Kelsey
@eatreadbreathe.bsky.social
Public librarian/cataloger
@talkdeweytome on 📷🧵
She/her 🌈
@talkdeweytome on 📷🧵
She/her 🌈
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Well it's Sunday. And you know what happens on Sunday? Show-and-tell happens on Sunday! So show us something you made or found, somewhere you've been, something you're proud of, family, pets... anything neat, really! Go on! Show us!
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Well it's Sunday. And you know what happens on Sunday? Show-and-tell happens on Sunday! So show us something you made or found, somewhere you've been, something you're proud of, family, pets... anything neat, really! Go on! Show us!
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My God.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My God.
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Breaking news: The Trump administration over the weekend ordered states to stop distributing full food assistance benefits for November to the 42 million low-income Americans risking food insecurity.
Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits
A memo issued by the Agriculture Dept. warns states that if they fail to comply with the new orders, they will face consequences.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration over the weekend ordered states to stop distributing full food assistance benefits for November to the 42 million low-income Americans risking food insecurity.
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Even a partially sane society would immediately liquidate ICE and use its assets to build libraries. Nevertheless,
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Even a partially sane society would immediately liquidate ICE and use its assets to build libraries. Nevertheless,
This beautiful new deluxe limited edition of The Princess Bride arrived this week! The gold foil cover and cute edges are everything 😍
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This beautiful new deluxe limited edition of The Princess Bride arrived this week! The gold foil cover and cute edges are everything 😍
My husband took me to Slow Burn Books last week for their Halloween weekend sale while I was recovering from surgery. Picked up a t-shirt, an adorable sapphic YA cozy fantasy by C.B. Lee, and a mystery bag full of fun Halloween goodies!
Always love visiting our wonderful local romance book store! 🩷
Always love visiting our wonderful local romance book store! 🩷
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My husband took me to Slow Burn Books last week for their Halloween weekend sale while I was recovering from surgery. Picked up a t-shirt, an adorable sapphic YA cozy fantasy by C.B. Lee, and a mystery bag full of fun Halloween goodies!
Always love visiting our wonderful local romance book store! 🩷
Always love visiting our wonderful local romance book store! 🩷
Also, I had both carpal tunnel & cubital tunnel surgery last week, but Kuma was a very good nurse and took great care of me 💜
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Also, I had both carpal tunnel & cubital tunnel surgery last week, but Kuma was a very good nurse and took great care of me 💜
I really need one of y'all to remind me periodically that this app exists because there are just too damn many of them 🫣
ANYWAY, as a peace offering, please enjoy some vitally important photos of Kuma-bear from the last two months
ANYWAY, as a peace offering, please enjoy some vitally important photos of Kuma-bear from the last two months
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I really need one of y'all to remind me periodically that this app exists because there are just too damn many of them 🫣
ANYWAY, as a peace offering, please enjoy some vitally important photos of Kuma-bear from the last two months
ANYWAY, as a peace offering, please enjoy some vitally important photos of Kuma-bear from the last two months
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Delightful. Starve them of oxygen.
it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone
October 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Delightful. Starve them of oxygen.
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42.2 percent of the responding library staff said they suffered from anxiety and 34.7 percent said they suffered from depression. More than 20 percent said trauma in the workplace heightened the effects of an existing mental health condition or chronic stress.
www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article...
www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article...
Library incidents a growing national problem
The Parker Public Library is looking at enhancing their security measure due to an increasing number of incidents. According to media reports, the rising number of incidents at the nation’s
www.parkerpioneer.net
October 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
42.2 percent of the responding library staff said they suffered from anxiety and 34.7 percent said they suffered from depression. More than 20 percent said trauma in the workplace heightened the effects of an existing mental health condition or chronic stress.
www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article...
www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article...
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We will NOT stand for Trump and Vought decimating our health sciences with RFK Jr's permission.
JOIN US FOR A RALLY AT HHS ON FRIDAY 10/17!
WE ARE TAKING BACK SCIENCE.
#ImpeachTheQuack
#GetOutTheVought
#TakeBackScience
JOIN US FOR A RALLY AT HHS ON FRIDAY 10/17!
WE ARE TAKING BACK SCIENCE.
#ImpeachTheQuack
#GetOutTheVought
#TakeBackScience
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️
📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️
📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l
October 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We will NOT stand for Trump and Vought decimating our health sciences with RFK Jr's permission.
JOIN US FOR A RALLY AT HHS ON FRIDAY 10/17!
WE ARE TAKING BACK SCIENCE.
#ImpeachTheQuack
#GetOutTheVought
#TakeBackScience
JOIN US FOR A RALLY AT HHS ON FRIDAY 10/17!
WE ARE TAKING BACK SCIENCE.
#ImpeachTheQuack
#GetOutTheVought
#TakeBackScience
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Including a petition: www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...
Sign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Join with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now!
www.standupforscience.net
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Including a petition: www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...
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You could call it the Humpty Dumpty playbook for the permanent destruction of democracy.
They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You could call it the Humpty Dumpty playbook for the permanent destruction of democracy.
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How to be an educated, informed, and pro-library voter in the upcoming election cycle: bookriot.com/library-elec...
Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025
Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.
bookriot.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How to be an educated, informed, and pro-library voter in the upcoming election cycle: bookriot.com/library-elec...
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From the makers of I can’t believe it’s not butter comes I don’t think these are medical professionals and I’m pretty sure this isn’t real life
September 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
From the makers of I can’t believe it’s not butter comes I don’t think these are medical professionals and I’m pretty sure this isn’t real life
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Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, the largest single month of firings since the process began in February.
Trump administration fires more immigration judges
Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, the largest single month of firings since the process began in February.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, the largest single month of firings since the process began in February.
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Honestly, never thought "Tylenol" would be trending.
September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Honestly, never thought "Tylenol" would be trending.
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Trump to the UN: "In just eight months since I took office, we have secured commitments and money paid for $17 trillion. Think of it." (The entire US GDP is $30 trillion, so I'm thinking of it and the math ain't mathing.)
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump to the UN: "In just eight months since I took office, we have secured commitments and money paid for $17 trillion. Think of it." (The entire US GDP is $30 trillion, so I'm thinking of it and the math ain't mathing.)
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Just a periodic reminder that being autistic isn't a death sentence and the fact that it's being treated like the worst possible thing a person can have is ludicrous.
September 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just a periodic reminder that being autistic isn't a death sentence and the fact that it's being treated like the worst possible thing a person can have is ludicrous.
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Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration that the medicine can cause autism in children.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...
Countering Trump, European health officials stress that acetaminophen is safe to use during pregnancy
Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration that the medicine can cause autism in children.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...
So sad this morning to learn that I had not been raptured. That was the only realistic opportunity to get tf out of this hellscape 😢
September 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So sad this morning to learn that I had not been raptured. That was the only realistic opportunity to get tf out of this hellscape 😢
Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 tonight!!
September 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 tonight!!
Almost forgot to share this *gorgeous* deluxe limited edition of Howl's Moving Castle that arrived last week 😍 It's so shiny and pretty! I'm in love.
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Almost forgot to share this *gorgeous* deluxe limited edition of Howl's Moving Castle that arrived last week 😍 It's so shiny and pretty! I'm in love.
💜
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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