[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my friend, local sustainability advocate Lisa Bashert.] I was in the library today. In fact, I was in the library three […]
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Blogbaby episode five: Lisa Bashert on the Public Library as Commons
Posted in Detroit, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged access to information, Alamo, Blogbaby, book clubs, Books at the Brewery, commons, computer access, Detroit Public Library, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, infrastructure, Jonathan Kinloch, libraries, Lisa Bashert, Monteith, public libraries, Sustainability, Sustainability Film Series, technology access, Ypsilanti District Library 32 Comments
National Public Radio under attack and in jeopardy
By now you’ve no doubt heard that House Republicans voted to strip federal funding from National Public Radio. The bill, which was rushed through before the scheduled House recess, passed 228 to 192, with only seven Republicans voting against it. If passed by the Senate, the bill would keep an estimated $90 million from NPR. […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Anthony Weiner, corporate media, FOX News, fundamentalist religion, guns, Ira Glass, James O'Keefe, John Boehner, Joyce Slocum, Juan WIlliams, Libya, media consolidation, mochery, Muammar Gaddafi, Muslim Brotherhood, National Public Radio, NPR, racism, reality deficient, Ron Schiller, sarcasm, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, tomahawk missiles, Vivian Schiller, xenophobia 24 Comments
Mass Meeting to Mobilize Washtenaw Co. Against Current Budget Legislation
I know very little about this event and the people behind it, but, given the subject matter, I thought that I’d pass it along. Thursday, March 24 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm Ypsilanti District Library – Whittaker Road Community Room 5577 Whittaker Road Ypsilanti, MI From: Washtenaw County Emergency Taskforce for Economic Justice -Mallorie Kettlehut Patterson […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, budget cuts, keeping the poor from books, keeping the poor from education, libraries, Library Systems & Services, local meetings, Mallorie Kettlehut Patterson, privatization, Privatization Beast, public meeting, Rick Snyder, Santa Clarita, threats to Democracy, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Emergency Taskforce for Economic Justice, Ypsilanti District Library 13 Comments