At the beginning of May, I began planning ways to help the Hampshire community through the campus closure. Now I’m announcing the Help Hampshire Workers peer-to-peer fundraiser! I’m linking my page here. Please donate and share! www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...

1,000 Hampshire College alums and extended community have pledged their support - make your pledge now at hampshirenext.org

Would you like a mini needle-felted sheep handmade by me!? Donate $25 or more to Support Hampshire College Staff and Faculty www.helphampshireworkers.com Send me screenshot proof of your donation, your mailing address, and what color sheep you would like. Then I’ll make and mail one to you ASAP!!

I just pledged to Hampshire Next — a coalition reimagining the Hampshire experiment. Join me: hampshirenext.org

www.helphampshireworkers.com Hampshire College is closing, and 250 staff and faculty are facing sudden job loss without severance pay. This fund provides direct financial assistance for immediate needs such as housing, food, healthcare, and other essential expenses.

Hampshire was my home for 4 years. It shaped me into the person I am today and introduced me to many lifelong friends. I am heartbroken to lose this community and knowing that no future students will be able to experience this truly unique place. www.hampshire.edu/closure-info...

“No library exists independent of the library ecosystem.” Library Ecosystem Thinking in Public Libraries: A Field Guide www.ala.org/sites/defaul... #PLA2026

“If you are a rule breaker, get into positions of power so you can eliminate those stupid rules.” - Good Trouble in Libraries panel #PLA2026

“Only 39% of adults in the U.S. said that they feel very connected to others. 50% of adults in the U.S. report experiencing loneliness, with some of the highest rates among young adults.” Learning how to foster social connection in libraries with SLI. #PLA2026 www.sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org

“Our strength as a democracy is rooted in our willingness to learn, to discover, to search.” -Bryan Stevenson at #PLA2026

I’ve made it to PLA! #PLA2026

Yea I’m a gamer

I needed a therapist in childhood and instead I discovered the magic of books

i genuinely miss when website sort of looked absolutely atrocious. everythings to clean and corporate now. theres no soul

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

incredible reporting on what's happening in Massachusetts due to the state's contract with ICE

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

“How much cheese have you had today?” “Not enough.” 🧀 🧀 🧀 🧀 🧀

Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? Digital resources, particularly eBooks and audiobooks, are going to bankrupt libraries if something isn't done to halt the extortionary pricing models of publishers.

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Elvis Costello is the Wiggles for adults (complimentary)

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

On 3/14, Trump signed a EO to eliminate the IMLS, the only federal funding agency for public libraries. It is only 0.003% of the federal budget but will have devastating impact on local libraries. Please call Congress and ask them to protect IMLS: www.congress.gov/members/find...

After my grandfather suffered a brain aneurysm decades ago, he watched Sesame Street while recovering to re-learn the basic concepts he lost to cognitive impairment. #MyPBSStory

With the current threat posed to NPR and PBS, we should discuss the positive impacts these organizations have had on us personally as American citizens. #MyPBSStory #MyNPRStory

How long I decide to microwave foods is entirely vibes based.

Steam, i haven’t played it but… I don’t think Sonic X Shadow Generations is a psychological horror game.

Fish are the opposite of forbidden knowledge.

Coming to the conclusion I have neither the mental rigor nor the spare time to become a philosopher.

So sad when I get an email from Venmo and it says “you’ve been selected to apply for our credit card” and not “someone has sent you $200.”

At any given moment there is a non-zero chance I’m thinking about Tom Petty.

Starting a grizzly bear diet consisting of plants, nuts, honey, fish, and occasionally breaking into someone’s house and eating all their junk food.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Every February 2 I take a moment to remember and reflect on how cute groundhogs are. :)

When you don’t want to stop writing to think of a name:

I’m suspicious about how easily I’m writing this NaNoWriMo. It is a good thing! But past years I’ve struggled so much. The change is surprising.

People have the impression of me as a librarian that I’m good at organizing information. And I hate when I have to break it to them that the primary organization method in my personal life is simply ~vibes~.

I played Venba tonight. It was a beautifully illustrated and emotionally moving game! I recommend to anyone looking for a short game with a bittersweet story.

I was introduced to a new coworker today as, “this is Katelyn … she does 10,000,000 things here.”

Repost with a meme to let us get to know you better!

Does anyone want to come over and play a video game on the TV while I'm on the computer and look over occasionally

Has anyone given Zuckerberg v Musk a Deadliest Warrior analysis yet? Please weapons experts, put two billionaires in your fight simulators!

Pisces: This is a whimsical week for you. Embrace the stupid in your life. There’s a lot to embrace. Maybe first try to alphabetize it all. Seriously, just so much stupid.