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@davebrarian.bsky.social

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Library podcaster, sourdough baker, too-many-cat haver, pun intender. He/him/his Profile pic: white man with glasses sipping from a coffee mug with a groundhog illustration on it Header pic: slice of sourdough bread with a heart shaped air bubble.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hello new followers who I assume have subscribed to @mattlibrarian.bsky.social's starter pack! Welcome to the friendly skies 🛫

I'm Dave, a library worker in Rhode Island, honored to be a member of the @overdueingitpod.bsky.social team. Check us out anywhere you get podcasts! 📚

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast

Overdueing It is a podcast that brings you conversations with library workers, authors, community superstars and other neighbors around Rhode Island and beyond about their current favorite books, TV a...

www.overdueingit.org

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 3h

Okay so we can agree on a breakfast whew 😅

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 3h

Sitting in my car in the grocery store parking lot, it’s pouring rain, and I’m eating all dressed chips AMA

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 3h

Okay we may need to fight, but I’ll throw a wrench in: French toast?

a stack of pancakes with ice cream on top

Alt: a stack of pancakes with a large scoop of butter on top. The butter falls suggestively into a slice cut in the pancakes. I can’t explain it but it’s very erotic.

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sithiaditu @sithiaditu.bsky.social · 11h

Not "BUTT" 15 times!!!!!! 😆 This insomniac librarian just giggled
Cartoon by Field Explores

Cartoon of a mouse librarian and two kids who want to read a book because it, gasp, has the word butt in it.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 1d

The fuck!

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 1d

We’re taking a victory lap for the RI Freedom to Read Act on this week’s episode 🥳 📚 listen and subscribe to Overdueing It anywhere you get podcasts!

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast @overdueingit.org · 1d

How do you advocate for legislative change? Find out with civic engagement correspondent @megblack.bsky.social and guest Nicole Dyszkewski! Nicole helped build a broad coalition to help pass the 2025 Freedom to Read Act. Available wherever you get podcasts 🗳️

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast | rhode island library podcast

www.overdueingit.org

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 1d

😭

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 1d

I admire the way you have a goal and set out to achieve it, so proud of you. Also you’ve been a supportive friend and you’re a joy to talk to on the phone! 📞

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 2d

🙋🏻‍♂️🫶🏻

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 3d

Martha Kelly (@MarthaKelly3) onn twitter: "Under capitalism, it's normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich - not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane."

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Wow what a dingus. Why yes in fact it was a home front expression of the fascist tendencies sweeping the globe that led to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans, that made that seem “acceptable” to those in power. We were not and are not immune to these political winds.

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 3d

I love this for you 🥰

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · Nov 21

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

Illustrated image divided into four panels, each showing a head of a bat with a text label. Top left: little guy, a regular looking back with a dark face and light colored fur, top right: little guy deluxe, a bat with a mask and large ears alongside a bat with a leaf shaped nose, bottom left: what is even going on here, a visored bat with a large forehead next to a bat with a large, wrinkly nose, bottom right: o hi doggie, a fruit bat with its tongue sticking out.

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna be a soaker

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doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 5d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 5d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

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dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Read: I already made plans to move the 11th edition to the circulating collection and weeded a couple pre-1999 dictionaries from the 400s 📚 #skybrarians

dave finds out @davebrarian.bsky.social · 5d

My library reference collection is ready 🫡