Biblioraptor, PhD
@biblioraptorphd.bsky.social
English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, 18C, pop culture, intersectional feminist, progressive, cyclist, hiker. NC. My views are my own. She/her
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2025 Cycle to the Sea
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Cycle to the Sea is in October! This 3-day ride from Charlotte to Myrtle Beach is the main fundraiser for ASAP, the Charlotte area adaptive sports program. 100% of your donation ensures that folks with disabilities can bike, ski, swim, hike, etc. 🚲 fundraise.atriumhealthfoundation.org/team/661194
We need to swap climates for a week
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We need to swap climates for a week
It’s supposed to be rainy but the climate change is messing everything up ☹️
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s supposed to be rainy but the climate change is messing everything up ☹️
It’s raining and I cannot remember the last time it rained. Lately it seems to only rain once a month
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It’s raining and I cannot remember the last time it rained. Lately it seems to only rain once a month
Since my small car wreck on Saturday I’m terrified of intersections. I hope at some point in my life to live someplace where I don’t have to drive
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Since my small car wreck on Saturday I’m terrified of intersections. I hope at some point in my life to live someplace where I don’t have to drive
There’s a couple of exercises at PT that I hate so much and soon I’m going to have to make myself do them on my own which is asking a lot of me really
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There’s a couple of exercises at PT that I hate so much and soon I’m going to have to make myself do them on my own which is asking a lot of me really
I’m hoping he will end up choosing it
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’m hoping he will end up choosing it
😂 We were in Beech Mountain/Banner Elk a month ago and we didn’t see a single bear. I was so disappointed
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
😂 We were in Beech Mountain/Banner Elk a month ago and we didn’t see a single bear. I was so disappointed
I really thought Asheville was a done deal then we visited UNC Charlotte
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I really thought Asheville was a done deal then we visited UNC Charlotte
UNC Asheville has a PSA on being bear safe on its IG and I still can’t understand why a campus in the mountains where you sometimes have to run from bears is W’s *second* choice
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
UNC Asheville has a PSA on being bear safe on its IG and I still can’t understand why a campus in the mountains where you sometimes have to run from bears is W’s *second* choice
“These aren’t the sort of people we’re supposed to be arresting” 🧐
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“These aren’t the sort of people we’re supposed to be arresting” 🧐
I have so much to do before we leave Wed morning so of course we have two away games in a row
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I have so much to do before we leave Wed morning so of course we have two away games in a row
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he’s indicted falsely.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
he’s indicted falsely.
Based on the @escapecollective.bsky.social Spin Cycle description of the company, I’m pretty sure I know who runs NSN
a group of men are standing in front of a blue sign that says wag .
Alt: Tom Haverford and Jean-Ralphio gif
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Based on the @escapecollective.bsky.social Spin Cycle description of the company, I’m pretty sure I know who runs NSN
The astronaut whose wife was nearly killed in an attempted political assassination
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The astronaut whose wife was nearly killed in an attempted political assassination
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Suffragist and educator Frances Willard riding her bicycle, Gladys (because it made her glad).
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Suffragist and educator Frances Willard riding her bicycle, Gladys (because it made her glad).
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
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Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
YAY YAY YAY
I’ve been thinking all day about what my Smartypants talk topic would be
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’ve been thinking all day about what my Smartypants talk topic would be
Good times!
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Good times!
Oh goodness, I hope y’all get it figured out! Yep I think the anxiety/depression/neurodivergent line is perhaps actually non-existent
a woman says they 're the same picture while sitting in front of a window
Alt: “They’re the same picture” gif
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November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh goodness, I hope y’all get it figured out! Yep I think the anxiety/depression/neurodivergent line is perhaps actually non-existent
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San Jose Cranksgiving 2025 benefits the San Jose State University Spartans food pantry, which had a 25% increase in students served from 2024 to 2025.
www.sjsu.edu/sjsucares/ge...
www.sjsu.edu/sjsucares/ge...
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
San Jose Cranksgiving 2025 benefits the San Jose State University Spartans food pantry, which had a 25% increase in students served from 2024 to 2025.
www.sjsu.edu/sjsucares/ge...
www.sjsu.edu/sjsucares/ge...
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Today I once again joined the weekly food rescue ride from Ballard and Fremont PCC stores, delivering the rescued food to the direct Food Not Bombs distribution in SODO for @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers, bikes, and trailers to save food and get it to those that need it!
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Today I once again joined the weekly food rescue ride from Ballard and Fremont PCC stores, delivering the rescued food to the direct Food Not Bombs distribution in SODO for @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers, bikes, and trailers to save food and get it to those that need it!