Heather Sessler
@heathersessler.bsky.social
Musician. Abolitionist. Book and dog lover. NYC based. P(OR)tland raised. Library Worker these days. she/her
One of the ladies in my ESOL class made me a beautiful necklace from beads and seeds she brought back from Mongolia 😭
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One of the ladies in my ESOL class made me a beautiful necklace from beads and seeds she brought back from Mongolia 😭
I’ve been feeling so sad all day after hearing of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s passing. Her work profoundly shaped the way I think about disability and, I think, made me a better person. How lucky are we to have spent time on this planet at the same time as Alice Wong? Rest in peace, dear cyborg ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’ve been feeling so sad all day after hearing of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s passing. Her work profoundly shaped the way I think about disability and, I think, made me a better person. How lucky are we to have spent time on this planet at the same time as Alice Wong? Rest in peace, dear cyborg ❤️
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I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
Every Monday I facilitate an English conversation class for speakers of other languages at my library. I always tell them how happy I am that they’re there and how our class is full of kind people. I love when they make friends. I am proud that I’m giving folks a safe space where they feel welcome.
i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of your work and share it here
be proud of your work and share it here
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Every Monday I facilitate an English conversation class for speakers of other languages at my library. I always tell them how happy I am that they’re there and how our class is full of kind people. I love when they make friends. I am proud that I’m giving folks a safe space where they feel welcome.
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When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
September 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
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The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone.
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”
September 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone.
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
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This frame has potential.
September 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This frame has potential.
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We need the Council to significantly increase library funding to pay workers more. This is essential.
“Starting this weekend, seven-day service will expand to 11 more public library branches citywide, bringing the total number of libraries open all week to more than 30, according to the New York City Council.”
These NYC libraries are starting Sunday service this weekend
Nearly a dozen branches will open their doors, bringing the total number of libraries with seven-day service to more than 30.
gothamist.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We need the Council to significantly increase library funding to pay workers more. This is essential.
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I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
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Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
I first met my boyfriend in 2013 at a concert he played in Portland. When I moved to NYC we reconnected and we’ve been living together for six years.
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I first met my boyfriend in 2013 at a concert he played in Portland. When I moved to NYC we reconnected and we’ve been living together for six years.
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We're definitely entering an era where the Internet is so hollowed out, so untrustworthy and compromised, that real world interactions, things identifiably done by human beings, will take on greater value and purpose.
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We're definitely entering an era where the Internet is so hollowed out, so untrustworthy and compromised, that real world interactions, things identifiably done by human beings, will take on greater value and purpose.
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Save the Date 10/4 for NYC Public Library Action Network's next People's Assembly. I hope that lots of New Yorkers will attend to learn more about how public libraries function in our city and to bring your voice to the future we want for these institutions. More soon with details about location.
August 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Save the Date 10/4 for NYC Public Library Action Network's next People's Assembly. I hope that lots of New Yorkers will attend to learn more about how public libraries function in our city and to bring your voice to the future we want for these institutions. More soon with details about location.
@prisonculture.bsky.social your newsletter really resonated with me today. Thank you for your words today and always. Be well.
July 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@prisonculture.bsky.social your newsletter really resonated with me today. Thank you for your words today and always. Be well.
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I'm the wrong person to tell 'that can't happen.' I think anything is possible. You have to build the power to impose your will.
July 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I'm the wrong person to tell 'that can't happen.' I think anything is possible. You have to build the power to impose your will.
My favorite thing about working at the library is giving things away. It’s a great feeling.
My aunt just discovered the free seeds at the library and it’s safe to say that she is losing her mind.
“And they just out there — FREE!”
“And they just out there — FREE!”
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My favorite thing about working at the library is giving things away. It’s a great feeling.
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Almost twice as many people ride the New York City bus every day as live in Wyoming.
The bus should have two senators
The bus should have two senators
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Almost twice as many people ride the New York City bus every day as live in Wyoming.
The bus should have two senators
The bus should have two senators
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There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
June 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
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(Pace salsa voice) NEW YORK CITY!
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
(Pace salsa voice) NEW YORK CITY!
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The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo
June 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo
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The real subway danger is getting trapped on a stalled B train with theater kids rehearsing their harmonies
June 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The real subway danger is getting trapped on a stalled B train with theater kids rehearsing their harmonies
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who would the New York Times and Wall Street want in charge of New York's fire department: an upstart young firefighter or a serial arsonist? The answer may surprise you
June 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
who would the New York Times and Wall Street want in charge of New York's fire department: an upstart young firefighter or a serial arsonist? The answer may surprise you
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Ironically, this not only is an argument to vote for Zohran (because Gristedes sucks), but it also would make Zohran's plan easier, because it would create a bunch of vacant supermarket spaces that are ready to be taken over and converted with minimal additional buildout.
Billionaire John Catsimatidis threatens to close Gristedes chain if socialist Zohran Mamdani elected NYC mayor
Billionaire John Catsimatidis threatens to close Gristedes chain if socialist Zohran Mamdani elected NYC mayor
"Will Mamdani run the supermarkets with union help? When people start shoplifting, will he even have cops arrest them," Catsimatidis pondered.
nypost.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Ironically, this not only is an argument to vote for Zohran (because Gristedes sucks), but it also would make Zohran's plan easier, because it would create a bunch of vacant supermarket spaces that are ready to be taken over and converted with minimal additional buildout.