As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Hey so I know social media comedians like to edit text in big leaks/document release screenshots to make jokes, but maybe possibly they could take a break on this round?

I’m not in a place where I can keep up with the train wreck du jour, but do please everyone take breaks to remind yourself of what is known, what is probable, and what is speculation, I’ve seen some truly wild imaginings. And like. By no means impossible! But not factually certain. Check yourselves

Serious q: We got Epstein emails from the House Oversight Committee (?) but now we might not get the Epstein Files because a key person won’t vote to release them… so why can the Oversight Committee release the emails but ONLY the emails? Why is the Whole Thing different?

Every data librarian I know just shuddered in horror.📚

Every single time you can see the aurora it’s pissing rain where I am (twice, it is two times. But that is a 100% instance rate so I feel justified in whining)

God says trans rights

One of my librarian origin stories: I was allowed to read Hardy Boys if I also checked out a girl book. I got passive aggressive and decided I’d show them and read Little Women. Fam, Jo March saved my life. Page two and she’s all “how I wish I’d been born a boy” and doesn’t let up for 350 p

are we being fucking serious rn

Discworld is like if Jonathan Swift, JRR Tolkien, and Monty Python all teamed up to write a book and it is a priceless treasure Anybody who can describe humankind as “the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape” has got our number

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I wouldn’t have to do anything. The minute I walked by she would stick her paw out and catch her claws in my clothes and demand pets

I would like to talk to someone who is currently working on or who has a PhD, library science preferred but not necessary. Mostly I’m curious about application and choosing a program, but will take any info/ advice that anybody wants to dish out

Mom: *after relentless badgering, calls about a lost dog that needs a home* Dad: *hovers aggressively* Mom: I see. Thank you but I don’t think… Dad: I CAN LEAVE RIGHT NOW Mom: David. It is. (great distaste) A Pomeranian. Dad: TELL THEM IM ON MY WAY That dog never left his side for the next 15 years

That’s the Iliad, not the Odyssey. Neither is modern. And the time period! Notable alphas Daniel Deronda, Bertie Wooster, and Jonathan Harker, not to mention the famously completely straight roommates Holmes and Watson and the not at all flaming Oscar Wilde! *screams in librarian*

"Anti antifa zines" is a thing i just read and that's enough social media for tonight

I got major “cool” points from my boomer coworkers by belting out “when the gales of November come early” as I walked in the building in high winds and freezing rain

they avoided talking about fascism all year by being like “healthcare healthcare healthcare” and then they blew up our healthcare??? and you think you’re entitled to my vote why exactly???

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

;alskdnf;adsifjadsfadf THEN GET YOUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER YOU SHIT ARE YOU A LEADER??????????

I just have to think the senators knew how much hot water this was going to be because we all had, what, an hour? to figure out what they were up to and call in, if we weren’t online on a Sunday evening we would have missed the whole thing

The “the Republicans are Dad and Democrats are Mom” idea really gets that truth across, I think. Drunk abuser makes a mess and dutiful Mom, trapped by the system, cleans it up and tries to put a happy face on things.

The ENTIRE FUCKING POINT of Obamacare was so that you wouldn’t be tied to a job to get healthcare, if you are dependent on FSAs it will tie you CLOSER to your job. If you have one. And it offers benefits. Both very big ifs!

You CANNOT spend FSA money on health care premiums, and if you’re self-employed or unemployed you don’t even have a fucking FSA.

THAT ISN'T HOW FSA'S WORK

LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY

I once worked for an LGBT Center that was located inside a church and they paid our phone bill as part of the rent. So we did sometimes get phone calls meant for the church

Sweet potato is marginally better but for Thanksgiving I would rather have sweet potatoes in casserole and then it’s too much to have them in pie too so I want sweet potatoes casserole and pumpkin pie

Strike etiquette question. If Starbucks has called a strike for a given day, is it ok/preferable to buy Starbucks any other day? Or should I just not buy Starbucks until they get right?

hard SF vs soft SF is a false dichotomy, it's really mathpervert or alienfucker

This is a thread with a story and I’m going to chime in with mine When I got housing after a spell without it, I knew I wanted a cat. Needed a cat with every fiber of my being. I was also still very much in survival mode, dealing with the disability that lost me housing, and rebuilding EVERYTHING

While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too. If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole. apnews.com/article/pets...

Describe your cat’s personality with one photo Zero thoughts. Zero fucks. Sharps out.

So what that means is I’ll have to remember to keep my eyes on the floor and have earbuds in if I go through the door. Meanwhile Walmart offers quiet shopping hours. This is an accessibility issue in an environment that used to be less overwhelming than most stores

Dunno why we bother teaching the extra long ones when everything about Dickens politics exists in the time travel story about ghosts at Christmas

Ok this is weird but whatever. I bought some mandarin oranges, which I rarely do, and I forgot how good they smelled when you peel them. Is there a way to like… save the peels so the house will smell like that? Internet, do your magic

OH REALLY

"Show feet, sweetie. The car won't run again until you do."

That’s it, I’m moving, I like horror but I don’t do the flavor for my current state nope nope

10/10 take. No notes.

the supreme court probably wants to overturn my marriage but sure, i can get you those slides today they won’t let me renew my passport anymore but sure, i can review your ai slop code sixth circuit says misgendering trannies is cool but sure, i can be on call during thanksgiving

I fumbled cutting a bite off a pork chop, which shot onto the floor, the cat (reasonably) decided it was manna from heaven, and I had to forcibly separate the two so that’s it im done for today Btw if you’ve never seen a 7lb panther with a whole ass pork chop hanging out of its mouth it’s A Sight

I spit on the reputation of the U.S. Supreme Court, not that it can get much more degraded than it has already become by the repulsive actions of its disgusting GOP members. You can hear the transphobic sneer in these words.

This is Donut the Library Dragon (Storytime book feats Duncan the Dragon, who looks nothing like this dragon, and so when I told my friend about it they named him Donut. He is my baby and I love him)

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We ALREADY KNOW that you’re less likely to get hired if your name is Keisha or Jamal, but sure, let’s go ahead and make sure people don’t have to guess about whether or not you’re a part of a marginalized group in the hiring process. We should be double blinding everything, not the opposite my god

She never existed. And I would have told you that then, more or less, that I was trying to be something impossible, I just didn’t know what. I still think about her sometimes, like a friend you drifted away from. Like I’ll see something and just think “Deadname would have liked that” or w/e