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Library mode. All day. Every day. Occasionally craft mode. Always resistance mode. 💪🏻🇺🇦🧶 🪡

Horror novel The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt—a green sky with huge trees fills the cover. There’s a dark tunnel created by the branches of the trees that disappears into the middle of the path.
Ed Markey Tweet @EdMarkey • •• Trump must be impeached for undermining and subverting our free and fair elections. And when he sends ICE agents to the polls, then we must turn civic action into civil disobedience and take to the streets. Sit in. Protest. Withhold our labor. Everything must be on the table. 1:25 AM • Jul 17, 2026 • 41.3K Views
A classic Kewpie doll with blue eyes, rosy cheeks, & the trademark wisp of hair standing straight up from its head.
An image of a ribbon medal with three metal snaps, sewn inline to act as a clasp.
A split image. On top: The Lavra monastery in Ukraine—a cultural site almost a thousand years old. White and green buildings with shiny golden pear-shaped domes. Below: darkness, buildings ablaze, domes glowing from firelight.
One girl whispers to another (who looks shocked by what she’s hearing). Text: They’re all invited to the block party.
The cover of Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio and Leo Espinosa. Two light-skinned men men are illustrated. One in a yellow coat and jeans carries a bag over his shoulder. The other in a dark coat, brown pants and a blue ballcap, carries a swaddled baby. They are walking in the snow, up from a subway entrance with a green lamppost.
Cover image of Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve. A pink sky background with green bushes. A Black woman with a yellow headwrap and a blue floral dress stands with her arms crossed holding a pair of cameo silhouettes on a yellow string (presumably George and Martha Washington).
A black tabby cat snoozes in the sun on a wooden chair with orange and white patterned cushions. Her name is Scout but we call her Jean Louise when she’s in trouble.
US Forever postage stamp in red, white and blue with text that reads: “12 colonies unite in protest. ‘We ask but for Peace, Liberty, and Safety.’ First continental congress 1774”
The official Artemis II patch featuring the earth, the moon, and a stylized “AII” with a red swooshing line.
A brick plaza in downtown Rome, GA, with a lit sign saying, “Rome” next to a golf cart “Roman chariot” that gives rides around town.
Protest sign with the words, “REPUBLICANS ARE COMPARING TRUMP to JESUS. FAIR ENOUGH! NAIL HIM UP! IF HE COMES BACK IN 3 DAYS, I'LL ADMIT I WAS WRONG!”
Jimmy Rothschild+ @Pale_Ontologist if i was new and you told me that theres a superhero who's blind and uses echolocation to fight and one who's an adrenaline junkie who flies around using gadgets and that one is called batman and one is called daredevil i would punch you in the face if i found out which was which 7:03 PM • 05 Aug 18 20.8K Retweets 69.2K Likes
The cover of Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden. A young Black boy looks dreamily at an airplane in a blue sky. In the background there is a public library built of brick.
The cover of Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson. A middle school boy wears curious-looking glasses with changeable lenses. He stands in front of library bookcases.
The cover of Alix E. Harrow’s The Everlasting. A golden sword reflects part of a woman’s face. It is surrounded by flowers.
USA Women’s Hockey Team—the FIRST hockey team to win gold in 2026.
A red and blue knit hat with the same design (Spider-Man logo), reversed, on the inside.
A camo uniformed person appears to have the left half of their body covered in white paint as they run. Image caption only says they are running after a person but does not address the white substance.
A cross stitch of Jar Jar Binks with the text, “Still a better senator than Ted Cruz”.
X post from Saint Javelin: Text reads: Pokrovsk. Russian troops used a drone to place their flag on a sign at the city entrance. The situation is worsening by the day and has become extremely critical. Russia has deployed around 11,000 soldiers, 100 tanks, up to 260 armored vehicles, and 160 artillery pieces and mortars to encircle Pokrovsk and nearby towns, according to the 7th Air Assault Crops. In total, approximately 27,000 personnel are engaged in this direction. Image shows a Russian flag atop the Pokrovsk sign at the city entrance (sign is in Cyrillic).
A photo of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad—Toad is reading to Frog.
Sam Bush and band (banjo, guitar, drums, mandolin, electric bass) play on an orange stage.
Image of two nazi soldiers carrying off a framed painting.
Image shows the cover of the children's picture book, Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell--a cartoon jungle showing Jane as a child with her stuffed toy chimpanzee.
Doc Oc from Spiderman (Alfred Molina version)
Missing persons flyer: Zachary Studer, 150lbs., 31 years old, 5’10”. Goes by the name of Zach. Last seen early July 2024 in Vancouver, WA on Fourth Plain near Grocery Outlet carrying a guitar. For any information that can help us to find him, please call his family at 971-279-7640.
The cover of the novel Holes by Louis Sachar. Holes is written in red at the top of a blue header. The rest of the cover is a yellowish field of dirt with many holes, in one a shovel. The top of a boy’s head wearing a red hat is shown near the bottom of the image.
Black background with white text: “Libraries are not neutral.”
A pencil traces a circle around an upside down drinking glass.
Blue tennis shoe next to a terribly small green frog—maybe 1/4” long.
Characters from Dr. Who: River Song, Rory Williams, The Doctor, Amelia Pond, Tardis in background
Images shows the cover of Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. The center of the cover includes a blue square with a shark fin in the top left corner.
Madame Medusa (Disney’s villain from The Rescuers) hugs one of her alligators.
We are alarmed by the news that VA Central Office has directed changes to medical facilities' bylaws, to enable doctors and medical staff to deny veterans care based on their marital status and their political views. This is reprehensible. Equally alarming is VA's decision to direct the amendment of medical staff bylaws in a way that would permit the Department to discriminate against providers on the same basis in the hiring process. Non-discrimination language has been included in VA's medical staff bylaws for years and rightfully clarifies a practitioners' obligation to care for all veterans, regardless of their beliefs or personal characteristics.
Much Ado About Nothing, cast photo, Branagh edition 1993
Black and white photo of a man with a Star of David armband leading another similarly dressed man my the arm. A soldier in the background holds an old reel-to-reel movie camera.
Image of four postcards addressed to the White House. Face design is of an American flag with the words, “In our America, all people are equal, love wins, Black Lives Matter, immigrants & refugees are welcome, disabilities are respected, women are in charge of their bodies, people & planet are valued over profit, diversity is celebrated.” Reverse of postcards: One details the number of days Trump has been golfing since taking office (14) and as a percentage of his presidency (26.42%). Another postcard says, “What is the difference between Benedict Arnold and Donald Trump? Benedict Arnold once fought for America.”
Ukrainian flag with the words “Stand With Ukraine” superimposed.
Polling image of the United States with red & blue states predicting Hilary Clinton would win the 2016 election 71.4% over Donald Trump’s 28.6%. *sigh*
Image of three colorful cross stitch projects. One contains three vignettes relating to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. A second work is a Ukrainian tryzub surrounded by yellow sunflowers. The third a collection of circles in different black work patterns.