DarkLiterata iykyk
@darkliterata.bsky.social
she/they
i read slowly & often 📚 • queer black librarian 🏳️🌈 • anti-oppression educator ✊🏾 • kidlit scholar, reviewer, guide author 🤓 • high key trekkie 🖖🏾
i read slowly & often 📚 • queer black librarian 🏳️🌈 • anti-oppression educator ✊🏾 • kidlit scholar, reviewer, guide author 🤓 • high key trekkie 🖖🏾
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Hello 👋🏾 Welcome to new folks and hugs to friends from other platforms! Information literacy and information access are human rights 😊
First time seeing my name on a book...I'm feeling awfully good about it 🥰
Good trouble coming soon!
bookstore.emerald.com/critical-rac...
Good trouble coming soon!
bookstore.emerald.com/critical-rac...
February 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
First time seeing my name on a book...I'm feeling awfully good about it 🥰
Good trouble coming soon!
bookstore.emerald.com/critical-rac...
Good trouble coming soon!
bookstore.emerald.com/critical-rac...
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Hearing the legend that is Patti LuPone screaming "ELON DON'T TOUCH MY FUCKING MONEY" last night was something I needed. What a queen.
February 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Hearing the legend that is Patti LuPone screaming "ELON DON'T TOUCH MY FUCKING MONEY" last night was something I needed. What a queen.
sometimes dissociation is the only reasonable response kids
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
sometimes dissociation is the only reasonable response kids
listening to On the Verge from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and picking out Patti LuPone's vowels and consonants from the ensemble
open.spotify.com/track/2Oh4qz...
open.spotify.com/track/2Oh4qz...
On the Verge
Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Sherie Rene Scott, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, De'Adre Aziza, Sean McCourt · Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Original Broadway Cast Recording) · Song · 2011
open.spotify.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
listening to On the Verge from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and picking out Patti LuPone's vowels and consonants from the ensemble
open.spotify.com/track/2Oh4qz...
open.spotify.com/track/2Oh4qz...
That about sums it up
January 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
That about sums it up
how much of a stretch would it be to write an article on the immense overlap between kidlit scholars and musical theater fans?
January 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
how much of a stretch would it be to write an article on the immense overlap between kidlit scholars and musical theater fans?
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This is pure supervillain behavior
December 9, 2024 at 3:43 PM
This is pure supervillain behavior
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Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
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“The river was called… the Kohaku River”
December 3, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“The river was called… the Kohaku River”
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Featuring stories from @flashpointsf.bsky.social, @thedeadlands.com, @augursociety.bsky.social, @omgjulia.bsky.social, @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, @thefuturefire.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, and @uncannymagazine.bsky.social.
My new short speculative fiction spotlight is up and it's full of October surprises. (Good surprises.) reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2024 - Reactor
Revisiting some of the best recent horror, science fiction, and fantasy short fiction.
reactormag.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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1. In a major development, the first national consensus guidelines for trans youth have been released in France.
They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see."
They refute much of the Cass Review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...
They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see."
They refute much of the Cass Review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...
New French Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Denounce "Wait-And-See" Approach
The new guidelines, published by the French Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, create the first French national medical consensus on trans youth care.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
1. In a major development, the first national consensus guidelines for trans youth have been released in France.
They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see."
They refute much of the Cass Review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...
They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see."
They refute much of the Cass Review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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Holy buckets, I just passed the 200,000 followers milestone. What a genuinely amazing thing. Thanks to each and every one of you for letting me be a part of your Bluesky experience. To mark the moment, I've made a donation to the Imagination Library. Free books for kids!
imaginationlibrary.com
imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Holy buckets, I just passed the 200,000 followers milestone. What a genuinely amazing thing. Thanks to each and every one of you for letting me be a part of your Bluesky experience. To mark the moment, I've made a donation to the Imagination Library. Free books for kids!
imaginationlibrary.com
imaginationlibrary.com
the original thanksgiving
thanksgiving implies the existence of ungratefultaking
November 26, 2024 at 1:18 AM
the original thanksgiving
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At least one Democrat should make this a slogan in 2028.
Imagine laws, but for rich people.
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 AM
At least one Democrat should make this a slogan in 2028.
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recreating another twitter thread of mine:
stock photo site search results on “librarian” that cause me varying degrees of discomfort 📚
stock photo site search results on “librarian” that cause me varying degrees of discomfort 📚
November 25, 2024 at 1:00 AM
recreating another twitter thread of mine:
stock photo site search results on “librarian” that cause me varying degrees of discomfort 📚
stock photo site search results on “librarian” that cause me varying degrees of discomfort 📚
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adult themes such as having a favorite kitchen appliance and back pain
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
adult themes such as having a favorite kitchen appliance and back pain
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Fluoridated water
1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults.
2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs.
3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care.
4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults.
2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs.
3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care.
4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Florida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, cited developmental concerns from higher levels of fluoride than are found in most U.S. water supplies.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Fluoridated water
1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults.
2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs.
3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care.
4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults.
2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs.
3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care.
4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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I feel this in my soul. It’s a reflection of the same impetus that exists in meatspace where we are “required” to be on display and attacked by our abusers and perpetrators in order for those who should stand up and fight for us to get off their asses and do something.
The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
November 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I feel this in my soul. It’s a reflection of the same impetus that exists in meatspace where we are “required” to be on display and attacked by our abusers and perpetrators in order for those who should stand up and fight for us to get off their asses and do something.
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India has the greatest units the rest of the world doesnt hear enough about. Nilgai is nice, but the great grand daddy of the genre is the scariest cow on the planet.
meet the Gaur. It rhymes with power and it rhymes with sour.
Yes that is a full sized tourist bus.
meet the Gaur. It rhymes with power and it rhymes with sour.
Yes that is a full sized tourist bus.
November 23, 2024 at 2:27 AM
India has the greatest units the rest of the world doesnt hear enough about. Nilgai is nice, but the great grand daddy of the genre is the scariest cow on the planet.
meet the Gaur. It rhymes with power and it rhymes with sour.
Yes that is a full sized tourist bus.
meet the Gaur. It rhymes with power and it rhymes with sour.
Yes that is a full sized tourist bus.
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Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
blueskydirectory.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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supporting, uplifting, celebrating BIPOC in libraries and archives ❤️🔥 go.bsky.app/MpwbvRa
November 14, 2024 at 6:27 PM
supporting, uplifting, celebrating BIPOC in libraries and archives ❤️🔥 go.bsky.app/MpwbvRa