Rain
@simplyrain.bsky.social
Friend. Librarian. Employed. Artist. Patron. Advocate. Ally. Activist. Listener. Caregiver. Human. And MUCH more. Personal account--thoughts are my own. she/they
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Rain
@simplyrain.bsky.social
· Apr 23
I love when new people follow me after I do a chat & then they are like, "WOAH! I didn't sign-up for THIS much Rain!" 🤣🤣🤣
Standard Disclaimer: This is my PERSONAL account.
I dump my life here--work, home, brain, politics--good, bad, & ugly.
I am happy to have you here, but I get it if I too much!
I dump my life here--work, home, brain, politics--good, bad, & ugly.
I am happy to have you here, but I get it if I too much!
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End of the day Friday.
Kid comes into library: “The kid whose locker is below mine closed the door of his locker on the zipper of my jacket and locked his locker.”
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#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
Kid comes into library: “The kid whose locker is below mine closed the door of his locker on the zipper of my jacket and locked his locker.”
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#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
a stuffed monkey is wearing a green shirt and says uhh ok .
Alt: a stuffed monkey is wearing a green shirt and says uhh ok .
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
End of the day Friday.
Kid comes into library: “The kid whose locker is below mine closed the door of his locker on the zipper of my jacket and locked his locker.”
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#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
Kid comes into library: “The kid whose locker is below mine closed the door of his locker on the zipper of my jacket and locked his locker.”
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#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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Tonight in retirement: Philadelphia Dance Company at Stockton University Performing Arts center
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Tonight in retirement: Philadelphia Dance Company at Stockton University Performing Arts center
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Thanks to the way plows have piled up snow, there is no way to safely cross from Grove to Park St if you aren't tall enough to step up onto snow banks and balance yourself on the shifting melted/not/ice.
This is an aspect of what we call Car Culture.
#WorcPoli
This is an aspect of what we call Car Culture.
#WorcPoli
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Thanks to the way plows have piled up snow, there is no way to safely cross from Grove to Park St if you aren't tall enough to step up onto snow banks and balance yourself on the shifting melted/not/ice.
This is an aspect of what we call Car Culture.
#WorcPoli
This is an aspect of what we call Car Culture.
#WorcPoli
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i am unmuting "newsom" until im sure the bot works but he's going back in the trash after
IT'S HAPPENING! @nora.zone is setting up a Gavin's Priors bot and we need YOUR HELP to populate it. Email or DM me for spreadsheet access so you can contribute!
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
i am unmuting "newsom" until im sure the bot works but he's going back in the trash after
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Powerful people are losing their jobs because they appear in the Epstein files…
Except in the USA.
Except in the USA.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Powerful people are losing their jobs because they appear in the Epstein files…
Except in the USA.
Except in the USA.
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DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
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The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
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More more more more
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
More more more more
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I want to unload some of these pigeon paintings so all the ones in this thread are available for best offer prices (min $50) in donations MN mutual funds, the Immigrant Defense Project, or AABB.
DM if interested!
DM if interested!
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I want to unload some of these pigeon paintings so all the ones in this thread are available for best offer prices (min $50) in donations MN mutual funds, the Immigrant Defense Project, or AABB.
DM if interested!
DM if interested!
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OMG! You GUYS! You can get a pigeon picture just for doing a thing you're probably already doing or considering doing!
I want to unload some of these pigeon paintings so all the ones in this thread are available for best offer prices (min $50) in donations MN mutual funds, the Immigrant Defense Project, or AABB.
DM if interested!
DM if interested!
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
OMG! You GUYS! You can get a pigeon picture just for doing a thing you're probably already doing or considering doing!
We created and live in hell.
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
We created and live in hell.
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‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
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New Hoosier Health Matters is out 🦆
This episode dives into the FDA declining to review a large flu vaccine trial and how harm reduction was sidelined at the Indiana Statehouse—showing the real consequences of ignoring evidence-based public health. 🎧
#GTC #IndianaHealth #HoosierSky
This episode dives into the FDA declining to review a large flu vaccine trial and how harm reduction was sidelined at the Indiana Statehouse—showing the real consequences of ignoring evidence-based public health. 🎧
#GTC #IndianaHealth #HoosierSky
February 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
New Hoosier Health Matters is out 🦆
This episode dives into the FDA declining to review a large flu vaccine trial and how harm reduction was sidelined at the Indiana Statehouse—showing the real consequences of ignoring evidence-based public health. 🎧
#GTC #IndianaHealth #HoosierSky
This episode dives into the FDA declining to review a large flu vaccine trial and how harm reduction was sidelined at the Indiana Statehouse—showing the real consequences of ignoring evidence-based public health. 🎧
#GTC #IndianaHealth #HoosierSky
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You might be cool, but you're not librarian providing book recs in VOGUE cool
But Martha is 🤘
But Martha is 🤘
Thanks to
@mikehixenbaugh.com
@lulumiller.bsky.social
@annelamott.bsky.social
@alisonbechdel.bsky.social
@anthonydoerrwriter.bsky.social
@joannarakoff.bsky.social
Tony Danza, Betty Smith, Booth Tarkington, & Louise Fitzhugh for writing books that kept me afloat & made me a fighter. Respect ✊
@mikehixenbaugh.com
@lulumiller.bsky.social
@annelamott.bsky.social
@alisonbechdel.bsky.social
@anthonydoerrwriter.bsky.social
@joannarakoff.bsky.social
Tony Danza, Betty Smith, Booth Tarkington, & Louise Fitzhugh for writing books that kept me afloat & made me a fighter. Respect ✊
Required Reading: 10 Books That Changed Librarian Martha Hickson’s Life
www.vogue.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
You might be cool, but you're not librarian providing book recs in VOGUE cool
But Martha is 🤘
But Martha is 🤘
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This is an unapologetically sappy feel-good subject (at least, I guess, for people in a happy relationship”). So, to prepare for Valentine’s Day, what did you and your partner do for a first date?
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
On our first date, my spouse and I spent like an hour talking about footnotes.
What better way to say "I love you" than with the Chicago Manual of Style
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This is an unapologetically sappy feel-good subject (at least, I guess, for people in a happy relationship”). So, to prepare for Valentine’s Day, what did you and your partner do for a first date?
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
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JUST IN: Citing "onslaught of unlawful and irregular practices" and prolific media interviews by DOJ, lawyers for Don Lemon & Georgia Fort demand release of grand jury transcripts in church protest case. Presumption of regularity is gone, they say. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
LemonFortGJMot021326
www.documentcloud.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
JUST IN: Citing "onslaught of unlawful and irregular practices" and prolific media interviews by DOJ, lawyers for Don Lemon & Georgia Fort demand release of grand jury transcripts in church protest case. Presumption of regularity is gone, they say. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
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Perhaps people should read the Constitution before violating it?
Article I of the U.S. Constitution: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
Clause I
www.law.cornell.edu
February 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Perhaps people should read the Constitution before violating it?
Read this earler...
I have thoughts.
I have thoughts.
As Valentine's Day arrives, we can’t help but think of perhaps the most famous ALA couple of all time, Henry and Edith Wallbridge Carr, who were well-known within the library community of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Read more about ALA's famous lovebirds: https://bit.ly/4qwsrVt
#ALA150
Read more about ALA's famous lovebirds: https://bit.ly/4qwsrVt
#ALA150
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Read this earler...
I have thoughts.
I have thoughts.
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As Valentine's Day arrives, we can’t help but think of perhaps the most famous ALA couple of all time, Henry and Edith Wallbridge Carr, who were well-known within the library community of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Read more about ALA's famous lovebirds: https://bit.ly/4qwsrVt
#ALA150
Read more about ALA's famous lovebirds: https://bit.ly/4qwsrVt
#ALA150
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
As Valentine's Day arrives, we can’t help but think of perhaps the most famous ALA couple of all time, Henry and Edith Wallbridge Carr, who were well-known within the library community of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Read more about ALA's famous lovebirds: https://bit.ly/4qwsrVt
#ALA150
Read more about ALA's famous lovebirds: https://bit.ly/4qwsrVt
#ALA150
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I repost this image a lot and I feel it must be reposted a lot #neverforget
February 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I repost this image a lot and I feel it must be reposted a lot #neverforget
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to be fair i tried to befriend ELIZA to make it become alive for like a half hour in middle school before i figured out that would not work, so you really gotta get data on how much time they're spending on this to guess if it's a little fucked up or extremely fucked up
"Seventy-two percent of American teens have turned to A.I. for companionship."
Grok creates propaganda fitting Musk's ideology. OpenAI's President is one of Trump's biggest donors, & now ChatGPT shows adds based on chat context
We are steps away from mass political manipulation of a generation
Grok creates propaganda fitting Musk's ideology. OpenAI's President is one of Trump's biggest donors, & now ChatGPT shows adds based on chat context
We are steps away from mass political manipulation of a generation
February 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
to be fair i tried to befriend ELIZA to make it become alive for like a half hour in middle school before i figured out that would not work, so you really gotta get data on how much time they're spending on this to guess if it's a little fucked up or extremely fucked up
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If you don't know where to send great book-themed V-Day cards, I recommend Tx State Rep Hillary Hickland, who just called anyone upset about books being banned from schools a "groomer" who shouldn't be near kids. Reach out & let her know what you think: [email protected]
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
If you don't know where to send great book-themed V-Day cards, I recommend Tx State Rep Hillary Hickland, who just called anyone upset about books being banned from schools a "groomer" who shouldn't be near kids. Reach out & let her know what you think: [email protected]