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Veralidaine Sarrasri (she/her) @dainesarrasri.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much!! I'll grab whipping cream, I'm making a grocery order right now ❤️ I really appreciate your help. Do you have a Ko-Fi or anything I can throw some coins in for your advice?

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Veralidaine Sarrasri (she/her) @dainesarrasri.bsky.social · 11d

@geekyjules.julessherred.com Hi Jules!! Still loving your cookbook. I'm part of a meal train making butter chicken for someone who doesn't like coconut. Can I use Greek yogurt in your butter chicken recipe? How should I substitute it?

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Veralidaine Sarrasri (she/her) @dainesarrasri.bsky.social · Jul 12

@dropout.tv I love what you're doing with Game Changer, Parlor Room, and Smartypants this season! I would pay one additional extra dollar a month for you to tell me where I can buy everything Danielle Radford is wearing in her episodes of... everything. Who styles her? #PlusSizeFashion

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · May 26

DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!

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K. (Trashmancer ❤️🗑️) @trashmancer.bsky.social · May 26

Another pulp-inspired art for Murderbot! @marthawells.com

A poster-dimension image for the Apple TV show Murderbot. It depicts Murderbot floating in space above a planet cutting puppet strings with an oversized pair of scissors. To the side is the text: “It’s a killing machine. It’s rogue. It wants to watch its shows. Murderbot. Martha Wells.”

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · May 21

Red bellied woodpecker (she had hit a window but flew away fine)

A red bellied woodpecker (largeish woodpecker with a black beak, splotched red and grey head, grey breast with a non-visible red patch, and finely striped black and white wings) sitting on mulch in a landscaped bed

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Ann 🎨🐎 @paintmare1998.bsky.social · May 21

Spike says 'what'?

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Cool Bonnie, fan of creatures and beasts @adelasters.bsky.social · May 21

boy jail

A tiny rooster staring at the viewer from inside a cat carrier

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Andreas Petersen @andreaspetersen.bsky.social · May 21

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Ria🔸commissions and resting🙏 @riadoodles.bsky.social · May 21

Im at the airport rn

There’s no need for this but it’s pretty cool

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☆palite @opalite.bsky.social · May 21

a common grackle getting very close to the camera

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laesee.bsky.social @laesee.bsky.social · May 21

Humming birb

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☆palite @opalite.bsky.social · May 21

this is Frida

a green bird with blue feathers on her head. she looks a bit ruffled

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · May 21

PUT AWAY YOUR SPIKES, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE ANXIETY. AND YOU WILL WIN.

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Stacy Derleth @stacyderleth.bsky.social · May 3

If you haven’t been in a public library in ages, you should go and see how amazing they are.

#readmorebooks
#booksky

Sarah. 🥀🦇🕸️ @vampireghuleh.bsky.social · May 3

Public libraries don’t get the overall credit they deserve in this day and age. They provide so much access to free knowledge and entertainment for people. They are quiet, calm, and soothing. I can sit in one for hours and get lost in different worlds.

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pwingles 🔞 @pwingles.bsky.social · Apr 29

#emmrich doodles i never posted here

✦ #emmrook #emmrichvolkarin #datv #dragonage #nsfwart

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zetkun @zet-kun.bsky.social · May 2

A bit of romantic art with my Rook and the professor

#EmmrichVolkarin #DragonAge #emmrook

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yoon 🐨 @yogbot.bsky.social · May 3

Serenity 💚✨

#EmmrichVolkarin #emmrook #DragonAge #DragonAgeVeilguard

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'Nathan Boo-goine 👻 🔜 Can*Con 2025 @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · May 3

Last re-skeet: THAT.

If telling boys that anything feminine or not-straight worked to make them not-feminine or straight, most of the queer dudes I know wouldn’t fucking exist.

This whole "how are they becoming such radicalized bigots?" thing is so 100% not "they’re being told masculine is bad."

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Micah @rincewind.run · Apr 30

people sometimes say ACAB doesn’t include Sam Vimes and I submit that this is exactly backwards

ACAB absolutely includes Sam Vimes and nobody is more aware of that than Sam Vimes

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The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · May 2

We're also keeping an eye on industry rumors about shipping times *within* the US.

I don't yet have any sources with actual data, but the general worry is that we'll lose Media Mail - and that Priority Mail and Ground Advantage will slow down (it's currently 3-8 days, with some predicting 5-14).

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · May 3

My yearly reminder for Free Comic Book Day:

Select comics are free for you, but they are NOT free for the stores; they pay money to have them in stock.

So grab your free books, have a good time, but if you can, please purchase a comic book and/or graphic novel while you’re there! Support your LCS!

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · May 3

The Library Kids are a Webby Award Winner 🩵🥹💙

There’s a 5-Word Speech… what should it be? ✨

•Long Live the Library Kids
•Audiobooks Count as Real Reading
•Autistic Kids Belong in Libraries
•Library Joy for Library Kids
•Let the People Read Books
•Please Support Your Local Library

#webbys

Text reads: WE’RE A WEBBY WINNER. Mychal smiles and gives two thumbs-up while wearing a Library Joy shirt from Out of Print clothing

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · May 3

Great news!

That's three pieces of very good news related to libraries in the last couple of days. Between this, the anti-book ban law in Colorado, and the pause on further dismantling the IMLS, here's a reminder that fighting back works.

It just sucks it took *this long* for such deep action.

Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · May 3

Florida’s 2025 Legislative Session will be extended to finish up the budget, but anything that didn’t cross the finish line tonight should be dead—including
HB 1539/SB 1692.

Thank you to all who made sure your opposition known over the last 60 days. They’ll be back, but tonight we get the W!

HB 1539/SB 1692
WILL NOT BECOME LAW THIS YEAR!

It's a huge victory for parental rights, protecting our ability to determine the most suitable content to meet our children's unique educational, social and
personal needs.

Key efforts during session:
1.Op-eds opposing censorship legislation
2. A press conference with notable children's and young adult book authors, including Judy Blume, Jason Reynolds, Alan Gratz and
Lauren Groff
3. Partnerships with national organizations to boost reach
4. Opposition comments to lawmakers in committee
5. Meetings with bill sponsors to suggest legislative changes
6. Letter and call campaigns at every step in the process

Our small-but-mighty team of parent volunteers, in concert with impactful advocacy partners, held early meetings with critical stakeholders and policymakers before bills were even filed, ensuring those in power knew our concerns and understood what their constituents were saying on the ground — that districts were forced into overcompliance on book removal policies due to fear of fiscal repercussions that could hinder student success, and that very few parents actually support restricted access to literary content.

Thanks to you

NONE OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.

THROUGH A STRATEGIC OUTREACH
EFFORT AND REGULAR CALLS TO ACTION, WE WERE ABLE TO ENSURE YOUR VOICES WERE HEARD — OVER AND OVER. AND IT WORKED!

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