Lisa Peet
@lisapeet.bsky.social
Executive editor, Library Journal. Writer, artist, baker, correspondent, owner of too many animals and fountain pens, aging hipster. Opinions here are my own.
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"We have included an advance copy of the hardcover edition of your diary, which Simon & Schuster will be releasing this winter. We think the photo of the time you laughed so hard in the school cafeteria that milk came out of your nose makes for a perfect cover."
We Regret to Inform You That Your Middle School Diary Has Lapsed into the Public Domain
This letter is to inform you (the author) that your intellectual property (middle school diary) has officially entered the public domain due to you...
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"We have included an advance copy of the hardcover edition of your diary, which Simon & Schuster will be releasing this winter. We think the photo of the time you laughed so hard in the school cafeteria that milk came out of your nose makes for a perfect cover."
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Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
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Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
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here’s a great piece by @lisapeet.bsky.social about the unconventional book tour for John J. Lennon’s THE TRAGEDY OF TRUE CRIME. Over the past several years, John has showed me almost anything is possible from prison. Why not a book tour, then?
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-book...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-book...
A Book Tour from Prison
John J. Lennon is currently serving his 24th year of a 28-to-life sentence for murder, drug sales, and gun possession at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, NY. He is also an accomplished jou...
www.libraryjournal.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
here’s a great piece by @lisapeet.bsky.social about the unconventional book tour for John J. Lennon’s THE TRAGEDY OF TRUE CRIME. Over the past several years, John has showed me almost anything is possible from prison. Why not a book tour, then?
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-book...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-book...
Was this the rapture? I don’t feel any different.
September 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Was this the rapture? I don’t feel any different.
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I'm incredibly grateful to @lisapeet.bsky.social of @libraryjournal.bsky.social for all the recent coverage of archives and preservation, including this interview with me about @jstor.bsky.social Digital Stewardship Services. www.libraryjournal.com/story/progra...
New Tools for Stewardship: Q&A with JSTOR's Roger Schonfeld
Nearly all archival institutions, at every scale, holds a backlog of material awaiting processing. JSTOR’s recently created Digital Stewardship Services aims to address this situation with a next-gen ...
www.libraryjournal.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I'm incredibly grateful to @lisapeet.bsky.social of @libraryjournal.bsky.social for all the recent coverage of archives and preservation, including this interview with me about @jstor.bsky.social Digital Stewardship Services. www.libraryjournal.com/story/progra...
I am living in a children’s book. Stray cat and raccoon on my next-door neighbor’s roof, and they appear to be buds.
September 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I am living in a children’s book. Stray cat and raccoon on my next-door neighbor’s roof, and they appear to be buds.
Cucuracha is too a word, Spelling Bee.
August 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Cucuracha is too a word, Spelling Bee.
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Happy Duke Ellington's birthday!
[sketch by William Auerbach-Levy]
[sketch by William Auerbach-Levy]
April 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy Duke Ellington's birthday!
[sketch by William Auerbach-Levy]
[sketch by William Auerbach-Levy]
In search of cap only for a Lamy Safari Petrol... will gladly buy or trade. Because this guy isn't as innocent as he looks. #fountainpens
April 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In search of cap only for a Lamy Safari Petrol... will gladly buy or trade. Because this guy isn't as innocent as he looks. #fountainpens
So many things suck right now. But homemade banana bread, toasted, with butter, does not.
April 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So many things suck right now. But homemade banana bread, toasted, with butter, does not.
I knew if I waited long enough my Bernie Sanders t-shirt would be cool again.
April 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I knew if I waited long enough my Bernie Sanders t-shirt would be cool again.
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Oh Vanguard, thanks for the notice, but if you think I want to look at my statement right now you are so, so sorely mistaken.
April 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oh Vanguard, thanks for the notice, but if you think I want to look at my statement right now you are so, so sorely mistaken.
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today! action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries!
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...
action.everylibrary.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today! action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
New stamps dropping this year, via USPS, and ffs I'm ordering some more of those Keith Haring stamps in opposition.
U.S. Postal Service Announces Additional 2025 Stamps - Newsroom - About.usps.com
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced stamps celebrating the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, a stamp previewing the 2026 World Stamp Show in Bosto...
about.usps.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New stamps dropping this year, via USPS, and ffs I'm ordering some more of those Keith Haring stamps in opposition.
This artist is drawing entire L.A. neighborhoods that were lost in the fires
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This artist is drawing entire L.A. neighborhoods that were lost in the fires
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THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
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Librarians—school or public:
Are you seeing a change in user habits, such as an uptick in requests for materials/info about immigration, social justice, reproductive health, climate issues?
Working on a story.
#booksky #TLSky #libraries
Are you seeing a change in user habits, such as an uptick in requests for materials/info about immigration, social justice, reproductive health, climate issues?
Working on a story.
#booksky #TLSky #libraries
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Librarians—school or public:
Are you seeing a change in user habits, such as an uptick in requests for materials/info about immigration, social justice, reproductive health, climate issues?
Working on a story.
#booksky #TLSky #libraries
Are you seeing a change in user habits, such as an uptick in requests for materials/info about immigration, social justice, reproductive health, climate issues?
Working on a story.
#booksky #TLSky #libraries
Are you following Alt National Park Service yet? Do so.
bsky.app
February 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Are you following Alt National Park Service yet? Do so.
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“the applause grew louder and louder until hundreds were standing and clapping: the crowd, the choir, the bishops, all on their feet..."
www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
What happens after you ask Trump to ‘have mercy’? Threats, praise and hope.
It had been 12 days since the Episcopal bishop of Washington pleaded with President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants, LGBTQ children and others.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“the applause grew louder and louder until hundreds were standing and clapping: the crowd, the choir, the bishops, all on their feet..."
www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
Because everything is worth examining, a great article from
Crossword puzzle folks—great piece by Abigail Popple in Maisonneuve on Puzzle Politics (puzzle folks—wasn't today's @nytimes.com xword the most satisfying thing?) maisonneuve.org/article/2024...
Crossword puzzle folks—great piece by Abigail Popple in Maisonneuve on Puzzle Politics (puzzle folks—wasn't today's @nytimes.com xword the most satisfying thing?) maisonneuve.org/article/2024...
Puzzle Politics
Often dismissed as frivolous games, crosswords can be a force for change.
maisonneuve.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Because everything is worth examining, a great article from
Crossword puzzle folks—great piece by Abigail Popple in Maisonneuve on Puzzle Politics (puzzle folks—wasn't today's @nytimes.com xword the most satisfying thing?) maisonneuve.org/article/2024...
Crossword puzzle folks—great piece by Abigail Popple in Maisonneuve on Puzzle Politics (puzzle folks—wasn't today's @nytimes.com xword the most satisfying thing?) maisonneuve.org/article/2024...
I'm thinking this summer—and the next few—might be a good time to get serious about the vegetable gardening. Has anyone made raised beds with those modular corner pieces and planks? My soil is crap, so I'd have to containerize everything (and oy, my back hurts just thinking about it).
February 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm thinking this summer—and the next few—might be a good time to get serious about the vegetable gardening. Has anyone made raised beds with those modular corner pieces and planks? My soil is crap, so I'd have to containerize everything (and oy, my back hurts just thinking about it).