Douglas E. Welch<p>Librarians are dangerous: A public service announcement by Brad Montague</p><p>Dear Enthusiasts,</p><p>I write to you today as a concerned citizen.
Many aren’t brave enough to say it, but the time has come. So, I will say it:</p><p>Librarians are dangerous.</p><p>(Dramatic music should be playing in your head right now.)</p><p>You thought they were just keepers of the quiet. Guardians of the “shhh.”
The ones who handed you a dusty book and pointed to a beanbag chair.</p><p>Wrong.</p><p>Read More<br><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/20/librarians-are-dangerous-a-public-service-announcement-by-brad-montague-shared/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/20</span><span class="invisible">/librarians-are-dangerous-a-public-service-announcement-by-brad-montague-shared/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/essay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>essay</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberty</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shared</span></a></p>
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(she/her) Today’s #library passport score comes with a gorgeous view! And two lovely librarians that let me chat them up. <3
Libraries are under attack, and they provide incredible value to the community, prefiguring a #solarpunk future while safeguarding knowledge for everyone. Visit/support yours!
I was not able to change my name on my #library card because it's #goodfriday and they're closed. But they will be open Stinky Saturday, the day in which #jesus farted. That is a cool thing about #texas libraries I LOVE. They will not close on religious holidays unless they HAVE to. And many are open 7 days a week. The #librarians in this damned state are fucking #anarchists I love it.
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I #read A Library by Nikki Giovanni. 5.0 
A #lyrical picture book by a world-renowned #poet.
#StoryGraph Genre #Challenge
Prompt 4: A children's book published after 2020 by an author of colour
It was a cute story, and the illustrations are beautiful. A nice opportunity to utilize my #Kobo Libra Colour.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ff53bad7-11a1-46f2-8cbf-d4a27006496a
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God fredag! Today I am going to take my name change order and go get my name changed on the most important document! My #library card! The librarians will be so excited since they helped print and scan and organize and all that.. being my nice little secretaries and cheerleaders. #books #librarians
#Library Study Shows It’s Just Politicians And Activist Groups Trying To Get Books #Banned - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/library-study-shows-its-just-politicians-and-activist-groups-trying-to-get-books-banned/ "What’s been noted before has been confirmed yet again: there is no widespread concern about the books kids have access to in public libraries. "
Techdirt · Library Study Shows It’s Just Politicians And Activist Groups Trying To Get Books BannedWhat’s been noted before has been confirmed yet again: there is no widespread concern about the books kids have access to in public libraries. Instead, there’s just the concerted, but e…
Just released the new version of my Rust web framework! 
**Ratzilla** — Build terminal-themed web apps with Rust!
Now it supports handling the cursor!
Glitches are fixed + more examples are added!
Built with Rust & @ratatui_rs
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Libraries are under assault.
A 
about what authors can do to support them:
I've been touring every local #library in the PGH Carnegie library system and getting my library passport stamped. Then posting about that and telling folks delightful stories about my adventures and encouraging them to *just use the library* because they get funding based on circulation.
Trump’s cuts to California State Library lead to hiring freeze and furloughs
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article304274831.html
We have an intern at my library whose internship is coming to an end this week. Her teacher came today to check how things are. I said something to them they told to tell her. They were right, that it was something important to be told, so I did.
"You are the kind of librarian our society needs."
Now shipping! This best-selling guide, newly refreshed and updated, will give readers at every stage of their career a sound and sensible way to consider, access, and use library technologies to better meet the needs of their patrons and communities. https://alastore.ala.org/nsltc7th
