Robert M. Sarwark
@robsarwark.bsky.social
Librarian, Scholar of Eldritch Tomes and Lore | THE DRAGON IN WORLD MYTHOLOGY AND CULTURE (McFarland, 2024) ⬇️
My book: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-dragon-in-world-mythology-and-culture/
Blog: http://bibofthedamned.com
My book: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-dragon-in-world-mythology-and-culture/
Blog: http://bibofthedamned.com
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Give to your local food bank!
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Give to your local food bank!
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announces the retirement of Dr. Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer.
“It’s been my distinct honor and privilege to lead the Atlanta Fed for these past eight and a half years,” Bostic said.
To read the press release, visit: atlfed.org/4nMNQIF.
“It’s been my distinct honor and privilege to lead the Atlanta Fed for these past eight and a half years,” Bostic said.
To read the press release, visit: atlfed.org/4nMNQIF.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announces the retirement of Dr. Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer.
“It’s been my distinct honor and privilege to lead the Atlanta Fed for these past eight and a half years,” Bostic said.
To read the press release, visit: atlfed.org/4nMNQIF.
“It’s been my distinct honor and privilege to lead the Atlanta Fed for these past eight and a half years,” Bostic said.
To read the press release, visit: atlfed.org/4nMNQIF.
Reposted by Robert M. Sarwark
Rosalind Franklin had a lot to do with white dude Watsons and his success. Cannot give a women credit now can we.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rosalind Franklin had a lot to do with white dude Watsons and his success. Cannot give a women credit now can we.
I’m not saying that being a white Chicagoan causes bigotry — those are my own roots and I am not a bigot. But when I learned in his obit that Watson was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, it started to make more sense.
That said, he still did a great thing. And it indeed went to his head.
That said, he still did a great thing. And it indeed went to his head.
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I’m not saying that being a white Chicagoan causes bigotry — those are my own roots and I am not a bigot. But when I learned in his obit that Watson was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, it started to make more sense.
That said, he still did a great thing. And it indeed went to his head.
That said, he still did a great thing. And it indeed went to his head.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
Will be VERY interesting how the current administration responds to this news. My guess is silence, but they are also unhinged so who knows.
BREAKING: Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84.
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. The hard-charging conservative became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Will be VERY interesting how the current administration responds to this news. My guess is silence, but they are also unhinged so who knows.
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BREAKING: City of Atlanta voters can vote until 8 PM on Election Day
But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
BREAKING: City of Atlanta voters can vote until 8 PM on Election Day
But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
atlantaciviccircle.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
BREAKING: City of Atlanta voters can vote until 8 PM on Election Day
But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
#Atlanta: Don’t forget to VOTE tomorrow! We’re electing city council offices as well as positions on the Public Services Commission, among others. All are important.
Check your voter registration registration here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/. 🗳️
Check your voter registration registration here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/. 🗳️
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November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#Atlanta: Don’t forget to VOTE tomorrow! We’re electing city council offices as well as positions on the Public Services Commission, among others. All are important.
Check your voter registration registration here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/. 🗳️
Check your voter registration registration here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/. 🗳️
Some interesting, bug-related translinguistic discoveries today 🇨🇻 🇪🇸 🇵🇹
In Spanish and both main dialects of Portuguese, “dragonfly” is LIBÉLULA. The term I learned in Cabo Verde (Kriolu) is CAVALO-DE-FEITICEIRA (“witch’s horse” 😮).
In Kriolu, “praying mantis” is SAÚDE (literally “health”)…
In Spanish and both main dialects of Portuguese, “dragonfly” is LIBÉLULA. The term I learned in Cabo Verde (Kriolu) is CAVALO-DE-FEITICEIRA (“witch’s horse” 😮).
In Kriolu, “praying mantis” is SAÚDE (literally “health”)…
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Some interesting, bug-related translinguistic discoveries today 🇨🇻 🇪🇸 🇵🇹
In Spanish and both main dialects of Portuguese, “dragonfly” is LIBÉLULA. The term I learned in Cabo Verde (Kriolu) is CAVALO-DE-FEITICEIRA (“witch’s horse” 😮).
In Kriolu, “praying mantis” is SAÚDE (literally “health”)…
In Spanish and both main dialects of Portuguese, “dragonfly” is LIBÉLULA. The term I learned in Cabo Verde (Kriolu) is CAVALO-DE-FEITICEIRA (“witch’s horse” 😮).
In Kriolu, “praying mantis” is SAÚDE (literally “health”)…
It’s not AI, okay?! Some people just have nine fingers on one hand. JEEZ.
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s not AI, okay?! Some people just have nine fingers on one hand. JEEZ.
Oh good that should settle it then
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday he had discussed the limits of the U.S. Constitution with President Donald Trump, and that there was not enough time to amend the founding document to allow the Republican a third White House term.
Top House Republican sees no path forward for third Trump term
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday he had discussed the limits of the U.S. Constitution with President Donald Trump, and that there was not enough time to amend the founding document to allow the Republican a third White House term.
reut.rs
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Oh good that should settle it then
Thoroughly enjoying this short and very autumnal trip to Madison, WI. Tomorrow I’ll venture deeper into my alma mater, @uwmadison.bsky.social and @wsum.bsky.social. 🍂 🦡
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thoroughly enjoying this short and very autumnal trip to Madison, WI. Tomorrow I’ll venture deeper into my alma mater, @uwmadison.bsky.social and @wsum.bsky.social. 🍂 🦡
My book’s LOC call number. Having this made the whole publication process feel truly final last year.
Incidentally, “GR” seems appropriate for a book about dragons 🐉
Incidentally, “GR” seems appropriate for a book about dragons 🐉
October 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My book’s LOC call number. Having this made the whole publication process feel truly final last year.
Incidentally, “GR” seems appropriate for a book about dragons 🐉
Incidentally, “GR” seems appropriate for a book about dragons 🐉
According to legend, the emo-punk trio I drummed for circa 1997, Sixty Second Skill, won “Worst to Ever Perform Here” at Voodoo Jive Records in Bannockburn, IL.
I literally did not know any of our songs. Just general beats the bassist/simger would cue me on.
I think about this sometimes. 🥁 🖤
I literally did not know any of our songs. Just general beats the bassist/simger would cue me on.
I think about this sometimes. 🥁 🖤
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
According to legend, the emo-punk trio I drummed for circa 1997, Sixty Second Skill, won “Worst to Ever Perform Here” at Voodoo Jive Records in Bannockburn, IL.
I literally did not know any of our songs. Just general beats the bassist/simger would cue me on.
I think about this sometimes. 🥁 🖤
I literally did not know any of our songs. Just general beats the bassist/simger would cue me on.
I think about this sometimes. 🥁 🖤
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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white house has joined bluesky
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
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😢 RIP to a legend.
D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
😢 RIP to a legend.
Gonna miss the #WTFPod. But I know @marcmaron.bsky.social himself isn’t going anywhere. He’s a man fueled by productive anxiety, nosy yet respectful curiosity, and ancestral oddness that cannot be destroyed by conventional weapons. In other words, a true kindred spirit, and why I love him.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Gonna miss the #WTFPod. But I know @marcmaron.bsky.social himself isn’t going anywhere. He’s a man fueled by productive anxiety, nosy yet respectful curiosity, and ancestral oddness that cannot be destroyed by conventional weapons. In other words, a true kindred spirit, and why I love him.
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Brown University apparently needs input before (possibly) showing the spine that MIT did in not kowtowing to Trump.
Please let them know your thoughts and share this widely. Especially alum, students, staff, and faculty.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please let them know your thoughts and share this widely. Especially alum, students, staff, and faculty.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Share your thoughts with the University about the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
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October 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Brown University apparently needs input before (possibly) showing the spine that MIT did in not kowtowing to Trump.
Please let them know your thoughts and share this widely. Especially alum, students, staff, and faculty.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please let them know your thoughts and share this widely. Especially alum, students, staff, and faculty.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Trump did not win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/nobel-peace-prize-winner-machado-venezuela-trump
#axios #news #usnews
#axios #news #usnews
October 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Trump did not win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/nobel-peace-prize-winner-machado-venezuela-trump
#axios #news #usnews
#axios #news #usnews
“36 Hours in Madison, Wis.” by my old friend @petercameronwi.bsky.social 🧀
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36 Hours in Madison, Wisconsin: Things to Do and See
Embrace this beer-and-cheese-loving Midwestern capital with farmers’ markets, cozy supper clubs and picturesque lakeside strolls.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“36 Hours in Madison, Wis.” by my old friend @petercameronwi.bsky.social 🧀
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Okay. It’s true that I have a master’s in Portuguese and Brazilian studies. But at no point during my degree program did it come up that there is still a distinct Germanic language spoken in southern Brazil called Hunsrik. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsrik... 🇩🇪 🇧🇷
Hunsrik - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Okay. It’s true that I have a master’s in Portuguese and Brazilian studies. But at no point during my degree program did it come up that there is still a distinct Germanic language spoken in southern Brazil called Hunsrik. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsrik... 🇩🇪 🇧🇷