Allison
@doilyparton.bsky.social
#Librarian. Lip Balm Expert. Crafter. All views are my own.
I feel so incredibly honored to be apart of NYPL's Best Horror Committee, and elated to announce that we are part of @raforall.bsky.social's 31 days of Horror! raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 28-- How NYPL Makes Their Best Horror of the Year List
Back at StokerCon in June, Konrad and I met Kate and Allison from the New York Public Library and began conversations about how the HWA Libr...
raforallhorror.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I feel so incredibly honored to be apart of NYPL's Best Horror Committee, and elated to announce that we are part of @raforall.bsky.social's 31 days of Horror! raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
Read The Country Under Heaven by Fredric Durbin.
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Read The Country Under Heaven by Fredric Durbin.
Heyyyyyy so I got to be the co-chair of NYPL's Best Horrir committee...and guess what...OUR LIST IS OUT www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults
Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Heyyyyyy so I got to be the co-chair of NYPL's Best Horrir committee...and guess what...OUR LIST IS OUT www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
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"We need a new understanding. One that asks not just what’s “legal,” but what’s just. One that recognizes that feeding bots on borrowed books without consent or compensation is not innovation—it’s appropriation with better branding."
lithub.com/the-courts-j...
lithub.com/the-courts-j...
The Courts Just Made Our Libraries Sitting Ducks For AI Plundering
The law may call it fair use. But in the age of AI, it’s starting to look like a free lunch. A California federal judge ruled this week that Meta Platforms Inc. did not violate copyright law when i…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"We need a new understanding. One that asks not just what’s “legal,” but what’s just. One that recognizes that feeding bots on borrowed books without consent or compensation is not innovation—it’s appropriation with better branding."
lithub.com/the-courts-j...
lithub.com/the-courts-j...
If your express bys gets delayed by 20 minutes or more you should be able to challenge the bus driver to a fist fight.
September 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If your express bys gets delayed by 20 minutes or more you should be able to challenge the bus driver to a fist fight.
My Grandma was really the Vamp Queen of Brooklyn.
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My Grandma was really the Vamp Queen of Brooklyn.
Begging ANY baseball player to use drums of death by fka twigs as a walk up song.
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Begging ANY baseball player to use drums of death by fka twigs as a walk up song.
New family heirloom
August 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New family heirloom
A little something to take the edge off.
August 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A little something to take the edge off.
If you're an architect or an architecture firm tasked with designing or redesigning a library, PLEASE TAKE LIBRARY WORKERS INTO CONSIDERATION. Far too many times I've seen libraries with diminished staff spaces, layouts that don't take safety into account, and make things inaccessible.
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you're an architect or an architecture firm tasked with designing or redesigning a library, PLEASE TAKE LIBRARY WORKERS INTO CONSIDERATION. Far too many times I've seen libraries with diminished staff spaces, layouts that don't take safety into account, and make things inaccessible.
“Hey guys, please turn down your AC…we need all the power we can get to keep the AI slop billboards in Times Square running.”
July 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“Hey guys, please turn down your AC…we need all the power we can get to keep the AI slop billboards in Times Square running.”
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
If the boat is delayed going from Manhattan > SI, the buses leaving from the terminal don’t wait. So for the love of god get off the boat.
When you delay getting off the boat or block entrances to the terminal/subway, you are delaying New Yorkers from getting to work or home. We appreciate you using it to see the Statue, but please keep in mind thousands of people use it everyday.
July 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If the boat is delayed going from Manhattan > SI, the buses leaving from the terminal don’t wait. So for the love of god get off the boat.
Had the distinct pleasure of shouting “MOVE” to a tourist blocking a clear path to the Staten Island ferry tonight. If you’re visit NYC, and decide to take the SI Ferry, please keep in mind it’s a transportation lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers.
July 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Had the distinct pleasure of shouting “MOVE” to a tourist blocking a clear path to the Staten Island ferry tonight. If you’re visit NYC, and decide to take the SI Ferry, please keep in mind it’s a transportation lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers.
How it feels knowing Lady Gaga added Summerboy to the Mayhem Ball set list.
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How it feels knowing Lady Gaga added Summerboy to the Mayhem Ball set list.
The world is bad, but here’s bigby
July 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The world is bad, but here’s bigby
This week’s Horror Committee read, “Spread Me” by @sarahgailey.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This week’s Horror Committee read, “Spread Me” by @sarahgailey.bsky.social
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Look, it’s my fault that there are three fewer male novelists than last week or whatever, I’ve been eating them.
July 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Look, it’s my fault that there are three fewer male novelists than last week or whatever, I’ve been eating them.
Also, horror cuties in NYC! Come check out this event on 10/7 with @raforall.bsky.social, @victorlavalle.bsky.social, @gradyhendrix.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social www.nypl.org/events/progr...
Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature by Becky Siegel Spratford with Rachel Harrison, Grady Hendrix, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Victor LaValle
Celebrate the launch of Beck Siegel Spratford’s new anthology “Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature” with a panel discussion featuring some of the more prominent writers working in the genre...
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July 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Also, horror cuties in NYC! Come check out this event on 10/7 with @raforall.bsky.social, @victorlavalle.bsky.social, @gradyhendrix.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social www.nypl.org/events/progr...
Horror as a literary genre is cool! What do you mean I get to ready a book where there’s a line that says “help the bugs are up my ass!”
July 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Horror as a literary genre is cool! What do you mean I get to ready a book where there’s a line that says “help the bugs are up my ass!”
Started reading “The Country Under Heaven” by Fredric Durbin earlier this week, and I get physically annoyed whenever I have to put it down! It’s SO good!
July 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Started reading “The Country Under Heaven” by Fredric Durbin earlier this week, and I get physically annoyed whenever I have to put it down! It’s SO good!
My library hosted a Lesbian Library Day event. Over 200 people showed up and it was a beautiful event 🥰
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My library hosted a Lesbian Library Day event. Over 200 people showed up and it was a beautiful event 🥰
Parents underestimate how determined kids can be to information that is deemed inappropriate to them. I say this as someone who would look up “girls kissing” on school computers in the early 2000’s.
July 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Parents underestimate how determined kids can be to information that is deemed inappropriate to them. I say this as someone who would look up “girls kissing” on school computers in the early 2000’s.