Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Great recent book about her too search.worldcat.org/title/146469...search.worldcat.orgTell me a story where the bad girl wins : the life and art of Barbara Shermund | WorldCat.org"Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins doubles as an official biography and coffee table art collection honoring the life and art of pioneering cartoonist Barbara Shermund, an unheralded early maste 052
Reposted by Tom MAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Earlier this week, the ALA released their 2025 Most Challenged Books Report. Thought top books are the headline, this is the data point that stands out to me, "92 percent of all book challenges were initiated by pressure groups, government officials and decision makers" not parents or teachers.ala.orgAmerican Library Association releases 2025 Most Challenged Books List as National Library Week BeginsState of America’s Libraries Report reveals 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025, marking the second-highest total on record 010068
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Thank you for framing this in a way that isn't on the side of the billionaire team ownership groups! 030
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I said "lady, step inside my Hyundai" always got stuck in my head while cruising in the FC Elantra 200
Reposted by Tom MMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/12/2025“The president, tiptoeing precipitously down the sidelines of legality, inadvertently ran the constitutional football out of bounds.” #McSweeneysTop25of2025buff.lyNew York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”Our 22nd most-read article of 2025. - - -Originally published June 3, 2025. - - -“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of ... 116842
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Life fail: had a chance to yell "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel" and I missed itmedia.tenor.coma cartoon drawing of a nuclear power plant with an exit sign in the foregroundAlt: a cartoon drawing of a nuclear power plant with an exit sign in the foreground with Homer Simpson in a towel running to answer a phone. 151
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This book lives rent free in my brain search.worldcat.org/en/title/576...search.worldcat.orgSeize the daylight : the curious and contentious story of daylight saving time | WorldCat.orgIn Seize the Daylight, David Prerau weaves a tale of science, history, and politics - a story grand enough to involve luminaries such as Ben Franklin, Winston Churchill, and FDR, but personal enough t 030
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Eastern Standard Time truly is the superlative time zone 140
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This really makes me feel the "Comedy Bang! Bang! We Care!" ethos 0100
Reposted by Tom MBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same. 5563933314808
Reposted by Tom Mjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/10/2025seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over 186102903273
Reposted by Tom MJulia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 19/10/2025RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people. 762503844
Reposted by Tom MMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 14/10/2025The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating halfTrump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’ 8631310
Reposted by Tom MDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 18/10/2025I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot. 7183041164
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 02/10/2025The state isn't properly funding public schools, so the burden falls to property taxes. Blame the tax cuts for the wealthiest, not a union. Show some solidarity with workers 120
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Blood donation and Foreigner really need a collab... I want to hear "Type O Hero" blasted every time I check in 1100
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Only a gotdammed Frankenstein or Vampire or Creature from the Black Lagoon would dare to trespass on the literary range of Dalton Wilcox @showmanandydaly.bsky.social 040
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 09/04/2025A beautiful essay from a wonderful coworker from years back 092
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 04/04/2025OH House Legislature put forward its version of the state budget, which guts funding for Ohio’s Public Libraries. This budget eliminates the Public Library Fund (PLF). It takes millions from OH's libraries Contact your state Reps to share what the libraries mean to you chpl.org/dont-cut-ohi...chpl.orgTell the Ohio House Now: Don’t Cut My Library!Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library stands to lose $14.5 million of our state funding and we need your help. Use the links below… 020
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 30/03/2025#Columbus #Sb1 gathering at Ohio Statehouse on Monday, March 31. Join in! 031
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I'm only surprised that it took this long to attack libraries. These fucks want America to be as ignorant, incurious, and bigoted as they are, so they will attempt to destroy anything that allows people to expand their perspectives and knowledge. Gotta channel that Ides of March energy... #booksky 040
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 02/03/2025You're underestimating the shittiness of P.O.D.'s "Youth of a Nation" The worst song needs a terrible chorus of children 100
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 22/02/2025We have to get "Savvy Drifter" as an official Jokic nickname on Basketball Reference 010
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Another fine example of how problematic Dewey is. Dewey Decimal is so entrenched it'll be hard to correct, but it can be done! Hurrah for Dorothy B. Parker! 110
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Yeah! I'm looking forward to reading the second Monk & Robot 010
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Books of 2025, #6 A Psalm for the Wild-Built - hopeful sci-fi and a great exploration of ennui and "what do people need" #bookskysearch.worldcat.orgA psalm for the wild-built | WorldCat.org"In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness 140
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Books of 2025, #5 The Wood at Midwinter - a sweet fable by Susanna Clarke that reminded me of O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi #bookskysearch.worldcat.orgThe wood at midwinter | WorldCat.org"Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees--and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple th 030
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Books of 2025, #4 The Prisons - gorgeous prints by Piranesi that seem to have inspired the Susanna Clarke novel #bookskysearch.worldcat.orgThe prisons (Le carceri) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete first and second states | WorldCat.orgThe prisons (Le carceri) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete first and second states | WorldCat.org 030
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Ah, I have vague memories of seeing Isaac Brock at the Grog, but details are hazy 100
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Father of the year material there... You went to Grog to catch the Hot Snakes after this too, right? 100
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Books of 2025, #3 Annihilator - gave me some Barton Fink vibes, but a bit too navel-gazing for my taste #bookskysearch.worldcat.orgAnnihilator | WorldCat.orgWashed-up Hollywood screenwriter Ray Spass is caught in a downward spiral of broken relationships, wild parties and self-destruction. Out of luck and out of chances, he's one failed script away from f 000
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Books of 2025, #2 There's Always This Year - a reread since it's the best book I've read in a while #basketball #columbus #ohio #bookskysearch.worldcat.orgWe’re sorry, but WorldCat does not work without JavaScript enabled. Please enable JavaScript on your browser. 010
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025#acab www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...cincinnati.comPrivate firm recruits ex-cops to help Trump deport immigrants who entered US illegallyAn email circulating among law enforcement officials in Cincinnati signals that private contractors are taking Trump's deportation threats seriously. 000
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Books of 2025, #1 Buzzkill - interesting use of a superhero to explore addiction #booksky search.worldcat.org/en/title/992...search.worldcat.orgWe’re sorry, but WorldCat does not work without JavaScript enabled. Please enable JavaScript on your browser. 010
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Before these fucks get pardoned, check out if anyone in your community was involved in #jan6 www.npr.org/2021/02/09/9...npr.orgThe Jan. 6 attack: The cases behind the biggest criminal investigation in U.S. historyMore than 1,570 people have been federally charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. NPR is tracking each case from the initial charges through sentencing. 000
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 14/01/2025This Cavs season has been so awesome! The only downside is not getting to hear @zachlowenba.bsky.social break down their offense #cavs 010
Reposted by Tom MMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚 247130235899
Tom M @tomamoose.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Yeah, after hitting up a tiki bar and walking to the car. I figured it was a cover band at first, but was so glad I found out they were the genuine article 100
