Beth Downey
@librarybunny.bsky.social
Gleek, college football fan, ex-radio, current academic, southern af, she/her.
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Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
-Anthropology of the Blues
-Leisure and Popular Culture
-History of Women in the South
-Film Noir
-Modern American Drama
-Anthropology of the Blues
-Leisure and Popular Culture
-History of Women in the South
-Film Noir
-Modern American Drama
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
-Steel Drum performance
-University Jazz Ensemble
-AfroJazz Band performance
-Ohio Political History
-The Bible as English Literature
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-Steel Drum performance
-University Jazz Ensemble
-AfroJazz Band performance
-Ohio Political History
-The Bible as English Literature
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Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
- Sleep and Dreams
- Thermodynamics
- Quantum Mechanics
- High Renaissance and Mannerism
- Intro to Computer Science
- Sleep and Dreams
- Thermodynamics
- Quantum Mechanics
- High Renaissance and Mannerism
- Intro to Computer Science
January 31, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
-Anthropology of the Blues
-Leisure and Popular Culture
-History of Women in the South
-Film Noir
-Modern American Drama
-Anthropology of the Blues
-Leisure and Popular Culture
-History of Women in the South
-Film Noir
-Modern American Drama
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I'm just done for the day, at least. 😢
Catherine O’Hara died.
I’m inconsolable.
I’m inconsolable.
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I'm just done for the day, at least. 😢
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Anyway, you can give $5 tax deductible to PBS for their app and get Ken Burns Revolutionary War doc along with Lupita and Sandra Oh in Twelfth Night and not pollute all of Memphis while you’re watching it.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Anyway, you can give $5 tax deductible to PBS for their app and get Ken Burns Revolutionary War doc along with Lupita and Sandra Oh in Twelfth Night and not pollute all of Memphis while you’re watching it.
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
January 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
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THESE FUCKING ASSHOLES ARE NOT GONNA GET AWAY WITH THIS
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
THESE FUCKING ASSHOLES ARE NOT GONNA GET AWAY WITH THIS
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January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Only Tik Tok I associate with is the 2009 hit by Ke-Dollar Sign-ha.
Keep it up. Delete ur tiktok accounts. Uninstall the tiktok app. For your own safety
TikTok uninstalls are reportedly up ~150% this week 📱
This follows the U.S. joint venture takeover
(via CNBC)
This follows the U.S. joint venture takeover
(via CNBC)
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Only Tik Tok I associate with is the 2009 hit by Ke-Dollar Sign-ha.
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Need 100 people hogging the waffle machine in the am
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Need 100 people hogging the waffle machine in the am
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"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
January 25, 2026 at 11:44 PM
"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
Power is out, need to save phone battery (even with a portable power bank). Everyone, please stay safe and warm! FUCK ICE (both kinds)
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Power is out, need to save phone battery (even with a portable power bank). Everyone, please stay safe and warm! FUCK ICE (both kinds)
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This is one of the reasons we must oppose the death penalty at all times. Allowing the state to kill people under any circumstances eventually leads to the state killing people under every circumstance it damn well feels like
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
This is one of the reasons we must oppose the death penalty at all times. Allowing the state to kill people under any circumstances eventually leads to the state killing people under every circumstance it damn well feels like
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The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
I’m in the winter storm area and watching the news, fuck ICE and also fuck ice.
January 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I’m in the winter storm area and watching the news, fuck ICE and also fuck ice.
If there is anyone that just can't watch the video (I can't, those things stick with me too long in an unhealthy way), at least know the smiling face of the person we lost. We need more people in the world like him.
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If there is anyone that just can't watch the video (I can't, those things stick with me too long in an unhealthy way), at least know the smiling face of the person we lost. We need more people in the world like him.
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today is the day for people to understand the mechanics of how “blue states fund the red states”. it’s employee withholdings. your governor can’t do this but I suppose ADP can so go talk to them
Today is the day for Governors of blue states, who actually fund the federal government, to get together and come up with a plan to withhold all funds from the federal government and to deprive red states who take the money from the ability to do do.
January 24, 2026 at 5:54 PM
today is the day for people to understand the mechanics of how “blue states fund the red states”. it’s employee withholdings. your governor can’t do this but I suppose ADP can so go talk to them
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
Have a query from a library patron that I’m crowdsourcing…where can I find transcripts for “Bar Rescue?”
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Have a query from a library patron that I’m crowdsourcing…where can I find transcripts for “Bar Rescue?”
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While it made it as far as dress rehearsal, Tommy Brennan's Weekend Update desk bit on Trump's ICE deployments in his home state of Minnesota did not make it to SNL broadcast.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
While it made it as far as dress rehearsal, Tommy Brennan's Weekend Update desk bit on Trump's ICE deployments in his home state of Minnesota did not make it to SNL broadcast.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
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He did it
The moment we've all been waiting for: Fernando Mendoza's "Here's What I Learned From Winning a National Championship" LinkedIn post
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
He did it
Yeah, this year is no good, I'm returning it within the 30-day rule, I want a refund.
January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Yeah, this year is no good, I'm returning it within the 30-day rule, I want a refund.
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Chloe can have whatever she wants.
This is Chloe. She doesn't understand why she can't have any of your Chinese food. Brought over a clean plate and everything. 13/10 (TT: morgansieberrr)
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Chloe can have whatever she wants.