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Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Three – Covid, Libraries & #FTRW

This has been an unprecedented twelve months that has impacted all sectors including public libraries. Libraries have had to pivot in a variety of ways – from implementing curbside pickup to quarantining books to opening up to the idea of staff working from home – and there are numerous articles about the impacts of Covid […]

Posted 23 February 2021 § Library § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day One – Welcome Back! (And A Child Reads One of the Year’s Most Controversial Books, “Call Me Max”) #ftrw

I’m a huge Freedom of Expression guy and think Freedom to Read Week should be a highlight of every librarian’s calendar. I don’t think I managed to do it every year but ever since I was in library school in 2006 (also the year I started this blog), I’ve tried to do an annual series […]

Posted 21 February 2021 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Which Dewey Decimal Number Are You?

The NYPL has a Buzzfeed-esque quiz that’s pretty fun…

Posted 12 February 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

What Is Going On With Game Stop & Reddit?

Well, the dominant narrative of this story is “large group of Internet-enabled Reddit underdogs figure out strategy to bankrupt billion dollar hedge fund” but the reality, as usual, is probably a lot more complicated and also consequential.    

Posted 27 January 2021 § Jobs § Meme § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I’m gonna tell you fascists/Sure might may be surprised/There’s people in this world/And we’re getting organized”

Happy Inauguration Week! “All You Fascists (Bound To Lose)” – Billy Bragg

Posted 18 January 2021 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous/Wicked and able, media-ready/Heartless, and labeled/Super US citizen, super achiever/Mega ultra power dosing, relax/Defense, defense, defense, defense”

Originally about the Reagan years but the sentiment applies to most right-wing governments including Trump’s… “Ignoreland” – R.E.M. (Side note: “Ignoreland” is my least favourite song on probably my most favourite album of all-time.  Wish it had been on “Monster” instead.)

Posted 11 January 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

The “Christianity” of Mike Pence

Seems timely…  

Posted 10 January 2021 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

What In The Flying Fuck Was That? #tre45on #trumptreason #uspoli #CheetoMussolini #HairHitler #TrumpleThinskin #YallQaeda

So Washington DC basically became like something from a movie today as Trump held a big rally at the same time as Congress was certifying the Electoral College results (normally, a formality but with all the talk of “rigged elections”, various Republicans were going to try to gum up the process as much as possible) […]

Posted 06 January 2021 § List § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Ricky Gervais and Stephen Colbert Debate Religion

 

Posted 03 January 2021 § Humour § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

RIP Luke Letlow (Maybe?)

It’s an interesting question about how we should feel when someone makes bad, ill-informed choices that lead directly to their death. *Of course* every death is sad.  *But maybe* it’s not quite as sad when someone willingly makes a conscious choice to avoid even the most basic Covid precautions and then ends up dying of […]

Posted 29 December 2020 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,