This year's #baking contributionto NYE is not pretty, but it's only my second croquembouche ever so I'm still happy with. And it's very tasty.

The copy of Cinder House that I checked out is missing the last 30 pages. I am crushed.

Friends, I need some recs. My neice wants fun Christmas socks this year. Anyone have recs for places with good socks for kids?

T and I did movie night last night and stumbled across There's Something in the Barn. And I gotta say, if you're looking for a fun holiday horror film, it's a delight. Ridiculous, gory but not too gory, and really just a good time all around.

I decided to start playing Animal Crossing again. But being me I decided to start over completely. And now I'm like, awww, I have no apples or peaches ☹️ It irritates me that not everything is able to be found without interacting with other people. I game so I don't have to people.

In honor of #NationalCatDay please enjoy this photo of Jenkins. We adopted him in September and love him dearly.

Current fall to-do list in progress. I don't fuckin know what is happening. 1. Make apple cider caramels 2. Dump mom and dad in Boston harbor 3. Do some shit at NYCC maybe 4. Get S some teeth

Hey Bsky friends, is anyone out there taking an antidepressant and a stimulant for adhd? If so, would you be willing to share you med pairing and how it's worked for you? I was on welbutrin for a really long time but stopped to get a better sense of whether it's still working and am currently

Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"

Dept Q on netflix is pretty great and I'm not just saying that because I fancy Matthew Goode

Galaxy hair!

The peony I planted in remembrance of my nana has it's first blooms and my heart is so full 😍 Now that I know they'll grow well, I might plant another. #gardening

Was sworn in tonight as a #library board trustee. So now I'm like officially official. Got a certificate and everything 😁

Holy shit, Sinners was so good. I am so glad we got to see that in the theater.

So Leland Melvin stopped by the booth but my brain could just not comprehend he would be at C2E2 and definitely went, "Wait are you the real Leland Melvin? Holy shit!" 🤣

Thanks to all the fabulous folks who came out to the @libcomix.bsky.social #c2e2 Ask a Comics Librarian panel today. Interested in #libcomix check out our resource doc from the panel. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The trio is back together! @librarylandia.bsky.social @arystocrat.bsky.social @libcomix #c2e2

I need it in my eyeballs immediately.

BREAKING: AFSCME, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and @democracyforward.org sue the Trump Administration to stop the wrongful closure of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. www.afscme.org/press/releas...

No, the Democratic Party isn't losing because it's Too Woke:

I can't stop thinking about this Rebecca Shaw quote, "I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers." Like truly, how did I end up alive when Trump and Elon Musk, the two biggest losers in the history of the world, are in charge?

I got elected to my library board tonight. So that's apparently a thing I'm doing. I find it wild that almost 800 people, most of whom have never met me, voted for me. #libraries 📚

Beautiful!

I'm incredibly honored to have painted the Pixies for Dungeons & Dragons’ new Monster Manual! A huge thank you to my amazing art director, @furygalluzzi.bsky.social for trusting me with this project! It was an absolute joy to work on. 11x14 inches, oils on wooden panel⁠

Joann, a destination for generations of lovers of crafts projects for 80 years, is going out of business and shuttering all its stores

Wow…I had to double, triple check to make sure this tweet from Senator Smith was real. Rare to see a US Senator tweet like this. Not complaining, just surprising.

Playing Captain Sonar at game night. This is Captain Ike, piloting the submarine Tortie McBoatface.

Library workers do a lot of great work. But we're also just people. We are not perfect and we are not the champions of the revolution. We need your support, not your idolization.

Librarianship is like 90% white and cis women. Many of them are just as bigoted as the rest of the country. Many are very happy about book bans and the shift toward fascism. Many will happily stigmatize and ostracize unhoused, trans, BIPOC, and other vulnerable and marginalized patrons and staff.

I get the sentiment behind these kinds of posts, but I really wish folks would stop doing this. Librarians are not superheroes. We are not the last stand for democracy. Please stop putting us on a pedestal.

Bsky friends, I have a handful of valentines left. If anyone would like one, drop your address in my DMs.

My contribution to the tiny art show this year. He's so wonky, I adore him 💗

Well I finally got Signal. Mostly because a friend was like, "Hey, get Signal." I am easily influenced 🤣

Favorite sign so far

Honestly? Heroes. Regular, non-online people are NOT getting the message from a lot of legacy media outlets yet, so if this makes a few people google and then spread the word then they’re doing a great fucking job

ik i keep saying this but i think one of the main things we NEED to do is take the partisan frame off. this is not the GOP. it's not the electorate. it's an insurgency, and the sides are "america survives" and "our democracy collapses permanently"

Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes. They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going. Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.

I'm on the ballot this spring for library board. All the candidates are pro-library so I was pretty whatev about campaigning. But now I know things that make me grumpy. Which means I have to campaign. And actually try to win. I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing so I guess I'll make a webpage 🤷‍♀️

I hear this, I really do. But Democrats can make the lives of every Republican in both chambers a living hell until they break. I would like to see John Thune cry on national television. I would like Mike Johnson to beg for mercy. I want every minute of power to be like nails on a chalkboard.

Sewed some reusable cotton pads today so I don't have to buy the single use ones anymore. Then used 5calls.org to call some reps, including one to Pritzker supporting his stance against some of this bullshit. I hate making calls, good or bad, but the site does make it a lot easier.

Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools

I never, ever, EVER want to hear a single Republican ever talk about "meritocracy" again. That dog will never hunt again.

It's amaryllis time!

Yes, I will steal this meme because I feel the need to be deliberately cheerful and positive for petty reasons. So 1 like = 1 thing I love No, it will not be solely pictures of cats

Yay!

I feel like I should show off my furbabies, current and prior. The tortie(a boy!) is Marlowe. The black void kitty is Morgana. These are the current babies. The gray boy is Finn, who died in 2021 after being my baby for 15 years. Best cat ever ❤️

Tonight's new shirt is dragons! I now have 5 handmade shirts which means I can wear one to work every day this week 😁

Well the amaryllis is finally getting its act together. The paperwhites continue to just try to get as tall as possible.