Layne
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Librarian. Midwesterner. Enjoyer of things both light & dark.
I was recently trying to explain the origins of DOGE as an Internet joke to my 70+ mother.
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11 months ago
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Rebecca Solnit
11 months ago
A single word can be a lie. For example, journalists are still calling what Musk and his child army have been doing an operation in pursuit of government efficiency....
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/to-use-their...
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To Use Their Language Is to Endorse Their Lies
Every crisis is in part a storytelling crisis, and the current one here in the US is also a language crisis. How we use the language and how we listen for lies that are in single words and phrases as ...
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/to-use-their-language-is-to-endorse-their-lies/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIZtYVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHT8PD8jWiS-325W6X49JapfCx1Z127PnwPNDmy0HesBbHmKujG76JyNx9A_aem_rmT9cAwX59YzBRfngSH57A
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Attend board meetings? YES. Attend programs? YES. Volunteer? MAYBE.
bookriot.com/stand-up-for...
#libraries
#supportlibraries
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How to Stand Up for Your Local Library by Getting Involved
Libraries have been under political attack for the last several years. Here's how you can help defend your local library by getting involved.
https://bookriot.com/stand-up-for-your-library/
11 months ago
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Erin Biba
11 months ago
There’s something very America about the rich old white guy who didn’t do shit holding up the trophy like a hero while standing in front of the Black man who actually did everything.
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The women’s flag football commercial made me cry. I guess I’m in a fragile state?
#superbowl
11 months ago
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Derf Backderf
11 months ago
Current mood.
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Robert Reich
12 months ago
Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
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What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do
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It’s not lost on me that I am relaxing post-microneedling by watching The Substance. The beauty industry is a horror show and I’m complicit. 😂
12 months ago
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Lololololol
12 months ago
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Me IRL. Okay, sure, probably all of us.
12 months ago
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Chicago Review of Books
12 months ago
Nnedi Okorafor's DEATH OF THE AUTHOR,
@reemasabrina.bsky.social
writes, is "just so Chicago. Zipping back and forth from Navy Pier to her parent’s home on the South Side...the high heats and somehow just as intense colds."
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Creation Flows Both Ways in “Death of the Author” - Chicago Review of Books
A review of Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, "Death of the Author."
https://buff.ly/40wHKnj
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Framed #1040 🎥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛
framed.wtf
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Framed - The daily movie guessing game
Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!
https://framed.wtf
12 months ago
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Twin Peaks community assemble!
#twinpeaks
#eatonfire
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12 months ago
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If you like your
#horrorlit
fast paced, Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by
@claymcleod.bsky.social
gets pretty wild real quick.
#BookSky📚💙
12 months ago
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Got my new
@fangoria.bsky.social
AND my first ever
#NightWorms
package on the same day. Happy Friday!
#horrorlit
#horrormovies
12 months ago
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? I should be so lucky!
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about 1 year ago
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Dare I say, in Back to the Future III, Doc Brown might say “Great Scott!” about 20 times too many.
#filmsky
about 1 year ago
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I sometimes wonder if I should even use the star rating on my reading tracker.
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about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
14/20
about 1 year ago
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I’m going to be extra grateful for these leftover black eyed peas tomorrow. Who doesn’t need an extra serving of good luck?
#HappyNewYear
#LiveLongAndProsper
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
13/20
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
12/20
about 1 year ago
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My decent attempt at “kurisumasu keki” or Japanese Christmas Cake. We also ate fried chicken for dinner.
#merrychristmas
#merikurisumasu
about 1 year ago
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Watched this for the first time tonight and convinced my family to watch with me. Introducing your kid to horror is always going to require some warnings and conversations, but I wasn’t prepared to explain what “fellatio” meant.
#horrormovies
#horror
#christmashorror
#parentingishard
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
11/20
about 1 year ago
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Sometimes I’m tired of being a librarian and then someone goes and tells me how much they love Book Club. 💕
#libraries
about 1 year ago
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Just recently learned about this at
#ARRTCon24
. What a weird rabbit hole. Thanks again,
@tuphlos.bsky.social
!
#libraries
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about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
10/20
about 1 year ago
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I’m still waiting for my library hold on All Fours to arrive…
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about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
9/20
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
8/20
about 1 year ago
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Kathy Ishizuka
about 1 year ago
IMLS-funded, READCON provides free, self-guided training to help library practitioners build strong community relationships, manage difficult situations, and engage stakeholders.
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Facing Book Bans, Libraries Need to Skill Up. Enter READCON.
IMLS-funded, READCON provides free, self-guided training to help library practitioners build strong community relationships, manage difficult situations, and engage stakeholders and local leaders. ...
https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Facing-Book-Bans-Libraries-Need-to-Skill-Up-Enter-READCON
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Lila Denning
about 1 year ago
It’s the Best Horror Fiction of 2024 from Crime Reads! Including
@sgj.bsky.social
@chucktingle.bsky.social
@lilliamr.bsky.social
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crimereads.com/the-best-hor...
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The Best Horror Fiction of 2024
Grotesque, discomforting, darkly humorous, and brilliant, these horror novels are the soundtrack in my mind allowing me to process reality’s growing discontents. Some of the following are not…
https://crimereads.com/the-best-horror-fiction-of-2024/
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
7/20
about 1 year ago
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EveryLibrary
about 1 year ago
For librarians, as with many other professions, “Other duties as assigned” is code for tasks that are distasteful, off-kilter, or just plain gross.
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The Important Emotional Labor of Librarians Most People Never Think About
The Important Emotional Labor of Librarians Most People Never Think About
https://action.everylibrary.org/the_important_emotional_labor_of_librarians_most_people_never_think_about
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
6/20
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
5/20
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
4/20
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
3/20
about 1 year ago
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The great thing about horror is “the boundaries are elastic.”
@anandalima.bsky.social
#horrorlit
#ARRTCon24
about 1 year ago
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Yay! It’s time for the horror panel!
#horrorlit
#ARRTCon24
about 1 year ago
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Libraries are going to get complaints. Be prepared and keep moving forward.
@tuphlos.bsky.social
#ARRTCon24
about 1 year ago
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Quality control is not applied equally across library collections. I had no idea Overdrive/Libby carried AI-generated novels until
@tuphlos.bsky.social
told us at
#ARRTCon24
Give lesser-known, diverse readalikes a chance.
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
2/20
about 1 year ago
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
#BookSky
1/20
about 1 year ago
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In the past few days at work, I’ve cleaned up vomit (not mine) and blood (mine).
#Publiclibraries
are not for the weak. 📚
about 1 year ago
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Kicking off the season with a classic family film.
#yippeekiyay
#happyholidays
about 1 year ago
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If you see this, quote it with a horror movie you love.
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about 1 year ago
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Cooking and reading. “Your life is nurtured from the body of Mother Earth… My life is contingent upon the lives of others without whom I simply would not exist.”
#listeningisreading
#booksky💙📚
about 1 year ago
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ARRT (Adult Reading Round Table)
about 1 year ago
Hello BlueSky! If you’re in the Chicagoland area and are interested, we still have tickets available for ARRTCon. Registration info can be found here:
arrtreads.org/event/arrtco...
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