Manda
@baldmarlin.bsky.social
NC Certified Librarian 📚
She/Her 🤷🏼♀️
Knower of Dumb History Facts 🤓
Weirdo 🤡
My whole life is thunder 🌩️
She/Her 🤷🏼♀️
Knower of Dumb History Facts 🤓
Weirdo 🤡
My whole life is thunder 🌩️
K so bring back federal funding for libraries and the IMLS
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
K so bring back federal funding for libraries and the IMLS
Apparently there was a shooting at the Christmas tree lighting in my town that we almost went to. Trying to figure out what happened in the scattered fb posts of friends who were there.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Apparently there was a shooting at the Christmas tree lighting in my town that we almost went to. Trying to figure out what happened in the scattered fb posts of friends who were there.
Thanksgiving is in a literal week and lol we have the turkey! But anything else?
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
The cashier at Walmart asked if we’re ready for the holidays and my mother and I looked at her like
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thanksgiving is in a literal week and lol we have the turkey! But anything else?
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
Send a thought and prayer to us at the food lion this weekend.
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My new doctor immediately approved me to get the Covid booster, so hopefully ya girl will be boosted by the weekend. Already flu’d up.
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My new doctor immediately approved me to get the Covid booster, so hopefully ya girl will be boosted by the weekend. Already flu’d up.
Being a public librarian can be…real hard sometimes. Idk if y’all are aware of the ~drama~ surrounding Baker and Taylor, but lol I haven’t been able to really order books since August. And even then, only received MAYBE 30% of those items.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Being a public librarian can be…real hard sometimes. Idk if y’all are aware of the ~drama~ surrounding Baker and Taylor, but lol I haven’t been able to really order books since August. And even then, only received MAYBE 30% of those items.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
On top of programming, desk shifts, tech repair, etc.
Imagine coming after Ms Rachel for misinformation. Imagine.
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Imagine coming after Ms Rachel for misinformation. Imagine.
The cashier at Walmart asked if we’re ready for the holidays and my mother and I looked at her like
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The cashier at Walmart asked if we’re ready for the holidays and my mother and I looked at her like
I’m so goddamn excited. Hands down my most anticipated read of the year.
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m so goddamn excited. Hands down my most anticipated read of the year.
Just wanted to add something to this, since it went more viral than anything else I’ve ever done on social media lol.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
Pls pls pls request items!!! We sometimes desperately need that stat figure for state reporting, too.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just wanted to add something to this, since it went more viral than anything else I’ve ever done on social media lol.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
Request items, but also CHECK THEM OUT. Keep coming back. We have a lot at the library, but circulation is still our biggest stat figure we need.
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The book I’m reading has the most insufferable characters and I just learned it was a Wattpad original.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The book I’m reading has the most insufferable characters and I just learned it was a Wattpad original.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
That isn’t to put down Wattpad, but when the FMC is named Athalia and her twin brother is Henry? You know what kind of Wattpad I mean.
Pls pls pls request items!!! We sometimes desperately need that stat figure for state reporting, too.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Pls pls pls request items!!! We sometimes desperately need that stat figure for state reporting, too.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
Also there have been so many request that come through that help me as a selector find titles I wouldn’t have thought about.
REQUEST TITLES, ESPECIALLY QUEER TITLES.
The long shot Dem won the only city council seat that wasn’t unopposed in my town, so add that to the list of good news tonight.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The long shot Dem won the only city council seat that wasn’t unopposed in my town, so add that to the list of good news tonight.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
A new mayor that once served on the library board of trustees, too.
We keep winning.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
Hey what’d y’all do on your Sunday night?
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hey what’d y’all do on your Sunday night?
All the photos of my costume have my library logo somewhere in the frame. So here’s a weird angle selfie.
Kids get out of school within the next hour, so here’s hoping we get some at the library!
Kids get out of school within the next hour, so here’s hoping we get some at the library!
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
All the photos of my costume have my library logo somewhere in the frame. So here’s a weird angle selfie.
Kids get out of school within the next hour, so here’s hoping we get some at the library!
Kids get out of school within the next hour, so here’s hoping we get some at the library!
Reminder that I live in a Bears and Panthers household.
But I also just rolled my 3rd Yahtzee this game.
Life contains multitudes.
But I also just rolled my 3rd Yahtzee this game.
Life contains multitudes.
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reminder that I live in a Bears and Panthers household.
But I also just rolled my 3rd Yahtzee this game.
Life contains multitudes.
But I also just rolled my 3rd Yahtzee this game.
Life contains multitudes.
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you are proof that love is real
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
you are proof that love is real
Today has been A Lot and it’s only 11am. If you think about going to the library for thing on a Monday morning, don’t.
We’re still going through book drops and courier baskets, starting at 9am.
We’re still going through book drops and courier baskets, starting at 9am.
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today has been A Lot and it’s only 11am. If you think about going to the library for thing on a Monday morning, don’t.
We’re still going through book drops and courier baskets, starting at 9am.
We’re still going through book drops and courier baskets, starting at 9am.
Still thinking about Good Spirits. There’s a lot of trust in an author to pre-order their book.
I have 4 copies pre-ordered, the earliest of which was bought in May. They’ll all be arriving next week and I simply am buzzing with excitement.
Please read Good Spirits, out October 21.
I have 4 copies pre-ordered, the earliest of which was bought in May. They’ll all be arriving next week and I simply am buzzing with excitement.
Please read Good Spirits, out October 21.
October 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Still thinking about Good Spirits. There’s a lot of trust in an author to pre-order their book.
I have 4 copies pre-ordered, the earliest of which was bought in May. They’ll all be arriving next week and I simply am buzzing with excitement.
Please read Good Spirits, out October 21.
I have 4 copies pre-ordered, the earliest of which was bought in May. They’ll all be arriving next week and I simply am buzzing with excitement.
Please read Good Spirits, out October 21.
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if you'll indulge me...
lmao it's a sweep
lmao it's a sweep
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
if you'll indulge me...
lmao it's a sweep
lmao it's a sweep
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I'm not tipping the drag strippers, I'm
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm not tipping the drag strippers, I'm
So I finished this last night and I cried so hard.
“She peers at me over her shoulder. I drowned in the ocean once and I think I could just as easily drown in Harriet. Sink down into her and lose myself for days.”
“She peers at me over her shoulder. I drowned in the ocean once and I think I could just as easily drown in Harriet. Sink down into her and lose myself for days.”
How do you feel about ghosts who like to knit to pass time in the afterlife? 👻🎀
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October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So I finished this last night and I cried so hard.
“She peers at me over her shoulder. I drowned in the ocean once and I think I could just as easily drown in Harriet. Sink down into her and lose myself for days.”
“She peers at me over her shoulder. I drowned in the ocean once and I think I could just as easily drown in Harriet. Sink down into her and lose myself for days.”
I’m finally able to start my most anticipated book of the year. Borison hasn’t not failed me yet in the 5?ish books I’ve read of hers so far.
I’ve been so lucky to get the ARC for this and And Now Back to You coming out in February. #booksky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I’ve been so lucky to get the ARC for this and And Now Back to You coming out in February. #booksky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’m finally able to start my most anticipated book of the year. Borison hasn’t not failed me yet in the 5?ish books I’ve read of hers so far.
I’ve been so lucky to get the ARC for this and And Now Back to You coming out in February. #booksky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I’ve been so lucky to get the ARC for this and And Now Back to You coming out in February. #booksky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...