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Happy National Pet Day!
Throughout history the White House has been the home to many Presidential Pets including President Coolidge’s pet raccoon named Rebecca.
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The new OED website launched earlier this week 🎉
The site provides clear navigation and brings all the rich content in the OED to your fingertips. To make the most of it, see our getting started guides: oed.com/information/using-th…
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The digitized yearbooks are here! You may have heard about it on @WWLP22News (wwlp.com/news/local-news/spr…). More information on our website: springfieldlibrary.org/libra…. Thanks to everyone who donated their precious memories.#SpringfieldMA #Yearbooks
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To learn how you can support librarians and defend the right to read, join the Unite Against Book Bans campaign led by the American Library Association at uniteagainstbookbans.org.
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Michelle and I want to thank these librarians for their unwavering commitment to the freedom to read.
I hope you’ll read my letter to them, and join me in reminding anyone who will listen—and even some people you think might not—that the free, robust exchange of ideas has always been at the heart of American democracy.
Together, we can make that true for generations to come. barackobama.medium.com/thank…
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Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.
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New Valley Green Energy electricity program will bring cleaner electricity, stable electricity prices, and new electricity choices. For more information:
northamptonma.gov/DocumentCe…
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Mo is getting ready backstage at #FallonTonight! Tune in at 11:35pm ET to watch him chat 20 years of The Pigeon with @jimmyfallon! - The Workshop
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The Clark Art Institute @the_clark will offer #free admission for all visitors from January through March 2023.
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First Night is Northampton's biggest party of the year & an important fundraiser for the arts. We need volunteers! There are 3 shifts avail. throughout the day. You'll receive a First Night button & a meal. Shifts are indoors at venues w/ heat. Sign up: tinyurl.com/3zbr3sjc
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While Truth wasn't her real name, abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth made it her life's mission.
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Here's a Thanksgiving tale you may not know. In 1926, President Coolidge supporters in Mississippi sent him a raccoon for him to kill & serve for Thanksgiving dinner. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Instead, the Coolidges adopted her & named her Rebecca.
go.loc.gov/tE7m50LLffW
ALT Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding her pet raccoon Rebecca
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If you live in Massachusetts and want to find the when and where for early voting in your town, here's a link: sec.state.ma.us/earlyvotingw…
(Because what sort of person would hector you about early voting w/o providing a link?)
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TODAY is the last day for early in-person voting in Massachusetts. Schedule below for voters in the 3rd Hampshire.
Schedule and location for MA towns here: sec.state.ma.us/EarlyVotingW…
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If Twitter ever gets *really* gross we should have like a place IRL that we get together. Somewhere free to hang out, somewhere quietish, but vibrant too. Maybe there could be activities and stuff to learn and do together. Maybe some books. Someone should look into this
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You can now apply for student debt relief – up to $20,000 if you received a Pell Grant and up to $10,000 if you didn’t receive a Pell Grant.
The application is simple, easy, and you don’t need to log in or provide supporting documents to apply.
studentaid.gov/debtrelief/ap…
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The Nahman-Watson Library at Greenfield Community College is hosting an informative presentation on this year's four ballot questions. It will take place on October 24, 1:30-2:30 pm, in the library solarium. A live-stream will also be available (youtu.be/1XkeP5qPNNY). #VOTE
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LIBRARY TOUR UPDATE:
Today's 5:00 p.m. visit at the @ForbesLibrary now has a virtual option: us02web.zoom.us/j/8806833157…
The @ForbesLibrary is located at 20 West St in Northampton.
Event details here: senatorjocomerford.org/event…, or on Facebook at fb.me/e/2vBROtebY.
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Origins of #Juneteenth can be traced to the front porch of this Texas plantation house, where a slaveowner told his 150 enslaved workers that they were free on June 19, 1865. MORE: blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/06/th… #otd
