Bookish Oddish
@liorbrary.bsky.social
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I love libraries, parks, and TTRPGs.
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I love libraries, parks, and TTRPGs.
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My heart is broken, for all of us.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My heart is broken, for all of us.
🖤💜🤍💛
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Does anyone know of people/resources that talk about the loss of/shift in interfaith identity after one faith dies out in the immediate family? As a Jew, I don’t want to celebrate xmas on my own, but today is still a big grief day because it meant a lot to people I love who aren’t around anymore.
December 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Does anyone know of people/resources that talk about the loss of/shift in interfaith identity after one faith dies out in the immediate family? As a Jew, I don’t want to celebrate xmas on my own, but today is still a big grief day because it meant a lot to people I love who aren’t around anymore.
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ICYMI:
“A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing ‘harmful’ materials to minors.”
apnews.com/article/arka...
“A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing ‘harmful’ materials to minors.”
apnews.com/article/arka...
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.
apnews.com
December 24, 2024 at 7:15 PM
ICYMI:
“A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing ‘harmful’ materials to minors.”
apnews.com/article/arka...
“A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing ‘harmful’ materials to minors.”
apnews.com/article/arka...
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To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
March 26, 2024 at 2:16 AM
To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
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Today is the 25th Trans Day of Remembrance, a day meant to honor the memory of trans people who were lost to transphobic violence. We remember and mourn for those we’ve lost, and will continue to work towards a world without transphobic violence. https://buff.ly/3V32DDH
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Today is the 25th Trans Day of Remembrance, a day meant to honor the memory of trans people who were lost to transphobic violence. We remember and mourn for those we’ve lost, and will continue to work towards a world without transphobic violence. https://buff.ly/3V32DDH
Friendly reminder to look at dates on posts here with how people can import old tweets. I got startled by news from 2018 for a moment before noticing the old date!
November 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Friendly reminder to look at dates on posts here with how people can import old tweets. I got startled by news from 2018 for a moment before noticing the old date!
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I've told this story before on the bird site, but I'll share it here.
Ask local candidates for office if they have a library card. In a past job, none of them had library cards, and consequently, and unsurprisingly, kept trying to cut library funding.
Ask. Ask if they use the library at all.
Ask local candidates for office if they have a library card. In a past job, none of them had library cards, and consequently, and unsurprisingly, kept trying to cut library funding.
Ask. Ask if they use the library at all.
I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚
November 10, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I've told this story before on the bird site, but I'll share it here.
Ask local candidates for office if they have a library card. In a past job, none of them had library cards, and consequently, and unsurprisingly, kept trying to cut library funding.
Ask. Ask if they use the library at all.
Ask local candidates for office if they have a library card. In a past job, none of them had library cards, and consequently, and unsurprisingly, kept trying to cut library funding.
Ask. Ask if they use the library at all.
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Step 1 for everyone pissed about the results, regardless of why:
Stop. Spreading. SARS.
Wear a mask.
Stop. Spreading. SARS.
Wear a mask.
November 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Step 1 for everyone pissed about the results, regardless of why:
Stop. Spreading. SARS.
Wear a mask.
Stop. Spreading. SARS.
Wear a mask.
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Man, I miss cosplay and cons.
Wear a damn face mask in public spaces if you’re able to, so that maybe one day I can go again without risking my life or my QOL.
Wear a damn face mask in public spaces if you’re able to, so that maybe one day I can go again without risking my life or my QOL.
November 4, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Man, I miss cosplay and cons.
Wear a damn face mask in public spaces if you’re able to, so that maybe one day I can go again without risking my life or my QOL.
Wear a damn face mask in public spaces if you’re able to, so that maybe one day I can go again without risking my life or my QOL.
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First came “No Obamacare.”
Then a Trump ally went on CNN to question vaccines.
By Saturday, RFK Jr was vowing to remove fluoride from drinking water.
Looking at Republicans’ closing message — which has baffled strategists and worried public health.
Then a Trump ally went on CNN to question vaccines.
By Saturday, RFK Jr was vowing to remove fluoride from drinking water.
Looking at Republicans’ closing message — which has baffled strategists and worried public health.
GOP’s closing election message on health baffles strategists, worries experts
“No Obamacare.” Questioning vaccines. No fluoride in drinking water. They’re all Republican assertions in the final days of the presidential campaign.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2024 at 1:53 PM
First came “No Obamacare.”
Then a Trump ally went on CNN to question vaccines.
By Saturday, RFK Jr was vowing to remove fluoride from drinking water.
Looking at Republicans’ closing message — which has baffled strategists and worried public health.
Then a Trump ally went on CNN to question vaccines.
By Saturday, RFK Jr was vowing to remove fluoride from drinking water.
Looking at Republicans’ closing message — which has baffled strategists and worried public health.
Justin was only 17 when he was killed. His favorite animal was the squirrel, but he loved all animals & wanted to become a vet. He was a nerd who did academic decathlon & interned at a science museum. He read a lot of fantasy. He played the flute. He was a very caring person (1/2)
Quote-skeet and tell me about a friend of yours who died too soon. I want to remember them with you.
November 3, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Justin was only 17 when he was killed. His favorite animal was the squirrel, but he loved all animals & wanted to become a vet. He was a nerd who did academic decathlon & interned at a science museum. He read a lot of fantasy. He played the flute. He was a very caring person (1/2)
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This is a *great* graphic - very visible, very legible, includes all the right information (in words & in the illustration), and is placed at a good height & distance from the HEPA.
Bravo to Coburg Library. (Australia, yes?)
Bravo to Coburg Library. (Australia, yes?)
October 21, 2024 at 12:17 AM
This is a *great* graphic - very visible, very legible, includes all the right information (in words & in the illustration), and is placed at a good height & distance from the HEPA.
Bravo to Coburg Library. (Australia, yes?)
Bravo to Coburg Library. (Australia, yes?)
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Tinu deserved so much better.
She deserves so much better.
I wish so much she didn’t have to spend these last years fighting tooth & nail for care & safety… It makes me incandescently furious & utterly heartbroken.
Wear a mask:
You are killing people if you can & choose not to.
She deserves so much better.
I wish so much she didn’t have to spend these last years fighting tooth & nail for care & safety… It makes me incandescently furious & utterly heartbroken.
Wear a mask:
You are killing people if you can & choose not to.
September 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Tinu deserved so much better.
She deserves so much better.
I wish so much she didn’t have to spend these last years fighting tooth & nail for care & safety… It makes me incandescently furious & utterly heartbroken.
Wear a mask:
You are killing people if you can & choose not to.
She deserves so much better.
I wish so much she didn’t have to spend these last years fighting tooth & nail for care & safety… It makes me incandescently furious & utterly heartbroken.
Wear a mask:
You are killing people if you can & choose not to.
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Hey Jews, you've got a month before the Yamim to get your new COVID shots and stock up on N95s. Please consider wearing a mask to services through November even if it isn't required by your shul. Do your part to keep your rabbis and cantors and everyone else healthy!
August 30, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Hey Jews, you've got a month before the Yamim to get your new COVID shots and stock up on N95s. Please consider wearing a mask to services through November even if it isn't required by your shul. Do your part to keep your rabbis and cantors and everyone else healthy!
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A new study in Helsinki daycares, Finland: air purifiers led to a 30% reduction in children's illnesses.
Healthier children = healthier staff and parents = big savings.
Bonus: the sound of the air purifier made it easier to get the kids to nap.
yle.fi/a/74-20052273
Healthier children = healthier staff and parents = big savings.
Bonus: the sound of the air purifier made it easier to get the kids to nap.
yle.fi/a/74-20052273
November 27, 2023 at 12:15 PM
A new study in Helsinki daycares, Finland: air purifiers led to a 30% reduction in children's illnesses.
Healthier children = healthier staff and parents = big savings.
Bonus: the sound of the air purifier made it easier to get the kids to nap.
yle.fi/a/74-20052273
Healthier children = healthier staff and parents = big savings.
Bonus: the sound of the air purifier made it easier to get the kids to nap.
yle.fi/a/74-20052273
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Ugly Laws are ABSOLUTELY back, & I am furious & depressed AF about it.
Disabled people are being disappeared from society & no one cares but us.
Plus, cops couldn’t even handle IDing me as disabled at 17 when I used my own personal disabled parking placard— they’ve no right to Dx citizens masking.
Disabled people are being disappeared from society & no one cares but us.
Plus, cops couldn’t even handle IDing me as disabled at 17 when I used my own personal disabled parking placard— they’ve no right to Dx citizens masking.
There’s a medical exemption for mask bans so it’s not that bad.”
Wrong. It IS that bad. Exemptions are problematic & leave many folks behind.
Ugly laws are back, disabled ppl are being pushed further out of society & we should ALL be mad: www.disabledginger.com/p/north-caro...
#CovidIsAirborne
Wrong. It IS that bad. Exemptions are problematic & leave many folks behind.
Ugly laws are back, disabled ppl are being pushed further out of society & we should ALL be mad: www.disabledginger.com/p/north-caro...
#CovidIsAirborne
North Carolina Passes HB 237 and Bans Medical Masks in Public
This discriminatory and ableist bill puts lives at risk and further isolates vulnerable people from society. It's pandering to anti-maskers who seek to punish disabled and high risk individuals.
www.disabledginger.com
August 15, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Ugly Laws are ABSOLUTELY back, & I am furious & depressed AF about it.
Disabled people are being disappeared from society & no one cares but us.
Plus, cops couldn’t even handle IDing me as disabled at 17 when I used my own personal disabled parking placard— they’ve no right to Dx citizens masking.
Disabled people are being disappeared from society & no one cares but us.
Plus, cops couldn’t even handle IDing me as disabled at 17 when I used my own personal disabled parking placard— they’ve no right to Dx citizens masking.
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EVERY LIBRARIAN
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Emily Drabinski reporting that this includes every librarian.
www.tspr.org/tspr-local-n...
www.tspr.org/tspr-local-n...
WIU sends out layoff notices to nearly 90 employees
The administration is eliminating 57 faculty positions and 32 staff positions.
www.tspr.org
August 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
EVERY LIBRARIAN
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Love how this openly admits that tons of Jewish orgs backed Waltz and this entire article is just made up bullshit to stoke false narratives about Jewish opposition to Dems. Which literally doesn't exist because we are the *largest left-voting religious group in America*.
- Jews are 2% of the US population and >75% of us vote Dem. We're a TINY minority and we are ON THE LEFT.
- Implying the Jewish vote is some powerful force that can alter the course of the election is fucking antisemitic.
- Every Jew I know is excited about Waltz. We are not fucking alienated.
- Implying the Jewish vote is some powerful force that can alter the course of the election is fucking antisemitic.
- Every Jew I know is excited about Waltz. We are not fucking alienated.
August 6, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Love how this openly admits that tons of Jewish orgs backed Waltz and this entire article is just made up bullshit to stoke false narratives about Jewish opposition to Dems. Which literally doesn't exist because we are the *largest left-voting religious group in America*.
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VP Harris isn't "childless." She's been a stepmom for 10 years. That "counts."
Can we not buy into the Right's narrative that parenting only happens with one's own uterus, by State coercion if needed?
Sing it with me: families look like lots of things, and love makes a family.
Can we not buy into the Right's narrative that parenting only happens with one's own uterus, by State coercion if needed?
Sing it with me: families look like lots of things, and love makes a family.
July 25, 2024 at 3:13 PM
VP Harris isn't "childless." She's been a stepmom for 10 years. That "counts."
Can we not buy into the Right's narrative that parenting only happens with one's own uterus, by State coercion if needed?
Sing it with me: families look like lots of things, and love makes a family.
Can we not buy into the Right's narrative that parenting only happens with one's own uterus, by State coercion if needed?
Sing it with me: families look like lots of things, and love makes a family.
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Disabled and chronically ill people include members of *every marginalized group that exists*.
If you are doing activism but not making your spaces accessible. If you are doing activism but not for disability. You are not doing activitism, you are doing exclusion.
Happy Disability Pride Month!
If you are doing activism but not making your spaces accessible. If you are doing activism but not for disability. You are not doing activitism, you are doing exclusion.
Happy Disability Pride Month!
July 1, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Disabled and chronically ill people include members of *every marginalized group that exists*.
If you are doing activism but not making your spaces accessible. If you are doing activism but not for disability. You are not doing activitism, you are doing exclusion.
Happy Disability Pride Month!
If you are doing activism but not making your spaces accessible. If you are doing activism but not for disability. You are not doing activitism, you are doing exclusion.
Happy Disability Pride Month!
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Criminalizing a simple, easy, personal tool for public health is absurd and incredibly harmful. Masking whenever, wherever, for whatever reason, should be a completely normal and accepted part of life in a society.
June 25, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Criminalizing a simple, easy, personal tool for public health is absurd and incredibly harmful. Masking whenever, wherever, for whatever reason, should be a completely normal and accepted part of life in a society.
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I don’t get *angry* about the abandonment of COVID precautions that often anymore just because I don’t have the energy to be mad constantly but mask-free healthcare is a disgrace and hopefully will one day be looked back on with the same disdain and disgust as the doctors who drove out Semmelweis.
June 10, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I don’t get *angry* about the abandonment of COVID precautions that often anymore just because I don’t have the energy to be mad constantly but mask-free healthcare is a disgrace and hopefully will one day be looked back on with the same disdain and disgust as the doctors who drove out Semmelweis.
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As a former librarian, I'll add:
Rich (& middle class) ppl also close libraries bc they can't conceive of the need, aka a failure of empathy.
I was *constantly* asked:
1) People still go to libraries? (yes)
2) Isn't everything digitized now? (wow, no, let's examine just how how wrong that is)
As a former librarian, I'll add:
Rich (& middle class) ppl also close libraries bc they can't conceive of the need, aka a failure of empathy.
I was *constantly* asked:
1) People still go to libraries? (yes)
2) Isn't everything digitized now? (wow, no, let's examine just how how wrong that is)
Poor people use libraries. Rich people shut them down because they don't *want* poor people to read.
June 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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As a former librarian, I'll add:
Rich (& middle class) ppl also close libraries bc they can't conceive of the need, aka a failure of empathy.
I was *constantly* asked:
1) People still go to libraries? (yes)
2) Isn't everything digitized now? (wow, no, let's examine just how how wrong that is)
As a former librarian, I'll add:
Rich (& middle class) ppl also close libraries bc they can't conceive of the need, aka a failure of empathy.
I was *constantly* asked:
1) People still go to libraries? (yes)
2) Isn't everything digitized now? (wow, no, let's examine just how how wrong that is)