Kristen A. (she/her)
@estellechauvelin.bsky.social
Nerd, librarian, historical reenactor, Progressive Christian, grey ace/WTFromantic
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Two thirds of the tables in this conference room are missing so I'm glad I'm not expecting a crowd for my board game program today. #SaturdayLibrarian #Skybrarians #LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Two thirds of the tables in this conference room are missing so I'm glad I'm not expecting a crowd for my board game program today. #SaturdayLibrarian #Skybrarians #LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
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Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text).
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text).
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Les Miserables. "So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth, and adding the element of human fate to divine destiny ; so long as the three great problems of the century—
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Les Miserables. "So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth, and adding the element of human fate to divine destiny ; so long as the three great problems of the century—
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Very sad that I missed seeing our library's police aid being "chased" by a very angry, slow drunk guy. To keep everyone else out of the guy's path, our aid let the guy chase him into an empty space and then ran in small circles to keep the guy occupied until arresting officers arrived. #librarylife
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Very sad that I missed seeing our library's police aid being "chased" by a very angry, slow drunk guy. To keep everyone else out of the guy's path, our aid let the guy chase him into an empty space and then ran in small circles to keep the guy occupied until arresting officers arrived. #librarylife
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ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
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"Stopping murder would kill the hitman industry!"
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Stopping murder would kill the hitman industry!"
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They're being targeted for their skill set so they cam live indefinately in chains to work for nothing, while never actually being charged & tried for anything.
If they don't comply, they are beaten. Or worse.
That's slavery. Real time, concentration camp labor slavery.
The slaves must be freed.
If they don't comply, they are beaten. Or worse.
That's slavery. Real time, concentration camp labor slavery.
The slaves must be freed.
Detention centers aren't just holding people; they’re profiting from their forced labor.
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
They're being targeted for their skill set so they cam live indefinately in chains to work for nothing, while never actually being charged & tried for anything.
If they don't comply, they are beaten. Or worse.
That's slavery. Real time, concentration camp labor slavery.
The slaves must be freed.
If they don't comply, they are beaten. Or worse.
That's slavery. Real time, concentration camp labor slavery.
The slaves must be freed.
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hello I wrote a poem. It's called Indiana Jones Learns About The Holocaust. You can read it here, no patreon membership required: www.patreon.com/posts/poem-i...
Ok, well have a good day.
Ok, well have a good day.
Poem: Indiana Jones Learns About The Holocaust | Welcome to Night Vale
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December 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
hello I wrote a poem. It's called Indiana Jones Learns About The Holocaust. You can read it here, no patreon membership required: www.patreon.com/posts/poem-i...
Ok, well have a good day.
Ok, well have a good day.
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If you’re looking to ground yourself in a topic with fact-based research, librarians are still your best friends.
“There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.”
nautil.us/viva-la-libr...
#libraries #skybrarians #publibs
“There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.”
nautil.us/viva-la-libr...
#libraries #skybrarians #publibs
Viva la Library!
Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.
nautil.us
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you’re looking to ground yourself in a topic with fact-based research, librarians are still your best friends.
“There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.”
nautil.us/viva-la-libr...
#libraries #skybrarians #publibs
“There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.”
nautil.us/viva-la-libr...
#libraries #skybrarians #publibs
My review of This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne in Shelf Awareness #books #BookReviews #booksky www.shelf-awareness.com/readers/2025...
This Gilded Abyss
Valkesh army sergeant Nix Marr reluctantly accompanies the woman she once loved to look into a crime in an isolated outpost and discovers the
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December 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My review of This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne in Shelf Awareness #books #BookReviews #booksky www.shelf-awareness.com/readers/2025...
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Somehow destroying the independence of the DOJ and regularly violating the law didn’t even make the sub-heading of this piece.
This is how the New York Times sums up Trump’s term so far.
December 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Somehow destroying the independence of the DOJ and regularly violating the law didn’t even make the sub-heading of this piece.
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did not die, denied them all and lived forever, tusk to tusk for all eternity.
And Tiny Tim, who did not die, had the time of his life, no, he never felt like this before, yes I swear, it's the truth, and he owes it all to Scrooge
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did not die, denied them all and lived forever, tusk to tusk for all eternity.
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there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
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If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
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ireland has had self-id for a decade and there has been no increase in violence against women and there has been no erosion of women's rights or safety
it's a success story
@theguardian.com: ireland has had self-id for a decade. here's why that's a danger to women, children, and your grandma
it's a success story
@theguardian.com: ireland has had self-id for a decade. here's why that's a danger to women, children, and your grandma
December 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
ireland has had self-id for a decade and there has been no increase in violence against women and there has been no erosion of women's rights or safety
it's a success story
@theguardian.com: ireland has had self-id for a decade. here's why that's a danger to women, children, and your grandma
it's a success story
@theguardian.com: ireland has had self-id for a decade. here's why that's a danger to women, children, and your grandma
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Culture wars are only "a distraction" when you're not the one the war is being waged on
For everyone else, it's absolutely a direct attack
For everyone else, it's absolutely a direct attack
There is nothing that makes me feel better about the resistance than having my healthcare, my safety, my bodily autonomy and my right to exist as an equal human being in society constantly described as "a distraction."
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Culture wars are only "a distraction" when you're not the one the war is being waged on
For everyone else, it's absolutely a direct attack
For everyone else, it's absolutely a direct attack
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The hospital apparently even attests that she was you know born there.
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The hospital apparently even attests that she was you know born there.
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Meta’s AI prompt for this one apparently asks “how does autism affect reindeer?”
An autistic reindeer has far worse problems than his conspicuously red nose, it has been reported.
Red nose least of autistic reindeer’s worries
An autistic reindeer has far worse problems than his conspicuously red nose, it has been reported. Rudolph, who is several thousands of years old, sticks out like a sore thumb because of his huge…
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December 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Meta’s AI prompt for this one apparently asks “how does autism affect reindeer?”
Working a shortened #SaturdayLibrarian shift because I took the morning off to rehearse for the Christmas cantata, and remembering that last year, when I did the same thing, I was at work for less than two hours before going home on incident pay after a guy I asked to stop swearing threw things.
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Working a shortened #SaturdayLibrarian shift because I took the morning off to rehearse for the Christmas cantata, and remembering that last year, when I did the same thing, I was at work for less than two hours before going home on incident pay after a guy I asked to stop swearing threw things.
My review of Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree in Shelf Awareness #books #booksky #BookReviews www.shelf-awareness.com/readers/2025...
Brigands & Breadknives
Rattkin bookseller Fern discovers that what seems like the perfect life isn't necessarily what she needs in Brigands & Breadknives, the
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December 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
My review of Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree in Shelf Awareness #books #booksky #BookReviews www.shelf-awareness.com/readers/2025...
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Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, gen AI!
I was there when it was written.
I was there when it was written.
December 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, gen AI!
I was there when it was written.
I was there when it was written.
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Nothing fills me with more optimism than the major journal of publishing signing up for the "steal from authors in order to put all the book people out of work" industry.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Nothing fills me with more optimism than the major journal of publishing signing up for the "steal from authors in order to put all the book people out of work" industry.
#FridayReads Strange Animals by Jarod Anderson
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#FridayReads Strange Animals by Jarod Anderson