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I am a Librarian!

@qtpilibrarian.bsky.social

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Librarian. USN (Ret) spouse. Mom. Gardener. Gamer. Anime. PBS. PTX. Tattoos. Whiskey. Cis-het, she/her. Passionate about literacy, gardening (native, esp!), and animal rescue. Opinions my own.

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · Jun 10

What I have read this summer:
June 1-August 31, 2025
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

www.propublica.org

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 14h

Oh, goodness...I have a soft spot for all the witch books, including Tiffany Aching. Wyrd Sisters was my first Pratchett.

Monstrous Regiment and The Hogfather are probably my favs.

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 14h

Omg! No! That's awesome, ty!

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 1d

A former library director in Wyoming has won $700,000 in a settlement after she was fired for refusing to remove Sexual health and LGBTQ+ books. www.advocate.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder what would happen if we could assign what agencies/programs we wanted our tax money to fund on our tax forms... 🤔
#taxes #choice #freedom

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Okay. 🤷‍♀️

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, this is just funny.

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Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

I've had SO MANY emails from other distributors today...like, I get it, but it also feels very flies-on-a-carcass.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

And libraries!

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

I love my job.
#librarian #librarylife #freadom

ACLU @aclu.org · 3d

We were at the American Library Association Conference this summer talking with librarians about the importance of everyone having access to books that represent all kinds of different backgrounds and experiences.

Thank you to every librarian working to defend our right to read.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #newbooksday, to all who celebrate! 🥳
#librarylife #freadom

East Grand Forks Campbell Library @egfcampbelllibrary.bsky.social · 3d

First post! First #newbooksday of October! (Part 1) 🥳 💙📚
#librarylife #library #read
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Eleven adult fiction books on a table, from top left: The Exiled Fleet by J.S. Dewes, The Cinnamon Bun Book Store by Laurie Gilmore, A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian, The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi, The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart, A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne, Flashlight by Susan Choi, Calder Strong by Janet Dailey, Denied Access by Vince Flynn, Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei, and The Portrait by Danielle Steel.

Six nonfiction books on a table, from top left: Taylor Swift Album by Album, Creative Abstract Mixed Media by Kate Rebecca Leach, Is It God's Will? by Brandon Ambrosino, Unequal by Eugenia Cheng, The Devil's Castle by Susanne Paola Antonetta, and When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Some highlights from this weekend's wandering.
#weekendwanderings #memories #family #memorylane

In foreground, a man crouched down seems to be taking a photo of the cemetery and church ahead of him.

An abandoned house, with the woods growing up around it.

Night sky, Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) pictured in the middle.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

Taking the kids to see where their Opa grew up, where his side of the family is buried, and all the places I remember visiting while growing up. #memories #memorylane #family

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

🎶 Saw Halestorm, Lindsey Stirling, and Apocalyptica in concert last night! 🎶
#rockon #partypeople #music

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 8d

One of the great perks of being a librarian...I can generally reserve my home bookshelves for favorites and collectibles! :)
#librarylife

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 8d

What books have you re-read the most often?
Mine:
- The Murderbot Diaries (series) by Martha Wells
- Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
- The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik

#freadom #booksky

Old School Punk Librarian @kennethf62.bsky.social · 8d

What books have you re-read the most often? Mine:

- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Stand by Stephen King
- 1984 by George Orwell
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
- One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

#booksky

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Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 9d

It's officially spooky season, gente! For the month of October we will be featuring seasonally scary picture books!

2. THE SKULL, 2023
Author & Illustrator: @jonklassen.bsky.social

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#Booksky
#picturebooks
#JonKlassen

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 8d

Finished compiling End of Month Data for September!
#librarylife #librarian #collectionmanagement

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 9d

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 9d

And the insane arrogance of thinking you can shelter your child from anything and everything you disagree with! I've had more difficult conversations with my kids over things they heard at school or on the playground than anything we read in a book.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 9d

This is ridiculous. Book banning frustrates me as a library professional, but it absolutely INFURIATES me as a parent. Either you are capable of parenting your child, which includes paying attention to the content they are consuming, or you are not. I can manage my own kids, ty! 🧵

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 9d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 9d

@npr.org @nbcnews.com @washingtonpost.com @pbsnews.org @nytimes.com @cbsnews.com @startribune.com @pioneerpress.bsky.social @wsj.com @latimes.com @chicagotribune.com @bostonglobe.com
Anyone? Or ask why they don't just suspend the rules like they did for approving appointees?

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 9d

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 10d

Who the fuck is relaxed spending time with <undefined> people?? 😳