MommySJ (she/her)
@mommysj.bsky.social
Unapologetic Librarian. Mom to a human. Servant of 2 cats. Reader. DIYer. Overthinker. Collector of rubber ducks. MN, USA
#NorthernLights from our back yard! I took 9 out so we could watch for a little while. If we weren't in the 'burbs I bet they'd be even more vivid.
#Minnesota #Nature
#Minnesota #Nature
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
#NorthernLights from our back yard! I took 9 out so we could watch for a little while. If we weren't in the 'burbs I bet they'd be even more vivid.
#Minnesota #Nature
#Minnesota #Nature
I am ready for the Star Trek era. You know, the one where inter-planetary issues overshadow national/earthly problems and we all just start mostly working together as a species?
At the very least can we get some Betazoids and Vulcans to fix us?
#StarTrek #Post-capitalism
At the very least can we get some Betazoids and Vulcans to fix us?
#StarTrek #Post-capitalism
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am ready for the Star Trek era. You know, the one where inter-planetary issues overshadow national/earthly problems and we all just start mostly working together as a species?
At the very least can we get some Betazoids and Vulcans to fix us?
#StarTrek #Post-capitalism
At the very least can we get some Betazoids and Vulcans to fix us?
#StarTrek #Post-capitalism
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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If you are in line to be ruined by us, stay in line. We will get to you.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you are in line to be ruined by us, stay in line. We will get to you.
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I’m fine with my tax dollars being used to feed hungry people.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m fine with my tax dollars being used to feed hungry people.
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
Dear U.S. Senators on both sides of the aisle, pull your sh*t together and GO BACK TO WORK. Do your bloody jobs, either that, or forgo your pay, because not a single one of you should get paid to sit on your thumb and do nothing.
#ShutDown #GetToWork
#ShutDown #GetToWork
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Dear U.S. Senators on both sides of the aisle, pull your sh*t together and GO BACK TO WORK. Do your bloody jobs, either that, or forgo your pay, because not a single one of you should get paid to sit on your thumb and do nothing.
#ShutDown #GetToWork
#ShutDown #GetToWork
Why is it Dark 5:30? Why? My SAD is sucking the life out of me. I just want to go to bed.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Why is it Dark 5:30? Why? My SAD is sucking the life out of me. I just want to go to bed.
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Libraries are so wild, man. Rooms filled with thousands of books, and you can read any one of them. For free! One of humanity’s greatest inventions.
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Libraries are so wild, man. Rooms filled with thousands of books, and you can read any one of them. For free! One of humanity’s greatest inventions.
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If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you—5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConferences @zineluc and you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping within the U.S. included).
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you—5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConferences @zineluc and you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping within the U.S. included).
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
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Do you work at a small U.S. liberal arts college or at a university with 5,000 or fewer undergrads? If so, check out Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀!
Application deadline: 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
rarebookschool.org
Application deadline: 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
rarebookschool.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Do you work at a small U.S. liberal arts college or at a university with 5,000 or fewer undergrads? If so, check out Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀!
Application deadline: 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
rarebookschool.org
Application deadline: 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
rarebookschool.org
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Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Zine Fest are now open! If you'd like to join us as a tabler on Saturday February 7th at the Minneapolis Central Library @hclib.bsky.social, submit your application by Saturday November 15th. Find the application form at tczinefest.org. #zines
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Zine Fest are now open! If you'd like to join us as a tabler on Saturday February 7th at the Minneapolis Central Library @hclib.bsky.social, submit your application by Saturday November 15th. Find the application form at tczinefest.org. #zines
And then there were jack-o'-lanterns. It's been A Day, so I am trying to stay positive and remember that my favorite holiday only comes once a year.
#HappyHalloween #Samhain
#HappyHalloween #Samhain
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
And then there were jack-o'-lanterns. It's been A Day, so I am trying to stay positive and remember that my favorite holiday only comes once a year.
#HappyHalloween #Samhain
#HappyHalloween #Samhain
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I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
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We need a critique of AI in academic publishing. Following my decision not to sign an AI addendum to my contract with Cambridge University Press, I wrote this short essay which is now out in the Dublin Review of Books.
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Move over for AI - DRB
Katja Bruisch writes: I recently completed a scholarly monograph – an environmental, economic and energy history of peat in imperial and Soviet Russia. After years of thinking and writing, I approache...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We need a critique of AI in academic publishing. Following my decision not to sign an AI addendum to my contract with Cambridge University Press, I wrote this short essay which is now out in the Dublin Review of Books.
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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Please say something nice to someone today
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Please say something nice to someone today
Day 2 in a row of going to work!
Today I have all the meetings and will also get to do more systems stuff. I might even get down to the archives for a bit!
#LibraryLife #Love 📚
Today I have all the meetings and will also get to do more systems stuff. I might even get down to the archives for a bit!
#LibraryLife #Love 📚
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Day 2 in a row of going to work!
Today I have all the meetings and will also get to do more systems stuff. I might even get down to the archives for a bit!
#LibraryLife #Love 📚
Today I have all the meetings and will also get to do more systems stuff. I might even get down to the archives for a bit!
#LibraryLife #Love 📚
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I want to go to work.
I do not want to spend another day at home with 9.
I understand that I am privileged to be able to stay home when they're sick. I love my child endlessly. I just want to go and see adults who don't live in my house.
If this continues tomorrow it's gonna be spouse's turn.
I do not want to spend another day at home with 9.
I understand that I am privileged to be able to stay home when they're sick. I love my child endlessly. I just want to go and see adults who don't live in my house.
If this continues tomorrow it's gonna be spouse's turn.
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I want to go to work.
I do not want to spend another day at home with 9.
I understand that I am privileged to be able to stay home when they're sick. I love my child endlessly. I just want to go and see adults who don't live in my house.
If this continues tomorrow it's gonna be spouse's turn.
I do not want to spend another day at home with 9.
I understand that I am privileged to be able to stay home when they're sick. I love my child endlessly. I just want to go and see adults who don't live in my house.
If this continues tomorrow it's gonna be spouse's turn.
9 is home today, again. This head cold is doing them in but they REFUSE to take cold medicine. I am getting to my wits' end being cooped up in this house as the primary caretaker. I miss my office and my work people.
#internalScreaming #MomLife
#internalScreaming #MomLife
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
9 is home today, again. This head cold is doing them in but they REFUSE to take cold medicine. I am getting to my wits' end being cooped up in this house as the primary caretaker. I miss my office and my work people.
#internalScreaming #MomLife
#internalScreaming #MomLife
Today is the day I realized how strong I am. I am apparently the ONLY one in our home who has the physical strength and wherewithal to put dirty dishes in the dishwasher.
Who knew?
#PassiveAggressivePost #MomLife #ConstantlyCleaning
Who knew?
#PassiveAggressivePost #MomLife #ConstantlyCleaning
October 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today is the day I realized how strong I am. I am apparently the ONLY one in our home who has the physical strength and wherewithal to put dirty dishes in the dishwasher.
Who knew?
#PassiveAggressivePost #MomLife #ConstantlyCleaning
Who knew?
#PassiveAggressivePost #MomLife #ConstantlyCleaning
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?