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go to fucking town my dude but...
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Five (More) Things People Did To Me at the Library This Week
Whomst let the dogs out?
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Maybe it’s brainrot from true crime podcasts, maybe it’s Maybelline.
Old man yells at cloud
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Five things people did to me at the library last week 😇
An unfortunately non-exhaustive list
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May 2025

Dear Abyss!
A Weird But Okay Advice Column
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Peaches, Pedro Pascal, and Public Libraries
new rules of broke-ass summer just landed
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Whoever controls the words controls the world
The battle for the Library of Congress isn't just about books
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Ban Crooks Not Books 5/9: The Most Disrespectful Firing of our Librarian of Congress
Dr. Carla Hayden, the beloved Librarian of Congress since 2016, was disrespectfully and unceremoniously fired in what the NYT reports was a…
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Ban Crooks Not Books 5/5
If LGBTQ books are in danger of being banned from my library, can I donate them instead?
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April 2025

Your library will be kneecapped
Mahmoud v Taylor is the case pending in the Supreme Court that will decide if parental rights can be used to remove LGBTQ books from schools, but if the…
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Authors Annoying Me and Introducing Ban Crooks Not Books
What's Happening in America's Libraries and What You Can Do About It
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Why the Supreme Court decision about LGBTQ books in schools matters for libraries (like, obviously)
This is not a warm & fuzzy library substack
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