I am delighted that the library accepted two of my requests of books to carry!

Just a reminder that's a thing you can do, usually on the library website. More info on how: https://lnk.to/LibrariesRock

#libraries #books

The lovely librarians at the Seattle Public Library have put together a list of books "centering transformative thought and action ideas around creating social change." It's split into two parts, here's the first:

#books #reading #libraries #SPL @bookstodon

(Edited to correct group address.)
https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/86922331/2702367117

1865: The 13th Amendment codifies prison slavery, so racists passed vagrancy laws to criminalize people on the street—forcing many formerly enslaved people back into prison slave labor.

2024: SCOTUS criminalizes homelessness, forcing people on the street into prison slave labor.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — the U.S. Supreme Court has been the single biggest blockade to progress and justice in America. They’re proving it again this session.

This is what an asteroid looks like up close.
Really close.
Through an electron microscope!

First studies of the pieces of asteroid Bennu gathered by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft are out now:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.14227 #space #astronomy #nasa #science #life #astrodon