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@davebrarian.bsky.social

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Library podcaster, sourdough baker, too-many-cat haver, pun intender. He/him/his Profile pic: white man with glasses sipping from a coffee mug with a groundhog illustration on it Header pic: slice of sourdough bread with a heart shaped air bubble.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hello new followers who I assume have subscribed to @mattlibrarian.bsky.social's starter pack! Welcome to the friendly skies 🛫

I'm Dave, a library worker in Rhode Island, honored to be a member of the @overdueingitpod.bsky.social team. Check us out anywhere you get podcasts! 📚

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast

Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

www.overdueingit.org

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 20h

Love you pal 🫶🏻

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 20h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

Bananas
Once
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime (three deep this one, it’s that bad)

Indie Stacks but Spooky @oracleatbluesky.bsky.social · 20h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

Kale
Slumdog Millionaire
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime

Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 21h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

Cilantro (technically a garnish, but it tastes like soap 😖)

The Dark Knight (just didn't hit w/me)

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time (just typing it has me heated 😤)

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Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 5d

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow! That’s very impressive

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Kid with a pancake on their face, eyes and a mouth cut into the pancake. The kid is pouring syrup in their mouth directly through the pancake mouth. Caption reads “nobody cares who I was til I put on the mask”

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Drop a song that you must sing out loud whenever you hear it, if you'd like.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Ew no

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · 2d

The debate.

A small dog tells a woman, "Experiencing the world is beautiful and vivid for me. I smell shit piss and vomit and I love it. You are controlled by ceaseless disgust. You're stunted. Haha."

The woman replies, "Yes. But I can read novels."

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 3d

hey, white friends, in case you thought being white and normie lookin' was gonna keep you safe from our fascist secret police, it will not.

it matters that they are coming for ANYBODY

we must fight their stealing ANYONE

AND: all our liberations are, as always, intertwined.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Keep breathing, you’ve got this you goddamn delight you

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Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast @overdueingit.org · 4d

📚 Join us in celebrating a big win this #BannedBooksWeek! The Rhode Island Legislature just passed one of the strongest Freedom to Read bills in the nation. On our latest episode, @megblack.bsky.social talks to FTR coalition leader Nicole Dyszlewski about building this grassroots movement:

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast

www.overdueingit.org

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Indie Stacks but Spooky @oracleatbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Thursday!

Enjoy these affirmations.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 4d

😭 back at you friend. Love your earrings!

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 5d

It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.

#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Awww! 😭

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Okay so we can agree on a breakfast whew 😅

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Sitting in my car in the grocery store parking lot, it’s pouring rain, and I’m eating all dressed chips AMA

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Okay we may need to fight, but I’ll throw a wrench in: French toast?

a stack of pancakes with ice cream on top

Alt: a stack of pancakes with a large scoop of butter on top. The butter falls suggestively into a slice cut in the pancakes. I can’t explain it but it’s very erotic.

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sithiaditu @sithiaditu.bsky.social · 6d

Not "BUTT" 15 times!!!!!! 😆 This insomniac librarian just giggled
Cartoon by Field Explores

Cartoon of a mouse librarian and two kids who want to read a book because it, gasp, has the word butt in it.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 6d

The fuck!

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 6d

We’re taking a victory lap for the RI Freedom to Read Act on this week’s episode 🥳 📚 listen and subscribe to Overdueing It anywhere you get podcasts!

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast @overdueingit.org · 6d

How do you advocate for legislative change? Find out with civic engagement correspondent @megblack.bsky.social and guest Nicole Dyszkewski! Nicole helped build a broad coalition to help pass the 2025 Freedom to Read Act. Available wherever you get podcasts 🗳️

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast

www.overdueingit.org

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 7d

😭

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 7d

I admire the way you have a goal and set out to achieve it, so proud of you. Also you’ve been a supportive friend and you’re a joy to talk to on the phone! 📞

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