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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lists of the best things don't really work for me, because I'm unable to distinguish between things that I like and things that are good.

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy birthday, John Coltrane! Here's a song from the oft-bootlegged Tiberi tapes, seeing an official release this year:

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John Coltrane - Giant Steps (226 bpm – Live from The Tiberi Tapes / Visualizer)

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In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

No Soft Cops, No Saviours: Abolitionist Notes Against Social Work in Libraries by @gossippractice.bsky.social

In this article, I look at the idea of hiring social workers into public libraries through the lens of abolitionist librarianship. Often presented as an obvious answer to make libraries more inclusive, there is little evidence within the published literature that this model is more effective than others. I argue that rather than expanding care and support for patrons, this model replicates dynamics of soft carcerality and saviourism within our organizations. Using principles of police abolition as my theoretical grounding, I offer alternative models and fields that we can instead draw on as we work toward more inclusive and liberatory public libraries.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Contemplative Blue Jay #birds

Gorgeous bird with blue crest, black and white face and silver breast. Its crest is flat, indicating that it is relaxed. The bird is facing forward with its head turned to its left. The background is almost black with a small cluster of wet leaves in the upper right corner of the frame. It’s a peaceful scene and the bird appears deep in thought.

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Preorders numbering in the four digits"

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I don't really like dropping 'performative' when you don't know what the other person's intentions are--seems like bad faith.

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Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com · 25/08/2026

And this performance of “In the Pines” with her family—she emphasized music as a communal experience, and an expression of your culture—the place you grew up and the people you grew up with, the people who are still with you; the songs you heard, the songs you still sing. youtu.be/cIf4QGwnfLg?...

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Dolly Parton with her seven sibling and parent INTHE PINES

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Asking librarians to take action on a list that was apparently formed without any thought, nuance, care, nor expertise, is like asking a doctor to perform a surgery without washing their hands."

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Emily @librarymet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I wonder what extra concessions they were offered. I do know that CPL was getting some pretty bad national press, at least among library workers, so I wonder if that uptick factored in. www.ideastream.org/community/20...

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Cleveland Public Library workers avoid strike after 11th hour negotiations

CPL workers who are part of the Service Employees International Union Local 1199 worked out a tentative deal to avoid a strike.

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🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 22/08/2026

Support your local library workers! Don’t scab for the bosses! Stand with the Cleveland Public Library workers today and forever!

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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Narrated by Rev. Liz Walker, today's video revisits the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High & Eisenhower's stance on constitutional law. 📽️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social @250to250.bsky.social 📺 youtu.be/GZvXeWjxf7U?... 📸 www.instagram.com/p/DcL93Smlmk... #250to250 #WeAreAmerica250

First slide of an Instagram carousel summarizing Integration in Little Rock, Narrated by Reverend Liz Walker, part of the YouTube series “250 to 250”. Text reads: “In this episode of 250 to 250, Reverend Liz Walker—Boston's first Black evening news anchor and an ordained minister—recounts how nine Black students courageous attempt to integrate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957 met fierce local resistance.

She highlights how President Dwight D. Eisenhower deployed federal troops to uphold constitutional law, declaring that mob rule cannot override the courts.”

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

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…because these covers are a microcosm of the entire conflict; Walden's book is mostly built on writing and other objects left by Sylvia Drake, Charity Bryant, and others. Her work includes many elements from these records that Cleves does not refer to in her book, and many of her interpretations of those records are different from Cleves's interpretations, often intentionally so. In addition to her historical basis, Walden's book includes fictional dialogue and story elements that are original to her work, some of which are inspired by Walden's own life.

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

As the summer continues let’s dive into this archive of 600+ old Malaysian ice cream wrappers search.malaysiadesignarchive.org/collections/...

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Lucy 📷 @lucyphoto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Some photos from an ongoing project documenting old school parks before they're demolished. #35mm 🎞️

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tucker Carlson quoted in the Columbia Journalism Review, 2011: “I think it’s important to do things every once in a while purely because they amuse you.”

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The Great Right Hype

Tucker Carlson and his Daily Caller

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Me: I don't know, Professor Hoppington, something about you is a little familiar. Professor Hoppington: That's because you can learn to make me on Creativebug. We could make it a library program. Me: Okay, that's a really good idea.

Photograph of Professor Archibald 'Archie' Hoppington, a crocheted frog with a brown jacket, a light brown bag, and tan pants. He is an entry in the Berkeley Public Library's fiber mascot contest, submitted by crochet artist Twinkie Chan

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Can't wait to see which country-club dipshit gets the no-bid contract for grooming and maintaining forests.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

On this moon landing anniversary, a look at these two editorial cartoons from July 1969 illustrating both the public's awe and the public's criticism of the mission. Both are by Herbert Block, commonly known as Herblock. The Herbert L. Block Collection was donated to the Library of Congress in 2002.

Drawing shows a space boot being released from the world represented as as a ball and chain.

Editorial cartoon shows man watching television while sitting in lounge chair on the moon. The earth below is surrounded in smoke labeled "War", "Poverty" and "Prejudice."

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

'Death in the West' is a 1976 British anti-smoking documentary composed of Marlboro cigarette commercials, interviews with six American cowboys who had either lung cancer or emphysema, and interviews with two executives from Philip Morris tobacco company.

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This Week: Death In The West : Martin Smith, Peter Taylor : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Death in the West is a 1976 documentary film directed by Martin Smith, which is believed to contain the first recorded admission from a tobacco company...

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Steve Ammidown @stegan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A bit of wisdom I’ve learned as an archivist: Everything is always falling apart. You can’t ever stop it because that’s what matter does. Your job is to slow the process down as much as you can. It’s true with documents, books, and art. And with life too- falling apart is what we do.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Things your unhoused neighbors can use this summer, aside from the obvious: - candy (I get asks for this more than almost anything) - sunscreen (high SPF pls!) - lip balm (bonus for SPF) - electrolyte packets for water - cash - gift cards for fast food and/or accessible grocery stores 1/

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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Fuck the fascists, the homophobes, the transphobes, and those who carry water for them. 💜🖤💜

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Prism @prismreports.org · 28/06/2026

A trans woman made history by organizing what is believed to be the first Pride festival in a Kentucky prison, reports Mo Viviane. With the help of peers who made paper Pride flags in the prison's art room & hung rainbow paper rings throughout the yard, Jayda accomplished something extraordinary.

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Pride in prison

In a rural Kentucky prison, a trans woman made history by organizing what is believed to be the first LGBTQIA+ Pride festival at the Lee Adjustment Center

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Thomas Maluck @maluckamuck.financialflock.com · 28/06/2026

TIL that the Library of Congress has a credit union, membership is open to all ALA members, and eligibility can be extended to state library association members after minimal paperwork from the organization. www.lcfcu.org/about-us/mem... #ALAAC26

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Who Can Join - Library Of Congress FCU

Proudly Serving America’s Library Community Since 1935, the Library of Congress FCU has been honored to serve America’s library community including employees of the Library of Congress and members of ...

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social Since we're doing genres, my 1988 hip-hop/rap nominations include: The Beatnigs - s/t Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary Cash Money & Marvelous - Where's the Party At?

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

'testosterone and the bible are the new punk rock' kinda shit your youth pastor tells you while sitting backwards on a folding chair two weeks before getting shuffled off to another ministry because a 16 year old girl tempted him into the sin of lust

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “It’s your Pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And “Is a secret, but they are my“ *looks around, whispers* “favorite.”

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/06/2026

i never miss a chance to plug @rickperlstein.bsky.social's seminal 2012 history of right-wing mail-order grifts for @thebaffler.com. booze is a relatively new (and dumb) extension of this trend, but it's been going on for literal decades:

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The Long Con | Rick Perlstein

Mitt Romney lies to be loved.

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Ben Wrex @benwrex.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hi, I’m selling these stickers and will donate 100% of sales to legal fees and bail funds for the Prairieland defendents. I will be sure to post reciepts! $4 each, DM to order, and please help me spread the word!

A rectangular sticker featuring a long arm stapler on a light purple background. Below the sticker are the words “I only got into zines for the money”.

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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is such a great piece. I worked in record stores for a few years myself, and every bit of it rings true, including the part about looking for a job with fewer difficult people only to find that people, always and everywhere, are people.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

there's an amazing toolbar with an article's stats/history you can turn on in settings but no one ever cares when i recommend it!!! so i explained my random thoughts/reactions in case it helps show how interesting and fun and useful it is