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jessamyn

@librarian.bsky.social

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Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hello I'm Jessamyn #librarian owner of librarian.net and a few other websites you might know. New pinned post for Spring.

I'm on Mastodon at glammr.us/@jessamyn
My reading list jessamyn.info/booklist

I work for the Flickr Foundation and do a lot of #Vermont and library civics stuff. Hello!

black and white photo of a woman in slacks and a white shirt oiling a windmill against a cloudy sky

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1h

Libraries are also really happy to hear from their patrons about the sorts of things they would like to read. There's always a certain amount of guesswork in book buying for a library. It's a rare library that does not take requests.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 3h

If you could've told me that I would be telling all my friends in 2025 about what happened with lighthouses during the American Civil War, I would never have believed you.

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 3h

Wow. This appears to be the vampire movie we deserve. And also Eric Bogosian? Awesome.

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 5h

A Short Bright Flash by Theresa Levitt, a history of lighthouses and the way the Fresnel lens revolutionized all of it. More dramatic than you'd expect!

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

abcnews.go.com

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 13h

This one?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cn...

“Alaska School of Government Presents:”

YouTube video by Politadick

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1d

I fondly remember the Billionaires for Bush people who showed up at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. Such excellent fun protesting.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1d

. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.

"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1d

If you could, wait until March. Then the sap is running and at the local maple place, they sometimes let you drink it right from the tap.