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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 2d

/adds to lexicon/

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 2d

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 2d

I would take a nap on this couch but I don't know if it would be biblically accurate.

Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d

biblically accurate couch

A round couch (or very large chair) in a gross burnt orange velour with like 20 small pillows arranged along the back

Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 3d

was that a kpop demon hunters reference?

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 3d

I was just thinking today about creating a similar display in my own library! This movie was a delight.

Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 4d

I love my local librarians so much, how awesome is this display they made in the teen section of the library, featuring books by Korean authors?

A library display of books by Korean authors around a sign reading: “Love K-Pop Demon Hunters? These Books Are Golden”

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 3d

Sharing mostly for my own reference but maybe y'all would be interested as well? I'm looking forward to reading the essays about THE UNWRITTEN.

Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder that I run a comic book website called @shelfdust.bsky.social and it’s full of weird and unique essays about comics. I’d love for more people to take a look! www.shelfdust.com

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 4d

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

Fuck despair. Fascists should have to fight for every inch they get, on principle alone.

The fight is over when the fascists are defeated, and not one minute earlier.

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 4d

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 4d

"if you want to help serve or cook food please dm us, send us an email at [email protected] or just show up!

we are at statue park 1st and 3rd fridays from 6-8 and we would love to see you there :D"

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 4d

"our first serve was a huge success! we had a great time distributing hygiene and harm reduction supplies as well as tasty vegan food, including delicious pasta, rice, chili, cornbread, lentil soup, cookies, muffins, and more!"

www.instagram.com/p/DPYp5a3jg00/

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 5d

Last year, a massive wind destroyed part of the enormous locust tree in my parents' backyard. On my visit last weekend, I saw that it was growing tiny new branches and leaves. Here are some before/after pictures.

Renewal is sometimes unexpected and always ongoing.

A large branch extends from a tree, just below where the trunk has been visibly cut.

New branches and leaves grow around the space where the same tree has been cut.

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Matthew @mattgoldey.bsky.social · 6d

It's amazing to me that LiveJournal perfected social media 25 years ago and no other social media site since has come close.

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 6d

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 6d

Become ungovernable

Noisy, hungry frogs sadden farmer's life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt.

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 7d

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 7d

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 9d

Banned Books Week starts on Sunday, October 5—there are a ton of ways to support!

Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...

(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)

Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 12d

I love many things about the city where I've lived and/or worked for 15 years, but attitudes like the one behind this meeting are shameful.

Unhoused people are PART of the #SomervilleMA community!

tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 12d

someone has called a meeting to discuss the unhoused ppl in Davis Sq tomorrow. they sent out this email about the mtg

a number of nauseating things stand out to me-- not least of which is that they are "tired of hearing lessons about compassion"

#SomervilleMa #DavisSQ

Dear All,
Thanks for agreeing to meet us tomorrow on such short notice. I have spoken to many Davis Square residents and these are the questions that we specifically want addressed:
• Public Drug Use
• Encampments
• Disturbance of the Peace
• Littering
Our immediate goal is to stop Davis Square from descending into a seedy encampment for drug dealers and users. We are not trying to solve the root causes of homelessness and addiction, so we would like to stick to the above topics
Also, we're tired of hearing lessons about compassion from the city's administration, or the efficacy of drop boxes for needles. We have heard little else for the past year and a half. We look forward to hearing your ideas.
Thanks,

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Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 12d

I just described myself as knowing the plot of a movie I've never seen "because I've watched the shadows on the fanfic cave wall", and I don't know how I've never thought of that metaphor before but brb using it everywhere

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 12d

No one person can do everything, and I don't think you're doing "nothing."

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · 15d

I am not particularly religious, but there are some Jewish traditions that I quite like, such as baking honey cake on Rosh Hashanah.

Hoping for sweetness in the coming year.

Slices of honey cake, with apples baked into it, sit on a plate.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 16d

We're going to be in movement for the rest of our lives, there's a world to win & so much between us and freedom. How do we make struggle sustainable? So ask yourself, what is the best use of my skills and resources. Limit yourself to that work, because you can't be everywhere.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 16d

We are so excited to announce the #BannedBooksWeek honorary chair for 2025: legendary actor/author/activist GEORGE TAKEI! "Please stand with me in opposing censorship, so that we all can find ourselves — and each other — in books.”

bannedbooksweek.org/legendary-ac...

@georgetakei.bsky.social

Photo of George Takei, an Asian American man in a suit standing with folded arms and looking boldly at the camera. Credit: Christopher Appoldt

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 19d

every time we talk about parental permission in terms of book banning I'm like fuck man. kids have rights too. a 17-year-old should be able to check out books at the library without Mom and Dad stepping in. so should a 10-year-old or 7 or whatever. kids deserve SOME goddamn freedom and privacy

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 19d

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 17d

Feeling uncomfortable about something is not a morally superior stance. Disgust is not an inherently correct reaction to something, nor does it prove something's sinfulness. You can't consume your way into moral purity.