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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Rochester & Monroe County friends! Help us gather feedback on our online library catalog! 📖❤️📚 Everyone who completes the survey and enters contact information will be entered in a drawing to win a gift card to a local bookstore! forms.office.com/r/NBaBce0bqJ

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride Eve to all who observe.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

Late Friday night, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to dismantle the institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services. This order would harm communities across the country. Millions of people rely on library services and programs supported by IMLS.

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

As we write, DOGE is reportedly inside the gates of the IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services), where Keith Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of Labor and “somehow now Acting Director” of IMLS is dismantling the agency that helps libraries be libraries. /1 www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

When I asked the media specialist how she felt when banned books were pulled from the shelves of the St. Francis High School library, she told me, “Each book I have had to remove crushes me inside.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...

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'The Handmaid's Tale' could really teach something to the kids in St. Francis. Too bad it's banned. • Minnesota Reformer

“The Bluest Eye” and “The Perks of Being A Wallflower” are out.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS
To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. 
As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml...

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Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services is just one more way of coming for the most vulnerable people in our country. #IMLS

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Groundhog Day is stupid. There I said it.

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

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End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs

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Walking Flex. 🕺🏾 @meechiee.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Take yall children to those black history events that will be held at some local libraries. It starts at home

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
SUBJECT: New Annual Media Rotation Program for Pentagon Press Corps
For over a half-century, the Pentagon Press Corps has benefited from working out of individual office spaces that provide coveted and open access to some of the Department's top military and civilian leaders.
Known as the Correspondents' Corridor, this office space loaned to media outlets by the
Secretary of Defense stands as a tribute to the importance the Department has long placed on informing the public about the U.S. military and all it does to project peace through strength. It also honors the many correspondents who put their lives on the line, and in many cases died, while covering our finest in battle.
In order to broaden access to the limited space of the Correspondents' Corridor to outlets
that have not previously enjoyed the privilege and journalistic value of working from physical office space in the Pentagon, beginning February 14, 2025, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs will implement a new Annual Media Rotation Program for those dedicated media spaces.
Each year, one outlet from each press medium - print, online, television and radio - that
has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps.
This year, the following news outlets will begin their rotation by vacating their physical
office space effective Friday, February 14, 2025:
Print - The New York Times
TV - NBC News
Radio - National Public Radio
Online News - POLITICO
In their place, the following outlets from each medium will be invited to move into the
Correspondents' Corridor workspaces formerly occupied by the above four outlets.
Print - New York Post
TV - One America News Network
Radio - Breitbart News Network
Online News - HuffPost News (aka The Huffington Post)

To be clear, the outlets that vacate the spaces loaned to them by the Secretary will remain as full members of the Pentagon Press Corps. They will continue to enjoy the same media access to the Pentagon and will be able to attend and cover briefings and be considered for travel with civilian and military leaders in the Department as they have previously.
The only change will be giving up their physical workspaces in the building to allow new
outlets to have their turn to become resident members of the Pentagon Press Corps.
Thank you in advance for participating in the Pentagon Press Corps Annual Media
Rotation Program. By turning over the office space loaned to you by the Secretary, you will ensure that new outlets will have the same opportunity you have enjoyed covering our nation's finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon.
(John Ullyot
Acting

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I have never needed Spring Training to start as badly as I need it this year. ⚾️

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I'll watch every video from every angle of this.

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Remembering when the kids were little and Claire loved going into Radio City at Christmas time to see the "Rock Heads". She was sure they were robots.

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Anyone surprised by Glinda being shady in Wicked didn't pay attention in the Wizard Of Oz...

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Had a slight issue with the stream settings, so here is a new link: youtube.com/live/-a9g0AU... We'll be live in about 2 minutes. Come hang with us.

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So, we're at it again. youtube.com/live/UBtv7Hn... Join my fabulous self and my insufferable son starting at noon today as we prep for Thanksgiving dinner. We love welcoming family and friends we don't usually get to see into our home via the interwebz. Hey, I cook once a year... don't miss it!

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Nancy Mace needs to stop peeking into other people's bathroom stalls.

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Anyone baffled by T's cabinet picks clearly operates under the outdated assumption that the president wants the government and its agencies to succeed. That notion is so last year.

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

One of the best articles I've read about proactively approaching the fight against book banning. Also, I'll be buying the book @librarianjones.bsky.social wrote. www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...

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We’re All Responsible for Protecting Public Libraries

In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries.

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

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The Halo-Halo Librarian 🇵🇭🇺🇲👩🏽‍💻📚 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

While we've been by and large out of the crosshairs in academic libraries, our turn is coming, especially as the coming administration sets its sights on Higher Ed. Thanks for this, Emily.

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Most days I can tune out the noise of the work happening on the roof of our building, but today it sounds like the worst dentist visit ever, and I just can't concentrate. Maybe I need more coffee?

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Intellectual Freedom isn't just for people who can afford it. #bookbans #libraries www.instagram.com/reel/DCefbOg...

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 17/11/2024

just block them

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/11/2024

PONDER THIS… Have you ever noticed that when shit goes down, people demand that minorities be held responsible for their entire ethnic group? White folks are exempt from that demand. When a Black person does something bad, the entire Black community must answer for it. Why is that? 🧵

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goinkforward.bsky.social @goinkforward.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Museum of Play This guy does a super detailed tour of the toy and game museum in Rochester NY. For kids at heart. youtube.com/watch?v=BeuZ...

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Rochester, NY folks! Don't forget to vote for all of your ROC favorites! 💜 m.roccitymag.com/special-sect... Bonus points if you give a nod to the Central Library as best library 📚 (although all of our libraries are amazing!) and Rising Storm at the Mill for best trivia night (Yay Chris! ).

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Best of Rochester 2024

Vote in the final ballot for our annual readers’ poll through December 13.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

If civil war breaks out, meet me at the library.

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Block lists are giving me life

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Do not panic. Organize.

Tweet from The Ginger Swindler @lilydsmith
if RFK bans diet coke, i will make jan 6 look like a girl scout meeting.
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r.
Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Currently following random folks I come across here who are interested in Libraries, Library stuff, Rochester NY, the NY Mets, and sharing hot takes in general.

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Emily Clasper @eclasper.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I started playing with Twitter in 2006 and began using it in earnest in 2007. Had lots of fun and made great, lasting connections. Reduced use in 2021/22 because it was getting gross. Stopped entirely in 2023. Now I'm scrubbing the whole thing.

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