A student I don’t know approached me and told me they were embarrassed to tell me something. They finally admitted that they’d left their second class of the day because there wasn’t a desk they could fit in. I tell this story for a few reasons:

What distinguishes this moment in media is that for the past 20 years the assumption was that we were in a transition from print to online media and now it's clear that online media is dying and we don't seem to be transitioning into anything. Just less. washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/…

Today I learned that during WWI Canada had internment camps where they imprisoned thousands of innocent Ukrainians and other Eastern Europeans as "enemy aliens."

since the social media center cannot hold, sharing the link to my newsletter again (using a new platform but I imported previous subscribers so you're still good). Hope to see some of you there. julieand.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Because here’s the thing: whether or not Twitter dies, or whether or not I find another audience on what replaces it, all of that seems more and more dependent the increasingly sociopathic whims of an increasingly small group of billionaires. And that feels bad.

Montana, my golly. dailymontanan.com/2023/07/12/mon…

is anyone surprised that obama is doing more to promote freedom to read than a l a is? just got another banned books week email from the latter so that's how they're still playing it.

is there a resource that is called something like Library Marketing 101 for newbs that breaks down what, ideally, a library marketing department should do and how it should function?

The “return to normal” for many able-bodied people seems to be primarily about consumption of commodities outside the home, which seems to be their strongest belief of what constitutes freedom (for them, which is the freedom that most matters).

does spotify raising prices mean they are going to pay musicians more?

There was a time that unions pushed for a 5-day, 40-hour work week and people thought it was radical. Now it’s standard. The 4-day, 32-hour work week is not radical, it’s rational. Rest is a human right.

"'During a lesson, if a student is disruptive they’ll be sent to the library, the ‘detention center,’ and that sends such a terrible message about a place of learning. The library is a sanctuary, a safe place, a place to get help and to learn.'" nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ho…

What they said: but her emails What they meant: but she’s female

I still mask for my health but I’ve also come to enjoy going through my day pretending I’m the Phantom of the Opera.

Hating fat people is one of the only things liberals and conservatives can agree on.

CHICAGO! We're having another BRIDE OF THE TORNADO event this Thursday, Sept. 7 at Book Cellar! Tornado trivia, tornado costumes, and book talk with The Secrets Of Story Podcast co-host Matt Bird . . . . and the musical stylings of Julie Jurgens! Details: bookcellarinc.com/james-kennedy-…

About that one time Texas Troubador Townes Van Zandt played high school baseball in Barrington, IL: julieand.beehiiv.com/p/townes-playe…