Shortly after the inauguration, I cut off a Trump voting friend for dangerous rhetoric towards the LGBTQ+ community, libraries, and abortions to name a few. 9 months in and Trump is saying it is war against liberal cities and Cruz is saying we should be nicer to pedophiles.

1 transgender shooter GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!" 47,209 white male shooters GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."

National Guard gonna go hard on independent coffee shops and your librarian girlfriend who embroiders.

I love banana ball so much

my idea of a great sunday night? thanks for asking. attending a screening of a documentary (abt Robert Reich) at a local movie theater, coming home to work on a puzzle (Bluey playing in the background, ofc), and ending the night with Tron Legacy and spicy ramen. I love it here in my brain

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

great british baking show is back and we all need a bit of wholesome non-american energy right now so i will take this as a win

shopping for something to wear to a special event usually means putting 4 things in my cart online, getting stressed thinking they might not fit correctly, deciding i’d rather try something on, getting stressed by the idea that sizes might be limited in store, deleting my cart and going to bed

i work wednesday nights so i tune into new eps of TSITP at 7:45am SHARP with my bowl of fruit loops

say what you want but Freaky Friday (2003) is genuinely heartwarming and doesn’t get old

lil girl thought she was my date last night (don’t tell @michaelkovacs.social but she was)

twenty five years of age and still cannot pass up a few bottles of two buck chuck at aldi. unfortunately due to inflation, two buck chuck is now $3.85

"Speaking out for kids in this situation is more important than my career,” she says." "I have this platform. Kids gave me this platform, and I want to use this platform for kids.”

getting waves of random nostalgia for college, shitty lecture halls, taking my coffee to little hidey holes to study for a few hours, living within walking distance to every close friend, not having to decide what to cook every night…U DONT KNOW YOURE IN THE GOOD OL DAYS UNTIL YOUVE LEFT THEM

friday evening, summer 2025

Congrats to @mychal3ts.bsky.social for making the inaugural #TIME100Creators list! Influence comes in many forms, but Mychal’s is the kind that lifts people up. He’s a force for good in the world, spreading kindness, curiosity, and library joy. 📚💙 time.com/collections/...

not feeling very at home/welcome in my body today. progress towards self love and acceptance is slow and nonlinear :( luckily, i have kitties, a snoopy blanket, a book, diet coke, and a supportive partner to keep me company on bad brain days :)

Lovely long weekend spent with friends and family in Chicago and Portage! Much needed time away for myself and @michaelkovacs.social 🥰❤️

Such a lovely evening! My teenage self loved John’s stories, my adult self loves John’s commitment to library advocacy and anti-censorship efforts! (Also do still love his stories lol) @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

does everyone get this many ads for GLP-1s? I think my streaming apps must be listening when i cry about my weight gain in moments of vulnerability and they’ve been weaponizing that shit against me!!!! i gotta hear about it every 10 mins while watching below deck bro let me relax

you know you picked the right partner when his go-to comfort album when he gets overwhelmed/frustrated is Emotion by Carly Rae Jepsen (green flag green flag green flag)

indy pride!!! such a great time, just wish we didn’t forget to eat beforehand lol first one with @[email protected] @[email protected] #indianapolis #indy #pride #lgbtq

why they gotta have the nba finals start at 8:30!!!! always on a SCHOOL NIGHT!!! i’m an early to bed kinda gal!! my partner is passed out next to me in bed and it’s only HALFTIME!!

The Indiana Pacers reach their first NBA Finals in 25 years and will face the Oklahoma City Thunder after eliminating the New York Knicks: cnn.it/4jtnNE6

GLP-1 and baby product ads hate to see me coming. i ain’t falling for that shit!! i am chubby and childless over here

hell YEAH i am their biggest hater

Day off. Go to lobrary. Oh yeagh

Two people sued for stealing charitable funds from victims on the left, two people with no criminal record who have not done that on the right. He’s correct. They are not the same.

republican couples dress like they’d call any food with paprika in it a DEI hire

if i’m going to be up at 6:45am on a saturday than i might as well get to watch videos of cute sheep wearing flowers in their hair (fur? wool?) !!!!!!! 😡😡😡😡

henry seeing himself in lights

there is something so comforting about finding a book that just feels like it was written specifically for you and losing yourself reading for hours. suddenly i’m back in middle school, staying up all night to finish a book, walking to the library to check out book two :,)

duolingo making me blush by telling me i’m starting at level 46 in Spanish….yeah this app is gonna own me for a few months methinks

clementine & kyoshi #nationalpetday #BlackCat #tabbycat #iphonephotography

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"

:,,,,,,,(

PROOF!!!!! (excuse my poor posture and also the fact that i started crying when this happened)

MY CAT SAT ON MY LAP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ALMOST THREE YEARS IVE HAD HER. THIS IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION

tuned in again about a half hour before Cory Booker broke the record and it is nothing short of impressive how he is still speaking with such passion and truth

Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest floor speech in modern Senate history, surpassing the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech lasting 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957, in which he spoke against the Civil Rights Act. Read more: cnn.it/4hS8Uul

not to whine but as a mid to plus size woman it really sucks to be periodically told that even though your physical health is fine on paper and you’ve been making more time and effort towards exercise that you actually enjoy, it’s actually still not enough and here’s what you SHOULD do instead

As the U.S. revokes hundreds of visas to suppress activism, Kaveh Akbar writes beautifully and the pervasive fear--and the need to protect the rights of the most vulnerable. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

all i’ve been reading is fluffy, sappy romance for a couple of months now - deliberate decision by me to try to get away from the current hellscape - and I’m finding myself missing my normal rotation of mystery —> nonfiction —> romance!!!

his winner is already out so i’m pretty sure im gonna come out on top here

just got our signed copy in the mail today, really looking forward to this one! (comment on _Everything Is Tuberculosis_)

deleted the facebook app and have never felt more free (i still have to log back on to save all the photos i have in albums on there dating back like 10+ years but this is a win overall)

in Gatlinburg, TN for three amazing years together! @[email protected] @[email protected]