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Erin

@mcelrat

Librarian! DAM not damn!

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I saw him open for the Stones too! He was so great!!

15.06.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@booker.senate.gov long time listener, first time caller. Any chance you’d upload your Oura ring data from your marathon speech for us data nerds? Would love to see it!

04.04.2025 00:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Adobe is smoke and mirrors. Their products are sold to executives. Shiny objects β€œsee what we can do” not for practitioners. Currently stuck with Adobe products….

20.03.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think I’m going to throw up

19.03.2025 23:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a dev explorer, #atprotocol has the ability to democratize apps while preserving data, AND they have a conference?! Sign me up. Tell me everything. I want to get my hands dirty.

19.03.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for this link!!! Sent!

16.03.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services An executive order issued by the Trump administration on Friday night, March 14, calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the nation’s only federal agency for America...

I guess it was only a matter of time… He has come for our libraries and museums. Continue to call your people. Patronize your libraries. Go to your museums. I don’t know anymore. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

15.03.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read it was because β€œDepartment of Homeland Security reported that in 2022, 112 out of 295 Bhutanese visitors overstayed their visas, resulting in an overstay rate of approximately 38%. In 2023, 72 out of 371 visitors overstayed, indicating a rate of about 19%. Not a lot of visitors at all.

15.03.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Texan here: It might not necessarily be all suppression (not doubting it!) but I do know that a lot of people are not reporting it by going to the hospital (again this is Texas…) so the stats could still be correct, we just don’t have the actuals.

14.03.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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San Antonio Missions facility to shutter amid Trump's NPS layoffs The Trump administration is reportedly planning to close the San Antonio Missions law enforcement facility amid the National Park Service layoffs

Well this isn’t awesome. Are there any GLAM people here? Will the artifacts be transferred to a museum? Just wondering about logistics since this has literally never happened ever.

www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

06.03.2025 00:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Madagascar June 2024

02.03.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gift for Putin - Collection of weapons for Ukraine πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ We think wars are won with guns. Ukrainians are bravely resisting Russian aggression, and we have decided not to let them do it. Donate for weapons for Ukraine and we, together with the Ministry ...

There is also this one with direct campaigns to donate to:

www.weaponstoukraine.com/filtr-campai...

02.03.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine United24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

Since our administration doesn’t seem interested, let’s help Ukraine our damn selves. You can choose where your donation goes: defense, medical, etc.

u24.gov.ua/about

02.03.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a petition! Sign it!

18.02.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives Guest post from Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Open knowledge advocate | Dedicated to building community and serving the public interest via data & tech.

The quality of the reporting on this has been disappointing, to say the least, with only the most basic understanding of what the National Archives does.

This is bigger than a little spat with a small agency.

bit.ly/3Ex744a follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to stay informed!

18.02.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Museums aren’t acquiring live animals for taxidermy purposes, only in sustainable (found) ways. They live on as a way to teach and enrich.

15.02.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I knew you could do it!

15.02.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do it!

15.02.2025 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I went to the Library of Alexandria and it was new and bright and shiny and it made me a little sad because of everything lost and for reasons you just said but also kind of glad because of knowledge and life finds a way…

15.02.2025 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
If You See Something, Save Something – 6 Ways to Save Pages In the Wayback Machine | Internet Archive Blogs

Archivists, Librarians, and other do-gooders! A call to action! Before our history is deleted, let’s try to save it! Before they come for the LoC and officially for the NA: blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/s...

14.02.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are a gem. Thanks for reposting. Will get the word out too.

14.02.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Digital librarian here! From experienceβ€”β€” HOPEFULLY there is an untraceable server, not on a cloud. I make back ups of backups and I don’t care what anyone says, a physical hard drive has been known to save my life. They can be hidden, paper can be burned.

13.02.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump fires National Archives chief The president has dismissed the top U.S. archivist after fuming about the agency’s role in the criminal classified-documents case against him.

I haven’t seen much about this but the National Archivist was fired Friday. This is a big deal. If you don’t know everything they do, look it up. Electoral college, code of federal regulations, etc.. total retaliation. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

10.02.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0