Holly Southern
@hollylib.bsky.social
Children's librarian; freelance copyeditor and proofreader; defender of all creatures' right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(painting of Chico by Sandie Olsen)
(painting of Chico by Sandie Olsen)
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Just gave. Please consider helping if you can. Right now is an incredibly important time. Right now.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just gave. Please consider helping if you can. Right now is an incredibly important time. Right now.
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"Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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As a librarian, I’m constantly encouraging people to do this! Public and academic libraries have many fantastic things, like magazines in Hoopla or foreign TV shows in Kanopy. Please ask your librarians about how to get the stuff you want—or ask us to buy it for you! (The worst we’ll do is say no.)
i am BEGGING you before you pop off about paywalls to go to your local library's website and scroll through their digital resources. mine gives me access to NYT, WSJ, WaPo and if its linked with PressReader or a similar app, all the news magazines, sports, fashion, hobby etc.
FOR FREE.
FOR FREE.
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As a librarian, I’m constantly encouraging people to do this! Public and academic libraries have many fantastic things, like magazines in Hoopla or foreign TV shows in Kanopy. Please ask your librarians about how to get the stuff you want—or ask us to buy it for you! (The worst we’ll do is say no.)
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Before our Free Andry fundraiser this Friday in DC, we’re going to get loud and mad on the steps of the Supreme Court at 5PM with @votesaveamerica.crooked.com.
This injustice is an attack on the entire LGBTQ+ community and the right to seek refuge.
Learn more: www.mobilize.us/vsa/event/79...
This injustice is an attack on the entire LGBTQ+ community and the right to seek refuge.
Learn more: www.mobilize.us/vsa/event/79...
June 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Before our Free Andry fundraiser this Friday in DC, we’re going to get loud and mad on the steps of the Supreme Court at 5PM with @votesaveamerica.crooked.com.
This injustice is an attack on the entire LGBTQ+ community and the right to seek refuge.
Learn more: www.mobilize.us/vsa/event/79...
This injustice is an attack on the entire LGBTQ+ community and the right to seek refuge.
Learn more: www.mobilize.us/vsa/event/79...
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The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
Internet friends, I understand if you are green with envy at me for attending this great talk last night!
"Who's afraid of libraries?" was the rhetorical opener and I loved the point (among many) that libraries are where things are free. "a CVS looks really weird after you've been to the library."
"Who's afraid of libraries?" was the rhetorical opener and I loved the point (among many) that libraries are where things are free. "a CVS looks really weird after you've been to the library."
A rainy Monday night. A rusty writer/speaker. A full house. An enthusiastic discussion.
I left with a bottle of brown.
Thank you, Durham Public Library, all the Tre-yonce fans, and #LibraryFest25.
“Who’s Afraid of the Library?”
I left with a bottle of brown.
Thank you, Durham Public Library, all the Tre-yonce fans, and #LibraryFest25.
“Who’s Afraid of the Library?”
April 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
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this week is National Library week, so i wanted to share some things that support your local library!!
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
April 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
this week is National Library week, so i wanted to share some things that support your local library!!
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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We need to make Andry Romero a household name. There should be pressure to bring him and others back every single day.
But we need to focus the public’s attention on a single victim - a story that is repeated over and over so few can say they haven’t heard of him. That’s what MAGA does.
Andry.
But we need to focus the public’s attention on a single victim - a story that is repeated over and over so few can say they haven’t heard of him. That’s what MAGA does.
Andry.
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We need to make Andry Romero a household name. There should be pressure to bring him and others back every single day.
But we need to focus the public’s attention on a single victim - a story that is repeated over and over so few can say they haven’t heard of him. That’s what MAGA does.
Andry.
But we need to focus the public’s attention on a single victim - a story that is repeated over and over so few can say they haven’t heard of him. That’s what MAGA does.
Andry.
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Do you have a library card?
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
March 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Do you have a library card?
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
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Small towns all over the country depend on federal services — which is why they're pouring into the streets today to say #HandsOff!
Here is Ames, Iowa 👀
Here is Ames, Iowa 👀
April 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Small towns all over the country depend on federal services — which is why they're pouring into the streets today to say #HandsOff!
Here is Ames, Iowa 👀
Here is Ames, Iowa 👀
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Hands Off Protest in the Boston Common
April 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hands Off Protest in the Boston Common
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
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April 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Verily, I tell you that the protests are growing.
April 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Verily, I tell you that the protests are growing.
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"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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This should be a much, much bigger story.
And once again I tell you:
Their singular mission is to decimate everyone but them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
And once again I tell you:
Their singular mission is to decimate everyone but them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This should be a much, much bigger story.
And once again I tell you:
Their singular mission is to decimate everyone but them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
And once again I tell you:
Their singular mission is to decimate everyone but them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
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We have a country to save.
Let’s get started.
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March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Let’s get started.
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"they're harming the good government pupperinos" could activate like 50 million people if it gets into the wider media sphere
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
www.404media.co
March 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"they're harming the good government pupperinos" could activate like 50 million people if it gets into the wider media sphere