this.

…hoping it is, less hopeful it will stay that way

@taylorlorenz.bsky.social iOS does not recognize “fascism” or amy derivation in autosuggest/spellcheck. Is this malicious or just an oversight?

Screenshot of New York Times app homepage for Feb 21, 2025. Headline reads “Bannon Salute, Echoing Musk, Draws Criticism From French Right”

What the fuck does NYT pay an actual cold wet noodle to write their headlines about NAZI HAND GESTURES RECEIVING APPLAUSE AT CPAC

In summary - publishers are stopping libraries from buying books! Get fucked!

Pearson and McGraw-Hill are at the top of my personal are-you-fucking-kidding-me list, and ProQuest (Clarivate subsidiary) just joyfully announced they are joining in.

In other REALLY BAD IDEA news…do non-librarians know that academic publishers are switching to single-user subscription-only models, and are no longer publishing print books to sell, leaving libraries with 0 options to actually buy books?

Just released memorandum from OPM:

Federal facilities will now have a bathroom ban for transgender people.

It will go into effect on the 31st.

It also has a slew of effects and puts into place the 1st anti-trans EO policies for every agency.

This will have a ton of impacts very quickly.