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Reader's Advisory Librarian. Books, travel, gardening, vegan, Hospice volunteer, klutz. Episcopalian. Student of grief. Expressing multiple attitudes simultaneously (she/her).
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Disenfranchised grief of the day:
The grief of growing older and realizing just how many people never get the chance
Remembering all those lost to AIDS, on World AIDS Day
Also remembering all the children lost to school shootings
The documentary short film All the Empty Rooms is now on Netflix.
The grief of growing older and realizing just how many people never get the chance
Remembering all those lost to AIDS, on World AIDS Day
Also remembering all the children lost to school shootings
The documentary short film All the Empty Rooms is now on Netflix.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Disenfranchised grief of the day:
The grief of growing older and realizing just how many people never get the chance
Remembering all those lost to AIDS, on World AIDS Day
Also remembering all the children lost to school shootings
The documentary short film All the Empty Rooms is now on Netflix.
The grief of growing older and realizing just how many people never get the chance
Remembering all those lost to AIDS, on World AIDS Day
Also remembering all the children lost to school shootings
The documentary short film All the Empty Rooms is now on Netflix.
Coat bath ftw!
I'm the front door.
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Coat bath ftw!
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I bet you get to read all day, don't you?
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I bet you get to read all day, don't you?
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Attention library staff everywhere! We’re nearing the end of the year, so you know what time it is: Library faves kicks off in ONE WEEK, December 8th!! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25. Can’t wait to see your picks!
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Attention library staff everywhere! We’re nearing the end of the year, so you know what time it is: Library faves kicks off in ONE WEEK, December 8th!! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25. Can’t wait to see your picks!
Highly recommend Artifact Space #ReadAdv 📚
Read now on NetGalley!
ARTIFACT SPACE https://bit.ly/3XhFwG6
THE PHOTONIC EFFECT https://bit.ly/3XhFwG6
THE LEGEND OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX https://bit.ly/4pN90YP
YEAR OF THE MER https://bit.ly/43JiR9l
ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS https://bit.ly/4ilaF5a
WIFE SHAPED BODIES https://bit.ly/4ogb4ay
ARTIFACT SPACE https://bit.ly/3XhFwG6
THE PHOTONIC EFFECT https://bit.ly/3XhFwG6
THE LEGEND OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX https://bit.ly/4pN90YP
YEAR OF THE MER https://bit.ly/43JiR9l
ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS https://bit.ly/4ilaF5a
WIFE SHAPED BODIES https://bit.ly/4ogb4ay
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Highly recommend Artifact Space #ReadAdv 📚
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My autumn aesthetic (I believe the art is by franco matticchio). 🍂
September 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
My autumn aesthetic (I believe the art is by franco matticchio). 🍂
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Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2025 #GillerPrize for her novel, PICK A COLOUR. gillerprize.ca/souvankham-t...
Souvankham Thammavongsa is the Winner of the 2025 Giller Prize
November 17, 2025 (Toronto, Ontario) – Souvankham Thammavongsa has been named the winner of the 2025 Giller Prize for her novel, Pick a Colour, published by Knopf Canada, taking home $100,000.
The an...
gillerprize.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2025 #GillerPrize for her novel, PICK A COLOUR. gillerprize.ca/souvankham-t...
AMAZING. (Given the Gospel reading yesterday, this thread was a complete surprise.) ⚓️
Once again the internet provides us with an immortal phrase that nobody will ever guess the context of.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
AMAZING. (Given the Gospel reading yesterday, this thread was a complete surprise.) ⚓️
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
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Incredible essay. Thank you for writing it Tatiana Schlossberg, and for using your voice so others can see the impact of illness and the intersection with health and science policy. The time this took to write this is no small thing. Thank you for the gifts of your story and your advocacy. #medsky
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Incredible essay. Thank you for writing it Tatiana Schlossberg, and for using your voice so others can see the impact of illness and the intersection with health and science policy. The time this took to write this is no small thing. Thank you for the gifts of your story and your advocacy. #medsky
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
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This National Rural Health Day, remember this: 27% of U.S. farmers rely on ACA marketplace coverage—triple the national average. If Republicans take away the ACA tax credits, premiums could double next year. Rural families can’t absorb that hit.
Farmers Face Prospect of Skyrocketing Healthcare Premiums
More than a quarter of U.S. farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act, but despite the government shutdown, tax credits are set to expire.
civileats.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This National Rural Health Day, remember this: 27% of U.S. farmers rely on ACA marketplace coverage—triple the national average. If Republicans take away the ACA tax credits, premiums could double next year. Rural families can’t absorb that hit.
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Rabih Alameddine’s The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) has won the National Book Award for Fiction! Read more here:
buff.ly/bRP0dCT
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Six Very Depressing Books That Might Just Cheer You Up
I’ve always read my way through depressions. When my world sucks, I shut the drapes, hide under the cover, and read. And I will read everything: novels, classics, epic fantasy, romance, spy novels,…
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Rabih Alameddine’s The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) has won the National Book Award for Fiction! Read more here:
buff.ly/bRP0dCT
buff.ly/bRP0dCT
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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I had forgotten an old laptop had Windows 10. Others might find this useful as well!
Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!
This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.
MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!
This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.
MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I had forgotten an old laptop had Windows 10. Others might find this useful as well!
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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We are honored to share this year's #ALA_Carnegie shortlist titles! Join us in celebrating these six books which exemplify excellence in fiction and nonfiction.
Two winners will be announced January 27. Congratulations!
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https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2026-winners
Two winners will be announced January 27. Congratulations!
💙📚
https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2026-winners
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We are honored to share this year's #ALA_Carnegie shortlist titles! Join us in celebrating these six books which exemplify excellence in fiction and nonfiction.
Two winners will be announced January 27. Congratulations!
💙📚
https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2026-winners
Two winners will be announced January 27. Congratulations!
💙📚
https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2026-winners
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Grammarian and Errorist are at it again! 🖊️
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Grammarian and Errorist are at it again! 🖊️
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month - a time to recognize the work of these professionals & raise awareness of how this care helps patients maintain their dignity, autonomy, and comfort in the final stages of life. Special kudos to Four Seasons Hospice in western NC Fourseasons.org
Fourseasons.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month - a time to recognize the work of these professionals & raise awareness of how this care helps patients maintain their dignity, autonomy, and comfort in the final stages of life. Special kudos to Four Seasons Hospice in western NC Fourseasons.org
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Affordable coverage leads to earlier diagnoses, better management of chronic disease, and fewer hospitalizations. ACA subsidies are essential, but they’re also a reminder: access should never hinge on subsidies at all. We need universal coverage. #SinglePayerNow #M4A #HealthJustice #HealthcareForALL
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Affordable coverage leads to earlier diagnoses, better management of chronic disease, and fewer hospitalizations. ACA subsidies are essential, but they’re also a reminder: access should never hinge on subsidies at all. We need universal coverage. #SinglePayerNow #M4A #HealthJustice #HealthcareForALL
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😂 😱 😂
Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
😂 😱 😂