Just a reminder that your local #library is an F'n treasure that we probably don't appreciate enough. I hadn't gone to my local one in quite a while, and boy-howdy it's so cool. I remember when my wife and I were poor and kidless, and that was our refuge. And then we had kids, and we used it even more often.
They probably need your help more than ever.
#NowReading: The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A #SciFi Series: This has been a fun change to the more real life, dystopian, surveillance books I've been reading of late. I've really enjoyed these characters.
An acclaimed modern scifi masterpiece & Hugo Award winner for Best Series! Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space.
Find a copy at your local #library - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26318316M/The_Long_Way_To_A_Small_Angry_Planet
Following Trump's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), libraries across the United States are experiencing significant disruptions. The abrupt suspension of federal grants has forced many libraries to cut back on staff, close facilities, and suspend popular digital loan programs, particularly affecting rural and underserved communities that rely heavily on federal support.
#NowReading: The Cuckoo’s Egg:
Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll
I've seen this book referenced many times over in books about #cybersecurity. The true story that's “as exciting as any action novel”, an astronomer-turned-cyber-detective begins a personal quest to expose spies that threaten national security.
Find a copy at your local #library : https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2189508M/The_Cuckoo%E2%80%99s_Egg
#Bookstodon #InfoSec #SupportYourLocalLibrary #ReadingIsSexy #Stoll #CuckoosEgg
Public #libraries are awesome!
I just signed up for a #genealogy webinar from the Allen County Public Library. It's free and virtual even though I don't live anywhere near this library system.
Are you Eligible for Italian Citizenship?
Registration at: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/13189258.
"#Stoneham, #Massachusetts chair of the Finance & Advisory Board, recommended gutting the #library, recreation department, Council on Aging, and all traffic directors, zeroing out their budgets."
"Without strong #libraries, we risk losing one of the last truly nonpartisan spaces where all voices are heard. Now is the time to act — through advocacy and action. Run for your local library board; join your local Friends of the Library group. Advocate for funding at local, state, and federal levels. We must stand up for stronger libraries and a stronger democracy — one based on freedom, not fear." ~ David Leonard, BPL President
Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus is leading a letter signed by 127 members of the House of Representatives urging President Trump to reconsider his executive order dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
https://titus.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4753
Is your Member of Congress on the list of folks who signed? If not, you should ask them why they don't support #libraries.
The MBLC has to eliminate some good services and grants that support #Massachusetts #libraries and patrons, including:
- 12 Perkins Accessibility training sessions designed to increase library accessibility for people w/disabilities.
- Access to training & continuing education for all library directors, staff, Trustees, Friends of the Library groups, & foundations.
https://mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-releases/2025/nr250403.php
Next up. I was very excited to pick this up from the library. #BookSky📚💙 #books #library #libraries #supportyourlocallibrary
John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger
–John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his 'swagger' portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen's film will examine how Sargent's unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.
Filmed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tate Britain, London, the exhibition reveals Sargent's power to express distinctive personalities, power dynamics and gender identities during this fascinating period of cultural reinvention. Alongside 50 paintings by Sargent sit stunning items of clothing and accessories worn by his subjects, drawing the audience into the artist's studio. Sargent's sitters were often wealthy, their clothes costly, but what happens when you turn yourself over to the hands of a great artist? The manufacture of public identity is as controversial and contested today as it was at the turn of the 20th century, but somehow Sargent's work transcends the social noise and captures an alluring truth with each brush stroke.
Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self-promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era
Explore the unique creative process of the late 19th century's favourite portrait artist and the way in which his portraits captured the spirit of a vibrant and rapidly changing age.
#Kanopy #SupportYourLocalLibrary #library #JohnSingerSargent #art #painting #ExhibitionOnScreen
Every time I’m about to note my libraries don’t have a service, I discover that’s wrong.
#library #oed #supportyourlocallibrary #sfpl #koln #bibliothek
