Lauren Comito
@librariancrafter.bsky.social
(She/her) I believe in all the parts of speech. Librarian who can't say no to new projects. Help me I'm drowning
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Woot! Freaking fantastic. Now I’m going to sleep because I’m an old lady now, have fun partying. #mamdaniwins!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Woot! Freaking fantastic. Now I’m going to sleep because I’m an old lady now, have fun partying. #mamdaniwins!!!
From now on, whenever you say “MAHA” you *must* say it like Matt Berry would. “maHAAAAAA!”
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
From now on, whenever you say “MAHA” you *must* say it like Matt Berry would. “maHAAAAAA!”
This is one of those days where I really wish my pattern recognition was bad
September 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is one of those days where I really wish my pattern recognition was bad
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What I learned today is that the @nytopinion.nytimes.com doesn’t believe in young people of color in leadership. Time and time again people tout “seniority” and “experience”. 75 years ago, there were no women of color elected in NY. Where is “seniority” or “experience” to come from for us?
June 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What I learned today is that the @nytopinion.nytimes.com doesn’t believe in young people of color in leadership. Time and time again people tout “seniority” and “experience”. 75 years ago, there were no women of color elected in NY. Where is “seniority” or “experience” to come from for us?
As a librarian, I don’t want to take classes on how to use AI at work. I just want public printers that work properly.
June 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As a librarian, I don’t want to take classes on how to use AI at work. I just want public printers that work properly.
Please don’t rank Cuomo so I don’t have to shudder every time I hear a mayor
*who moved me by touching my lower back without asking* give a stupid press conference.
*who moved me by touching my lower back without asking* give a stupid press conference.
June 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Please don’t rank Cuomo so I don’t have to shudder every time I hear a mayor
*who moved me by touching my lower back without asking* give a stupid press conference.
*who moved me by touching my lower back without asking* give a stupid press conference.
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Families belong together.
A 12-year-old alone on a sidewalk after an ICE raid. A father detained thousands of miles away as his child is born. A young makeup artist whose family hasn't heard from him in months.
This is not "family values."
#InternationalDayOfFamilies #FamilyDay
A 12-year-old alone on a sidewalk after an ICE raid. A father detained thousands of miles away as his child is born. A young makeup artist whose family hasn't heard from him in months.
This is not "family values."
#InternationalDayOfFamilies #FamilyDay
May 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Families belong together.
A 12-year-old alone on a sidewalk after an ICE raid. A father detained thousands of miles away as his child is born. A young makeup artist whose family hasn't heard from him in months.
This is not "family values."
#InternationalDayOfFamilies #FamilyDay
A 12-year-old alone on a sidewalk after an ICE raid. A father detained thousands of miles away as his child is born. A young makeup artist whose family hasn't heard from him in months.
This is not "family values."
#InternationalDayOfFamilies #FamilyDay
We aren’t your heroes, we’re your canaries. Pay attention.
If watching library workers resist leads you to expect us to save you, you're taking away the wrong message.
You should be viewing this as a clear indicator that YOU can and should stand up and push back, too.
We need help, not acclaim.
You should be viewing this as a clear indicator that YOU can and should stand up and push back, too.
We need help, not acclaim.
May 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We aren’t your heroes, we’re your canaries. Pay attention.
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We are excited to announce our endorsements in the 2025 NYC mayoral primary! We proudly support @bradlander.bsky.social, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @adrienne4thepeople.bsky.social for mayor. Rank all three for libraries!
May 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We are excited to announce our endorsements in the 2025 NYC mayoral primary! We proudly support @bradlander.bsky.social, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @adrienne4thepeople.bsky.social for mayor. Rank all three for libraries!
I do not give a shit if a fellow autistic person can pay taxes, go to the bathroom alone, or have a job. It does not matter, that are human beings who deserve care and their worth is not connected to what they can produce.
April 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I do not give a shit if a fellow autistic person can pay taxes, go to the bathroom alone, or have a job. It does not matter, that are human beings who deserve care and their worth is not connected to what they can produce.
Oh FFS, looks like DOGE forgot to send us our cancellation notice for our IMLS grant and just went ahead with close out instructions. Whoever said fascists were competent was very very wrong.
April 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Oh FFS, looks like DOGE forgot to send us our cancellation notice for our IMLS grant and just went ahead with close out instructions. Whoever said fascists were competent was very very wrong.
There is a thing I need, that would be really easy to drop by Target to get, and I’m going to go out of my way to go elsewhere. Just in case we forgot that they suck.
April 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
There is a thing I need, that would be really easy to drop by Target to get, and I’m going to go out of my way to go elsewhere. Just in case we forgot that they suck.
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This National Library Workers Day, we're working with @afscme.bsky.social District Councils 66 & @dc37nyc.bsky.social to advance NYS Assembly Bill a.6903, the Library Workplace Violence Prevention Act. urbanlibrariansunite.org/supporting-l...
Supporting Library Workers on National Library Workers Day
This year has been a difficult one for library workers. Many of us are feeling under attack in more ways than one. Between assaults on our institutions & values from the federal government, and…
urbanlibrariansunite.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This National Library Workers Day, we're working with @afscme.bsky.social District Councils 66 & @dc37nyc.bsky.social to advance NYS Assembly Bill a.6903, the Library Workplace Violence Prevention Act. urbanlibrariansunite.org/supporting-l...
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MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
Let the chaos continue…
April 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Let the chaos continue…
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Attorneys general from 21 states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI) filed a lawsuit against the administration to stop the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) & other agencies Git 'em
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April 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Attorneys general from 21 states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI) filed a lawsuit against the administration to stop the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) & other agencies Git 'em
www.infodocket.com/2025/04/04/n...
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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Did I miss the part of the Senate oath of office where they say “support and defend the constitution… *unless it’s hard*”? @schumer.senate.gov took an oath dammit, live up to it!
March 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Did I miss the part of the Senate oath of office where they say “support and defend the constitution… *unless it’s hard*”? @schumer.senate.gov took an oath dammit, live up to it!
I am so tired of patrons bitching me out for policies I had no hand in making.
February 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I am so tired of patrons bitching me out for policies I had no hand in making.
I think the cognitive dissonance is going to make me insane. EITHER trans people are too strong to compete with cis women in sports OR they aren’t strong enough to be useful in the military. Make up your damn minds. Or just mind your business, that works too.
February 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think the cognitive dissonance is going to make me insane. EITHER trans people are too strong to compete with cis women in sports OR they aren’t strong enough to be useful in the military. Make up your damn minds. Or just mind your business, that works too.
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We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
February 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
We set up a concentration camp for asylum seekers in the Panama jungle.
When did I sign a consent form allowing the Ed department to track my kid through the omny card? (I didnt, wtf)
They can’t use a photo of my child without consent but this is ok? gothamist.com/news/nyc-sch...
They can’t use a photo of my child without consent but this is ok? gothamist.com/news/nyc-sch...
NYC schools crack down on student OMNY card abuse, but privacy advocates raise concerns
The education department is taking aggressive steps to crack down on fraudsters abusing OMNY cards that give free rides to students.
gothamist.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
When did I sign a consent form allowing the Ed department to track my kid through the omny card? (I didnt, wtf)
They can’t use a photo of my child without consent but this is ok? gothamist.com/news/nyc-sch...
They can’t use a photo of my child without consent but this is ok? gothamist.com/news/nyc-sch...
If and when I go back to fencing, I refuse to participate in (pay for) any tournaments or classes that restrict trans women from competing in women’s categories. It’s where they belong, with the rest of the women, don’t like it? Get bent.
February 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If and when I go back to fencing, I refuse to participate in (pay for) any tournaments or classes that restrict trans women from competing in women’s categories. It’s where they belong, with the rest of the women, don’t like it? Get bent.