Dreadpiratemama
@dreadpiratemama.bsky.social
She/her. Librarian for youth in California. Parent. Pandemic Player (Shakespeare, y’all). Constantly fumbling, occasionally on to something. Views my own.
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion
Daily reminder that you are a better writer and researcher than any generative AI platform around. Your skills are worthy and it takes far more time to clean-up and fact-check the mess some chatbot spits out than to just do it yourself 😘
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Daily reminder that you are a better writer and researcher than any generative AI platform around. Your skills are worthy and it takes far more time to clean-up and fact-check the mess some chatbot spits out than to just do it yourself 😘
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ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges
First sentence for a story:
Garrett dug his index finger deep into his right nostril, felt for the biggest, crustiest booger there, dug out the oozing grey-green lump, and flicked it at his older sister.
Garrett dug his index finger deep into his right nostril, felt for the biggest, crustiest booger there, dug out the oozing grey-green lump, and flicked it at his older sister.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First sentence for a story:
Garrett dug his index finger deep into his right nostril, felt for the biggest, crustiest booger there, dug out the oozing grey-green lump, and flicked it at his older sister.
Garrett dug his index finger deep into his right nostril, felt for the biggest, crustiest booger there, dug out the oozing grey-green lump, and flicked it at his older sister.
My kid is the age where he uses both Axe body spray and kids' bubblegum toothpaste
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My kid is the age where he uses both Axe body spray and kids' bubblegum toothpaste
I have successfully tricked certain algorithms into only showing me ads for day planners and journals
a man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is sitting in front of a shelf and says brilliant .
Alt: Moss from IT Crowd shakes his head and smiles while proclaiming "Brilliant"
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I have successfully tricked certain algorithms into only showing me ads for day planners and journals
Just like in June, I’m scheduled to be #SaturdayLibrarian during a #NoKingsProtest. But I’ll wear yellow, I’ll know local protest locations to point patrons to (should they ask), & will focus on providing quality fact-checked info as always. My damn job is an act of anti authoritarian protest ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just like in June, I’m scheduled to be #SaturdayLibrarian during a #NoKingsProtest. But I’ll wear yellow, I’ll know local protest locations to point patrons to (should they ask), & will focus on providing quality fact-checked info as always. My damn job is an act of anti authoritarian protest ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Waymo spotted in my small suburban area and I am RAGING
October 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Waymo spotted in my small suburban area and I am RAGING
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So, if you have plans to visit a National Park site during the #shutdown, even if they say it's open still- please, don't. The best thing you can do for parks right now is to stay away. Many of us have worked a shutdown before, and we know first hand the damage it causes. #ProtectOurParks
October 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
So, if you have plans to visit a National Park site during the #shutdown, even if they say it's open still- please, don't. The best thing you can do for parks right now is to stay away. Many of us have worked a shutdown before, and we know first hand the damage it causes. #ProtectOurParks
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Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee
Hegseth is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
RFK Jr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Linda McMahon is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Brendan Carr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Every Trump is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
RFK Jr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Linda McMahon is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Brendan Carr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Every Trump is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
September 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hegseth is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
RFK Jr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Linda McMahon is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Brendan Carr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Every Trump is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
RFK Jr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Linda McMahon is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Brendan Carr is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
Every Trump is a no-nothing loser who has no place in gov’t
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Hie thee to hell for shame, and leave this world,
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hie thee to hell for shame, and leave this world,
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
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September 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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It really is a grim ritual that we have so many acts of violence that evolve into another grim ritual of everyone waiting to see what team the maniac played for, and half the time that has already been decided by the grim ritual of everyone speculating before anyone has any clue about it
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It really is a grim ritual that we have so many acts of violence that evolve into another grim ritual of everyone waiting to see what team the maniac played for, and half the time that has already been decided by the grim ritual of everyone speculating before anyone has any clue about it
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hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok
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The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
Took my oldest kid to see it! I wish studios did this more, like how they would show movies from the 40s/50s in theaters in the 70s. Not just paltry weekend release, but solid 2 months of 30+ yr old films would pander to the older gens’ nostalgia w/o wasting $ on boring/expensive franchises
‘JAWS’ earned $8.1M domestically this weekend for the film’s 50th anniversary.
Among the biggest re-release weekends of the decade.
Among the biggest re-release weekends of the decade.
September 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Took my oldest kid to see it! I wish studios did this more, like how they would show movies from the 40s/50s in theaters in the 70s. Not just paltry weekend release, but solid 2 months of 30+ yr old films would pander to the older gens’ nostalgia w/o wasting $ on boring/expensive franchises
It’s my dream 🥰
7. You don't need cops to investigate the horrors in a horror story. Humans are naturally curious and seldom mind their own business. Have some self-respect and cast a librarian.
July 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It’s my dream 🥰
The kids & I are stoked that Gumball & his family are back. And WHOA the 2nd episode (The Assistant) was one of the greatest commentaries on big tech & AI interference in daily life that I have seen yet: www.imdb.com/title/tt3698...
"The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball" The Assistant (TV Episode 2025) | Animation, Short, Adventure
11m | TV-PG
www.imdb.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The kids & I are stoked that Gumball & his family are back. And WHOA the 2nd episode (The Assistant) was one of the greatest commentaries on big tech & AI interference in daily life that I have seen yet: www.imdb.com/title/tt3698...
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
Ah, summer 2025. Living through the most corrupt, amoral, asinine presidency while a gerrymandered spineless Congress just allows him to mow down the country. What a time to be alive
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ah, summer 2025. Living through the most corrupt, amoral, asinine presidency while a gerrymandered spineless Congress just allows him to mow down the country. What a time to be alive
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We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together: bookriot.com/we-can-still...
We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Act now to help save the Institute for Museum and Library Services and ensure the well-being of public libraries nationwide.
bookriot.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together: bookriot.com/we-can-still...
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They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation
July 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them