NYPL budget cuts, you can help!

I know “reblogging” stuff kinda sucks, but this is near and dear to my own profession — so this is reposted from kotte.org:

The New York Public Library is facing budget cuts that will close libraries on some days, cut programs for children, and place other services (like job search resources) at risk. The possible cuts come at a time when library visits are up 12% over last year and people out of work are relying on the library more than ever.

If you are a NYPL user and don’t want services cut, I urge you to write your City Council Member or the Mayor.

I thought marriage was supposed to be a “states rights” issue. But now that “out of control legislatures” and wild justices are legalizing all marriages - in their respective states - we now have to do something federally. Geez.

Update: I should clarify. I really really need to get off these stupid “Human Events” and “Redstate.com” email lists. I signed up for them to see what the fringe conservative people were saying about the run-up to the election, and now it’s just more and more over the top crazy. Somehow I got signed up for something called “Expose Obama” too. I can’t even begin to describe what b.s. is in that “mailer.” Yeah, I know I should send it all to my spam folder, but it’s like a trainwreck, and I just can’t help not opening them up and peering into the crazy.

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Personally, I do not want any of these specially recommended books for me. This list begs the inquiry: what kind of a profile do they have on me?

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saw my first person wearing a swine flu mask on the subway this morning.

I honestly don’t get the tea bag thing. I mean, I GET the tea bagging thing in that OTHER way, I just don’t get it in the weird alternate conservative universe way. The “gone Galt” way. http://www.millionteabags.org/

Someone really needs to make me stop reading my rss feeds of horrible right wing and/or libertarian websites. I just can’t *not* read them if there are updates, but man, they’re really getting to me these days. They were relatively funny back during election season, but now, the inanity is just too much for me to handle. Also: listserves. Like “Expose Obama” and RedState warriors or whatever. I need some sort of filter for this stuff. I don’t want to unsub, cause I do want to know what stupid tricks are out there sometimes; I just don’t want any more stupid Chuck Norris manifestoes anymore. Not right now.

just to note: I hate this word.

“What political stories aren’t being covered because of newsroom cuts?” (via Poynter, LA Times)

But maybe not for much longer?