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@DrWebX Just read multiple reddit posts about this from an employee on r/fednews.
There are reports on the same subreddit that they are also at the FDA White Oak Campus at the BSL-2 labs (labs that work with agents associated with human diseases).
McIndoes Academy, historic building and public library and museum in Barnet Vermont.
Need a refresher on IMLS and what's at stake? We've got you covered. https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls
Bracing for today's news about IMLS. Pray for mojo
Broken Hill City Library, public library in Broken Hill New South Wales.
#Education #Libraries #School #Books #USpol
We have nothing in common if you are in support of limiting libraries, banning books and eliminating the Department of Education. /rant over/
Thomasville Public Library, library.
Lynn Public Library, public library system in Massachusetts, USA.
These are the hardcover and paperback versions of my books. If you would like to purchase a copy of your own, you can go to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, and other online retailers. You can also borrow a copy from your local library in either ebook or print format. #books #photos #productphotos #productphotography #ashadmukadam #kickingfrombeyondthe40 #journeythroughthevideogameworld #thetreasureofmilkylake #thecrimeinthewoods #amazon #barnesandnoble #walmart #libraries #bookstores
State Central Library, public library in Hyderabad, India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Central_Library,_Hyderabad
"The famous Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in Portugal employs bats to provide a natural pest repellent service to protect their priceless books and manuscripts from insect damage. The library, which is a gorgeous example of Baroque architecture, was built in 1717 and houses over 200,000 tomes."
https://laughingsquid.com/library-uses-bats-to-protect-books-from-insects/
Laughing Squid: 18th Century Portuguese Library Employs Bats to Protect Their Priceless Manuscripts From Insects. “The famous Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in Portugal employs bats to provide a natural pest repellent service to protect their priceless books and manuscripts from insect damage. The library, which is a gorgeous example of Baroque architecture, was built in 1717 […]
Via Kelly Jensen: "Rutherford County Library System (TN) just banned any books "promoting" transgender issues to minors.
This is a public library. Because, as we've said over and over, the "we're only doing it at schools" was a lie all along.
This will continue to happen. "
Keeping children ignorant from sexuality to gender issues, by the way, endangers them, always.
#Libraries #BookBans #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Beware: url for article uses as transphobic slur
New evidence that #BookBans backfire.
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/mksc.2024.0716
"We find that the circulations of banned books increased by 12%, on average, compared with comparable nonbanned titles after the ban. We also find that banning a book in a state leads to increased circulation in states without bans…Books with higher visibility on social media following the ban see an increase in consumption."
PS: It's not clear how much book bans would backfire without protests and publicity. But it's now clear that protests and publicity help them backfire. Keep it up.
The Orange Turd's #ExecutiveOrder cutting funding to #IMLA is so spiteful & useless 
#Libraries & #Museums are already under pressure from dwindling state revenues.
Let yr Congress critter know what a #Library has done for you here...
https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit
Update. Gary Price (@infodocket) is collecting statements opposing the #Trump admin's attempt to shut down the Institute of Museum and Library Services (#IMLS). Thanks, Gary!
https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/17/roundup-statements-in-response-to-executive-order-impacting-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-imls/
Next up. I was very excited to pick this up from the library.
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