Sarah Emma
@seasidesarahemma.bsky.social
School librarian, book obsessive (seriously, it's a problem), writer wannabe, cat mum, reluctant gardener, seaside dweller
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Essential to remind that libraries are not just vital sources of knowledge and information but also excellent community centers devoted to under-served populations. Services for job-seekers, the blind, for senior citizens. They lend out books but also tech, cooking equipment, media players.
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Essential to remind that libraries are not just vital sources of knowledge and information but also excellent community centers devoted to under-served populations. Services for job-seekers, the blind, for senior citizens. They lend out books but also tech, cooking equipment, media players.
I accidentally bought more books. No, obviously I don't *air quotes* need more books. But since when has need had anything to do with it? When will I read them? Hahahaaahahaaaaa. Semantics. #booksky #toomanybookstoolittletime
March 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I accidentally bought more books. No, obviously I don't *air quotes* need more books. But since when has need had anything to do with it? When will I read them? Hahahaaahahaaaaa. Semantics. #booksky #toomanybookstoolittletime
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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
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The sun being out makes getting up so much easier.
March 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The sun being out makes getting up so much easier.
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TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
I've just done this too, and am feeling really good about it! 🤗😇 #booksky #audiobooks
I canceled my audible subscription (even though I had a few unused credits) and bought a Libro FM membership. @libro.fm is employee-owned & shares profits w/ your chosen locally owned bookstore. I feel SO GOOD about this!
libro.fm/story
libro.fm/story
February 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I've just done this too, and am feeling really good about it! 🤗😇 #booksky #audiobooks
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Loved 'Isaac and the Egg' (available in your friendly school library), and looking forward to this one! #bedesreads #booksky
I honestly can't find the words to articulate how beautiful this book is & how moved I was by it. A stunning exploration of love, loss & man's relationship with nature, I'm genuinely lost for how to explain its impact on me. Highly, highly recommend #BookSky
February 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Loved 'Isaac and the Egg' (available in your friendly school library), and looking forward to this one! #bedesreads #booksky
Introduce yourself with:
One book - Pride and Prejudice
One movie - When Harry Met Sally
One album - The Dreaming, Kate Bush
One TV show - West Wing
One book - Pride and Prejudice
One movie - When Harry Met Sally
One album - The Dreaming, Kate Bush
One TV show - West Wing
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - The Appeal by @janicehallett.bsky.social
One movie 🎥 - The Silence of the Lambs
One album 💿 - The Black Parade, MCR
One TV Show 📺 - The Office US
One book 📚 - The Appeal by @janicehallett.bsky.social
One movie 🎥 - The Silence of the Lambs
One album 💿 - The Black Parade, MCR
One TV Show 📺 - The Office US
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — The Silmarillion
One movie 🎥 — Ever After
One album 💿 — The Killers - Hot Fuss
One TV show 📺 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
One book 📚 — The Silmarillion
One movie 🎥 — Ever After
One album 💿 — The Killers - Hot Fuss
One TV show 📺 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
February 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Introduce yourself with:
One book - Pride and Prejudice
One movie - When Harry Met Sally
One album - The Dreaming, Kate Bush
One TV show - West Wing
One book - Pride and Prejudice
One movie - When Harry Met Sally
One album - The Dreaming, Kate Bush
One TV show - West Wing
Lovely post today. 🤗 1/2
February 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Lovely post today. 🤗 1/2
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February 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I haven't been on here all that long, but the non-vitriolic discourse was what drew me, too...
February 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I haven't been on here all that long, but the non-vitriolic discourse was what drew me, too...
I think this is my favourite of this batch!
February 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I think this is my favourite of this batch!
lol
A friend of mine suggested I should donate to charity any book that had been on my TBR pile longer than 12 months, and I laughed and laughed and now we are no longer friends
February 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
lol
Love this! #SNL50
February 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Love this! #SNL50
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I love the US, I'm a quarter American, I have American family, my great uncle was an ambassador and a senator, I have visited many times and seen much of the country. I feel a strong sense of solidarity with all the Americans who DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!! #booksky #libraries #America
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I love the US, I'm a quarter American, I have American family, my great uncle was an ambassador and a senator, I have visited many times and seen much of the country. I feel a strong sense of solidarity with all the Americans who DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!! #booksky #libraries #America
Well *obviously* I've signed up for ticket info for the Jane Austen Festival, because *HELLO*?!! #JaneAusten #booksky #WhatsNotToLove
Jane’s world: fans and admirers pick their favourite Austen characters
Jane’s world: fans and admirers pick their favourite Austen characters
Helen Fielding, David Baddiel, Nicola Sturgeon and other cultural figures celebrate the great writer’s 250th birthday
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well *obviously* I've signed up for ticket info for the Jane Austen Festival, because *HELLO*?!! #JaneAusten #booksky #WhatsNotToLove
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.
February 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
@tomgauld.bsky.social Have you been to my house? Have you been speaking to my boyfriend?? I feel seen. #booksky
February 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
@tomgauld.bsky.social Have you been to my house? Have you been speaking to my boyfriend?? I feel seen. #booksky