Anyone, I hope, Read here: wapo.st/3BZNoBF Once again! Great Dave Barry gives us seriously hilarious take on ourselves. Thank you!

This year I’m thankful for US public libraries – beautiful icons of a better civic era | Moira Donegan theguardian.com/commentisfree/… “it aspires to encounter people as minds” - open to all - Reminds of our better selves.

El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared | WIRED The proverbial is hitting the fan. We are so not prepared. wired.com/story/climate-…

Climate change and the new language of weather greenbiz.com/article/climat… via Green Biz A whole new ballgame!

Five Nigerian libraries gain free access to Starlink  punchng.com/five-nigerian-…

Dolly Parton free library signups soar after Alabama announces program al.com/news/2023/01/d… Sweet!

Five Nigerian libraries gain free access to Starlink  gatmash.com/?p=262138 Just the beginning!

SpaceX's Starlink is active in Africa for the first time businessinsider.com/starlink-elon-… via @businessinsider giglibraries.net/page-1712387 Libraries address affordability challenge through shared free use. Not perfect but in Elon Musk parlance, better than nothing! AfLIA

Culture war in the stacks: Librarians marshal against rising book bans washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

⁦Hey Elon⁩, if you are in fact a free speech absolutist or even free speech minimalist, why aren’t you championing the world’s #publicibraries at the front lines in the struggle against book bannings and for the right of free expression and private inquiry? Who tops that?!

Hey Elon Musk !

Check out this gifted article from The New York Times. nytimes.com/2023/07/11/cli… Guy nails it. Humans may be too adaptable and therefore too ready to accept the new (ab)normal. AND that US & China MUST lead. Very very soon! Is there anything else worth working on?!

With faith in the future. bbc.com/future/article…

Project Launch: State Libraries and AI Tools (SLAAIT) State libraries to explore strategic use of AI around workforce development. Join tomorrow. eventbrite.com/e/session-87-p…