SteeleHoltingOn
@steeleholtingon.bsky.social
Annika Steele / SteeleHoltingOn
writer. dreamer. planner.
writer. dreamer. planner.
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The times are a’ changin
April 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The times are a’ changin
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It’s helpful if your tip is specific and includes evidence you can share that backs you up. This could be text messages, emails, documents, receipts, photos, reports, the identities of people who know more, and more.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s helpful if your tip is specific and includes evidence you can share that backs you up. This could be text messages, emails, documents, receipts, photos, reports, the identities of people who know more, and more.
www.propublica.org/tips/#common...
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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Today is National Library Workers Day—a day to celebrate the hardworking professionals who keep our libraries thriving. Library workers are facing tough times, and it’s more important than ever to show our support.
Show some love to the library worker in your life today!
ala-apa.org/nlwd/
#NLWD25
Show some love to the library worker in your life today!
ala-apa.org/nlwd/
#NLWD25
April 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today is National Library Workers Day—a day to celebrate the hardworking professionals who keep our libraries thriving. Library workers are facing tough times, and it’s more important than ever to show our support.
Show some love to the library worker in your life today!
ala-apa.org/nlwd/
#NLWD25
Show some love to the library worker in your life today!
ala-apa.org/nlwd/
#NLWD25
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If you're one of those "where are the protests" because the news has been ignoring them the past two months, there are 25,000 people gathered in DC today, and 20+ blocks full of people in Manhattan, and that's just two cities.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you're one of those "where are the protests" because the news has been ignoring them the past two months, there are 25,000 people gathered in DC today, and 20+ blocks full of people in Manhattan, and that's just two cities.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
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I just watched some of the livestream of a Cory Booker town hall from NJ and this man is *still* cooking. “You don’t have to stand for 25 hours but you have to stand” is how he ended it. That’s a bar. The base is properly riled up.
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I just watched some of the livestream of a Cory Booker town hall from NJ and this man is *still* cooking. “You don’t have to stand for 25 hours but you have to stand” is how he ended it. That’s a bar. The base is properly riled up.
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They have our business!
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They have our business!
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Republicans in Congress are hoping you won’t pay attention to them for the next 36 hours.
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
Republicans in Congress are hoping you won’t pay attention to them for the next 36 hours.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Republicans in Congress are hoping you won’t pay attention to them for the next 36 hours.
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
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CNN: A new poll gives us a sense of who Democrats and Democratic leaning voters think best aligns with the party's core values. And that's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
March 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
CNN: A new poll gives us a sense of who Democrats and Democratic leaning voters think best aligns with the party's core values. And that's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
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And Chuck Edwards was the *improvement* over Madison Cawthorn 🤣🤡
Share the media.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
March 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
And Chuck Edwards was the *improvement* over Madison Cawthorn 🤣🤡
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I mean, when the Big Man goes for it, you know that it's the right move.
March 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I mean, when the Big Man goes for it, you know that it's the right move.
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Local library hero
Tony did I tell you about the time a guy called requesting Kanopy and I told him we were looking into budgeting to add it and he asked me what it cost and I told him with a shrug and then he said he would pay for it
January 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Local library hero
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Out there, right now, is an indie bookstore and it is FULL OF BOOKS, and full of bibliomancers who know all the old book rites to ensure you get excellent books for you and your loved ones. Seek the indie bookstore! Give them coin in exchange for stories and ideas and art and romance and horror and
November 30, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Out there, right now, is an indie bookstore and it is FULL OF BOOKS, and full of bibliomancers who know all the old book rites to ensure you get excellent books for you and your loved ones. Seek the indie bookstore! Give them coin in exchange for stories and ideas and art and romance and horror and
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15 mile walk through a bleak-arse bit of Essex to the edge of Foulness Sands (actual name, did not invent).
I am now off to Froughtoughton-on-the-Mimble for my weekend minibreak. I will report back when I find the first corpse. I'm thinking "body in church after dispute over who sings the soprano solo at Midnight Mass" but it's Essex so there is room for "gangland shooting, body on bleak sands."
So Mr KJC and I are off for a weekend break. Just going to a tiny little place in Essex of the "Froughtoughton-on-the-Mimble" variety, a hamlet with a nice old pub, for the sake of a few pleasant walks....
November 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM
15 mile walk through a bleak-arse bit of Essex to the edge of Foulness Sands (actual name, did not invent).
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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.
a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
ALT: a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.
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"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.
"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
Just blocked a retail account that spammed itself and its products into an unrelated comment thread of mine, so, retail accounts, let that be a heads up, that sort of activity is not going to work out for you here. "Don't Engage, Just Block" applies to you too, if you do things like that.
November 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.
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You see it, you share it. Them's the rules.
The Other Place had a number of traditions which hopefully will make it over to BlueSky. On an entirely unrelated note, I saw this, and had to share. ☔😄
Tom Holland's "Umbrella" | Lip Sync Battle
YouTube video by Comedy Central Asia
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November 15, 2024 at 11:19 PM
You see it, you share it. Them's the rules.
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Feed your games addictions without crossing the picket line!
November 10, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Feed your games addictions without crossing the picket line!
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Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.
Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
October 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.
Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
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This is great
If you were horrified or outraged by that Atlantic article last week saying college kids can't read whole books anymore, this new piece by one of the teachers who was profiled is a must-read.
The Atlantic Did Me Dirty
Early this summer I was interviewed by Rose Horowitch, an editor for The Atlantic. She told me that she had heard from a university professor that incoming students were struggling to keep up with the...
substack.com
October 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM
This is great
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August 31, 2024 at 1:29 PM
