Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
@warmaiden.bsky.social
Poet, academic library scholar, chronic illness life. Author: The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025), Toothache in the Bone (boats against the current, 2025), more. See www.colleensharris.com
Unpopular opinion: higher ed studio arts programs could absolutely grow enrollment if they offered their 4-hour classes outside of the 8a-5p window.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Unpopular opinion: higher ed studio arts programs could absolutely grow enrollment if they offered their 4-hour classes outside of the 8a-5p window.
Struck by the mad desire to buy a Bob Ross DVD and hit Michael's up for oils, brushes, and canvas just to try to make something beautiful, while also knowing deep down I have the artistic skills of a 14-week old forgotten potato.
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Struck by the mad desire to buy a Bob Ross DVD and hit Michael's up for oils, brushes, and canvas just to try to make something beautiful, while also knowing deep down I have the artistic skills of a 14-week old forgotten potato.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
The movie they make about Tulsi Gabbard's infiltration of US intelligence is going to simultaneously be a haunting look at the most damaging intelligence failure in US history and a hilarious romp about the stupidest fucking people alive
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 AM
The movie they make about Tulsi Gabbard's infiltration of US intelligence is going to simultaneously be a haunting look at the most damaging intelligence failure in US history and a hilarious romp about the stupidest fucking people alive
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
"LIS students who don’t come from a solidly upper- or upper-middle-class background will either need to take out expensive private loans or will just not be able to attend grad school."
Thank you for this, @violetbfox.bsky.social
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Thank you for this, @violetbfox.bsky.social
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On Owing $93,605 in Student Loans; or, A Profession Built on Debt - ACRLog
I don't know the right metaphor to make you understand how this much debt physically feels. What it actually feels like is a pressure on my chest and shoulders, but maybe that's not evocative enough. ...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"LIS students who don’t come from a solidly upper- or upper-middle-class background will either need to take out expensive private loans or will just not be able to attend grad school."
Thank you for this, @violetbfox.bsky.social
acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o...
Thank you for this, @violetbfox.bsky.social
acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o...
The Epstein files convince me that unlimited wealth, or constant access to it, has a similar effect to vampiric immortality--it erodes your humanity until only a monster is left.
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The Epstein files convince me that unlimited wealth, or constant access to it, has a similar effect to vampiric immortality--it erodes your humanity until only a monster is left.
I joked earlier this week that I only want to learn to play guitar if I can play like Slash and Knopfler within a month. SomeGuyOnTheInternet(tm) told me I need to learn to buckle down & put in the effort to learn something. Sir. I hold 6 masters degrees & 2 different doctorates. Take all the seats.
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I joked earlier this week that I only want to learn to play guitar if I can play like Slash and Knopfler within a month. SomeGuyOnTheInternet(tm) told me I need to learn to buckle down & put in the effort to learn something. Sir. I hold 6 masters degrees & 2 different doctorates. Take all the seats.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
You are telling me my Gmail throws ads at me for things I whisper in my sleep, but these billionaires were literally openly talking about pedophilia 24-7 via unencrypted accounts and no one noticed and no online ad shouted it out while their phone speaker was on?
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 AM
You are telling me my Gmail throws ads at me for things I whisper in my sleep, but these billionaires were literally openly talking about pedophilia 24-7 via unencrypted accounts and no one noticed and no online ad shouted it out while their phone speaker was on?
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
Gaiman ends that statement by thanking “so many of you” for “your belief in my innocence and your support for my work.”
Notice how he links belief in his innocence with support for his work.
Stop. Supporting. His. Work.
Notice how he links belief in his innocence with support for his work.
Stop. Supporting. His. Work.
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Gaiman ends that statement by thanking “so many of you” for “your belief in my innocence and your support for my work.”
Notice how he links belief in his innocence with support for his work.
Stop. Supporting. His. Work.
Notice how he links belief in his innocence with support for his work.
Stop. Supporting. His. Work.
My toxic trait is that I really want to learn to play guitar, but only if I can play like both Slash and Knopfler within a few weeks.
a man playing a guitar in front of a sign that says ad
ALT: a man playing a guitar in front of a sign that says ad
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February 4, 2026 at 3:06 AM
My toxic trait is that I really want to learn to play guitar, but only if I can play like both Slash and Knopfler within a few weeks.
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Please share news of this online workshop by the Friends of the British Columbia Archives and Archives Association of British Columbia.
Behind the Scenes: Archival Donations and Appraisal
Lisa Glandt and Lara Wilson
Sunday, February 22 2026 | 2:00pm
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Behind the Scenes: Archival Donations and Appraisal
Lisa Glandt and Lara Wilson
Sunday, February 22 2026 | 2:00pm
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Behind the Scenes: Archival Donations and Appraisal. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join Lisa Glandt from the AABC to learn more about the “how and why” of what happens behind the scenes when considering a donation of archival materials. This webinar will help you understand this pro...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Please share news of this online workshop by the Friends of the British Columbia Archives and Archives Association of British Columbia.
Behind the Scenes: Archival Donations and Appraisal
Lisa Glandt and Lara Wilson
Sunday, February 22 2026 | 2:00pm
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Behind the Scenes: Archival Donations and Appraisal
Lisa Glandt and Lara Wilson
Sunday, February 22 2026 | 2:00pm
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
It's hard. "Can you separate the art from the artist"--I got asked that 1 million times in the last decade. It took a long time but I came up with my answer to that Kobayashi Maru dilemma. Talked about it with @colehaddon.bsky.social in 5am Storytalk in 2024: colehaddon.substack.com/p/q-and-a-jo...
February 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It's hard. "Can you separate the art from the artist"--I got asked that 1 million times in the last decade. It took a long time but I came up with my answer to that Kobayashi Maru dilemma. Talked about it with @colehaddon.bsky.social in 5am Storytalk in 2024: colehaddon.substack.com/p/q-and-a-jo...
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
all those people complaining about a protest in church are going to rise up over this too right?
A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event.
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
February 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
all those people complaining about a protest in church are going to rise up over this too right?
I am at the embarrassing stage of soliciting blurbs for my newest poetry collection and am cheekily reaching out to my favorite poets and it makes me want to DIE, please send pet pics so save me...
February 1, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I am at the embarrassing stage of soliciting blurbs for my newest poetry collection and am cheekily reaching out to my favorite poets and it makes me want to DIE, please send pet pics so save me...
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
I adore @phillychapbook.bsky.social-proud to have 5 #poems there, all improved through Aiden & team's kind editorial work. You can read "Si No Sana Hoy, Sanará Mañana," "Inflammation As Girl," "Spivey’s II," "Mothers," & "Brentwood’s Daughter" now! #booksky #criplit @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 💙📚 📖 📝
“I am always struck by the juxtaposition of the biology and science of illness versus the life of the person living with it...” Read five #poems by Colleen S. Harris (@warmaiden.bsky.social), along with a few words. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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Five Poems by Colleen S. Harris
Read five poems by Colleen S. Harris, our third biweekly poet of the Winter 2026 issue, along with a few words about "Inflammation As Girl."
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January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I adore @phillychapbook.bsky.social-proud to have 5 #poems there, all improved through Aiden & team's kind editorial work. You can read "Si No Sana Hoy, Sanará Mañana," "Inflammation As Girl," "Spivey’s II," "Mothers," & "Brentwood’s Daughter" now! #booksky #criplit @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 💙📚 📖 📝
Really proud to have my #poem "Trickster Gods Play Games With a Fourteen-Year Old Girl" in @dodgingtherain.bsky.social !
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 📖 ☁️📚 #poetry
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 📖 ☁️📚 #poetry
Colleen S Harris, Trickster Gods Play Games with a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl
Trickster Gods Play Games with a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl The school trip form saysfifty-five dollars. Yesterdayit didn’t mention money.She cannot grab the paperfrom her father without riskingthe backhand she will getanyway…
Trickster Gods Play Games with a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl The school trip form saysfifty-five dollars. Yesterdayit didn’t mention money.She cannot grab the paperfrom her father without riskingthe backhand she will getanyway…
Colleen S Harris, Trickster Gods Play Games with a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl
Trickster Gods Play Games with a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl The school trip form saysfifty-five dollars. Yesterdayit didn’t mention money.She cannot grab the paperfrom her father without riskingthe backhand she will getanyway because of the cost. She skips breakfast daily,her stomach a bull-necked bouncerrefusing entry to anythingbefore eleven, on pain of acid vomit.
dodgingtherain.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Really proud to have my #poem "Trickster Gods Play Games With a Fourteen-Year Old Girl" in @dodgingtherain.bsky.social !
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 📖 ☁️📚 #poetry
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 📖 ☁️📚 #poetry
Governor of TX just notified us our uni, along with other state agencies, cannot file any new petitions to sponsor a nonimmigrant worker under the H1-B program. A whole bunch of folks are about to get very surprised about how many critical industries depend on foreign workers for their expertise.
January 28, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Governor of TX just notified us our uni, along with other state agencies, cannot file any new petitions to sponsor a nonimmigrant worker under the H1-B program. A whole bunch of folks are about to get very surprised about how many critical industries depend on foreign workers for their expertise.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
Those men using Grok to take clothes off of pictures of children are just Epstein but poor.
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Those men using Grok to take clothes off of pictures of children are just Epstein but poor.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who
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January 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
I don’t need a romantic relationship, I just need someone to brush my hair back, tell me I’m pretty, and buy me nail polish
a little girl in a blue shirt is making a funny face and saying `` i 'm cute '' .
ALT: a little girl in a blue shirt is making a funny face and saying `` i 'm cute '' .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I don’t need a romantic relationship, I just need someone to brush my hair back, tell me I’m pretty, and buy me nail polish
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In case anyone forgot, this administration had already prohibited public funding of mRNA vaccine research. Moderna was one of the single biggest private funders of mRNA vaccine research. This will set us back decades.
Moderna CEO says Trump’s policies have so curtailed vaccine market they won’t be investing in new research. So that’s awesome. Good luck when the next pandemic hits. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fWErMy/
Bloomberg Business on TikTok
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company doesn’t plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from US officials. #health #business #medicine #US #government
www.tiktok.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 AM
In case anyone forgot, this administration had already prohibited public funding of mRNA vaccine research. Moderna was one of the single biggest private funders of mRNA vaccine research. This will set us back decades.