Was designated "cheese board" for what to bring to Thanksgiving. Went very southern an made pimento cheese, bacon jam (to serve with goat cheese), and cheese straws. Also including pickled okra and spiced sweet pecans. I love my California life, but it's nice to bring a bit of the weird from home

Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion

Daily reminder that you are a better writer and researcher than any generative AI platform around. Your skills are worthy and it takes far more time to clean-up and fact-check the mess some chatbot spits out than to just do it yourself 😘

ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges

First sentence for a story: Garrett dug his index finger deep into his right nostril, felt for the biggest, crustiest booger there, dug out the oozing grey-green lump, and flicked it at his older sister.

My kid is the age where he uses both Axe body spray and kids' bubblegum toothpaste

I have successfully tricked certain algorithms into only showing me ads for day planners and journals

Just like in June, I’m scheduled to be #SaturdayLibrarian during a #NoKingsProtest. But I’ll wear yellow, I’ll know local protest locations to point patrons to (should they ask), & will focus on providing quality fact-checked info as always. My damn job is an act of anti authoritarian protest ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Waymo spotted in my small suburban area and I am RAGING

So, if you have plans to visit a National Park site during the #shutdown, even if they say it's open still- please, don't. The best thing you can do for parks right now is to stay away. Many of us have worked a shutdown before, and we know first hand the damage it causes. #ProtectOurParks

Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check thee

Hegseth is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t RFK Jr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t Linda McMahon is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t Brendan Carr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t Every Trump is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t

Hie thee to hell for shame, and leave this world, Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.

Make battery to our ears with the loud music: Antony and Cleopatra II, 7 #ShakespeareSunday

It really is a grim ritual that we have so many acts of violence that evolve into another grim ritual of everyone waiting to see what team the maniac played for, and half the time that has already been decided by the grim ritual of everyone speculating before anyone has any clue about it

hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok

The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.

Took my oldest kid to see it! I wish studios did this more, like how they would show movies from the 40s/50s in theaters in the 70s. Not just paltry weekend release, but solid 2 months of 30+ yr old films would pander to the older gens’ nostalgia w/o wasting $ on boring/expensive franchises

It’s my dream 🥰

The kids & I are stoked that Gumball & his family are back. And WHOA the 2nd episode (The Assistant) was one of the greatest commentaries on big tech & AI interference in daily life that I have seen yet: www.imdb.com/title/tt3698...

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

Ah, summer 2025. Living through the most corrupt, amoral, asinine presidency while a gerrymandered spineless Congress just allows him to mow down the country. What a time to be alive

We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together: bookriot.com/we-can-still...

They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation

The evil that men do lives after them

Happy 4th of July to the 17 million Americans who will lose their healthcare over the next decade! 🎉🇺🇸💰 XOXO, the heinous 218 congressional reps, 50 senators, vice president, and president who are totally looking out for your best interests (🙃) #BigBeautifulBill

I have obtained new nonpublic data from ICE that shows that 2/3 of the people it had booked into detention facilities this fiscal year had no criminal convictions at all. Less than 7% have violent convictions. Most convictions were for immigration, traffic, and vice offenses.

Still paying for those bullshit GOP tax cuts for the rich from 2017. Now GOP wants to gut essential assistance for millions of kids. Call your reps. What children in poverty could lose from the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...

Don’t share images/video (hell, don’t view) the parade. Just keep those amazing #NoKings vibes going. Don’t give 47 any ratings. He doesn’t deserve a birthday present

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

[Exit King.]

Solidarity from my #SaturdayLibrarian shift #NoKings

It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.

🖋️ “Sen. Padilla assaulted by federal agents. STOP THIS NOW. Impeach Noem, Trump” hit 1,000 signers! 💬 Text SIGN PCQLJU to 50409

This petrifies me for so many of the amazing people I know who bring kids into the library every day. Please protest at #NoKings to support these caring, lovely folks just trying to live their lives. Folks that others rely on to care for their children

Congratulations, Huntington Beach! Measures A&B passed. We get to keep librarians in charge of book catalogs (as they should be) and will NOT be letting our library services be privatized. Huge win this morning for us. Don't come after our libraries!

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

I'll be working on Saturday (because working for the public is still a worthwhile endeavor). Rooting for everyone to turn the volume all the way up this weekend

Fuck this administration

“The easiest way to understand this is that the president and his administration have been looking to California as they have been looking to crush any center of power that he views as adversarial” 💯

Now for the bare-pick'd bone of majesty
Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest
And snarleth in the gentle eyes of peace. King John 4.3 #ShakespeareSunday apnews.com/article/insu...

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

No interest in or patience for grown men throwing tantrums at each other on a world-wide scale

Woke at 4:45. Brain in overdrive. Left bed. Been puttering around for 2 hours & now actually starting my day, predictably already exhausted. Time to get my kids to school, then go set up sensory play for a bunch of toddlers! #SummerInTheLibrary

I cannot stress enough, this is Trump making your kids tuition at *any* institution more expensive by scaring away international students who pay full-freight and thus subsidize US students' tuition. That's how Dems should attack: Trump wants college to be more expensive. Trump take college.

Last night, Hillsborough County Public Schools held its first school board meeting since letters from state officials ordered books off shelves. Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard. You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365

I have a lot of BIG bubble wrap from some shipments that I’m saving for a preschool library program…but until then I just really want to use it to create a cozy hideaway nook under my desk for hard days

A huge step from HHS that is at odds with science showing significant risks for young children and pregnant women — and that directly contradicts *the FDA's own publication* from last week listing pregnancy as a high-risk condition that would qualify people for this fall's Covid vaccine

Next band where I will listen to their albums in order: The Stooges. I’m definitely ready for something gritty #ChronologicallySound