Renata S Pumpkins
@renatasnacks.bsky.social
Teen services librarian, returned Peace Corps volunteer, The Moth slam winner, Worst Bestsellers co-host, Beebo stan. All opinions belong to my cat. She/her.
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Psst, want a holiday card from me &
Duarte? Fill out this form! forms.gle/j6knbQW7X935...
Duarte? Fill out this form! forms.gle/j6knbQW7X935...
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
All Systems Red ebook by Martha Wells - Rakuten Kobo
Read "All Systems Red The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells available from Rakuten Kobo. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella
Winner of the Alex Award
A New York Times and USA...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
@lcarslibrarian.bsky.social had me guess our library's top 10 most circed superhero comics of the year
her: this is a character a lot of comic fans are horny for
me: Catwoman? No, you said no solo women books on the list. Um, Nightwing?
her: yeah
me: ohh horny for BUTTS
her: 🙂↕️ horny for BUTTS
her: this is a character a lot of comic fans are horny for
me: Catwoman? No, you said no solo women books on the list. Um, Nightwing?
her: yeah
me: ohh horny for BUTTS
her: 🙂↕️ horny for BUTTS
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@lcarslibrarian.bsky.social had me guess our library's top 10 most circed superhero comics of the year
her: this is a character a lot of comic fans are horny for
me: Catwoman? No, you said no solo women books on the list. Um, Nightwing?
her: yeah
me: ohh horny for BUTTS
her: 🙂↕️ horny for BUTTS
her: this is a character a lot of comic fans are horny for
me: Catwoman? No, you said no solo women books on the list. Um, Nightwing?
her: yeah
me: ohh horny for BUTTS
her: 🙂↕️ horny for BUTTS
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If you are in Minnesota, this is specifically for you.
If you are not in Minnesota, read it anyway. The grim truth is that you are likely to need this type of information and thinking in the very near future.
Talk to your neighbors. Plan ahead.
If you are not in Minnesota, read it anyway. The grim truth is that you are likely to need this type of information and thinking in the very near future.
Talk to your neighbors. Plan ahead.
I updated my post about anti-ICE whistles with Minnesota-specific information.
heidiwaterhouse.com/political-wh...
heidiwaterhouse.com/political-wh...
Political: Whistle Work by Heidi Waterhouse
What to do If you have a 3D printer, choose a design and print whistles. If you’re going to distribute yourself, add lanyards and flyers explaining them. If you hear a whistle and you are in …
heidiwaterhouse.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
If you are in Minnesota, this is specifically for you.
If you are not in Minnesota, read it anyway. The grim truth is that you are likely to need this type of information and thinking in the very near future.
Talk to your neighbors. Plan ahead.
If you are not in Minnesota, read it anyway. The grim truth is that you are likely to need this type of information and thinking in the very near future.
Talk to your neighbors. Plan ahead.
It is Grinch Salt
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It is Grinch Salt
Indignity suffered for love: my mom asked me to see if my local McDonald’s had any grinch salt bc she went to TWO McDonald’ses & both were out of Grinch salt so I asked my local McDonald’s if they had Grinch salt. they DID & then I asked for extra & they had to ask a manager re: extra Grinch salt
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Indignity suffered for love: my mom asked me to see if my local McDonald’s had any grinch salt bc she went to TWO McDonald’ses & both were out of Grinch salt so I asked my local McDonald’s if they had Grinch salt. they DID & then I asked for extra & they had to ask a manager re: extra Grinch salt
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LRT asking ChatGPT about the plot of Pluribus is so...I...mmm...nghhh....
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LRT asking ChatGPT about the plot of Pluribus is so...I...mmm...nghhh....
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i've recently been on pluribus tiktok and that show has produced an enormous amount of analysis from people who don't seem to understand art at all
How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i've recently been on pluribus tiktok and that show has produced an enormous amount of analysis from people who don't seem to understand art at all
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there are people who think i’m joking or being hyperbolic. no. this is the literal, unexaggerated thing he’s doing with his time
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
there are people who think i’m joking or being hyperbolic. no. this is the literal, unexaggerated thing he’s doing with his time
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
I filled out my first batch of cards last night & still have some left, so don't be shy about filling out the form if you want seasonal greetings from me & Duarte!
Psst, want a holiday card from me &
Duarte? Fill out this form! forms.gle/j6knbQW7X935...
Duarte? Fill out this form! forms.gle/j6knbQW7X935...
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I filled out my first batch of cards last night & still have some left, so don't be shy about filling out the form if you want seasonal greetings from me & Duarte!
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I'm at @massmice.bsky.social with comics, stickers, and a book-and-record! At the Hub Comics table, #71!
(Pick up ND Stevenson's books here, too!)
(Pick up ND Stevenson's books here, too!)
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm at @massmice.bsky.social with comics, stickers, and a book-and-record! At the Hub Comics table, #71!
(Pick up ND Stevenson's books here, too!)
(Pick up ND Stevenson's books here, too!)
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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In addition to gifting a banned book, what can you do to help someone get excited and engaged in the fight for the freedom to read?
Here are numerous ways to support the freedom to read during the holiday gifting season: bookriot.com/gifting-with...
Here are numerous ways to support the freedom to read during the holiday gifting season: bookriot.com/gifting-with...
How to Support Anti Book Censorship Work Through Holiday Giving: Book Censorship News, December 5, 2025
In addition to gifting a banned book, what can you do to help someone get excited and engaged in the fight for the freedom to read?
bookriot.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In addition to gifting a banned book, what can you do to help someone get excited and engaged in the fight for the freedom to read?
Here are numerous ways to support the freedom to read during the holiday gifting season: bookriot.com/gifting-with...
Here are numerous ways to support the freedom to read during the holiday gifting season: bookriot.com/gifting-with...
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POV: u posted a little joke on blue sky. com
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
POV: u posted a little joke on blue sky. com
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Lesbian romance on a Jewish Christmas tree farm! So much angst, so sparkly, I would move to Carrigan’s TOMORROW if I could!
Season of Love by Helena Greer is one of my faves always! It's only $2.99!
bookshop.org/a/1382/97815...
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bookshop.org/a/1382/97815...
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Season of Love
Check out Season of Love - <B>An <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> Best Holiday Romance of 2022</B><BR /><B>A <I>BookPage</I> Best Holiday Romance of 2022</B><BR /><B>A PopSugar Best Holiday Romance of 2022...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Lesbian romance on a Jewish Christmas tree farm! So much angst, so sparkly, I would move to Carrigan’s TOMORROW if I could!
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Tired: police procedurals
Wired: cat procedurals, a series entirely focused on the drama and politics of being a cat
Wired: cat procedurals, a series entirely focused on the drama and politics of being a cat
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tired: police procedurals
Wired: cat procedurals, a series entirely focused on the drama and politics of being a cat
Wired: cat procedurals, a series entirely focused on the drama and politics of being a cat
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have you seen any memes in the past few years joking about wanting to be small woodland creatures? after i’d seen a few dozen i started to get curious about why that seemed so appealing to us these days. i wrote about the phenomenon, which i’ve dubbed FROGPOSTING, for @hazlitt.bsky.social
Picture This: You're a Frog | Hazlitt
It’s an imagined past, a pastoral imaginary, an alternate timeline in the multiverse.
hazlitt.net
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
have you seen any memes in the past few years joking about wanting to be small woodland creatures? after i’d seen a few dozen i started to get curious about why that seemed so appealing to us these days. i wrote about the phenomenon, which i’ve dubbed FROGPOSTING, for @hazlitt.bsky.social
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
vet tech: Duarte?
me: he's named after Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the DR 🇩🇴
(later)
VT: I told the office Duarte was here, and I guess there's a good Duarte and a bad Duarte?
me: Uh oh. Mine must be the bad Duarte 😾
VT: No, no, the actual person.
me: OH. No the bad one is DUTERTE
me: he's named after Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the DR 🇩🇴
(later)
VT: I told the office Duarte was here, and I guess there's a good Duarte and a bad Duarte?
me: Uh oh. Mine must be the bad Duarte 😾
VT: No, no, the actual person.
me: OH. No the bad one is DUTERTE
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
vet tech: Duarte?
me: he's named after Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the DR 🇩🇴
(later)
VT: I told the office Duarte was here, and I guess there's a good Duarte and a bad Duarte?
me: Uh oh. Mine must be the bad Duarte 😾
VT: No, no, the actual person.
me: OH. No the bad one is DUTERTE
me: he's named after Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the DR 🇩🇴
(later)
VT: I told the office Duarte was here, and I guess there's a good Duarte and a bad Duarte?
me: Uh oh. Mine must be the bad Duarte 😾
VT: No, no, the actual person.
me: OH. No the bad one is DUTERTE
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Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
Giving Tuesday
We know this year, for many different reasons, members of our community are having to make difficult decisions about where to spend their often increasingly limited money, wanting to support the causes that matter to them and the people in their lives that matter to them.
We hope our Giving Tuesday program will make it a little easier for you by giving you a chance to do several things at once with the same spending; getting a great gift for someone you care about, supporting organizations doing great work in your community, and keeping your local fiercely independent bookstore going.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Yes, I know, yet another #GivingTuesday post, but I hope you'll brave whatever the weather ends up being and come see us today. 10% of sales after noon will be donate to 5 local organizations doing important work in our community.
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Help make it possible for parents who are incarcerated to give presents to their kids this season!
Most people in jail & prison are parents. Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration has run this drive for 11 years, and it is a powerful act of support & resistance.
www.kohls.com/babyregistry...
Most people in jail & prison are parents. Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration has run this drive for 11 years, and it is a powerful act of support & resistance.
www.kohls.com/babyregistry...
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Help make it possible for parents who are incarcerated to give presents to their kids this season!
Most people in jail & prison are parents. Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration has run this drive for 11 years, and it is a powerful act of support & resistance.
www.kohls.com/babyregistry...
Most people in jail & prison are parents. Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration has run this drive for 11 years, and it is a powerful act of support & resistance.
www.kohls.com/babyregistry...
me: my dad likes to keep track of his gas mileage on little scraps of cardboard so one year for christmas I got him pocket size notebooks, but he's "saving them" and keeps using cardboard
@lcarslibrarian.bsky.social : you know those posts like "dad's not autistic, he just love trains" ...?
@lcarslibrarian.bsky.social : you know those posts like "dad's not autistic, he just love trains" ...?
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
me: my dad likes to keep track of his gas mileage on little scraps of cardboard so one year for christmas I got him pocket size notebooks, but he's "saving them" and keeps using cardboard
@lcarslibrarian.bsky.social : you know those posts like "dad's not autistic, he just love trains" ...?
@lcarslibrarian.bsky.social : you know those posts like "dad's not autistic, he just love trains" ...?