Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜
@lynnemthomas.com
Rare Book #Librarian, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-ed/pub Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. No auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
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Hello new folks! I see a lot of "Hey, is there a starter pack to help me find [interest/group/my people]?!" Here's a big #directory of #StarterPacks so you don't have to reinvent the wheel! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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Doing this tomorrow. If you're near Hartford, come on out.
Anyway, should anyone like to hear the long form version I’ll be giving it in Hartford, CT next week. www.hartford.edu/unotes/2026/...
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Doing this tomorrow. If you're near Hartford, come on out.
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A swish of old Hollywood glamour here with the exuberant costume that was designed by Travis Banton for Claudette Colbert in the 1934 film Cleopatra. Zesty satin in pleats and swags, Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A swish of old Hollywood glamour here with the exuberant costume that was designed by Travis Banton for Claudette Colbert in the 1934 film Cleopatra. Zesty satin in pleats and swags, Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Welp, that sinus pain at the front of my face indicates that the pressure is definitely changing. :sigh: At least it's because it's getting warmer here for the next few days.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Welp, that sinus pain at the front of my face indicates that the pressure is definitely changing. :sigh: At least it's because it's getting warmer here for the next few days.
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BUY! OUR! BOOK!!! ❤️
"This delightful book considers how science fiction stories portray archives and archivists, analyzes the ways in which these portrayals affect readers’ views, and shows how archivists can leverage these insights to improve the public’s understanding of the discipline."
"This delightful book considers how science fiction stories portray archives and archivists, analyzes the ways in which these portrayals affect readers’ views, and shows how archivists can leverage these insights to improve the public’s understanding of the discipline."
Just got notified that The Infinite Loop is OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED so, yanno, perhaps check it out and maybe snag a copy? alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop @katy-katy.bsky.social
The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination
alastore.ala.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
BUY! OUR! BOOK!!! ❤️
"This delightful book considers how science fiction stories portray archives and archivists, analyzes the ways in which these portrayals affect readers’ views, and shows how archivists can leverage these insights to improve the public’s understanding of the discipline."
"This delightful book considers how science fiction stories portray archives and archivists, analyzes the ways in which these portrayals affect readers’ views, and shows how archivists can leverage these insights to improve the public’s understanding of the discipline."
Just got notified that The Infinite Loop is OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED so, yanno, perhaps check it out and maybe snag a copy? alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop @katy-katy.bsky.social
The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination
alastore.ala.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Just got notified that The Infinite Loop is OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED so, yanno, perhaps check it out and maybe snag a copy? alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop @katy-katy.bsky.social
Had the pleasure of making it through ep 6 of Bookish this weekend, and I have to say not only are the mysteries fun, the handling of queerness in a period piece is just :chefs kiss:. I keep crying at the understated tenderness of it.
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Had the pleasure of making it through ep 6 of Bookish this weekend, and I have to say not only are the mysteries fun, the handling of queerness in a period piece is just :chefs kiss:. I keep crying at the understated tenderness of it.
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someone asked me recently if i could rec some more SFF books with butches beyond mine, which reminded me that i made a list for google books a while back. i’ve included that list plus some others i’ve read in the last few years!
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
Butches in Books
Updating the list of my favorite butches in (mostly) fantasy
clclarkwrites.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
someone asked me recently if i could rec some more SFF books with butches beyond mine, which reminded me that i made a list for google books a while back. i’ve included that list plus some others i’ve read in the last few years!
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
Update: It’s not as pretty as the picture, I went a bit wild with the vegetables, had to sub a single lemon when I didn’t buy enough limes, and my noodles pkg was 2 oz too small, but this is *hella* tasty and I’m not mad about having 2 days worth of leftovers from it.
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Update: It’s not as pretty as the picture, I went a bit wild with the vegetables, had to sub a single lemon when I didn’t buy enough limes, and my noodles pkg was 2 oz too small, but this is *hella* tasty and I’m not mad about having 2 days worth of leftovers from it.
Tonight’s dinner experiment: smittenkitchen.com/2012/06/cold...
cold rice noodles with peanut-lime chicken
Cold noodles + grilled chicken + crunchy vegetables + two perfect sauces, one loud with chiles, lime and fish sauce and the other cozy with ginger, peanuts and sesame.
smittenkitchen.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Tonight’s dinner experiment: smittenkitchen.com/2012/06/cold...
:goes to active flexibility class for front splits week, followed by dance cardio class:
:wolfs down leftover cold pizza for lunch:
I contain multitudes.
:wolfs down leftover cold pizza for lunch:
I contain multitudes.
February 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
:goes to active flexibility class for front splits week, followed by dance cardio class:
:wolfs down leftover cold pizza for lunch:
I contain multitudes.
:wolfs down leftover cold pizza for lunch:
I contain multitudes.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”
“The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”
“The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”
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If you are waiting for the rest of Bridgerton to drop and wondering what it would be like with more evil scheming sorcery (but also funny) @tkingfisher.com has got it covered. Spot on timing to read this gem.
February 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
If you are waiting for the rest of Bridgerton to drop and wondering what it would be like with more evil scheming sorcery (but also funny) @tkingfisher.com has got it covered. Spot on timing to read this gem.
:joins the “avoided a task for nearly two weeks and it took less than 5 minutes when I did it” club:
Task: sewing a button back onto a pajama top.
Task: sewing a button back onto a pajama top.
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
:joins the “avoided a task for nearly two weeks and it took less than 5 minutes when I did it” club:
Task: sewing a button back onto a pajama top.
Task: sewing a button back onto a pajama top.
Idris Elba
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Idris Elba
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I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
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I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark
talent alone could *never*
talent alone could *never*
February 7, 2026 at 5:05 AM
I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark
talent alone could *never*
talent alone could *never*
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all talent really is? It's one thing that you have a knack for right away. That's all it is. it is a single pea buried in the mattresses of practice. You don't even have to have that one thing.
Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.
Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
all talent really is? It's one thing that you have a knack for right away. That's all it is. it is a single pea buried in the mattresses of practice. You don't even have to have that one thing.
Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.
Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.
HUGH JACKMAN
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
HUGH JACKMAN
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Gosling
Catherine Tate
Ewan McGregor
James McEvoy
Kate MacKinnon
Melissa McCarthy
Margot Robbie
David Tennant
Peter Capaldi
Jenna Coleman
Ryan Gosling
Catherine Tate
Ewan McGregor
James McEvoy
Kate MacKinnon
Melissa McCarthy
Margot Robbie
David Tennant
Peter Capaldi
Jenna Coleman
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Gosling
Catherine Tate
Ewan McGregor
James McEvoy
Kate MacKinnon
Melissa McCarthy
Margot Robbie
David Tennant
Peter Capaldi
Jenna Coleman
Ryan Gosling
Catherine Tate
Ewan McGregor
James McEvoy
Kate MacKinnon
Melissa McCarthy
Margot Robbie
David Tennant
Peter Capaldi
Jenna Coleman
Daniel Craig
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Daniel Craig
I would like to get to a point where I occasionally reach Friday evening and I feel energetic enough to do something other than just collapse on the couch in pajamas with a frozen pizza for dinner.
This week was not that week. I'm kinda wiped.
This week was not that week. I'm kinda wiped.
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I would like to get to a point where I occasionally reach Friday evening and I feel energetic enough to do something other than just collapse on the couch in pajamas with a frozen pizza for dinner.
This week was not that week. I'm kinda wiped.
This week was not that week. I'm kinda wiped.
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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BTD - The one and only Patrick Macnee
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
BTD - The one and only Patrick Macnee
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Booked for the Evening?
Tonight we'll premier my favorite new acquisition, a 17th c. surveying manuscript with a Galileo link! My Conservation colleagues will explain the plan to deacidify and support areas with iron gall ink damage...
It's not too late to join us!
www.newberry.org/calendar/boo...
Tonight we'll premier my favorite new acquisition, a 17th c. surveying manuscript with a Galileo link! My Conservation colleagues will explain the plan to deacidify and support areas with iron gall ink damage...
It's not too late to join us!
www.newberry.org/calendar/boo...
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Booked for the Evening?
Tonight we'll premier my favorite new acquisition, a 17th c. surveying manuscript with a Galileo link! My Conservation colleagues will explain the plan to deacidify and support areas with iron gall ink damage...
It's not too late to join us!
www.newberry.org/calendar/boo...
Tonight we'll premier my favorite new acquisition, a 17th c. surveying manuscript with a Galileo link! My Conservation colleagues will explain the plan to deacidify and support areas with iron gall ink damage...
It's not too late to join us!
www.newberry.org/calendar/boo...
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Interviewed by @mivanberk.bsky.social and excerpted in The Ink newsletter:
"There are many non-violent forms of pitchforkery. ... And I guess I wouldn't mind seeing everyone demanding a monstertopia, embracing their inner Miss Piggy and fighting."
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"There are many non-violent forms of pitchforkery. ... And I guess I wouldn't mind seeing everyone demanding a monstertopia, embracing their inner Miss Piggy and fighting."
5/
Monsters are us
Historian Surekha Davies examines how and why humanity makes monsters, and lays out the case for embracing your inner Muppet
the.ink
February 5, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Interviewed by @mivanberk.bsky.social and excerpted in The Ink newsletter:
"There are many non-violent forms of pitchforkery. ... And I guess I wouldn't mind seeing everyone demanding a monstertopia, embracing their inner Miss Piggy and fighting."
5/
"There are many non-violent forms of pitchforkery. ... And I guess I wouldn't mind seeing everyone demanding a monstertopia, embracing their inner Miss Piggy and fighting."
5/