Michael Fischer

SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!

Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. But the House has passed funding for libraries anyway.

Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Tom Lehrer has died at age 97. He wrote "Fight Fiercely Harvard" especially appropriate given what they are up against today. Download it and any other songs, albums, sheet music, & lyrics from his website where he put all his music on a while ago.https://tomlehrersongs.com/fight-fiercely-harvard/

Homeland Security's (sic) Noem on why armed troops are in LA: "We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership ...." Noem obviously believes in military might over democratic elections and thus is unfit for her office.

Tesla reports 20% drop in auto revenue as first-quarter results miss Wall Street estimates Tesla's first-quarter earnings report lands as investors reckon with a steep slide in the company's stock price.

Amen Jonathan. I think this says it all:

www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/t...

Texas Is Closer to Renaming a New York Steak Cut ‘Texas Strip’ It stems from ranchers being hammered by China tariffs

Let's find Maga Texans something to name with their state name. The lack of choice women have on reproductive rights as a "Texas choice." Or instead a Texas strip is what happens to your rights when you move to Texas. Other's

ny.eater.com/2025/4/25/24...

According to recent economic data California is no longer the fifth largest economy in the world. It has moved up to fourth.

Tom Lehrer - Fight Fiercely Harvard Of the wonderfully wacky singer/songwriters of my era perhaps none was more so than the Harvard undergrad and later Harvard & MIT mathmatecs professor Tom Lehrer. Here is a tune he penned in 1945 wherein he admonishes his schools athletic team to fight fiercely. He was a first class satirist as is demonstrated by this tune. Here is the official unofficial Harvard fight song. And if you are one who believes that Ivy League teams have had little impact on our society you don't know the work of Gary Trudeau. You don't know about Harvard beats Yale 29 - 29. Here is where you can learn about it: http://www.hulu.com/watch/189206/harvard-beats-yale-29-29

Somehow I think this says something important today.

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@carolynwysinger.bsky.social
My favorite mayor needs to update her profile here. She is now the Mayor of El Cerrito, the first <fill in the blank of many accomplishments>, and heads the first majority (actually 4 of 5) LGBTQ+ city council in the SF Bay Area.

What Dana hasn't mentioned (yet) is that she is also my darling granddaughter.

Hello my friend. On occasion the OGC was wonderful even if all the people there weren't. Yet some of us were and are.

And how have I known you this long without knowing about your love for books. And here I am -- a library commissioner.

Emperor penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica NEVER-BEFORE-FILMED FOR TV | Nat Geo YouTube video by National Geographic

In the spirit of sharing wonderful stuff with my wonderful friends, I just came across this which is absolutely fabulous.

And I promise I'll get organized here soon. But it is Thanksgiving week.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PwD...