jessamyn
@librarian.bsky.social
Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
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jessamyn
@librarian.bsky.social
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Hello I'm Jessamyn #librarian owner of librarian.net and a few other websites you might know. New pinned post for Spring.
I'm on Mastodon at glammr.us/@jessamyn
My reading list jessamyn.info/booklist
I work for the Flickr Foundation and do a lot of #Vermont and library civics stuff. Hello!
I'm on Mastodon at glammr.us/@jessamyn
My reading list jessamyn.info/booklist
I work for the Flickr Foundation and do a lot of #Vermont and library civics stuff. Hello!
* makes $18 donations to a bunch of worthwhile causes and lives it up *
I'm doing חי January.
I'm doing חי January.
*makes a clever ironic comment* yeah, I’m doing Wry January
*pulls out binoculars* yeah, I’m doing Spy January
January 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
* makes $18 donations to a bunch of worthwhile causes and lives it up *
I'm doing חי January.
I'm doing חי January.
Every billboard in Vermont: ...
(billboards have been banned in Vermont since 1968)
(billboards have been banned in Vermont since 1968)
Greater Boston: "hey how about genomics? pretty neat."
Every billboard in Los Angeles: “hey how about television? pretty neat.”
January 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Every billboard in Vermont: ...
(billboards have been banned in Vermont since 1968)
(billboards have been banned in Vermont since 1968)
Book I would swear an oath on.
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Book I would swear an oath on.
I braved the supermarket today because
1. I needed a lemon for my lemon pig
2. I always enjoy getting flowers and walking across the frozen slushy mess of a parking lot in my idgaf snow gear cradling three bouquets of flowers in my elbow like Miss Crampon America
1. I needed a lemon for my lemon pig
2. I always enjoy getting flowers and walking across the frozen slushy mess of a parking lot in my idgaf snow gear cradling three bouquets of flowers in my elbow like Miss Crampon America
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I braved the supermarket today because
1. I needed a lemon for my lemon pig
2. I always enjoy getting flowers and walking across the frozen slushy mess of a parking lot in my idgaf snow gear cradling three bouquets of flowers in my elbow like Miss Crampon America
1. I needed a lemon for my lemon pig
2. I always enjoy getting flowers and walking across the frozen slushy mess of a parking lot in my idgaf snow gear cradling three bouquets of flowers in my elbow like Miss Crampon America
One of our Vermont library directors is retiring in 2026 and the local paper wrote such a sweet article about her that really captures her personality and mood. I will miss being colleagues with Starr LaTronica.
www.commonsnews.org/issue/846/84...
www.commonsnews.org/issue/846/84...
Brattleboro library director will retire aft... | Issue 846
BRATTLEBORO-For a decade, Brooks Memorial Library has been the front door of Brattleboro. Now the woman who flung open that door is leaving. Starr LaTronica, 71, resigned as head librarian just before...
www.commonsnews.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One of our Vermont library directors is retiring in 2026 and the local paper wrote such a sweet article about her that really captures her personality and mood. I will miss being colleagues with Starr LaTronica.
www.commonsnews.org/issue/846/84...
www.commonsnews.org/issue/846/84...
Search your first name and then “glamour shot” And post a photo.
(first result: this is Jessamyn Stanley, she seems excellent)
(first result: this is Jessamyn Stanley, she seems excellent)
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Search your first name and then “glamour shot” And post a photo.
(first result: this is Jessamyn Stanley, she seems excellent)
(first result: this is Jessamyn Stanley, she seems excellent)
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I love a most borrowed list! www.nypl.org/spotlight/to... NYC library users are a quirky bunch--and maybe not much in common with the NYT bestsellers list. Solidarity with my fellow thrifties who don't need to own books. 📚
www.nypl.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I love a most borrowed list! www.nypl.org/spotlight/to... NYC library users are a quirky bunch--and maybe not much in common with the NYT bestsellers list. Solidarity with my fellow thrifties who don't need to own books. 📚
Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…
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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
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This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
Got to edit yet another Wikipedia page for a Republican Vermont state congressman who is resigning early (N=3 so far). I don't hate it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Har...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Har...
Jim Harrison (Vermont politician) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Got to edit yet another Wikipedia page for a Republican Vermont state congressman who is resigning early (N=3 so far). I don't hate it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Har...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Har...
TIL: Vermonters can visit the Green Mountain National Forest and cut down their own Christmas tree (up to 20') for $5. #TakeTheWholeTree
www.recreation.gov/tree-permits...
www.recreation.gov/tree-permits...
Green Mountain National Forest Christmas Tree Permit in New York - Recreation.gov
Explore Green Mountain National Forest Christmas Tree Permit in Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forests, New York with Recreation.gov. This permit allows you to cut up to two Christmas Trees wi...
www.recreation.gov
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
TIL: Vermonters can visit the Green Mountain National Forest and cut down their own Christmas tree (up to 20') for $5. #TakeTheWholeTree
www.recreation.gov/tree-permits...
www.recreation.gov/tree-permits...
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
"Vermont DEC’s Air Quality & Climate Division (AQCD) and the Department of Libraries have co-sponsored a state-wide wood moisture meter loan program. Hand-held wood moisture meters are available at 63 public libraries for patrons to borrow for free" Love this program
dec.vermont.gov/node/18261/f...
dec.vermont.gov/node/18261/f...
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Vermont DEC’s Air Quality & Climate Division (AQCD) and the Department of Libraries have co-sponsored a state-wide wood moisture meter loan program. Hand-held wood moisture meters are available at 63 public libraries for patrons to borrow for free" Love this program
dec.vermont.gov/node/18261/f...
dec.vermont.gov/node/18261/f...
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. (ht OT)
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that provides funding for America's libraries, has announced it is reinstating all grants it had previously terminated, including those to libraries and library organizations across the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win. (ht OT)
A delightful interview that @andrewliptak.com did with @scalzi.com when he came to VT.
"When Old Man's War took off and they were like, "you have to write more novels." And I was like, "Do I?" They're like, "yes, here's money," and I was like, "I guess I do." And then off we were to the races."
"When Old Man's War took off and they were like, "you have to write more novels." And I was like, "Do I?" They're like, "yes, here's money," and I was like, "I guess I do." And then off we were to the races."
Me talking about writing and my career and how book censoring and white supremacy both suck a lot and also how I got my side gig as the DJ to the nerds
Earlier this fall I interviewed @scalzi.com at the Green Mountain Book Festival, and we spoke about his career writing and the state of science fiction in 2025.
You can read our conversation here: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/john-scalzi-...
You can read our conversation here: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/john-scalzi-...
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A delightful interview that @andrewliptak.com did with @scalzi.com when he came to VT.
"When Old Man's War took off and they were like, "you have to write more novels." And I was like, "Do I?" They're like, "yes, here's money," and I was like, "I guess I do." And then off we were to the races."
"When Old Man's War took off and they were like, "you have to write more novels." And I was like, "Do I?" They're like, "yes, here's money," and I was like, "I guess I do." And then off we were to the races."
I live in a part of the country where people go at Xmas like it's their job and good on them for trying to scrape up some joy.
It's not my holiday, but I do sponsor a kid-drawing in the newspaper's holiday section with a nice "we're in this together" message, but I do have stipulations. #grinch.
It's not my holiday, but I do sponsor a kid-drawing in the newspaper's holiday section with a nice "we're in this together" message, but I do have stipulations. #grinch.
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I live in a part of the country where people go at Xmas like it's their job and good on them for trying to scrape up some joy.
It's not my holiday, but I do sponsor a kid-drawing in the newspaper's holiday section with a nice "we're in this together" message, but I do have stipulations. #grinch.
It's not my holiday, but I do sponsor a kid-drawing in the newspaper's holiday section with a nice "we're in this together" message, but I do have stipulations. #grinch.
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It's important to write hand-written letters to your friends when you need to send them something. Ideally while doing a bit. Maybe you're a union soldier, separated from your ladylove. Maybe a hot air balloon operator.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's important to write hand-written letters to your friends when you need to send them something. Ideally while doing a bit. Maybe you're a union soldier, separated from your ladylove. Maybe a hot air balloon operator.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
All it takes is just one day when you have the perfect length and color of odd string to make a lifetime of odd string collecting seem worthwhile.
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
All it takes is just one day when you have the perfect length and color of odd string to make a lifetime of odd string collecting seem worthwhile.
People assume my partner "does computers" for a job b/c I do. He has a job title that's confusing, but I tell people that he mostly "does spreadsheets."
This profile of him from the student newspaper is a great way to get to know a few neat things about him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
This profile of him from the student newspaper is a great way to get to know a few neat things about him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
On the Origin of James Poolner | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson
To students, however, Poolner is Harvard’s Program Coordinator for the Integrative Biology and Neuroscience Concentrations, a position he has officially held since 2000. Perhaps most famously, he is a...
www.thecrimson.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
People assume my partner "does computers" for a job b/c I do. He has a job title that's confusing, but I tell people that he mostly "does spreadsheets."
This profile of him from the student newspaper is a great way to get to know a few neat things about him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
This profile of him from the student newspaper is a great way to get to know a few neat things about him.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Everyone in the comments of that viral "We're not here to judge we're here to help" image with Dewey numbers for tough topics like abortion or HIV asking "Are those the prices?" are pushing all my "Could be a troll but what if they don't really know?" buttons. Here's one that looks less like AI slop
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Everyone in the comments of that viral "We're not here to judge we're here to help" image with Dewey numbers for tough topics like abortion or HIV asking "Are those the prices?" are pushing all my "Could be a troll but what if they don't really know?" buttons. Here's one that looks less like AI slop
I am always a sucker for collections in the "Things that go hard" category and was pleased to have found the Public domain - Pics that go hard album while at work today. www.flickr.com/photos/parfo...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am always a sucker for collections in the "Things that go hard" category and was pleased to have found the Public domain - Pics that go hard album while at work today. www.flickr.com/photos/parfo...
Go to sleep listening to the little snuffles of baby cheetahs snoring (in Den 2).
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Go to sleep listening to the little snuffles of baby cheetahs snoring (in Den 2).
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
I can only hope that the reason "librarian" is not on this list is b/c they are afraid of us. As they should be.
Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
(repost from before where I left off the word NOT)
Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
(repost from before where I left off the word NOT)
Anyone see a problem here? Speaking as a teacher with a master’s degree, I’m insulted.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I can only hope that the reason "librarian" is not on this list is b/c they are afraid of us. As they should be.
Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
(repost from before where I left off the word NOT)
Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
(repost from before where I left off the word NOT)