Manda
@baldmarlin.bsky.social
NC Certified Librarian 📚
She/Her 🤷🏼♀️
Knower of Dumb History Facts 🤓
Weirdo 🤡
My whole life is thunder 🌩️
She/Her 🤷🏼♀️
Knower of Dumb History Facts 🤓
Weirdo 🤡
My whole life is thunder 🌩️
“Oh man, did you know ChatGPT is going to make your job irrelevant soon?”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Oh man, did you know ChatGPT is going to make your job irrelevant soon?”
Trying to imagine someone logging on to Dolly Parton’s internet and saying nobody reads fiction anymore.
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Trying to imagine someone logging on to Dolly Parton’s internet and saying nobody reads fiction anymore.
Went to the local Christmas market today. The majority of booths were actual homemade or thrifted items. But god the amount of AI art, 3D printed garbage, and MLMs.
My sister in law got bamboozled by Mary Kay despite me telling her not to give them her number.
My sister in law got bamboozled by Mary Kay despite me telling her not to give them her number.
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Went to the local Christmas market today. The majority of booths were actual homemade or thrifted items. But god the amount of AI art, 3D printed garbage, and MLMs.
My sister in law got bamboozled by Mary Kay despite me telling her not to give them her number.
My sister in law got bamboozled by Mary Kay despite me telling her not to give them her number.
It is my god-given right to be warm and cozy watching Lord of the Rings.
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It is my god-given right to be warm and cozy watching Lord of the Rings.
10,000% true. Half the horror requests in the last year or so have been from yours truly. We may also have a robust BK Borison collection bc of me lol
Exactly where I'm meant to be 🥰
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
10,000% true. Half the horror requests in the last year or so have been from yours truly. We may also have a robust BK Borison collection bc of me lol
I don’t eat red meat too much, so I feel great with getting rid of Ham. Give me 3 servings of everything else pls.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I don’t eat red meat too much, so I feel great with getting rid of Ham. Give me 3 servings of everything else pls.
Image Text: a football player in a blue jersey pats his hand on a sign that says “Do As Little Work As Possible This Week”
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Image Text: a football player in a blue jersey pats his hand on a sign that says “Do As Little Work As Possible This Week”
I think about Doritos 3D every day of my life. That and Fruitopia were the breakfast of champions at [Redacted] High School.
Come back to me.
Come back to me.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I think about Doritos 3D every day of my life. That and Fruitopia were the breakfast of champions at [Redacted] High School.
Come back to me.
Come back to me.
My god the dubbing on the avatar trailer was off.
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My god the dubbing on the avatar trailer was off.
K so bring back federal funding for libraries and the IMLS
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
K so bring back federal funding for libraries and the IMLS
Apparently there was a shooting at the Christmas tree lighting in my town that we almost went to. Trying to figure out what happened in the scattered fb posts of friends who were there.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Apparently there was a shooting at the Christmas tree lighting in my town that we almost went to. Trying to figure out what happened in the scattered fb posts of friends who were there.
Thanksgiving is in a literal week and lol we have the turkey! But anything else?
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
The cashier at Walmart asked if we’re ready for the holidays and my mother and I looked at her like
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thanksgiving is in a literal week and lol we have the turkey! But anything else?
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
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My new doctor immediately approved me to get the Covid booster, so hopefully ya girl will be boosted by the weekend. Already flu’d up.
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My new doctor immediately approved me to get the Covid booster, so hopefully ya girl will be boosted by the weekend. Already flu’d up.
Being a public librarian can be…real hard sometimes. Idk if y’all are aware of the ~drama~ surrounding Baker and Taylor, but lol I haven’t been able to really order books since August. And even then, only received MAYBE 30% of those items.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Being a public librarian can be…real hard sometimes. Idk if y’all are aware of the ~drama~ surrounding Baker and Taylor, but lol I haven’t been able to really order books since August. And even then, only received MAYBE 30% of those items.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
Imagine coming after Ms Rachel for misinformation. Imagine.
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Imagine coming after Ms Rachel for misinformation. Imagine.
The cashier at Walmart asked if we’re ready for the holidays and my mother and I looked at her like
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The cashier at Walmart asked if we’re ready for the holidays and my mother and I looked at her like
I’m so goddamn excited. Hands down my most anticipated read of the year.
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m so goddamn excited. Hands down my most anticipated read of the year.
Just wanted to add something to this, since it went more viral than anything else I’ve ever done on social media lol.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
Pls pls pls request items!!! We sometimes desperately need that stat figure for state reporting, too.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just wanted to add something to this, since it went more viral than anything else I’ve ever done on social media lol.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
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The book I’m reading has the most insufferable characters and I just learned it was a Wattpad original.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The book I’m reading has the most insufferable characters and I just learned it was a Wattpad original.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
Pls pls pls request items!!! We sometimes desperately need that stat figure for state reporting, too.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Pls pls pls request items!!! We sometimes desperately need that stat figure for state reporting, too.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
The long shot Dem won the only city council seat that wasn’t unopposed in my town, so add that to the list of good news tonight.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The long shot Dem won the only city council seat that wasn’t unopposed in my town, so add that to the list of good news tonight.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.