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Librarian, Antifascist, South African American. No one is free until we are all free! www.TeenLibrarian.co.uk Signal: mattlibrarian.01

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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 17h

That is a perfect description!

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 18h

Herving fern isn't herd when yerv gert a lerbry curd

fern leaf

herd of sheep

library shelves

lemon curd

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 18h

Actually glad we returned to the US when we did and avoided the growing shortage of air traffic controllers thanks to the government shutdown

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 23h

Think you mistakenly used a 'b' instead of an 'f' in that 4th word there @npr.org

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

I think that Bánh mì should be the official food of #BannedBooksWeek 📚 📜

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

The people that lionize and laud the Punisher and wear his logo are the types of people Frank Castle would happily shoot

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

#LibrarianizeaPerformer

Cardigan B

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Many purported fellow followers of my faith only do so as a fig leaf to disguise their bigotry and hate.

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

It me! (on both sides of the conversation)

FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 1d

Banned Books - Gator Days

Banned Books - Gator Days

Transcript

Panel 1

Olivia and Gustopher are at the library. The Library is having a special event for books that have been banned in the past. Dora the librarian is stacking books with titles like "BOOK", "Boogers", "Tales", "Can you", "read this" and "Word". Olivia has a great interest in forbidden knowledge and has been browsing what's available. She's found a book called "Salt Box" and has an important question for the librarian.

Olivia: Miss Librarian! Why was this book banned?

Dora: Vulgar Language.

Panel 2

Dora makes a shocked expression and holds her hands to her face. This is the only way she can express how depraved the book is.

Dora: The word "butt" is used.... FIFTEEN TIMES!

Panel 3

Dora looks down to the children to gather their reaction. Internally, Gustopher is wondering if Dora meant "but" with one "t" or "butt" with two. Olivia immediately assumes it's the latter.

Behind them is a poster promoting banned books week. There is a cartoon book that's smiling and saying "I'm forbidden!" He's booky the banned book. He was specifically banned for being made using the darkest of magic. He's also kind of rude.

Panel 4

Olivia is excited about the book. This leads Gustopher to assume that "butt" was indeed spelled with an extra "t".

Olivia: Now I have to read it.

Dora: Oh noooo... I'll help you check it out.

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

As a South African ex-pat I do not understand this dislike (to be fair I was also taken aback by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa against other African migrants too)

Reposted by Matt

That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 3d

Need resources for Banned Books Week? Check out our @la-cac.org resources curated by the fabulous Lynette Mejia! It includes this “The Attacks on Our Libraries” graphic and ways to help combat censorship. www.la-cac.org/resources

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

It has been amazing! Sadly we are leaving tomorrow

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 9d

Two Orcas were in Kalk Bay Harbour yesterday down the road from where I am staying. I do not capture this video but someone who was also there did:

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 10d

Why didn’t you say hi! Hello how are you?

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 10d

The sunrise was beautiful this morning

Sun rising over False Bay, with Kalk Bay Harbour visible on the right

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 10d

A cup of tea while waiting for the sunrise

Mug of tea on a low wall

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 11d

Apparently there were around 250 000 people marching in Cape Town today

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 11d

The #FreePalestine March in Cape Town

The Free Palestine March in Cape Town people wearing keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags marching down a street

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 11d

Saw the albino squirrel in the Company Gardens in Cape Town today

Albino squirrel sitting on a tree root eating a piece of bread

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 12d

After a busy day I tuck my very tired child into bed.

“Daddy I need to ask you a question!”
“It can wait until tomorrow darling’”
“No I need to ask you now!”
“Sssh go to sleep my baby!”
Child staggers out of bed: “I have to ask you…”
“What my child?” I ask concerned now,
“Were dinosaurs real?”
…

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 13d

Spotted a Blue Dragon Nudibranch at Dalebrook Beach this morning

Blue Dragon Nudibranch floating in a sandy rock pool

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 14d

First time I have been able to celebrate #HeritageDay at home in South Africa for years! #ProudlySouthAfrican

Rainbow over Kalk Bay Mountain

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 15d

Coffee on a rainy spring morning in the Cape

View of the Fishing Village from my parents house in Kalk Bay. In the foreground are bushes in the garden, and beyond them a double story house and another house on the right. Then the Fishing Village and rain clouds in the distance

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 16d

Want to keep watching Disney shows while boycotting Disney streaming? Check out your local library:

+Disney — a staff-created list from Johnson County Library

No need to stump up the cash for yet another subscription service - your public library can provide most of your Disney needs for free! These are just a few examples of what you can borrow with your L...

jocolibrary.bibliocommons.com

Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 17d

Anglo-Boer War souvenir - Victorian retractable pencil made from a bullet casing

Victorian retractable pencil

Paardeburg Boer War 1900 engraved into bullet casing