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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS

@mkramer.bsky.social

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engagement + crowdsourcing products, ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, board games, philly, carrboro north carolina 🌈 melodykramer.github.io

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · Nov 9

Intro: Hello! I’m a librarian and journalist who has also spent time with demographers, Wikipedia, and 18F. I care about hyperlocal information ecosystems, new models of information sharing, the South, digital archiving practices, hound dogs, and walking in the woods without headphones.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 4h

I didn’t know about your post but it was very accurate!

Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 4h

tagging @jesszimmerman.com because this is very funny to me

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 10h

wow that is eerily exactly what happened

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 11h

bill belichick has lost the blog blog

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 12h

We considered some options for Bill Belichick if he loses his job. (this consideration involved photoshops)

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satirical image of Belichick holding a promotional sign at the corner of Franklin and Columbia Streets hawking coleslaw and hot wings

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 12h

We considered some options for Bill Belichick if he loses his job. (this consideration involved photoshops)

triangleblogblog.com/2025/10/09/w...

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 12h

I have spent 20 years working and writing online, and this is my most popular post. It’s turtles all the way down. 🤣🤣

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there’s a tiny turtle in my yard!

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 13h

I had TikTok for a short period of time and wasn’t sure how to find decent videos so I went to four people’s profiles I admire and just watched all of the videos they liked. It was actually a very good way to be served excellent content.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

next up: bridge to terabithia.

just going to wallow.

a cartoon of patrick star with tears running down his face

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

tuck everlasting destroyed me tonight at bedtime reading.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

five stages of grief in 15 minutes or less: the plastic small child motorcycle page.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Oh hey, that's us on the DC metro! 👋

"[On transit], you don't know who's sitting next to you; all kinds of folks are coming together in this system," ProPublica reporter @maryamjameel.bsky.social said. "And I hope our journalism can be [that] accessible to folks.”

Via @usa.streetsblog.org ⤵️

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the annual “let’s circle every item in the toy catalog sent to every household in America” night in my household.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

Blogblog has a scoop scoop.

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

there’s a tiny turtle in my yard!

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

working from the gorgeously well lit chapel hill public library this morning 🥰

Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

cryogenic tips

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

wait till you see what we’re cooking up next

a man with long hair and a beard is holding a steering wheel in his hands .

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

same my grandmother was really into bacos this is very nostalgic for me

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

A nice write up in @usa.streetsblog.org!

usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t...

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 1d

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy. @propublica.org

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

my favorite part of donating platelets is that they pile like 5 warmed blankets on top of you and you feel like a little caterpillar.

Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 1d

donating platelets due to a shortage at the local hospital. (received email that indicated they are in desperate need of platelets.) wrote about routinely donating platelets last year. very easy to do! triangleblogblog.com/2023/11/27/u...

Urgent: Holiday season platelet donors are needed at UNC! - Triangle Blog Blog

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: As Linda McMahon guts the Dept. of Education, she’s operated in what she calls “a parallel universe” to radically shift how future kids will learn -- seeking to dismantle the public school system in favor of private and Christian schools or homeschooling.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

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Geoff Green @geoffgreen.org · 3d

My youngest has been e-biking to school since freshman year in 2022, and just broke 5,000 miles of riding—most of them on the way to and from school and midday college classes. Read what we've learned @triangleblogblog.bsky.social.

5,000 miles - Triangle Blog Blog

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

triangleblogblog.com

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 3d

We made a photo book with some of our favorite Dug memories. Lots of tears tonight.

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