SperaToivo
@rainfallsonata.bsky.social
Librarian, Indy transplant. I read zines. I guess I'm supposed to be witty here or something.
Zine Collection: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/E38IndyPLZines
Zine Collection: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/E38IndyPLZines
IndyPL just nearly doubled the # of Sundays worked with ~a month's notice, assuming everyone else's managers are telling them what's coming before it's announced. If the Union isn't on this, we don't deserve to have one. Here's hoping they've already ironed out their holiday party plans.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
IndyPL just nearly doubled the # of Sundays worked with ~a month's notice, assuming everyone else's managers are telling them what's coming before it's announced. If the Union isn't on this, we don't deserve to have one. Here's hoping they've already ironed out their holiday party plans.
Reposted by SperaToivo
The streets of New York are packed end to end, millions of people across every city are out calling for the fall of the regime. #3E #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The streets of New York are packed end to end, millions of people across every city are out calling for the fall of the regime. #3E #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy #NoKings
The best part of my day is getting packages in the mail.
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The best part of my day is getting packages in the mail.
If you're buying zines, especially if you're buying for a library, you need to look at Ghoulier Studio: www.etsy.com/shop/Ghoulie... Here's just a few of many great titles.
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you're buying zines, especially if you're buying for a library, you need to look at Ghoulier Studio: www.etsy.com/shop/Ghoulie... Here's just a few of many great titles.
This guy's asking $25 for zine that's freely available online. www.ebay.com/itm/11646169...
ia601300.us.archive.org/15/items/3Po...
files.sproutdistro.com/3_position_a...
ia601300.us.archive.org/15/items/3Po...
files.sproutdistro.com/3_position_a...
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This guy's asking $25 for zine that's freely available online. www.ebay.com/itm/11646169...
ia601300.us.archive.org/15/items/3Po...
files.sproutdistro.com/3_position_a...
ia601300.us.archive.org/15/items/3Po...
files.sproutdistro.com/3_position_a...
Reposted by SperaToivo
I made such a sound, with my office door open, when I read the email about this in the new HMS 2025 Strategic Plan that a colleague paused to check on me.
hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/st...
hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/st...
September 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I made such a sound, with my office door open, when I read the email about this in the new HMS 2025 Strategic Plan that a colleague paused to check on me.
hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/st...
hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/st...
September 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by SperaToivo
Every single social post about what's "going on" at the library assumes the problem is unhoused folks or addiction related. Those are parts of it...
But a lot of the rise in burnout for staff is coming from suburban housed people who are filled with entitlement and broken social norms.
But a lot of the rise in burnout for staff is coming from suburban housed people who are filled with entitlement and broken social norms.
July 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Every single social post about what's "going on" at the library assumes the problem is unhoused folks or addiction related. Those are parts of it...
But a lot of the rise in burnout for staff is coming from suburban housed people who are filled with entitlement and broken social norms.
But a lot of the rise in burnout for staff is coming from suburban housed people who are filled with entitlement and broken social norms.
Today! 5420 East 38th St!
Anaphora Poetry and Publishing Conference, June 28th from 11 am - 4 pm, at the East 38th St. Branch. Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation!
June 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today! 5420 East 38th St!
Reposted by SperaToivo
Anaphora Poetry and Publishing Conference, June 28th from 11 am - 4 pm, at the East 38th St. Branch. Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation!
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anaphora Poetry and Publishing Conference, June 28th from 11 am - 4 pm, at the East 38th St. Branch. Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation!
Reposted by SperaToivo
Struggle requires imagination. Pete Railand's new print features a quote from Octavia Butler, created using a small lino cut as the starting element with hand written text. Light blue French Paper. justseeds.org/product/othe...
June 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Struggle requires imagination. Pete Railand's new print features a quote from Octavia Butler, created using a small lino cut as the starting element with hand written text. Light blue French Paper. justseeds.org/product/othe...
Reposted by SperaToivo
you don't have to acknowledge the legit use cases for AI when you hate on AI. you can just hate. the legit use cases will be fine
June 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
you don't have to acknowledge the legit use cases for AI when you hate on AI. you can just hate. the legit use cases will be fine
Anaphora Poetry and Publishing Conference, June 28th from 11 am - 4 pm, at the East 38th St. Branch. Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation!
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anaphora Poetry and Publishing Conference, June 28th from 11 am - 4 pm, at the East 38th St. Branch. Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation!
Also throughout the day:
11:30am-1:30pm Block Printing Workshop with artist Jager Palad
2:00pm-3:00pm Open Mic; sign up to perform at the open mic the day of the event in person!
An open zine making station for folks to work on pages for Anaphora Issue 4.
#zines
11:30am-1:30pm Block Printing Workshop with artist Jager Palad
2:00pm-3:00pm Open Mic; sign up to perform at the open mic the day of the event in person!
An open zine making station for folks to work on pages for Anaphora Issue 4.
#zines
Anaphora Poetry & Publishing Conference
June 28th 11am-4pm at the East 38th Street IndyPL Branch
We are looking for tablers who specialize in poetry zines. Applications for vending are open! Apply through the link until May 31st.
#zines
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 28th 11am-4pm at the East 38th Street IndyPL Branch
We are looking for tablers who specialize in poetry zines. Applications for vending are open! Apply through the link until May 31st.
#zines
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Anaphora Poetry & Publishing Conference 2025 Application
Thank you for your interest in applying to Anaphora! We are looking specifically for folks that print poetry zines. If you typically vend books, magazines, or more mainstream avenues of poetry we may ...
docs.google.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Also throughout the day:
11:30am-1:30pm Block Printing Workshop with artist Jager Palad
2:00pm-3:00pm Open Mic; sign up to perform at the open mic the day of the event in person!
An open zine making station for folks to work on pages for Anaphora Issue 4.
#zines
11:30am-1:30pm Block Printing Workshop with artist Jager Palad
2:00pm-3:00pm Open Mic; sign up to perform at the open mic the day of the event in person!
An open zine making station for folks to work on pages for Anaphora Issue 4.
#zines
Anaphora Poetry & Publishing Conference
June 28th 11am-4pm at the East 38th Street IndyPL Branch
We are looking for tablers who specialize in poetry zines. Applications for vending are open! Apply through the link until May 31st.
#zines
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 28th 11am-4pm at the East 38th Street IndyPL Branch
We are looking for tablers who specialize in poetry zines. Applications for vending are open! Apply through the link until May 31st.
#zines
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Anaphora Poetry & Publishing Conference 2025 Application
Thank you for your interest in applying to Anaphora! We are looking specifically for folks that print poetry zines. If you typically vend books, magazines, or more mainstream avenues of poetry we may ...
docs.google.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Anaphora Poetry & Publishing Conference
June 28th 11am-4pm at the East 38th Street IndyPL Branch
We are looking for tablers who specialize in poetry zines. Applications for vending are open! Apply through the link until May 31st.
#zines
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 28th 11am-4pm at the East 38th Street IndyPL Branch
We are looking for tablers who specialize in poetry zines. Applications for vending are open! Apply through the link until May 31st.
#zines
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by SperaToivo
I love zine librarian Ziba Perez sharing the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics www.zinelibraries.info/code-of-ethi.... Zine librarians Do Not Participate in practices like this!
Code of Ethics | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
August 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM
I love zine librarian Ziba Perez sharing the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics www.zinelibraries.info/code-of-ethi.... Zine librarians Do Not Participate in practices like this!
Reposted by SperaToivo
There's a collector buying and re-selling queer & Latine zines against the creators' wishes. Do not buy zines from Libros Latino. If you sell zines to Alfonso Vijil, know that he may mark them up and resell them. 📚
Blog post www.zinelibraries.info/unethical-al...
Podcast thezinereport.podbean.com
Blog post www.zinelibraries.info/unethical-al...
Podcast thezinereport.podbean.com
Unethical: Alfonso Vijil from Libros Latinos | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
August 26, 2024 at 11:48 PM
There's a collector buying and re-selling queer & Latine zines against the creators' wishes. Do not buy zines from Libros Latino. If you sell zines to Alfonso Vijil, know that he may mark them up and resell them. 📚
Blog post www.zinelibraries.info/unethical-al...
Podcast thezinereport.podbean.com
Blog post www.zinelibraries.info/unethical-al...
Podcast thezinereport.podbean.com
Latino Zines: Celebrating Our Cultures and Communities
Free event via Zoom, Tuesday at 4:00 pm Eastern.
#zines
Free event via Zoom, Tuesday at 4:00 pm Eastern.
#zines
Latino Zines: Celebrating Our Cultures and Communities
Join us for "Latino Zines: Celebrating Our Cultures and Communities," an engaging event that showcases the vibrant world of Latino zines. Zines are self-published booklets or ...
www.reforma.org
May 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Latino Zines: Celebrating Our Cultures and Communities
Free event via Zoom, Tuesday at 4:00 pm Eastern.
#zines
Free event via Zoom, Tuesday at 4:00 pm Eastern.
#zines
Reposted by SperaToivo
Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it.
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it.
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors.
Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
Reposted by SperaToivo
Lilacs are in full bloom (right on time) for the Lilac Festival in Rochester, New York 🏙️💜✨ #thisisroc 📸: Dan Allen Photography #roc
May 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Lilacs are in full bloom (right on time) for the Lilac Festival in Rochester, New York 🏙️💜✨ #thisisroc 📸: Dan Allen Photography #roc
Reposted by SperaToivo
Mo*Con 2025 was about as perfect a Mo*Con as one could hope for! Let me give you an overarching picture of what Mo*Con is about: imagine a “Barcon” (where folks hang out in the bar between being on panels) as a conference. [Let's see if I can sum it up in 10 pics]
May 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Mo*Con 2025 was about as perfect a Mo*Con as one could hope for! Let me give you an overarching picture of what Mo*Con is about: imagine a “Barcon” (where folks hang out in the bar between being on panels) as a conference. [Let's see if I can sum it up in 10 pics]
Reposted by SperaToivo
And the darn thing also isn't ready for prime-time.
Meanwhile, the word is out from Rep. Joe Morelle from NY-25 that Muck is looking to steal ALL of the Library of Congress to train AI.
Folks, I kid you not.
Meanwhile, the word is out from Rep. Joe Morelle from NY-25 that Muck is looking to steal ALL of the Library of Congress to train AI.
Folks, I kid you not.
Morelle’s Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights
Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement after Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, was...
democrats-cha.house.gov
May 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
And the darn thing also isn't ready for prime-time.
Meanwhile, the word is out from Rep. Joe Morelle from NY-25 that Muck is looking to steal ALL of the Library of Congress to train AI.
Folks, I kid you not.
Meanwhile, the word is out from Rep. Joe Morelle from NY-25 that Muck is looking to steal ALL of the Library of Congress to train AI.
Folks, I kid you not.
Reposted by SperaToivo
Etel shows the fuck up for her community.
Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!
May 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Etel shows the fuck up for her community.