Rochelle Mazar 🇨🇦
@mazar.bsky.social
Librarian. Aspiring writer of middle grade fiction. Dangerously optimistic. She/her.
I honestly don't understand the anti-diversity perspective. You have to ignore reality and the work itself so fiercely to take that stance. The mental load of avoiding learning anything must be exhausting.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I honestly don't understand the anti-diversity perspective. You have to ignore reality and the work itself so fiercely to take that stance. The mental load of avoiding learning anything must be exhausting.
Is there a reason why people make videos sitting in cars?
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Is there a reason why people make videos sitting in cars?
I just realized this morning that kids don't play cards so much anymore. So they aren't playing bad card games over lunch like we used to. Is that a loss? I don't even know. I guess I should teach my niblings how to play President.
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I just realized this morning that kids don't play cards so much anymore. So they aren't playing bad card games over lunch like we used to. Is that a loss? I don't even know. I guess I should teach my niblings how to play President.
Well, it sure is a Monday. Oh wait.
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Well, it sure is a Monday. Oh wait.
I thought Clara Zetkin died in 1933 at the age of 75, but today I learned she's been living in Portland with her girlfriend. Does she has a gofundme to support her efforts to evade American authorities, or
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I thought Clara Zetkin died in 1933 at the age of 75, but today I learned she's been living in Portland with her girlfriend. Does she has a gofundme to support her efforts to evade American authorities, or
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20 books by Indigenous authors in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: www.cbc.ca/books/20-boo...
20 books to read in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | CBC Books
Sept. 30 is observed as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. CBC Books has curated this list of books that can encourage deeper reflection, learning and public dialogue on the rela...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
20 books by Indigenous authors in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: www.cbc.ca/books/20-boo...
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On the eve of Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada, we recommend five books to read and reflect on from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social, and @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social. Browse our full list here: alllitup.ca/book-list/re...
September 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On the eve of Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada, we recommend five books to read and reflect on from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social, and @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social. Browse our full list here: alllitup.ca/book-list/re...
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
He is out here living his best life, even in this economy.
see everyone is as happy as me
oh no
September 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
He is out here living his best life, even in this economy.
I'm disappointed in the quality of the discourse around AI at the moment. Because there's so much fear, suspicion, and discomfort, the criticism is often kneejerk and lacks necessary nuance. I don't mean "give ChatGPT a chance," I mean "that's a bad and potential dangerous argument".
September 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm disappointed in the quality of the discourse around AI at the moment. Because there's so much fear, suspicion, and discomfort, the criticism is often kneejerk and lacks necessary nuance. I don't mean "give ChatGPT a chance," I mean "that's a bad and potential dangerous argument".
If you ban books for young people that address queerness and sexuality, who is served? Who is best served by keeping these topics taboo, and by keeping children ignorant about them?
September 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you ban books for young people that address queerness and sexuality, who is served? Who is best served by keeping these topics taboo, and by keeping children ignorant about them?
I wish these book-banning folks were asked about how they landed on this issue, what problem they think they're solving, and how banning mostly queer books would solve it.
September 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I wish these book-banning folks were asked about how they landed on this issue, what problem they think they're solving, and how banning mostly queer books would solve it.
"Librarians aren't psychologists, they aren't qualified to decide what children can read!"
"40% Albertan have a BA. No one can say parents don't have the education to determine what children can read!"
Wait til this right-wing talking head finds out how many degrees librarians have.
"40% Albertan have a BA. No one can say parents don't have the education to determine what children can read!"
Wait til this right-wing talking head finds out how many degrees librarians have.
September 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Librarians aren't psychologists, they aren't qualified to decide what children can read!"
"40% Albertan have a BA. No one can say parents don't have the education to determine what children can read!"
Wait til this right-wing talking head finds out how many degrees librarians have.
"40% Albertan have a BA. No one can say parents don't have the education to determine what children can read!"
Wait til this right-wing talking head finds out how many degrees librarians have.
I enjoy the idea that universities somehow aren't in the real world. It's what I always suspected: universities exist in a fantasy realm with enchanted forests and lithe elves bounding around with flowers in their hair. You have a question? Let's stop time and just ponder it for a while, shall we?
August 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I enjoy the idea that universities somehow aren't in the real world. It's what I always suspected: universities exist in a fantasy realm with enchanted forests and lithe elves bounding around with flowers in their hair. You have a question? Let's stop time and just ponder it for a while, shall we?
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That thing where someone uses the term "neurodiverse" and you don't whether they don't believe in disability and think everyone would be a peak performer if it weren't for capitalism, etc., or if they just thought it was just a nice alternative to "neurodivergent".
August 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
That thing where someone uses the term "neurodiverse" and you don't whether they don't believe in disability and think everyone would be a peak performer if it weren't for capitalism, etc., or if they just thought it was just a nice alternative to "neurodivergent".
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We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
We thought we’d have a bit of fun and get our friends from Down Under to try some of our favourite Canadian snacks. Unfortunately it went horribly, horribly awry.
thebeaverton.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
Marks & Spencer ships to Canada.
August 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Marks & Spencer ships to Canada.
DANCING WITH MAMMOTHS—Neanderthals, #queer found family 🌈, #neurodivergent perspectives 🦄, pygmy mammoths 🦣, and a sibling bond that could outlast an ice age 💗. Set in Vancouver. 🇨🇦 Give'r. #questpit #MG #S #Q
three cartoon elephants are standing next to each other in a foggy scene
Alt: three animated mammoths emerging from the mist.
media.tenor.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, though
July 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, though
11-yr-old Saffron sees emotions as coloured steam and assumes—wrongly—that everyone does. When her de-extinction scientist parents are arrested and there's a rumour that a kid in her class is a Neanderthal, she fears it’s her. 🇨🇦 #playlistpitch #kidlit #MG open.spotify.com/track/1WFTbf...
Secrets - Cellar Door
Radical Face · The Family Tree: The Leaves · Song · 2016
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July 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
11-yr-old Saffron sees emotions as coloured steam and assumes—wrongly—that everyone does. When her de-extinction scientist parents are arrested and there's a rumour that a kid in her class is a Neanderthal, she fears it’s her. 🇨🇦 #playlistpitch #kidlit #MG open.spotify.com/track/1WFTbf...
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"Women made up 82.5% of librarians as of 2023 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024a), but they are underrepresented in leadership positions (McGeeney, 2025)."
Researcher’s Corner: The current state of female representation in library leadership in the U.S.
"Women made up 82.5% of librarians as of 2023 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024a), but they are underrepresented in leadership positions (McGeeney, 2025)."
hiringlibrarians.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Women made up 82.5% of librarians as of 2023 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024a), but they are underrepresented in leadership positions (McGeeney, 2025)."
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Anyway, this reminded me that the reason I quit Pokemon Go was that despite the MANY, MANY warnings to pay attention to my surroundings while playing, one time I almost fell into an open excavation near Capilano Mall
Do not lead the goats.
July 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Anyway, this reminded me that the reason I quit Pokemon Go was that despite the MANY, MANY warnings to pay attention to my surroundings while playing, one time I almost fell into an open excavation near Capilano Mall
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🏺🦣 Recorded a radio interview today (for upcoming series), and refreshing my reading on its theme led me to this gorgeous project by Oliver Beer: an exploration of sound & voice & space within one of my *absolute* favourite Palaeolithic painted caves, Font de Gaume.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hc5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hc5...
Oliver Beer, Resonance Project: The Cave, 2024
YouTube video by Oliver Beer Studio
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July 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🏺🦣 Recorded a radio interview today (for upcoming series), and refreshing my reading on its theme led me to this gorgeous project by Oliver Beer: an exploration of sound & voice & space within one of my *absolute* favourite Palaeolithic painted caves, Font de Gaume.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hc5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hc5...
My main character's role model is her brother's boyfriend. When she feels like a monster, he reminds her that being different is hard, but also brave and kind of amazing. Receiving that compassion makes her want give it to others. #bluepit #AmQuerying #MG
It's Day 3 of #BluePitHype!
Today, we have some questions for your characters!
This is QUESTION 1: ROLE MODELS. The next question will be posted in 30 minutes! The final question will be posted in 1 hour!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
Today, we have some questions for your characters!
This is QUESTION 1: ROLE MODELS. The next question will be posted in 30 minutes! The final question will be posted in 1 hour!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
July 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My main character's role model is her brother's boyfriend. When she feels like a monster, he reminds her that being different is hard, but also brave and kind of amazing. Receiving that compassion makes her want give it to others. #bluepit #AmQuerying #MG