ZLibrarian
@zolam.bsky.social
Librarian, history researcher, writer, OER, gardening, arts, collaboration, communities, speculative fiction, dancing. Reader. ALA, ACRL. She/her. No DMs.
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I’ve been getting chubby lately and it actually slaps, I’m gonna get fatter and you should do the same
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’ve been getting chubby lately and it actually slaps, I’m gonna get fatter and you should do the same
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My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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There is always some anxiety from my LIS students about finding a job.
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There is always some anxiety from my LIS students about finding a job.
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
This semester though... I've had more questions about the job market than ANY OTHER TOPIC...
What advice would you give new librarians, trying to find their first post-MLS job, in 2025/2026?
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How they treat strangers, especially the homeless, or waitstaff
12. What is a common behavior you see in public that immediately tells you everything you need to know about a person?
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How they treat strangers, especially the homeless, or waitstaff
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Wendy's Commercial - Soviet Fashion Show
YouTube video by ThreeOranges
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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May she Rest in Peace…
Viola Fletcher carried the truth of Tulsa—what was taken, destroyed, and never reconciled.
In today’s edition of Let’s Address This, I reflect on her legacy and the stark connection between the disinformation and violence that was used to spread hate back then, to how it’s still employed today.
In today’s edition of Let’s Address This, I reflect on her legacy and the stark connection between the disinformation and violence that was used to spread hate back then, to how it’s still employed today.
Viola Fletcher, Among Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
Mother Fletcher's legacy will live on as the epitome of honor, courage, strength, and resilience in the face of violent terrorism, white supremacy, and cowardice
www.qasimrashid.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
May she Rest in Peace…
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"The White House isn't sure whether Trump actually had a phone call or just imagined it" is where we are on the dementia scale now.
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The White House isn't sure whether Trump actually had a phone call or just imagined it" is where we are on the dementia scale now.
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So we’re just experimenting with AI in criminal cases huh
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So we’re just experimenting with AI in criminal cases huh
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Getting vaccinated is the real punk rock.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
CDC’s new top deputy had ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations amid a flu surge www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Getting vaccinated is the real punk rock.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
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(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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2025 ed. of James Baldwin Review is out #Free
"One can speak of the fall of an empire at that moment when … no one anywhere aspires to the empire’s standards.
This is the charged dangerous moment when everything must be reexamined, must be made anew…" - J.B.
www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
"One can speak of the fall of an empire at that moment when … no one anywhere aspires to the empire’s standards.
This is the charged dangerous moment when everything must be reexamined, must be made anew…" - J.B.
www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
2025 ed. of James Baldwin Review is out #Free
"One can speak of the fall of an empire at that moment when … no one anywhere aspires to the empire’s standards.
This is the charged dangerous moment when everything must be reexamined, must be made anew…" - J.B.
www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
"One can speak of the fall of an empire at that moment when … no one anywhere aspires to the empire’s standards.
This is the charged dangerous moment when everything must be reexamined, must be made anew…" - J.B.
www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
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I think we need to make it clear to Republican voters who buy their health insurance through Obamacare exchanges that their party isn’t sure if their suffering is as important to other Republican voters as their hatred of Obama.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I think we need to make it clear to Republican voters who buy their health insurance through Obamacare exchanges that their party isn’t sure if their suffering is as important to other Republican voters as their hatred of Obama.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Some of you asked for a creative process video, so here we are.
Hope you enjoy my moon jar making process. Make sure you click on it so see the text.
Video requests are always welcome.
Thank you all for your kind words and support 💜
Hope you enjoy my moon jar making process. Make sure you click on it so see the text.
Video requests are always welcome.
Thank you all for your kind words and support 💜
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some of you asked for a creative process video, so here we are.
Hope you enjoy my moon jar making process. Make sure you click on it so see the text.
Video requests are always welcome.
Thank you all for your kind words and support 💜
Hope you enjoy my moon jar making process. Make sure you click on it so see the text.
Video requests are always welcome.
Thank you all for your kind words and support 💜
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For the [ast few years I've been editing the short fiction for Star Ship Sofa, a venerable SF (not F/H) podcast. It's a small joint, and I've turned it primarily into a reprint market as we can afford only $50 per story.
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For the [ast few years I've been editing the short fiction for Star Ship Sofa, a venerable SF (not F/H) podcast. It's a small joint, and I've turned it primarily into a reprint market as we can afford only $50 per story.
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
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Loving Perry’s interview series. Insightful guests & good conversation. Crenshaw is one of the best as an innovator on intersectionality and other essential frameworks for understanding & action.👇🏻
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Loving Perry’s interview series. Insightful guests & good conversation. Crenshaw is one of the best as an innovator on intersectionality and other essential frameworks for understanding & action.👇🏻
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If you’re in New Orleans, please go help Toups Family Meal at 845 N Carrollton with their big Thanksgiving meal delivery today (11/25)! They need delivery drivers 🚚! I’ve delivered meals for Easter, Christmas, & past 2 summers. This is an organized & compassionate operation for our kids & families!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you’re in New Orleans, please go help Toups Family Meal at 845 N Carrollton with their big Thanksgiving meal delivery today (11/25)! They need delivery drivers 🚚! I’ve delivered meals for Easter, Christmas, & past 2 summers. This is an organized & compassionate operation for our kids & families!
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I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
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Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
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Love Bibi. Chip in here if you can, and be sure to stop by her store—their stuff is fantastic and so clever.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Love Bibi. Chip in here if you can, and be sure to stop by her store—their stuff is fantastic and so clever.