Lia
@liadanmakes.bsky.social
Librarian, crafter, dungeon master. Hard of hearing/hearing aid cyborg. I post too many photos of my cats. Member of @peculiarityshop.bsky.social. I post lots of sweaters to @knitsonfilm.bsky.social. she/her or they/them
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Lia
@liadanmakes.bsky.social
· Feb 1
SFPL_SubjectHeadings
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Today I get to make an exciting announcement! After years of work, San Francisco Public Library's alternative headings are now live. This list represents hundreds of hours of work and I'm proud of what we've done. Here is the list if your library would like to use it: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Tech Billionaires Threaten To Flee California Over Proposed Vest Tax https://theonion.com/tech-billionaires-threaten-to-flee-california-over-proposed-vest-tax/
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tech Billionaires Threaten To Flee California Over Proposed Vest Tax https://theonion.com/tech-billionaires-threaten-to-flee-california-over-proposed-vest-tax/
Rumble got some new toys for the holidays.
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Rumble got some new toys for the holidays.
A pain only catalogers will understand: when an indie book does not have complete publication info
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A pain only catalogers will understand: when an indie book does not have complete publication info
If someone says that "personally" they support something, but materially they support the opposite with large sums of money? That personal belief means nothing to me.
If I had a dollar for every ex-mormon who got sent to or threatened with conversion therapy, I could pay a lot of bills with that.
If I had a dollar for every ex-mormon who got sent to or threatened with conversion therapy, I could pay a lot of bills with that.
![Church doctrine. While the Church does not practice conversion therapy, it does invite all people to embrace Heavenly Father’s plan, exercise faith in Jesus Christ and keep the commandments of God. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” teaches that each of us “is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents” with “a divine nature and destiny,” and that “[g]ender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” The proclamation affirms that “marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God” and that husbands and wives must “honor marital vows with complete fidelity.” “The sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between a man and a woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3vuytjypyltluxhi5ujpqjeu/bafkreiftltzdret4jjrr57rjurf3osnmf4eoszwf4lseyfxcz4murou4ne@jpeg)
December 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If someone says that "personally" they support something, but materially they support the opposite with large sums of money? That personal belief means nothing to me.
If I had a dollar for every ex-mormon who got sent to or threatened with conversion therapy, I could pay a lot of bills with that.
If I had a dollar for every ex-mormon who got sent to or threatened with conversion therapy, I could pay a lot of bills with that.
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🎉Time for a sale!🎉
Through the end of the year, all my books are 25% off!
All entirely written by me, a human, with cover art by humans!
Help me keep Ben in biscuits and blankets!
Through the end of the year, all my books are 25% off!
All entirely written by me, a human, with cover art by humans!
Help me keep Ben in biscuits and blankets!
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🎉Time for a sale!🎉
Through the end of the year, all my books are 25% off!
All entirely written by me, a human, with cover art by humans!
Help me keep Ben in biscuits and blankets!
Through the end of the year, all my books are 25% off!
All entirely written by me, a human, with cover art by humans!
Help me keep Ben in biscuits and blankets!
Bay Area people, I have a tradition with a couple friends: every year we try out the winner of the "Mole to Die For" contest. This year's winner was Cocina Mamá Cholita on Mission and 30th. I promise you if you eat these enchiladas, you will feel deeply content with the world for a few hours.
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Bay Area people, I have a tradition with a couple friends: every year we try out the winner of the "Mole to Die For" contest. This year's winner was Cocina Mamá Cholita on Mission and 30th. I promise you if you eat these enchiladas, you will feel deeply content with the world for a few hours.
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Hello. We close on the 29th for a few weeks. Last call and almost everything is on sale save for some opals I can't afford to lose profit on. LGBTQIA+ owned and staffed!
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Becky's Choppy, Choppy, The Pendant | Peculiarity Shop
It's time we did something about *gestures*.18" chain. Components: Czech glass, base metal alloy, stainless steel. Some very minor variations in construction may apply. Lead/nickel free
www.peculiarityshop.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hello. We close on the 29th for a few weeks. Last call and almost everything is on sale save for some opals I can't afford to lose profit on. LGBTQIA+ owned and staffed!
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Most people think I dress very weird and the menswear guy is probably not an exception. I am 100% ok with that. I dress for myself! Today's outfit includes purple leggings, a body hugging black dress, and a green and blue vest I handspun and knit.
I do not fear the Menswear Guy. what's he going to tell me about myself that I am not already acutely aware of. "you dress like you don't respect yourself" good eye ace
The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Most people think I dress very weird and the menswear guy is probably not an exception. I am 100% ok with that. I dress for myself! Today's outfit includes purple leggings, a body hugging black dress, and a green and blue vest I handspun and knit.
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I’m a trained social worker. I worked with cases of CSA and other horrifying traumas. I didn’t learn til 6 months before I burnt out how dangerous and cumulative vicarious and secondary trauma are.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
I promise you- people think they want to know the lurid details- they don't. I spent 30 years reading accounts of CA/SA and that shit never leaves your head.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
December 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’m a trained social worker. I worked with cases of CSA and other horrifying traumas. I didn’t learn til 6 months before I burnt out how dangerous and cumulative vicarious and secondary trauma are.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
At my last workplace, they systematically cut tech services for years. When I left for a new job, I told my boss that after my last day, there would be no one left to load order records into our ILS. She asked if that would be a problem. I said "only if you like paying your bills."
Lolololol at every academic who has paid zero attention to their library or constantly-decreasing library funding suddenly being like LIBRARIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING THEMSELVES AND OUTSOURCING NOTHING like we all have teams of programmers and software engineers.
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
At my last workplace, they systematically cut tech services for years. When I left for a new job, I told my boss that after my last day, there would be no one left to load order records into our ILS. She asked if that would be a problem. I said "only if you like paying your bills."
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And yes, a big part of this is that librarianship is traditionally a female profession. Don’t you fucking DARE tell me the lack of respect for my profession doesn’t at least partially come out of that, because I am from New Jersey, and I will cut a bitch.
December 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And yes, a big part of this is that librarianship is traditionally a female profession. Don’t you fucking DARE tell me the lack of respect for my profession doesn’t at least partially come out of that, because I am from New Jersey, and I will cut a bitch.
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I spent my whole career being told librarians are obsolete because of technology (and arguing vehemently that we are not!) so when people finally realize that maybe they should have listened? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I spent my whole career being told librarians are obsolete because of technology (and arguing vehemently that we are not!) so when people finally realize that maybe they should have listened? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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It's up. $88 shipped in the US. 7.5, after a proper measuring.
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's up. $88 shipped in the US. 7.5, after a proper measuring.
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Here today to warn about another hearing aid scam company, AudioNova. If you or a loved one needs hearing aids, visit an audiologist through your medical provider, or if you have one, the audiologists at Costco who are great. The other business to watch out for is hear dot com. Do NOT use them.
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Here today to warn about another hearing aid scam company, AudioNova. If you or a loved one needs hearing aids, visit an audiologist through your medical provider, or if you have one, the audiologists at Costco who are great. The other business to watch out for is hear dot com. Do NOT use them.
I don't know if this is my pettiest, but I truly hate people who ride scooters on the sidewalk. They are the worst. Coming up behind me and being like DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME??? No, I did not, because I remain hard of hearing. Get off the sidewalk. Maybe crash a little, as a treat.
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I don't know if this is my pettiest, but I truly hate people who ride scooters on the sidewalk. They are the worst. Coming up behind me and being like DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME??? No, I did not, because I remain hard of hearing. Get off the sidewalk. Maybe crash a little, as a treat.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Don't meet him like this
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Don't meet him like this
I came in one morning, flipped on the lights. Entire room was full of white faceless mannequins, all facing the door. Friends, I *screamed.*
It turns out the exhibit staff needed them for the next exhibit, didn't know where to put them, so stashed in that work room. But I got zero heads up!
It turns out the exhibit staff needed them for the next exhibit, didn't know where to put them, so stashed in that work room. But I got zero heads up!
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I came in one morning, flipped on the lights. Entire room was full of white faceless mannequins, all facing the door. Friends, I *screamed.*
It turns out the exhibit staff needed them for the next exhibit, didn't know where to put them, so stashed in that work room. But I got zero heads up!
It turns out the exhibit staff needed them for the next exhibit, didn't know where to put them, so stashed in that work room. But I got zero heads up!
Rumble had his 1 year check up this weekend, as well as his annual vaccines. He is 1) perfectly healthy and 2) enormous. The last time the vet saw him he was about 7lbs. He weighed in at 15lbs at this appointment and the vet was shocked when she walked in and saw him!
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Rumble had his 1 year check up this weekend, as well as his annual vaccines. He is 1) perfectly healthy and 2) enormous. The last time the vet saw him he was about 7lbs. He weighed in at 15lbs at this appointment and the vet was shocked when she walked in and saw him!
December 2024 vs December 2025.
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
December 2024 vs December 2025.
I know not everyone has the option, but if you're still on tiktok and you have the option, I recommend deleting your videos.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I know not everyone has the option, but if you're still on tiktok and you have the option, I recommend deleting your videos.
Friends, I want to believe that story about the knitted blankets for elephants as much as you do, but those women are working on 2 row knitting projects in front of a massive pile of crocheted blankets, and those elephants cast no shadows.
The photographer's website is a dead url.
The photographer's website is a dead url.
December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Friends, I want to believe that story about the knitted blankets for elephants as much as you do, but those women are working on 2 row knitting projects in front of a massive pile of crocheted blankets, and those elephants cast no shadows.
The photographer's website is a dead url.
The photographer's website is a dead url.
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If fat shaming worked there'd be no fat people after 4th grade.
"Fatshaming is good for fat people actually" is trying to be a shithead with a righteous backbone and it doesn't work.
There are no guilt-free passes on being an asshole for no good reason.
"Fatshaming is good for fat people actually" is trying to be a shithead with a righteous backbone and it doesn't work.
There are no guilt-free passes on being an asshole for no good reason.
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If fat shaming worked there'd be no fat people after 4th grade.
"Fatshaming is good for fat people actually" is trying to be a shithead with a righteous backbone and it doesn't work.
There are no guilt-free passes on being an asshole for no good reason.
"Fatshaming is good for fat people actually" is trying to be a shithead with a righteous backbone and it doesn't work.
There are no guilt-free passes on being an asshole for no good reason.
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it’s that time again!
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
it’s that time again!
If you're deaf or hard of hearing and looking for a transcript of the state of the union address, I found one at USA today, just scroll down a bit: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Donald Trump's prime-time speech, word for word: Read what he said
Donald Trump touted his accomplishments in a Dec. 17 primetime address. Read what he said.
www.usatoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If you're deaf or hard of hearing and looking for a transcript of the state of the union address, I found one at USA today, just scroll down a bit: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...