Endless money for cops, but god forbid our shithead mayor keep the libraries running well. #FuckEricAdams #QueensPublicLibrary

#TodayILearned (well, yesterday, actually) about #GoogleEarth Pro.

It's free *and* available for #Linux?!?!

(I can only thank #QueensPublicLibrary for once again being the one to introduce me to something new. Yes, this is on their computers.)

https://www.google.com/earth/about/versions/#download-pro

Earth Versions – Google Earth

Google Earth
Well, @Matt_Noyes, I finally took your advice. In truth, I couldn't avoid it any longer, this book and Victor Serge kept popping up on my radar since you recommended it. Then I read the first couple of pages on @internetarchive and was so blown away by the prose (kudos to Peter Sedgwick too), I just had to request it from #QueensPublicLibrary.

Leaders of New York City's three library systems have for months warned that if budget cuts instituted last year and funding reductions that together total nearly $60 million included in Mayor Eric Adams' executive budget are enacted, Saturday service across the five boroughs' 219 branches could be eliminated

🔗 https://thechiefleader.com/stories/city-libraries-face-prospect-of-5-day-weeks,52374

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #NYC #AFSCME #DC37 #NYPL #NewYorkPublicLibrary #QPL #QueensPublicLibrary #BPL #BrooklynPublicLibrary #EricAdams

Cuts could trim libraries’ Saturday service

Ayana Yanai periodically visits the Morningside Heights Library to check out books for the fifth-grade student she tutors in reading. Yanai, a Columbia graduate student on a teacher certification …

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#QueensPublicLibrary Popular books are by month

E.g. November Most Popular Adult Books

https://queenslibrary.org/books-movies-more/books/booklists/1

November Most Popular Adult Books | Queens Public Library