Bernadette A. Lear<p>Heard from a colleague who is a current member of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> 's advisory board that the entire board has been "released" (fired) and that all IMLS staff have received <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reductioninforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reductioninforce</span></a> notices. Their last day of work will be in early May. I don't know what that means for IMLS-funded positions and projects at the state level, but it doesn't look good. You know you're governed by an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> when its leaders zero-out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a>.</p>