Renata S Pumpkins
@renatasnacks.bsky.social
Teen services librarian, returned Peace Corps volunteer, The Moth slam winner, Worst Bestsellers co-host, Beebo stan. All opinions belong to my cat. She/her.
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Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,
February 19, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,
My credit card offered me a $75 bonus to try their shopping rewards app and I was like sure I’ll take $75 thanks. But ofc it’s in gift cards and I’m dying at one of the options being Gatorade. Give me $75 worth of Gatorade pls!! I need electrolytes!!
February 19, 2026 at 1:56 PM
My credit card offered me a $75 bonus to try their shopping rewards app and I was like sure I’ll take $75 thanks. But ofc it’s in gift cards and I’m dying at one of the options being Gatorade. Give me $75 worth of Gatorade pls!! I need electrolytes!!
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a patron brought in a VHS of a 9/11 tribute that they'd taped off of TV in 2001 and wanted to use the library's digitization station to, well, digitize it. unfortunately the tape is now stuck in the VCR. fortunately my coworker found the tribute for them on YouTube so 9/11 will not be forgotten.
February 18, 2026 at 11:56 PM
a patron brought in a VHS of a 9/11 tribute that they'd taped off of TV in 2001 and wanted to use the library's digitization station to, well, digitize it. unfortunately the tape is now stuck in the VCR. fortunately my coworker found the tribute for them on YouTube so 9/11 will not be forgotten.
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disrespectfully, what the fuck are you talking about. you don't need an ID at the library. you need a library card, which anyone can get.
Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."
February 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
disrespectfully, what the fuck are you talking about. you don't need an ID at the library. you need a library card, which anyone can get.
This is inspirational. I am going to start charging people when they tell me Hello Kitty is a human girl.
February 18, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This is inspirational. I am going to start charging people when they tell me Hello Kitty is a human girl.
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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HELLO, FRIENDS!
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
Craft Supplies for Park Slope Women's Shelter
The Park Slope Women's Shelter serves unhoused women with mental health and/or substance-use disorder diagnoses in NYC.
Due to an incident this past year, the shelter is attempting to rebuild and re...
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February 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
HELLO, FRIENDS!
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
ok I do have to issue a retraction--the article says that Yuko Yamaguchi TOOK OVER for HK in 1980, 5 years after her first appearance--which is correct, it's just in a clause right next to the thing about her being a human not a cat and that made me rage blackout for a second and misread the rest.
ok goodbye to a legend but this article has MAJOR inaccuracies
1) HK first appeared in 1975 not 1980...literally they just did her 50th birthday!!!
2) Hello Kitty is NOT a girl; she IS a cat and this is such a pet peeve of mine!!!!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
1) HK first appeared in 1975 not 1980...literally they just did her 50th birthday!!!
2) Hello Kitty is NOT a girl; she IS a cat and this is such a pet peeve of mine!!!!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hello Kitty designer steps down after 46 years
Yuko Yamaguchi oversaw the feline character's rise to to global icon status.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
ok I do have to issue a retraction--the article says that Yuko Yamaguchi TOOK OVER for HK in 1980, 5 years after her first appearance--which is correct, it's just in a clause right next to the thing about her being a human not a cat and that made me rage blackout for a second and misread the rest.
ok goodbye to a legend but this article has MAJOR inaccuracies
1) HK first appeared in 1975 not 1980...literally they just did her 50th birthday!!!
2) Hello Kitty is NOT a girl; she IS a cat and this is such a pet peeve of mine!!!!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
1) HK first appeared in 1975 not 1980...literally they just did her 50th birthday!!!
2) Hello Kitty is NOT a girl; she IS a cat and this is such a pet peeve of mine!!!!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hello Kitty designer steps down after 46 years
Yuko Yamaguchi oversaw the feline character's rise to to global icon status.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
ok goodbye to a legend but this article has MAJOR inaccuracies
1) HK first appeared in 1975 not 1980...literally they just did her 50th birthday!!!
2) Hello Kitty is NOT a girl; she IS a cat and this is such a pet peeve of mine!!!!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
1) HK first appeared in 1975 not 1980...literally they just did her 50th birthday!!!
2) Hello Kitty is NOT a girl; she IS a cat and this is such a pet peeve of mine!!!!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NOT NOW, RADIOACTIVE HYBRID TERROR PIGS.
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
NOT NOW, RADIOACTIVE HYBRID TERROR PIGS.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
patron: do you have any books like Eragon?
me: oh ok, so fantasy with dragons? sure (gives options)
patron, returning: do you have any books about lichens
me: like werewolves?
patron: LICHENS
me: L Y C A N?
patron: the moss?
me: OHHH sorry i was still in fantasy mode
me: oh ok, so fantasy with dragons? sure (gives options)
patron, returning: do you have any books about lichens
me: like werewolves?
patron: LICHENS
me: L Y C A N?
patron: the moss?
me: OHHH sorry i was still in fantasy mode
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
patron: do you have any books like Eragon?
me: oh ok, so fantasy with dragons? sure (gives options)
patron, returning: do you have any books about lichens
me: like werewolves?
patron: LICHENS
me: L Y C A N?
patron: the moss?
me: OHHH sorry i was still in fantasy mode
me: oh ok, so fantasy with dragons? sure (gives options)
patron, returning: do you have any books about lichens
me: like werewolves?
patron: LICHENS
me: L Y C A N?
patron: the moss?
me: OHHH sorry i was still in fantasy mode
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Still a need! 👇🏻
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Still a need! 👇🏻
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🚨I hate having to write this.
He was scheduled for surgery this morning, but our family vet found his red blood cell count had dropped. They told us if he bleeds during surgery there, he could die on the table because they don’t have blood products.
He was scheduled for surgery this morning, but our family vet found his red blood cell count had dropped. They told us if he bleeds during surgery there, he could die on the table because they don’t have blood products.
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
🚨I hate having to write this.
He was scheduled for surgery this morning, but our family vet found his red blood cell count had dropped. They told us if he bleeds during surgery there, he could die on the table because they don’t have blood products.
He was scheduled for surgery this morning, but our family vet found his red blood cell count had dropped. They told us if he bleeds during surgery there, he could die on the table because they don’t have blood products.
I just sneezed and a man LOOKED at me but did NOT bless me, I am putting a counter-hex upon him this very moment
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I just sneezed and a man LOOKED at me but did NOT bless me, I am putting a counter-hex upon him this very moment
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If you’d like to help Twin Cities’ pets stay fed and safe during the federal government’s terror campaign, please throw a few bucks to The Bond Between. Tell them Petra sent you.
www.thebondbetween.org/donate
www.thebondbetween.org/donate
Ways to Donate | The Bond Between
Donations allow us to save more animals! Learn more about ways you can donate to The Bond Between.
www.thebondbetween.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If you’d like to help Twin Cities’ pets stay fed and safe during the federal government’s terror campaign, please throw a few bucks to The Bond Between. Tell them Petra sent you.
www.thebondbetween.org/donate
www.thebondbetween.org/donate
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Hi friends - Sara, a former iSchool student in the Chicago area, is trying to arrange for additional hotel nights due to the cold. Her Paypal is saschmidt8 @ aol . com if you can help with $$$.
#mutualaid
#mutualaid
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Hi friends - Sara, a former iSchool student in the Chicago area, is trying to arrange for additional hotel nights due to the cold. Her Paypal is saschmidt8 @ aol . com if you can help with $$$.
#mutualaid
#mutualaid
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This cost almost $400 that I don’t have so if anyone would like to donate to our found cat, here’s my info.
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This cost almost $400 that I don’t have so if anyone would like to donate to our found cat, here’s my info.
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
We named her Saja, after KPop Demon Hunters. It means ‘lion.’
venmo.com/u/pixiedane
I called Duarte a "siwwy wittle guy" and it activated Siri?? Siri, you so siwwy
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I called Duarte a "siwwy wittle guy" and it activated Siri?? Siri, you so siwwy
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I am accepting this challenge and raising $1200 for one Minneapolis family to cover their overdue rent today. Venmo me at nkkritzer and I will send the money to that family once it's raised. I believe in us.
Cat photo because you know who likes cat photos (everyone, everyone likes cat photos)
Cat photo because you know who likes cat photos (everyone, everyone likes cat photos)
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I am accepting this challenge and raising $1200 for one Minneapolis family to cover their overdue rent today. Venmo me at nkkritzer and I will send the money to that family once it's raised. I believe in us.
Cat photo because you know who likes cat photos (everyone, everyone likes cat photos)
Cat photo because you know who likes cat photos (everyone, everyone likes cat photos)
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
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Remember how I said we had plans to try to reduce Amazon wishlist dependence for our whistle printers?
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
Also just going to throw out here that if you were to send a polymaker gift card to whistlerequests@proton.me so we can combine a few of them, we have an evil plan for wholesale purchases AND IT WOULD BE EPIC!!!
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Polymaker Digital Gift Card
Are you on the hunt for the perfect gift but unsure what to choose? Look no further! Present them with the ultimate gift of choice - a versatile gift card. Send giftcards directly to another persons e...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Remember how I said we had plans to try to reduce Amazon wishlist dependence for our whistle printers?
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
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WHOA. An amazing deal on some amazing books for an amazing cause.
HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
February 3, 2026 at 1:55 AM
WHOA. An amazing deal on some amazing books for an amazing cause.