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A. Rivera

@bloodravenlib.bsky.social

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Academic librarian. Avid reader, book blogger, reviewer. Student of #Tarot, oracle cards, and cartomancy. "Knowledge is Power. Guard it well." My blogs: https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com https://itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.com/

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · Mar 22

For new followers (and old ones). As I say in my bio, I am an avid reader. I read a lot, books, articles, so on, and I often share what I read for various reasons. Also snark and crack jokes

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Alfred E. Neuman @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 11h

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𓆣WanderingSorcerer𓆣 @wanderingsorcerer.bsky.social · 12h

My face when the universe keeps sending me life lessons instead of money.
#WitchMadness #WitchSky #PaganSky

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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 9h

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 10h

Way too busy today, so no #Tarot card for the evening. We'll try again tomorrow.

#occultsky

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

IKR, the horror, the humanity!

a man and woman are dancing in front of a brick wall with bbc written on the bottom

ALT: a man and woman are dancing in front of a brick wall with bbc written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

The #crisis has always been there. It's just that the #USGovernment #USDA is no longer reporting #hunger numbers. Thus if you don't mention the problem, the problem goes poof, and as you starve, remember who to thank. (e)

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

> An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...

#FoodInsecurity #ThisIsAmerica #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #GovDocs (c)

An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming

Trump’s cruel and disastrous policies—slashing food stamps and hiking inflationary tariffs—are creating an American hunger crisis.

washingtonmonthly.com

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

Can 't imagine why. Personally, I am a very casual gamer, play a PC game here or there, never upgraded from my PS2, which I really liked. Between expense and how time consuming some games can be (whatever happened to casual playing?), other #entertainment makes for better option. (e)

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

> US Gamers Aren’t Buying Video Games Anymore, New Study Reveals www.vice.com/en/article/u...

#BadEconomy #games #VideoGames (c)

US Gamers Aren't Buying Video Games Anymore, New Study Reveals

A study revealed that a majority of video game sales are fueled by only 4% of players. In 2025, 63% of US consumers are buying fewer games.

www.vice.com

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

> Sharpie marker manufacturing thrives in Tennessee after moving all production back to U.S. irjci.blogspot.com/2025/10/shar...

Reason to buy some more Sharpie pens.

#stationery #pens

Sharpie marker manufacturing thrives in Tennessee after moving all production back to U.S.

The Maryville plant makes 1.8 million fine-tip Sharpies a day. (Sharpie graphic) With planning, investments, and an eye on domestic manufac...

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

It's NOT that they pay their workers well. This refers to getting a degree from there adds more, on average, to a graduate's salary once in a workplace. (e)

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 17h

> Thomas More University ranked top college in Kentucky for ‘Best Salaries’ by The Wall Street Journal nkytribune.com/2025/10/thom...

#academia #HigherEd #KentuckyProud (c)

Thomas More University ranked top college in Kentucky for 'Best Salaries' by The Wall Street Journal - NKyTribune

Thomas More University has again earned national recognition for its exceptional return on investment, ranking among the Best Colleges in the U.S. for 2026 by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)/College Pul...

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

Voted in by the other bullies, their families, friends, and money from the kids from rich families who went on to nepo jobs to keep extending the fortune. Plus a good amount of stupid people who see themselves as inconvenienced millionaires.

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Leonard C Suskin (he/him) @czhorat.bsky.social · 19h

Let's read the cards

Sometimes we make choices blindly without thinking and end up ... well, we end up here, with our house in shambles. There's tension, there's conflict, and there doesn't seem to be a way out

The way out is through, the way through is to accept endings, changes

#Tarot #TarotSky

Three cards from the Fountain tarot. From left to right

The Two of Swords
The Ten of Coins, reversed
Death

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 20h

October 8 2025
Third Eye Insight Spread
#TarotSky
Right now you feel emotionally distressed. Sorrow, anger, even anxiety seem to be pouring out of you. You don't know where to turn for a break, but you know you need one, because you have to be there for your people. They're who you fight for. 1/

The Third Eye Insight Spread from the Tattoo Tarot deck is arranged on a purple cloth. The Focus card is Ace of Cups Reversed. The Clarity card is 10 of Coins Reversed. The Balance card is 7 of Swords.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

Looks like Taco Bell dodged a bullet here.

> 'I'm going to cut you': Woman stabbed her cousin to death because he would not help her get a job at Taco Bell, police say lawandcrime.com/crime/im-goi...

#crime #CrayCray #TacoBell 🌮 🔔

Woman stabbed cousin because he would not help her get a job at Taco Bell: Police

A Wisconsin woman is charged with reckless homicide after police said she stabbed her cousin in the neck when he would not help her get a job at Taco Bell.

lawandcrime.com

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

Today's nominee for #FatherOfTheYear. Seriously, some people REALLY should not be allowed to breed.

> 'Yelling obscenities': Xbox-playing dad beat 2-month-old daughter into extensive brain bleed for disrupting game time lawandcrime.com/crime/yellin...

#crime #VideoGames #XBox

Xbox-playing dad beat 2-month-old into extensive brain bleed for disrupting his gaming

A 27-year-old Virginia man is headed to prison for decades after he beat his 2-month-old daughter to death because she was crying while he was playing Xbox, authorities say.

lawandcrime.com

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

> 'Brain matter in the gravel': Woman with whiskey inside purse and a .245 BAC rolled friend's Cadillac SUV and sent him flying 30 feet, splitting head open lawandcrime.com/crime/brain-...

In addition to the horrific DUI #crime, apparently they figured wearing a seat belt was optional.

Woman with whiskey in purse and .245 BAC split passenger's head open in rollover crash

A Wisconsin woman is headed to prison for a deadly drunk driving crash that sent a passenger she was riding with flying 30 feet out of the car and into a ditch, splitting his head open.

lawandcrime.com

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

> U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat theonion.com/u-s-military...

FTA: "Hegseth confirmed the military was also investigating drug trafficking by train and would not hesitate to blow up the Little Engine That Could."

#BarelySatire #GOP #PartyOfStupid #AmericanEmpire

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

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Aυηтιє 𝓩y💋 @auntiezy.bsky.social · 19h

Today, let’s channel the energy of the Nine of Pentacles This card radiates confidence, abundance, and self-sufficiency. Picture yourself standing tall in your own lush garden of achievements🌸 Take a moment to celebrate your independence and the beauty you’ve cultivated in your life💋 #Witchsky

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

Source of report:

costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/AidToI...

#ThinkTanks #FollowTheMoney #academia #HigherEd

U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers to Israel, October 2023 – September 2025

In the two years since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, the U.S. government has spent $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel, according to policy analyst William D. Hartung (Senior Researc...

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 19h

Your tax dollars at work.

> War in Gaza Cost the US Over $30B—Most of It Sent to Israel: Report
www.newsweek.com/war-gaza-cos...

#YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #AmericanEmpire #warfare #FollowTheMoney (c)

The war in Gaza cost the US over $30B—Most of it sent to Israel: Report

"In a normal year, Israel would get $3.8 billion in U.S. military aid," William Hartung told Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 20h

Chances are if you're reading this, you've had to make some tough choices & sacrifices to honor & assert your literal right to exist. Others may assume that's "dramatic," but you know the price you've paid for a chance at genuine recovery.

I see you. Keep baby stepping today.

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 22h

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Mykael Wyvern — 🔮🧙🏻‍♂️🐉 @wyvern.bsky.social · 21h

Embrace the traditions of the fall, this is a time where the unconventional becomes conventional.

Let your freak flag fly! (and fuck 'em)

#tarotsky

The Hierophant from the Darkside Skeleton Tarot by Yury Skorohod

Tis the season