Thousands of #books were destined for the #landfill. These #Turkish #garbagecollectors rescued them and built a #publiclibrary instead
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/turkey-garbage-collectors-public-library

Thousands of #books were destined for the #landfill. These #Turkish #garbagecollectors rescued them and built a #publiclibrary instead
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/turkey-garbage-collectors-public-library
Fremont #Library asked people how much money they think they've saved with their library card
get a #LibraryCard y'all!
#libraries #books #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries
@benlockwood I've used Mango Languages and liked it. My public library used to have it, but then switched to Transparent Languages, which is OK. See what your #publiclibrary has before you spend money.
→ Of course, there are other benefits, like books and video games, and you can even ”borrow“ seeds and plant a nice field of strawberries. I’m almost ashamed that I have to pay so little. Support your public libraries!
I didn’t have a subscription to a movie/tv streaming service in 2024 and I won’t have one in 2025. I just renewed my annual subscription to the public library for 25 bucks. It has an insane selection of movies and tv shows. It’s almost like a good old video store, only without the stench of cigarettes, and porn. The catalogue lists 16.633 DVD and Blu-ray, which I honestly find hard to believe. →
The worst part of a Public Library "Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund's website."
Fuck the Fund!
Tax the Rich Instead!
Put the Public Back in Public Libraries
Listening to CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost ldealism (2025) - Sarah Wynn-Williams. Read by the author.
#BannedBooks Week at The New York #PublicLibrary
By #MickeyHuff
42 years ago, on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court decision protecting #intellectualfreedom in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, concerned booksellers, librarians, teachers, readers alike united against what they saw as an alarming rise of book challenges & bans in the UA. To raise awareness about these troubling trends celebrate the right to read, they created Banned Books Week #BBW
Listening to THE SILVER SNARLING TRUMPET: The Birth of the Grateful Dead—The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter (2024) - Robert Hunter.
Narrated by Fred Berman, with contributions by Brigid Meier (Afterward), Dennis McNally (Introduction), and John Mayer (Foreward)
went to Alameda for physical therapy, added another library card to my collection.
Giving a first, pre-ripping listen to a #music CD that I luckily got at the local Friends of the Library, everyday book fair for a buck, a British double album remastering of Atlanta Rhythm Section's Third Annual Pipe Dream and A Rock And Roll Alternative. 1970's gold!
#atlantarhythmsection #southernrock #publiclibrary #friendsofthelibrary
https://www.bgo-records.com/product/bgocd877-third-annual-pipe-dream-a-rock-and-roll-alternative/
Listened recently to THE WITCH OF MARACOOR (2023) - Gregory Maguire
Listening to JEWISH SPACE LASERS: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories (2023) - Mike Rothschild
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/
Boosts appreciated greatly!
Calling any and all fedi folks who live in #Ohio or know someone who does! Our lawmakers here are trying to take away our #publiclibrary funding, and amidst so much cultural and scientific loss, I just can't handle this happening, too. Please help spread the word. Details and how to contact your reps:
https://www.moonbeammultimedia.com/posts/urgent-call-to-action-protect-ohios-public-library-fund/
Urgent call to all #Ohio residents: contact your reps and Speaker Huffman to demand restoration of the Ohio #publiclibrary fund!
https://www.olc.org/government-relations/advocacy/save-ohio-libraries/
A Celebrated Librarian’s Concealed Life
Known as the “soul of the Morgan,” Belle da Costa Greene established the Morgan Library & Museum’s collection and lived as a “passing” Black woman in the early 20th century.
By Alexandra M. Thomas
Listening to WABI SABI: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life (2018) - Beth Kempton
Anyone in #Ohio that enjoys the #PublicLibrary should alert every #OhioHouse member you can the proposed budget change of removing the #PublicLibraryFund ( #PLF ) is unacceptable. It amounts to losses in millions of dollars in #library #funding for all of our #Libraries. First the #Republicans killed #IMLS and now they're trying to cut budgets at the state level. My local library, #TLCPL, has posted more information. If you're an #Ohioan, now is the time to act.
Masha Gessen in the New York Times (ICE = Immigration and Customs Enforcement)