Sara Habein
@sarahabein.bsky.social
Montana person. Writer. Reader. Co-founder Electric City Creative. She/her
Books and music stuff here:
https://www.instagram.com/glorifiedloveletters/
Glorified Love Letters newsletter: https://buttondown.com/glorifiedloveletters
Books and music stuff here:
https://www.instagram.com/glorifiedloveletters/
Glorified Love Letters newsletter: https://buttondown.com/glorifiedloveletters
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And every time libraries "step in" to do things, it's added load to library workers who too often are seen as "no one."
I wish more people were aware of just how many things their public libraries “step in” to do, how many gaps they fill silently.
NYC, as budget season commences, we need to end the annual budget dance — a gratuitous, insulting ritual — and ensure consistent, generous funding for our libraries.
NYC, as budget season commences, we need to end the annual budget dance — a gratuitous, insulting ritual — and ensure consistent, generous funding for our libraries.
“In 2019, as [Gannett] began fully moving operations out of the bldg, the entire collection—by then scattered across the basement—was suddenly in limbo… The Poughkeepsie Public Library stepped in, agreed to pay rent on a dedicated storage unit + took on physical custodianship of the archive…”
February 18, 2026 at 12:16 PM
And every time libraries "step in" to do things, it's added load to library workers who too often are seen as "no one."
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Yeah, there are so many books I'm glad I didn't read as a surly teen first because they are actually great books, but it wasn't the time for me.
Not to say I hated all the classics we read in school, I enjoyed many, but 1000000% the teacher made a difference. (11th grade English was a huge slog.)
Not to say I hated all the classics we read in school, I enjoyed many, but 1000000% the teacher made a difference. (11th grade English was a huge slog.)
I think some people’s reluctance to engage with classic lit comes from the high school English class experience, which depends largely on what kind of teachers you got, but I’d argue the biggest problem with that system is that you just have so little life experience at that age
February 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Yeah, there are so many books I'm glad I didn't read as a surly teen first because they are actually great books, but it wasn't the time for me.
Not to say I hated all the classics we read in school, I enjoyed many, but 1000000% the teacher made a difference. (11th grade English was a huge slog.)
Not to say I hated all the classics we read in school, I enjoyed many, but 1000000% the teacher made a difference. (11th grade English was a huge slog.)
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I watched SPOTLIGHT for the first time today. I was still a kid when all of this happened, but it feels relevant considering...everything.
A newspaper team that opened the Catholic Church's cover-up, and then the last 20+ years have seen the systemic destruction of newspapers and journalism itself.
A newspaper team that opened the Catholic Church's cover-up, and then the last 20+ years have seen the systemic destruction of newspapers and journalism itself.
February 19, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I watched SPOTLIGHT for the first time today. I was still a kid when all of this happened, but it feels relevant considering...everything.
A newspaper team that opened the Catholic Church's cover-up, and then the last 20+ years have seen the systemic destruction of newspapers and journalism itself.
A newspaper team that opened the Catholic Church's cover-up, and then the last 20+ years have seen the systemic destruction of newspapers and journalism itself.
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
So what news story is going to make us say, "There's always a dril post" about this one?
things woud go fucking crazy if me and an open minded woman got up to some bisexual Shit
February 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
So what news story is going to make us say, "There's always a dril post" about this one?
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🐋
Moby Muppet.
(I really wanted to go the other way around buuuuuuuut it sounded so wrong even to my ears.)
(I really wanted to go the other way around buuuuuuuut it sounded so wrong even to my ears.)
The Muppet Pimpernel
February 19, 2026 at 1:10 AM
🐋
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Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
February 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
You know, now that you put it that way.... oh. 😁
bluesky might actually have more "fuck you you're not my mom" energy than any other place I've ever been
which is probably why I'm so comfortable here lol
which is probably why I'm so comfortable here lol
Laughing at journalists who say if Bluesky was nicer to them there’d be more journalists here like…you don’t know your audience AT ALL.
Trying to shame Bluesky into behaving the way you personally want is like trying to keep a cat off a counter.
That cat is gonna be on the counter EVEN MORE now.
Trying to shame Bluesky into behaving the way you personally want is like trying to keep a cat off a counter.
That cat is gonna be on the counter EVEN MORE now.
February 18, 2026 at 11:58 PM
You know, now that you put it that way.... oh. 😁
I liked Wicked (part 1, haven't seen the second one) better than the book because the book is so fucking awful it made me develop a person rule for when I put a book down. If I don't give a shit even a LITTLE by 1/3 of the way through, it's time to stop!
The movie is ok.
The movie is ok.
Conventional wisdom says the book is always better than the movie, but that's not always true. Here are some movies I liked better than the books they're based on. What are yours?
• Fight Club
• Naked Lunch
• Wild at Heart
• Institute Benjamenta
• Devil in a Blue Dress
• Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Fight Club
• Naked Lunch
• Wild at Heart
• Institute Benjamenta
• Devil in a Blue Dress
• Picnic at Hanging Rock
February 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I liked Wicked (part 1, haven't seen the second one) better than the book because the book is so fucking awful it made me develop a person rule for when I put a book down. If I don't give a shit even a LITTLE by 1/3 of the way through, it's time to stop!
The movie is ok.
The movie is ok.
13 yr old me and a friend were like "Let's go see a movie. Any movie."
We picked Mr. Wrong. We both left like, "I cannot BELIEVE I paid nighttime movie prices for that."
Truly horrible, on so many levels.
We picked Mr. Wrong. We both left like, "I cannot BELIEVE I paid nighttime movie prices for that."
Truly horrible, on so many levels.
February 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
13 yr old me and a friend were like "Let's go see a movie. Any movie."
We picked Mr. Wrong. We both left like, "I cannot BELIEVE I paid nighttime movie prices for that."
Truly horrible, on so many levels.
We picked Mr. Wrong. We both left like, "I cannot BELIEVE I paid nighttime movie prices for that."
Truly horrible, on so many levels.
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this tiger toy is a big dill
February 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
this tiger toy is a big dill
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THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
Actually, even though he's 14 years old and kinda runs on three legs, I feel like my dog would still do respectably at any sprint. His favorite thing besides eating chicken is being faster than other dogs.
Ok, what Olympic events would everyone's dog be best at? I think Gracie would have a shot at the podium in the 5-meter freestyle sock chase
February 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Actually, even though he's 14 years old and kinda runs on three legs, I feel like my dog would still do respectably at any sprint. His favorite thing besides eating chicken is being faster than other dogs.
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Yesterday my friend told me about her PHILOSOPHY students all using ai for their assignments and like come the fuck on man you’re in Uni doing the subject thats Thinking about Thinking and u refuse to Think
February 18, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Yesterday my friend told me about her PHILOSOPHY students all using ai for their assignments and like come the fuck on man you’re in Uni doing the subject thats Thinking about Thinking and u refuse to Think
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You may be tempted to roll your eyes and say that this was obvious, but there is a substantive difference between pointing out there is a slippery slope and having solid evidence that Ring's CEO is planning to expand Search Party beyond lost pets. Kudos to 404 Media.
Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
www.404media.co
February 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
You may be tempted to roll your eyes and say that this was obvious, but there is a substantive difference between pointing out there is a slippery slope and having solid evidence that Ring's CEO is planning to expand Search Party beyond lost pets. Kudos to 404 Media.
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Do not upload personal data to any AI. No photos for facial recognition. No medical data. No tax information. No birth records or SIN numbers. No fingerprints. Do not surrender your data and autonomy.
February 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Do not upload personal data to any AI. No photos for facial recognition. No medical data. No tax information. No birth records or SIN numbers. No fingerprints. Do not surrender your data and autonomy.
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This includes any kind of cartoon Ghibli generator; anything that promises to do your work for you; anything that makes movie clips from photos; anything that acts as a "medical advisor" or "psychotherapist." Don't participate in any of these things.
February 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This includes any kind of cartoon Ghibli generator; anything that promises to do your work for you; anything that makes movie clips from photos; anything that acts as a "medical advisor" or "psychotherapist." Don't participate in any of these things.
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The Left Must Engage With This Thing That Really Seems Stupid Or Else Appear Out Of Touch
by Pundit Who Fell For It Last Time And The Time Before That
by Pundit Who Fell For It Last Time And The Time Before That
February 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The Left Must Engage With This Thing That Really Seems Stupid Or Else Appear Out Of Touch
by Pundit Who Fell For It Last Time And The Time Before That
by Pundit Who Fell For It Last Time And The Time Before That