Sharon Handy
@shandy.bsky.social
Formerly gruntled writer, media developer, museum exhibit designer & producer/host of the Boring Books for Bedtime sleep podcast
Boring Books for Bedtime: bio.link/bbbpod
Boring Books for Bedtime: bio.link/bbbpod
This is grear news for many community resources (and was illegal to begin with, so only right!).
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Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This is grear news for many community resources (and was illegal to begin with, so only right!).
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Japan decided to show off a little bit today, and why not?
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Japan decided to show off a little bit today, and why not?
Friends, the @libro.fm Shop Small sale is live! There are so many wonderful books available and every purchase supports an indie bookstore, not a megacorp. A win worth being thankful for, I‘d say. www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...
Sale audiobooks
Explore our selection of discounted audiobooks including bookseller picks, bestsellers, and more.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Friends, the @libro.fm Shop Small sale is live! There are so many wonderful books available and every purchase supports an indie bookstore, not a megacorp. A win worth being thankful for, I‘d say. www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I love the show "Loot", but I'm mildly resentful that the theme song for a fake Korean show called "Billionaire, Beautiful and True" is now stuck in my brain.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love the show "Loot", but I'm mildly resentful that the theme song for a fake Korean show called "Billionaire, Beautiful and True" is now stuck in my brain.
It has been a loooong time since I've been excited for a movie. I loved this book, and even though I'm mildly annoyed so much is spoiled here, I do not really care. GIVE IT TO ME.
(Also, thank you, filmmakers for using proper puppetry, not CGI!)
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(Also, thank you, filmmakers for using proper puppetry, not CGI!)
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Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2
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November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It has been a loooong time since I've been excited for a movie. I loved this book, and even though I'm mildly annoyed so much is spoiled here, I do not really care. GIVE IT TO ME.
(Also, thank you, filmmakers for using proper puppetry, not CGI!)
youtu.be/5VYsnngkS_U?...
(Also, thank you, filmmakers for using proper puppetry, not CGI!)
youtu.be/5VYsnngkS_U?...
Finally working my way through LAST year's Dragon Con "do this" list by reading Cursed Cocktails by @slrowland.com and what a delight! Can't wait to dig into the others from his series. Also, to make some cocktails.
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Finally working my way through LAST year's Dragon Con "do this" list by reading Cursed Cocktails by @slrowland.com and what a delight! Can't wait to dig into the others from his series. Also, to make some cocktails.
I’m stuck in Florida so no aurora glory here, but I’m enjoying all the photos and enjoying even more everyone’s excitement! It’s been on my Life List forever; I’d be as giddy as a child that had its first taste of candy if it was me tonight! ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I’m stuck in Florida so no aurora glory here, but I’m enjoying all the photos and enjoying even more everyone’s excitement! It’s been on my Life List forever; I’d be as giddy as a child that had its first taste of candy if it was me tonight! ❤️
One of my favorite natural phenomena, along with schooling fish. Animals are truly superpowered.
BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
One of my favorite natural phenomena, along with schooling fish. Animals are truly superpowered.
Another wonderful listen on @libro.fm
I had no idea what to expect, but I really enjoyed Greenteeth! So much so that I just burned dinner because I was so engaged in the ending, lol. Worth it.
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I had no idea what to expect, but I really enjoyed Greenteeth! So much so that I just burned dinner because I was so engaged in the ending, lol. Worth it.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Greenteeth Audiobook on Libro.fm
From an absolutely unmissable voice in cozy fantasy, this tale shares the story of fae, folklore, and found family, told by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike any other. Beneath t...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Another wonderful listen on @libro.fm
I had no idea what to expect, but I really enjoyed Greenteeth! So much so that I just burned dinner because I was so engaged in the ending, lol. Worth it.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
I had no idea what to expect, but I really enjoyed Greenteeth! So much so that I just burned dinner because I was so engaged in the ending, lol. Worth it.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's brand new Boring Books for Bedtime is now live! This time, we're headed back to the mountains of France with a fave. I hope you enjoy falling asleep to it!
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Part 4): Early Access | Boring Books for Bedtime
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November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's brand new Boring Books for Bedtime is now live! This time, we're headed back to the mountains of France with a fave. I hope you enjoy falling asleep to it!
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If you're at Indie Flea Market in St. Pete today, drop by my sister's booth. She upcycles discarded/broken vintage enamel and rhinestone jewelry into unique and beautiful wearable pieces. Sourced, designed & made entirely by a human for other cool humans. No dropshipped junk!
#ValerieBeckerStudio
#ValerieBeckerStudio
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you're at Indie Flea Market in St. Pete today, drop by my sister's booth. She upcycles discarded/broken vintage enamel and rhinestone jewelry into unique and beautiful wearable pieces. Sourced, designed & made entirely by a human for other cool humans. No dropshipped junk!
#ValerieBeckerStudio
#ValerieBeckerStudio
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Patreon Peeps, your October exclusive episode of Boring Books for Bedtime is now live! This month, we sleepily shop for bargains for that most eternal of rests, courtesy of...Sears? For real, they sold tombstones by mail order. What a time to be not-alive!
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Bonus! October Exclusive: 1910 Sears Roebuck & Co. Consumer's Guide to Tombstones & Monuments | Boring Books for Bedtime
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October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Patreon Peeps, your October exclusive episode of Boring Books for Bedtime is now live! This month, we sleepily shop for bargains for that most eternal of rests, courtesy of...Sears? For real, they sold tombstones by mail order. What a time to be not-alive!
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Today is the 7th anniversary of Boring Books for Bedtime. Seven years and I have never missed a Monday. Pandemic, burnout, major family health & money stresses, two industry crashes in my ”real” job, all this nonsense... It has been the one constant because I made it be. That’s kinda awesome.
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today is the 7th anniversary of Boring Books for Bedtime. Seven years and I have never missed a Monday. Pandemic, burnout, major family health & money stresses, two industry crashes in my ”real” job, all this nonsense... It has been the one constant because I made it be. That’s kinda awesome.
You asked for a merch store for Boring Books for Bedtime, and so a merch store you shall have! Also, a few hints about the upcoming Annual Holiday Giveaway. Because somehow the year is almost over?
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Merch! And a Wee Note! | Boring Books for Bedtime
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October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You asked for a merch store for Boring Books for Bedtime, and so a merch store you shall have! Also, a few hints about the upcoming Annual Holiday Giveaway. Because somehow the year is almost over?
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Lovely Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's brand new Boring Books for Bedtime is live! It's our 7th anniversary, as crazy as that is to say, so it's something special. Let's go shopping...for affordable housing! A dream indeed.
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1921 Sears Modern Homes Catalog (Part 2): Early Access | Boring Books for Bedtime
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October 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Lovely Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's brand new Boring Books for Bedtime is live! It's our 7th anniversary, as crazy as that is to say, so it's something special. Let's go shopping...for affordable housing! A dream indeed.
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A new part of my podcast routine is setting up filters to trash each new flood of AI-generated marketing. Looking at you right now, "Cision". I got two dozen emails from this delightful service schilling authors this week—authors I suspect are probably AI, too.
Feh! FEH, I tell you!
Feh! FEH, I tell you!
October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A new part of my podcast routine is setting up filters to trash each new flood of AI-generated marketing. Looking at you right now, "Cision". I got two dozen emails from this delightful service schilling authors this week—authors I suspect are probably AI, too.
Feh! FEH, I tell you!
Feh! FEH, I tell you!
Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's brand new Boring Books for Bedtime is live! This time, Emily Post once again reminds us that the greatest mark of class is being kind and just to working folk. Just sayin'!
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Etiquette, by Emily Post (Part 8): Early Access | Boring Books for Bedtime
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October 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's brand new Boring Books for Bedtime is live! This time, Emily Post once again reminds us that the greatest mark of class is being kind and just to working folk. Just sayin'!
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This year, any holiday gifting will consist of either handmade crafty things or annual gift subscriptions to various Patreon peeps who do cool things the recipient values. Showing love through creativity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This year, any holiday gifting will consist of either handmade crafty things or annual gift subscriptions to various Patreon peeps who do cool things the recipient values. Showing love through creativity is the way.
It’s hard to explain, but the clear light of fake fall in Florida is such a relief after the heat-dulled air of the past seven months. Everything feels so much less burdened.
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It’s hard to explain, but the clear light of fake fall in Florida is such a relief after the heat-dulled air of the past seven months. Everything feels so much less burdened.
I’m gearing up to try a new (to me) litrpg book and I’m so worried that the entire genre has been ruined for me because I started with Dungeon Crawler Carl and loved it so much. Wish me luck!
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I’m gearing up to try a new (to me) litrpg book and I’m so worried that the entire genre has been ruined for me because I started with Dungeon Crawler Carl and loved it so much. Wish me luck!
Soooo cute!
Bad lighting, but look what’s out there kiln!:)
#ceramics #pottery #painting #illustrator #kidlitillustration #cats #cozy #art
#ceramics #pottery #painting #illustrator #kidlitillustration #cats #cozy #art
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Soooo cute!
Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's new Boring Books for Bedtime is now live, and it's a lovely one! One of your fellow listeners reminded me of "Where the Forest Murmurs," so dipped back into it for two autumnal essays. So relaxing! I think you'll love it.
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Where the Forest Murmurs, by Fiona Macleod/William Sharp (Part 2): Early Access | Boring Books for Bedtime
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October 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Patreon peeps, your early access to Monday's new Boring Books for Bedtime is now live, and it's a lovely one! One of your fellow listeners reminded me of "Where the Forest Murmurs," so dipped back into it for two autumnal essays. So relaxing! I think you'll love it.
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What an interesting group of awardees! I always love this list, and discovering the range of work being done by passionate people.
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MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What an interesting group of awardees! I always love this list, and discovering the range of work being done by passionate people.
www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
www.macfound.org/programs/awa...