sturmhaus
@sturmhaus.bsky.social
public library manager dedicated to reducing service barriers and expanding access | FIRST Robotics parent and volunteer | married with kids and a Husky pup | views expressed are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer | she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Ahh… the air is crisp, the leaves are falling, and J and I are comparing health plan coverage and rates and trying to guess how much we need to put in our FSAs next year…
This year we had a surprise gall bladder extraction (kid the youngest) and maxed out the family deductible. Fun!
This year we had a surprise gall bladder extraction (kid the youngest) and maxed out the family deductible. Fun!
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ahh… the air is crisp, the leaves are falling, and J and I are comparing health plan coverage and rates and trying to guess how much we need to put in our FSAs next year…
This year we had a surprise gall bladder extraction (kid the youngest) and maxed out the family deductible. Fun!
This year we had a surprise gall bladder extraction (kid the youngest) and maxed out the family deductible. Fun!
My youngest is applying to a program in Germany, so yes.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My youngest is applying to a program in Germany, so yes.
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
please don’t mess it up
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
please don’t mess it up
WTF, United? Are you sad you didn’t get tapped to do forced deportation flights?
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby went on Katie Miller’s podcast — that’s Stephen Miller’s wife — to talk about flight operations.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WTF, United? Are you sad you didn’t get tapped to do forced deportation flights?
where is his medical degree from again?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
where is his medical degree from again?
Just walked the doggo, wearing a flashlight clipped to my chest, as one does now after 5pm in the upper Midwest. 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just walked the doggo, wearing a flashlight clipped to my chest, as one does now after 5pm in the upper Midwest. 🙄
OMG
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
OMG
my boss is at a conference with 2 of my own direct reports, leaving me in charge of the branches
and, imagine this, one of the branches is having major building issues
I left my office to run over there yesterday and never made it back, had to ask Maintenance to turn off my office lights
and, imagine this, one of the branches is having major building issues
I left my office to run over there yesterday and never made it back, had to ask Maintenance to turn off my office lights
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
my boss is at a conference with 2 of my own direct reports, leaving me in charge of the branches
and, imagine this, one of the branches is having major building issues
I left my office to run over there yesterday and never made it back, had to ask Maintenance to turn off my office lights
and, imagine this, one of the branches is having major building issues
I left my office to run over there yesterday and never made it back, had to ask Maintenance to turn off my office lights
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I love this post of holiday gift-crafting recommendations from @smartbitches.bsky.social and I'm seriously tempted by both of the first two knitting patterns: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/stuffwelike/...
Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Knitting & Stitching Patterns for Holiday Gifting | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
smartbitchestrashybooks.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I love this post of holiday gift-crafting recommendations from @smartbitches.bsky.social and I'm seriously tempted by both of the first two knitting patterns: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/stuffwelike/...
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Holy mother of bunnies, Vinca has actually done a retrospective of the whole shebang!
Today marks the UK release* of @tkingfisher.com's latest book Snake-Eater, which (depending on how you define it) is her 50th book of fiction! In honor of this milestone I wanted to do a little retrospective of her 50 books
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Holy mother of bunnies, Vinca has actually done a retrospective of the whole shebang!
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Love this. Teens keeping the town informed in Pulaski, WI wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...
Meet the teens keeping this northeast Wisconsin village from becoming a news desert
Pulaski News is a fixture of the community, a tool to prepare students for the workforce and the last official source keeping residents informed about hyperlocal happenings.
wisconsinwatch.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Love this. Teens keeping the town informed in Pulaski, WI wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
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Turns out poor people spent a lot of money on tea and sugar *because they were poor* and that was their inadequate replacement for unaffordable things like cooking fuel, food with actual nutritional content, and enough calories to slave away over a loom for 12 hours.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Turns out poor people spent a lot of money on tea and sugar *because they were poor* and that was their inadequate replacement for unaffordable things like cooking fuel, food with actual nutritional content, and enough calories to slave away over a loom for 12 hours.
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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I'm taking a break from the news "out there" today.
But I'm reading internal news, and someone reported that their "mystery books" are a hit with students. They wrap the books in brown paper and write the first line of the book on the cover, and kids are LOVING IT.
But I'm reading internal news, and someone reported that their "mystery books" are a hit with students. They wrap the books in brown paper and write the first line of the book on the cover, and kids are LOVING IT.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm taking a break from the news "out there" today.
But I'm reading internal news, and someone reported that their "mystery books" are a hit with students. They wrap the books in brown paper and write the first line of the book on the cover, and kids are LOVING IT.
But I'm reading internal news, and someone reported that their "mystery books" are a hit with students. They wrap the books in brown paper and write the first line of the book on the cover, and kids are LOVING IT.
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Stopped reading NYT on purpose a year ago and my life has improved measurably lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Stopped reading NYT on purpose a year ago and my life has improved measurably lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
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I don't understand why this isn't absolutely blowing up. A whole public library system shutting down branches to remove books because the Tennessee Secretary of State believes that Executive Orders are above the Constitution.
The Tennessee Secretary of State handed public library boards that are eager to ban LGBTQ+ books–and particularly trans books–from their collections the biggest permission slip last week.
Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don't understand why this isn't absolutely blowing up. A whole public library system shutting down branches to remove books because the Tennessee Secretary of State believes that Executive Orders are above the Constitution.