Book I would swear an oath on.

I braved the supermarket today because 1. I needed a lemon for my lemon pig 2. I always enjoy getting flowers and walking across the frozen slushy mess of a parking lot in my idgaf snow gear cradling three bouquets of flowers in my elbow like Miss Crampon America

One of our Vermont library directors is retiring in 2026 and the local paper wrote such a sweet article about her that really captures her personality and mood. I will miss being colleagues with Starr LaTronica. www.commonsnews.org/issue/846/84...

Search your first name and then “glamour shot” And post a photo. (first result: this is Jessamyn Stanley, she seems excellent)

I love a most borrowed list! www.nypl.org/spotlight/to... NYC library users are a quirky bunch--and maybe not much in common with the NYT bestsellers list. Solidarity with my fellow thrifties who don't need to own books. 📚

Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…

We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.

This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.

Got to edit yet another Wikipedia page for a Republican Vermont state congressman who is resigning early (N=3 so far). I don't hate it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_H... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Har...

TIL: Vermonters can visit the Green Mountain National Forest and cut down their own Christmas tree (up to 20') for $5. #TakeTheWholeTree www.recreation.gov/tree-permits...

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

"Vermont DEC’s Air Quality & Climate Division (AQCD) and the Department of Libraries have co-sponsored a state-wide wood moisture meter loan program. Hand-held wood moisture meters are available at 63 public libraries for patrons to borrow for free" Love this program dec.vermont.gov/node/18261/f...

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. (ht OT)

A delightful interview that @andrewliptak.com did with @scalzi.com when he came to VT. "When Old Man's War took off and they were like, "you have to write more novels." And I was like, "Do I?" They're like, "yes, here's money," and I was like, "I guess I do." And then off we were to the races."

I live in a part of the country where people go at Xmas like it's their job and good on them for trying to scrape up some joy. It's not my holiday, but I do sponsor a kid-drawing in the newspaper's holiday section with a nice "we're in this together" message, but I do have stipulations. #grinch.

It's important to write hand-written letters to your friends when you need to send them something. Ideally while doing a bit. Maybe you're a union soldier, separated from your ladylove. Maybe a hot air balloon operator. We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.

All it takes is just one day when you have the perfect length and color of odd string to make a lifetime of odd string collecting seem worthwhile.

People assume my partner "does computers" for a job b/c I do. He has a job title that's confusing, but I tell people that he mostly "does spreadsheets." This profile of him from the student newspaper is a great way to get to know a few neat things about him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Everyone in the comments of that viral "We're not here to judge we're here to help" image with Dewey numbers for tough topics like abortion or HIV asking "Are those the prices?" are pushing all my "Could be a troll but what if they don't really know?" buttons. Here's one that looks less like AI slop

I am always a sucker for collections in the "Things that go hard" category and was pleased to have found the Public domain - Pics that go hard album while at work today. www.flickr.com/photos/parfo...

Go to sleep listening to the little snuffles of baby cheetahs snoring (in Den 2). nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...

I! M! L! S! "The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect." www.ala.org/news/2025/11...

I can only hope that the reason "librarian" is not on this list is b/c they are afraid of us. As they should be. Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊ (repost from before where I left off the word NOT)

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

Kid in parking lot asks "What should I ask you?" (license plate: ASKME) "Anything, I work at the library" * Kid laughs * "Let me ask YOU something. Do you have a library card?" "Nope." "Live in town?" "Yep." "Well, they're free. You should get one" "Okay!" I have become THAT lady & am OK with it 💅

5 best movie genres - librarian saves the day by being good at their job - quirky unusual things happen in library - all characters are kind and somehow also there is a plot about something - dancing movie - all villains dispatched by the end, no possible sequel, this is the end, goodbye.

Always funny when a song that you remember from the 1980s contains a phrase that suddenly becomes hyperrelevant again. #SteamMachine youtu.be/SoLbQ7r1agU?...

Since the Goodreads Choice Awards were posted last night, here's a reminder of how white these awards are (& why): bookriot.com/the-unbearab...

Notes and slides for my talk "Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times" which is less dry than its title might suggest. Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot... Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...

This is a nice story about how libraries change lives.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

If you're looking for a group of library workers who understand the power of labor organizing, social justice, & anti-racism, consider applying for the Library Freedom Institute. It's a 15-week program in privacy, intellectual freedom, & critical technology. libraryfreedom.org/institute/

The Grokipedia article about me omits my middle name which is Charity. It also calls me a rabble-rouser which is a phrase not in my Wikipedia article. So on balance, okay? I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.

Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE? Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Four. 1. Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro 2. Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman 3. Blades of Fury, Volume 1 by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz 4. The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson

We should all be so lucky to be memorialized like librarian Robert Resnik. May his memory be a blessing. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...

"Cryptographic science, he argued, could not solve Kryptos — 'but library science could.'"

Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...

Arthur Sze, the twenty-fifth US Poet Laureate, has written a poem about the Library of Congress. Oh my heart. 📚 www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

There is no such thing as a good book. Every book should find its readers and the canon is basically used to reinforce cultural hegemony to this day and it's a problem.

#AskAnArchivist Day is coming up this Thursday, October 16, and we want YOU to participate. Join SAA and archives across the country to promote the work of archives. Participate across social media, with #AskAnArchivist. For more information, see our announcement: https://ow.ly/Hhr950X1LYR

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. "The bathroom. It's... bad."

relaxed saturday evening reading through "women designers of book plates (1902)" and flipped past a couple of beautiful professional designs only to see this perfect plate by a young Miss Page

A Banned Books Week love letter to libraries from blind/gay romance writer @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy "Its only goal is to take the most valuable things in the world-stories, knowledge, ideas, a quiet place to think-& give them away for free" sightlessscribbles.com/posts/202509...

A Short Bright Flash by Theresa Levitt, a history of lighthouses and the way the Fresnel lens revolutionized all of it. More dramatic than you'd expect!

. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously. "We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. " www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Calais. Or if you're writing things down "creemee"

New Blog Post. Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images thisismattmiller.com/post/lc-flic... - Organizing 95K photo comments. - Viewer to explore user georectified images - Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary - Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph

Explain your username: Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @[email protected]