Library Gal
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Animal lover, tea drinker, book enthusiast. She/her.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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Carl Sagan, writing in 1995, warned that soon America would be ruled by illiterate elites wielding “awesome technological powers,” and that most people, their brains broken by screens, would be unable to resist. We are living in the nightmare that Sagan foresaw.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Carl Sagan, writing in 1995, warned that soon America would be ruled by illiterate elites wielding “awesome technological powers,” and that most people, their brains broken by screens, would be unable to resist. We are living in the nightmare that Sagan foresaw.
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guys always assume that sending nudes is what grabs a gal’s attention, when what really grabs their attention is the patronage of the esteemed lady Catherine de Bourgh.
May 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
guys always assume that sending nudes is what grabs a gal’s attention, when what really grabs their attention is the patronage of the esteemed lady Catherine de Bourgh.
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
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It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
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April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.
April 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.
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The Fairy Glen, Scotland.
April 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Fairy Glen, Scotland.
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I wasn’t made for “the grind” I was made to have a secret benefactor and wander through bare ruined abbeys and yearn
April 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I wasn’t made for “the grind” I was made to have a secret benefactor and wander through bare ruined abbeys and yearn
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I can’t give right now, but I can share. Amy is good people and a fantastic fiddle player. Please join if inclined.
Hi! Everything's falling apart. The country's on fire, a young trans friend of mine was just made homeless & his respite stay fell through, my sister's in trouble, and on Friday I went to the ER because I was losing a lot of blood.
WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN A LOVELY PATREON TODAY
boy do I have one
WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN A LOVELY PATREON TODAY
boy do I have one
April 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I can’t give right now, but I can share. Amy is good people and a fantastic fiddle player. Please join if inclined.
Are we still boycotting Target?? Just checking.
April 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Are we still boycotting Target?? Just checking.
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This is Bella and Hank. They have a commensal relationship in which Bella benefits and Hank neither benefits nor is harmed. 13/10 for both
March 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is Bella and Hank. They have a commensal relationship in which Bella benefits and Hank neither benefits nor is harmed. 13/10 for both
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Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
![[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreig3dcwrzxtvuj2hkgj2mg3rgwactm77awp4ygvxjuje5q67yact7m@jpeg)
March 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
Happy birthday, @masknshadows.bsky.social !
Love you!
Love you!
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March 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy birthday, @masknshadows.bsky.social !
Love you!
Love you!
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We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.
March 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.
I want my tax dollars going to national parks, research, conservation, helping those less fortunate, etc.
February 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I want my tax dollars going to national parks, research, conservation, helping those less fortunate, etc.
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Not just the highly educated. Welsh miners formed study groups to read Austen and Dickens. Scottish shepherds built lending libraries. Watchmakers & cabinetmakers taught themselves Greek and Latin. The loss of working-class autodidact culture is one of history's great tragedies.
![[tweet from Jonathan Fine that reads "I really don't think people quite grasp just how much more well read highly educated people used to be in the past"].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiegz4zd4rab5t2vnk2nsjmoyic44gwzakex4i7cyn744vs3cmdrwe@jpeg)
February 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not just the highly educated. Welsh miners formed study groups to read Austen and Dickens. Scottish shepherds built lending libraries. Watchmakers & cabinetmakers taught themselves Greek and Latin. The loss of working-class autodidact culture is one of history's great tragedies.
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How many plane crashes and mass shootings will it take for Americans to care about their own safety? 🤔
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
How many plane crashes and mass shootings will it take for Americans to care about their own safety? 🤔
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It’s crazy in retrospect how confident and hopeful my generation (millennials) were fifteen years ago. We were making ground-breaking music. We were going to end racism forever. The internet was making everyone kinder and smarter. We had such dreams of a better world.
February 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s crazy in retrospect how confident and hopeful my generation (millennials) were fifteen years ago. We were making ground-breaking music. We were going to end racism forever. The internet was making everyone kinder and smarter. We had such dreams of a better world.
Tee ist gut.
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February 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tee ist gut.
Am I screaming into the void, or can anyone hear me?
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February 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Am I screaming into the void, or can anyone hear me?