Kate(rpillar)
@bramblebites.bsky.social
Archivist/reference librarian; lifelong book nerd; cat person; tea fiend; queer cryptid. She/they.
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libraries are for everyone and i mean *everyone* 📚
“Satan is in Libraries”
Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification
Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
libraries are for everyone and i mean *everyone* 📚
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every librarian reading this and thinking about all the signage people just walk by
The bigger a post gets, the more it becomes apparent that people don’t know how to read.
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
every librarian reading this and thinking about all the signage people just walk by
Possum prints after our last dusting of snow.
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Possum prints after our last dusting of snow.
Remembering that I brought a slice of cheesecake with me while at work on a Saturday is the best thing that’s happened this week, except maybe for the initial buying of the cheesecake
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Remembering that I brought a slice of cheesecake with me while at work on a Saturday is the best thing that’s happened this week, except maybe for the initial buying of the cheesecake
Patron today kept pronouncing “archive” as “are-chive,” like the early-spring perennial. Are chives, or are chives not? Hmm. I perhaps need more sleep. Or more chives.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Patron today kept pronouncing “archive” as “are-chive,” like the early-spring perennial. Are chives, or are chives not? Hmm. I perhaps need more sleep. Or more chives.
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Me, looking at an incunable on Instagram: I wish we had more older books at work
Alex: Well good news for you, they’re getting older all the time
Alex: Well good news for you, they’re getting older all the time
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Me, looking at an incunable on Instagram: I wish we had more older books at work
Alex: Well good news for you, they’re getting older all the time
Alex: Well good news for you, they’re getting older all the time
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you know where I never hear ads for ICE? on my hard drive! on my cool local radio station! on the CD drive in my 13-year-old car!
quitting Spotify feels great
quitting Spotify feels great
Cannot recommend highly enough just!!! Having files on your device!!!! Go to the library! Get CDs! Get a cheap cd drive! MAGIC
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
you know where I never hear ads for ICE? on my hard drive! on my cool local radio station! on the CD drive in my 13-year-old car!
quitting Spotify feels great
quitting Spotify feels great
Rocking my new @nightvaleradio.bsky.social shirt from @topa.to! It’s comfy, it’s creepy, it’s Night Vale, it’s appropriate for work. Perfection.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Rocking my new @nightvaleradio.bsky.social shirt from @topa.to! It’s comfy, it’s creepy, it’s Night Vale, it’s appropriate for work. Perfection.
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i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
Everything is on fire but I got to talk with a patron today about why most AI is sh*t, and they actually seemed to take it to heart. So there’s that.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Everything is on fire but I got to talk with a patron today about why most AI is sh*t, and they actually seemed to take it to heart. So there’s that.
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The Mass Senate passed "An Act Regarding Free Expression," which protects the right to access books in MA and safeguards creators, librarians, educators, and book professionals. The bill is now moving to the House!
Visit www.massfreedomtoread.org/act and follow the steps there to show your support!
Visit www.massfreedomtoread.org/act and follow the steps there to show your support!
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Mass Senate passed "An Act Regarding Free Expression," which protects the right to access books in MA and safeguards creators, librarians, educators, and book professionals. The bill is now moving to the House!
Visit www.massfreedomtoread.org/act and follow the steps there to show your support!
Visit www.massfreedomtoread.org/act and follow the steps there to show your support!
My favorite bookstore is about to level up and buy their building!!! 🤩 Go forth, and help them by buying books!
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My favorite bookstore is about to level up and buy their building!!! 🤩 Go forth, and help them by buying books!
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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This pediatrician in Massachusetts is not holding back
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This pediatrician in Massachusetts is not holding back
I’m teaching my very first “intro to bookbinding” workshop today and I am STRESSING. Send cat photos! Send chocolate! 😭 (I did this to myself and it will be fine)
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I’m teaching my very first “intro to bookbinding” workshop today and I am STRESSING. Send cat photos! Send chocolate! 😭 (I did this to myself and it will be fine)
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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.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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
If you know what time someone starts their shift, maybe consider not just waiting for them at their work and ambushing them right as they come on. It’s a bit creepy and makes them feel super rushed right off the bat. If it’s urgent, work with someone else. If it’s not, wait 15 mins or make an appt.
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
If you know what time someone starts their shift, maybe consider not just waiting for them at their work and ambushing them right as they come on. It’s a bit creepy and makes them feel super rushed right off the bat. If it’s urgent, work with someone else. If it’s not, wait 15 mins or make an appt.
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Some amazing books here. Holidays approaching. Just sayin'.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some amazing books here. Holidays approaching. Just sayin'.
“Meaningful decay” and “wallow creatively” are two of my favorite phrases to keep on post-its by my desk.
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Meaningful decay” and “wallow creatively” are two of my favorite phrases to keep on post-its by my desk.
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I don't know about the rest of my eldritch millennials but "little treats" have been holding us together for our entire adult lives and if we lose even that, I will become pennywise the clown and haunt the sewers of DC, yanking GOP interns into the storm drain to sprinkle on my avocado toast.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I don't know about the rest of my eldritch millennials but "little treats" have been holding us together for our entire adult lives and if we lose even that, I will become pennywise the clown and haunt the sewers of DC, yanking GOP interns into the storm drain to sprinkle on my avocado toast.
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I'm coming as its contemporary upstart cousin: a plausible-looking citation dreamt up by GenAI that a librarian loses hours trying to trace.
Dressing up as a catalogue ghost, that product of a 19th c typo that drains the time of researchers and librarians and which—after initial banishment—reappears unexpectedly elsewhere. For extra horror: the ghost entry seems to describe a source which will solve all your research problems, but alas.
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'm coming as its contemporary upstart cousin: a plausible-looking citation dreamt up by GenAI that a librarian loses hours trying to trace.
I *know* that SQL is “sequel” and not “squirrel,” and yet every single time I see it, my brain goes SQUIRREL!
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I *know* that SQL is “sequel” and not “squirrel,” and yet every single time I see it, my brain goes SQUIRREL!
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Reading can be such a wonderful generative thing when you let go of any ideas about what you should read or what you should want to read, and go instead to what draws your interest and maybe even more so, your joy
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reading can be such a wonderful generative thing when you let go of any ideas about what you should read or what you should want to read, and go instead to what draws your interest and maybe even more so, your joy
I adore book people. I wanted an article I could not locate RE women in rare books (404 links), so I emailed the author and politely asked if they’d share it with me. They did; asked some clarifying q’s RE my interest; and sent a handful of other articles and resources they thought would help. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I adore book people. I wanted an article I could not locate RE women in rare books (404 links), so I emailed the author and politely asked if they’d share it with me. They did; asked some clarifying q’s RE my interest; and sent a handful of other articles and resources they thought would help. ❤️