Brandy 🩷💜💙
@librarybrandy.bsky.social
Middle-school librarian, reader, video gamer, crocheter, baker. I'm the girl for your apocalypse team.
She/her.
She/her.
I read this book and loved it, but didn't pick up on the neurodivergence because the character seemed perfectly typical to *me* and *I'm* not considered neurodivergent.
Multiple friends: "Uh, you are, it's obvious; we've known since the minute we met you. Did you... *not* know?"
I guess I do now!
Multiple friends: "Uh, you are, it's obvious; we've known since the minute we met you. Did you... *not* know?"
I guess I do now!
Fiction Standout #6:
Hemlock and Silver by @tkingfisher.com is an original take on the Snow White story. It features a gloriously neurodivergent protagonist - who is not the Snow White character, and it plays with standard Snow White tropes in a refreshingly nonstandard way.
Hemlock and Silver by @tkingfisher.com is an original take on the Snow White story. It features a gloriously neurodivergent protagonist - who is not the Snow White character, and it plays with standard Snow White tropes in a refreshingly nonstandard way.
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I read this book and loved it, but didn't pick up on the neurodivergence because the character seemed perfectly typical to *me* and *I'm* not considered neurodivergent.
Multiple friends: "Uh, you are, it's obvious; we've known since the minute we met you. Did you... *not* know?"
I guess I do now!
Multiple friends: "Uh, you are, it's obvious; we've known since the minute we met you. Did you... *not* know?"
I guess I do now!
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"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!
"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI
October 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!
I will forever be the cranky old lady yelling at AI to get off my lawn.
This was a worthwhile perspective.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
This was a worthwhile perspective.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I will forever be the cranky old lady yelling at AI to get off my lawn.
This was a worthwhile perspective.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
This was a worthwhile perspective.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
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Book math is showing up an hour early to pick up your preorder on release day just so you can take it home and let it cure like a prosciutto for eight months
September 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Book math is showing up an hour early to pick up your preorder on release day just so you can take it home and let it cure like a prosciutto for eight months
I'm so sorry to not alt-text these, but I have Story to Tell You All. Screenshots from where I told it to my library team group chat. (1/?)
September 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I'm so sorry to not alt-text these, but I have Story to Tell You All. Screenshots from where I told it to my library team group chat. (1/?)
Healey tells RFK to kick rocks; all MA residents can get covid vaccines.
Governor Healey Announces Immediate Steps to Ensure Vaccine Availability in Massachusetts Amid Trump, RFK Rollbacks | Mass.gov www.mass.gov/news/governo...
Governor Healey Announces Immediate Steps to Ensure Vaccine Availability in Massachusetts Amid Trump, RFK Rollbacks | Mass.gov www.mass.gov/news/governo...
Mass.gov
September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Healey tells RFK to kick rocks; all MA residents can get covid vaccines.
Governor Healey Announces Immediate Steps to Ensure Vaccine Availability in Massachusetts Amid Trump, RFK Rollbacks | Mass.gov www.mass.gov/news/governo...
Governor Healey Announces Immediate Steps to Ensure Vaccine Availability in Massachusetts Amid Trump, RFK Rollbacks | Mass.gov www.mass.gov/news/governo...
This book was short, and packed--not a bit of wasted space. The dark side of being a teenage girl and young woman--the obsessions, desires, power--and finding your way to who you are and who you want to be, but not in the happy-sunshiney way. Really good, and yes, very weird.
It's #WeirdBookWednesday AND #WomeninTranslationMonth So today, let's hype Jawbone by Monica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker. Think Shirley Jackson (strong start) meets Secret History (hell yeah!) plus an academic essay about the work of Edgar Allen Poe! (All rig--huh?) Just, trust me.
Jawbone by Monica Ojeda translated by Sarah Booker
When a group of friends find an abandoned building, their afternoons escalate from scary stories and dares into dangerous rituals and grave consequences. An unsettling novel of friendship, adolescence, and inquietude.
portersquarebooks.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This book was short, and packed--not a bit of wasted space. The dark side of being a teenage girl and young woman--the obsessions, desires, power--and finding your way to who you are and who you want to be, but not in the happy-sunshiney way. Really good, and yes, very weird.
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i can see this one is going to get a lot of use
July 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
i can see this one is going to get a lot of use
Our IT guy sent my school laptop for a warranty repair of a purely cosmetic issue, and the loaner he left immediately gave me an error message about "the trust between this workstation and the primary domain failed" so I'm looking into couples counseling for them so I can get some work done
May 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Our IT guy sent my school laptop for a warranty repair of a purely cosmetic issue, and the loaner he left immediately gave me an error message about "the trust between this workstation and the primary domain failed" so I'm looking into couples counseling for them so I can get some work done
As I'm going to bed, I remember that I woke up this morning with a particular song in my head, a song that started in a dream.
At some point last night, my subconscious Rickrolled me.
At some point last night, my subconscious Rickrolled me.
April 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
As I'm going to bed, I remember that I woke up this morning with a particular song in my head, a song that started in a dream.
At some point last night, my subconscious Rickrolled me.
At some point last night, my subconscious Rickrolled me.
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
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This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
DOGE Descends on the Institute for Museum and Library Services
DOGE employees and a new acting director showed up at the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on Thursday for an intended 'raid'
news.artnet.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
One thing I love about Dan Sinker's writing is that he's so honest about the things that are broken and seem irreparably so, but he always has a thread of hope. That's what I try to hold on to.
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
One thing I love about Dan Sinker's writing is that he's so honest about the things that are broken and seem irreparably so, but he always has a thread of hope. That's what I try to hold on to.
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If information is an ecosystem, fighting misinformation by teaching information literacy is like fighting climate change with “forest-fire-preparedness classes.” It’s still a great idea, but temper your expectations.
February 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If information is an ecosystem, fighting misinformation by teaching information literacy is like fighting climate change with “forest-fire-preparedness classes.” It’s still a great idea, but temper your expectations.
What's one book you read this year that you'd recommend? Doesn't have to be FROM this year.
I really enjoyed Everyone in My Family Has Killed Somebody, by Benjamin Stevenson.
I really enjoyed Everyone in My Family Has Killed Somebody, by Benjamin Stevenson.
December 22, 2024 at 3:56 AM
What's one book you read this year that you'd recommend? Doesn't have to be FROM this year.
I really enjoyed Everyone in My Family Has Killed Somebody, by Benjamin Stevenson.
I really enjoyed Everyone in My Family Has Killed Somebody, by Benjamin Stevenson.
"I love coffee," my coworker says. "I'm kind of a connoisseur," he adds, dropping a Seattle's Best pod into the Keurig and carefully placing his Dunkin Donuts mug beneath.
December 17, 2024 at 4:34 PM
"I love coffee," my coworker says. "I'm kind of a connoisseur," he adds, dropping a Seattle's Best pod into the Keurig and carefully placing his Dunkin Donuts mug beneath.
Hey @alexanderdanner.bsky.social looks like @xkcd.com saw our table
December 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Hey @alexanderdanner.bsky.social looks like @xkcd.com saw our table
I woke up out of a dream the other night that I was protecting either a baby dragon or a dragon egg from a young sabertooth named Maggie. We escaped by jumping off a low cliff into the ocean.
December 4, 2024 at 10:15 PM
I woke up out of a dream the other night that I was protecting either a baby dragon or a dragon egg from a young sabertooth named Maggie. We escaped by jumping off a low cliff into the ocean.
I disliked my job doing page production for biomed journals, so I did what I always did in times of personal uncertainty: I went to the library. As I walked through the doors, it hit me: THIS is the place I belong, where I've always felt most myself. 2y grad school, 9y public lib, 11y school lib.
Many of us are skeeting Librarian origin stories today. Here's mine. #Skybrarians #AcademicSky 📚📜
When I graduated from Undergrad, I was certified to teach Secondary Ed. German. Positions in that language were few, and I enjoyed my student assistant positions in Circ and ILL, so I started applying to libraries. And have been there ever since (MLS obtained 8 years in). #EduLib #Skybrarians 📚
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I disliked my job doing page production for biomed journals, so I did what I always did in times of personal uncertainty: I went to the library. As I walked through the doors, it hit me: THIS is the place I belong, where I've always felt most myself. 2y grad school, 9y public lib, 11y school lib.
This place exists in London and @alexanderdanner.bsky.social did not go? Who did I even marry?
www.thecheesebar.com/seven-dials/
www.thecheesebar.com/seven-dials/
Pick & Cheese - The Cheese Bar - Seven Dials / Covent Garden
Cheese and Wine, done differently. Take a seat at our Conveyor Belt of British Cheese, in Covent Garden. Bookings for 4+ only.
www.thecheesebar.com
March 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This place exists in London and @alexanderdanner.bsky.social did not go? Who did I even marry?
www.thecheesebar.com/seven-dials/
www.thecheesebar.com/seven-dials/
Reading The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson and remembering why I love her writing so much. "Mr. and Mrs. Arrow brought with them, and spread infectiously, an air of unfading wallpaper and practical carpeting, of ironclad and frequently unendurable mediocrity."
January 28, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Reading The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson and remembering why I love her writing so much. "Mr. and Mrs. Arrow brought with them, and spread infectiously, an air of unfading wallpaper and practical carpeting, of ironclad and frequently unendurable mediocrity."
Me, to Alexa: Computer, play Tchaikovsky.
Alexa: Ludwig van Beethoven has a new album out. Would you like to hear it?
Oh, does he now.
Alexa: Ludwig van Beethoven has a new album out. Would you like to hear it?
Oh, does he now.
November 9, 2023 at 4:03 AM
Me, to Alexa: Computer, play Tchaikovsky.
Alexa: Ludwig van Beethoven has a new album out. Would you like to hear it?
Oh, does he now.
Alexa: Ludwig van Beethoven has a new album out. Would you like to hear it?
Oh, does he now.
Except in our older house, in which there are pretty much 2 circuits, "most of kitchen" and "both bedrooms, bathroom, living room, dining room, front hall, the rest of the kitchen, and possibly part of the house next door." I fantasized about buying the place just to rewire it.
October 31, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Except in our older house, in which there are pretty much 2 circuits, "most of kitchen" and "both bedrooms, bathroom, living room, dining room, front hall, the rest of the kitchen, and possibly part of the house next door." I fantasized about buying the place just to rewire it.
I just took a good look at the 35 multiple-choice questions on Logical Fallacies I've given to half the 8th graders already and realized that I left every answer but one set to A.
October 26, 2023 at 6:40 PM
I just took a good look at the 35 multiple-choice questions on Logical Fallacies I've given to half the 8th graders already and realized that I left every answer but one set to A.