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anzacmonster.bsky.social
Kelly
@anzacmonster.bsky.social
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Public librarian in Boston. she/her. Haudenosaunee/Oneida
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Enthusiasms: minicomics; horror; reading and libraries and metadata.

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anzacmonster.bsky.social
My favorite covers votes. For @wxpnfm.bsky.social
- [ ] Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival (album version) - [ ] September Song - Willie Nelson - [ ] Night Time is the Right Time - The Sonics - [ ] Death Letter - White Stripes - [ ] I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - [ ] Police and Thieves - The Clash - [ ] Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Sly and the Family Stone - [ ] Who’s Lovin’ You - The Jackson 5 - [ ] Funny How Times Slips Away - Al Green - [ ] Trouble in Mind - Nina Simone
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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meganpiont.bsky.social
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!

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Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe" hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment
August 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
The children's books collection being transferred through cataloging is continually distracting.
Title page of The First Book of Jazz by Langston Hughes with fun illustrations by Cliff Roberts.
August 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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wardjenkins.bsky.social
From a Kroger Salads cook booklet, 1957. No artist credit (unfortunately, very typical at that time). This is from my own collection and I scanned and posted this booklet on my Flickr back in 2006. I'll share more in this 🧵.

#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
Illustration of two woman drawn in a pen & ink style, with one tasting mayo that says "Too Tart!" and she's frowning, while another woman is tasting mayo that says "Ah...just right!" and she's smiling.
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
Was weeding old CD mixes and found my rip of Rocky Horror in Norwegian. Been a minute! via WFMU: blog.wfmu.org/freeform/200...
Rocky Horror -- Norsk Version
Ain't ya just been dying to get yer paws on these? MP3s: Science Fiction/Dobbeltforestilling, , Bryllupsangen, Alltid Lys Hos Frankenstein, En Hip Transvestitt, Tiden Blir Skrudd, Damoklessverdet, Mus...
blog.wfmu.org
August 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
I'm a summer-hater through and through but this sweet post had me jotting a little to-do list: bsky.app/profile/cogw...
cogwbur.bsky.social Cognoscenti @cogwbur.bsky.social · Jun 22
To savor New England's sweet few temperate months, I created a summer checklist, writes Alysia Abbott. On her list? Wandering a yard sale, procuring the perfect farm stand tomato and riding a ferry -- any ferry! http://spr.ly/633204ZwCo
13 ways to savor the season
To savor our region’s sweet few temperate months, I created a summer checklist that I endeavor to make my way through once summer begins, writes Alysia Abbott. Soaking up the season is my way of actively living.
spr.ly
June 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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jaymoschella.bsky.social
For the past year or so, my colleagues and I have been working with the authors of Our Bodies Ourselves, as well as the successor org to the Boston Women's Health Course Collective to digitize the very early printings of this once (and still) radical text: ourbodiesourselves.org/the-latest/b...
Boston Public Library Digitizes the Earliest “Our Bodies, Ourselves” Books | Our Bodies Ourselves
Thanks to a digitization project completed by Special Collections at the Boston Public Library, the very first versions of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” are now available on Digital Commonwealth, a free, op...
ourbodiesourselves.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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janineveazue.bsky.social
send me all your favorite Carla Hayden facts because this weekend i'm gonna have to make a zine about her to get through all these feels
a cartoon man is talking on a cell phone in front of a computer monitor .
Alt: the character mr ambrose from the animated show bobs burgers stands behind a library reference desk and talks on a phone yelling 'OH HELLO, A LIBRARIAN EMERGENCY?'
media.tenor.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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graphicmedicine.bsky.social
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) is thrilled to announce the works shortlisted for the 2025 GMIC Awards!

#GraphicMedicine

www.graphicmedicine.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the Shortlists for the 2025 GMIC Awards | Graphic Medicine
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) is thrilled to announce the works shortlisted for the 2025 GMIC Awards. These awards honor outstanding health-related comic projects in three categ...
www.graphicmedicine.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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micahbateman.bsky.social
Amplifying ATALM:

"If you are a Native cultural institution or an organization serving USA-based Indigenous communities, we invite you to complete the Impact of the Loss or Reduction of Federal Funding on Tribal Cultural Institutions Survey" by April 11.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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librarian.bsky.social
IMLS Matters.

Read the stories (reload gets a new story).

imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Tell your story.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.

#SaveIMLS
Interior view: Card catalog drawers are on the desk. Book shelves line the wall behind the desk. A woman in professional dress looks through a catalog drawer.
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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jacobsberg.bsky.social
In better LIS news:
zinelib.bsky.social my views do not represent those of my employer @zinelib.bsky.social · Mar 31
Here's a banger from Sandy Berman about the #lcsh changes from Mount Denali to Mount McKinley and Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America (and The Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division of the Library of Congress being "handmaidens to chauvinism, ethnocentrism and fascism."). 📚
Scan of a letter from Sandy Berman to The Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division of the Library of Congress. It reads: 3-22-25 Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-4305 Dear Colleagues, BRAVO! Your recent conversion of DENALI, MOUNT (ALASKA) and MEXICO, GULF OF to MCKINLEY, MOUNT (ALASKA) and AMERICA, GULF OF, respectively, as both primary and subheadings was breathtakingly thorough and detailed. You are masters of your craft. Alas, you are also willful handmaidens of chauvinism, ethnocentrism and fascism. Also: Trumpism. Many weeks ago I expressed the hope that LC would resist the temptation to implement this palpably capricious, arbitrary, and baseless name-charging. That admonition appears to have gone unheeded. Our President has no authority to wantonly replace the name for international waters that abut more countries than our own. Beyond that, the Gulf of Mexico has been so known since about the 16th Century. Its renaming, totally rejected by neighboring Mexico, smacks of arrogant linguistic imperialism. It seems the whole state of Alaska prefers the Athabascan place- name, Denali, to McKinley, a U.S. President associated with American expansion who never set foot in Alaska. The widely-unwanted name change is an affront to Alaska's indigenous population, as well as its state legislature and two Republican senators. Although LC has now fully demonstrated its lock-step deference to bigoted, unjustified authority, I hope American librarians will muster the moral and intellectual strength. to ignore its dismal example. Sorrowfully, [large, sprawling, angry signature] Sanford Berman Margaret Mann Citation Recipient Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award Recipient ALA Equality Award Recipient Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality Recipient 4400 Morningside Road Edina, MN 55416
March 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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timdevin.bsky.social
a Greater Boston-wide zine crawl in April? don't mind if I do...

#Zines #BostonMA #SomervilleMA
Zine Library Crawl 2025 | Somerville Public Library
Welcome to the Greater Boston Area Zine Library Crawl 2025! Did you know that several public and academic libraries in the state have zine collections that are available to the public? Many even have ...
www.somervillepubliclibrary.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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noelmu.bsky.social
In an effort to distract, if fleetingly, from These Uncertain Times, I’m going to post here occasionally about some of my favorite pantry/fridge staples: the foods/drinks/spices I replace as soon I deplete them. Threading here still sucks so I’m going to tag them: #NoelMuStaple .
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
Among the many sickening impacts of IMLS landing on the chopping block: most tribal libraries absolutely depend on IMLS basic grants. bsky.app/profile/roop...
roopikarisam.bsky.social Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Mar 15
IMLS is under attack. They’ve been instrumental in digital humanities and GLAM. Make noise, spread the word, call your reps.

IMLS co-funded my 1st NEH grant, which later became the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium & introduced 1000s of students of color to DH. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
Stand Up For Science in Boston was fierce!
Person holding sign saying Research Saves Lives Crowd with person holding sign saying America Runs on Science Crowd with person holding sign saying Time to React with a Bunsen burner Crowd with person holding sign saying Make America Smart Again
March 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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mgillman.bsky.social
I’m working on trying to categorize the zine library in the school’s comics homeroom…
A shelf of small zines in a 4-section organizer, with labels reading “little guys”, “little-er guys”, “widdle guys”, “widdlest guys”
February 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
Listening to Books Are Good Medicine with wonderful hosts Allison Waukau and Odia Wood-Krueger. “a podcast exploring books and other K-12 teaching resources on the Native American experience” www.booksaregoodmedicine.com
Screenshot of Books Are Good Medicine website
February 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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annkpowers.bsky.social
David Johansen aged with grace from his rock star glory into a position as one of popular music's most jovial preservationists. Now he needs help. My heart hurst knowing of his struggles; he's one of the greats www.sweetrelief.org/davidjohanse...
Sweet Relief
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-rela...
www.sweetrelief.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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condimentking.bsky.social
Manicules are great, sure; but cufficules? The best.
manicule with fancy cuff and green sleeve manicule with fancy cuff manicule with fancy cuff in brown and black manicule with fancy cuff, green sleeve, red bracelet, alongside marginalia in Latin
January 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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wildeatheart.bsky.social
The unionized staff of the Boston Public Library need your help! A member of the Boston Public Library Professional Staff Union, Eve, had her request to withdraw hours from the sick bank denied by Boston Public Library management. Sign the petition at bit.ly/sickbankpetition
to add your name!
Petition against the denial of an approved withdrawal from PSA's Extended Sick Leave Fund
The BPL Professional Staff Association has successfully managed our Extended Sick Leave Fund ("sick bank") since its inception. Members donate one, two, or three days worth of hours each year to the b...
bit.ly
January 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
This is nasty, a librarian colleague is being denied further use of the Sick Leave Bank as she undergoes treatment for cancer. Please sign the petition to GIVE EVE HER LEAVE!
Petition against the denial of an approved withdrawal from PSA's Extended Sick Leave Fund
The BPL Professional Staff Association has successfully managed our Extended Sick Leave Fund ("sick bank") since its inception. Members donate one, two, or three days worth of hours each year to the b...
bit.ly
January 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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juliawertz.bsky.social
Some very cool songs and some deeply dorky ones. Go get @brianabreaks.bsky.social’s new book Raised By Ghosts and re-experience YOUR 90s teen years *shudder* from the safety of middle age
brianabreaks.bsky.social Briana Loewinsohn @brianabreaks.bsky.social · Jan 31
@juliawertz.bsky.social brings you her mixtape: Garden of Grievances! Listen to this perfect 90s mix while you read Impossible People. You will not be disappointed! @fantagraphics.bsky.social
#comics #juliawertz #impossiblepeople #fantagraphics #brianaloewinsohn #raisedbyghosts #mixtape
January 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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deerlady83.bsky.social
Statement from the Ho-Chunk nation regarding the Trump Administration. We have always been here.
10:19 Ho-Chunk Nation • Follow 13h • G .. The incoming Trump Administration has released an onslaught of Executive Orders, many of which have been expected and have been a part of his campaign or residual promises from his first term of office. Not all action taken to date has been foretold in campaign promises and rhetoric. This leaves much to surprise and living in perpetual uncertainty is never a desire of any society regardless of party or faith. The brash actions from the Oval Office to date are likely bringing a lot of excitement and elation to his extreme base but also bringing a wealth of anxiety and fear to a greater part of this country. We are not a nation of dissidents, criminals, and freeloaders. We work, we spend, and try to find these little parts that fulfill our spiritual livelihood when we can without harm or threat to others. Unfortunately, the narrative & profile of who Americans are has changed so greatly that we are now feeling the need to defend ourself from the ill-intended forces of our own government. I cannot speak for all public officials who've been vested with the honor to take care of a greater community of citizens beyond a family and household but I will tell you this, the Ho-Chunk Nation has held ourselves as sovereign long before the government and the Constitution recognized it. This means something. This means we are not a campus, a corporation, or an organization and will not be treated as such. This means we are not a campus, a corporation, or an organization and will not be treated as such. Our sovereign recognition spans centuries from most early colonists to the most present day leaders in government from both sides of the aisle and that we cannot be packaged up and sent somewhere just because we don't fit the President's preference in what Americans should look and behave like. I will not bend or bow, play political games, or accept any threat to any of our tribal members or their families in this ridiculous and irresponsible demonstration of petulant leadership. Demonizing human beings for the color of their skin, the people they love, the bodies they so choose to make decisions for, or the economic class to which they struggle to break free from represents something far from the public service embodied in any oath or promise to the people we serve. As Ho-Chunk people, we are lauded for our ability to adapt socially, environmentally, culturally, and politically. Many of us have braced for impact but now can predict this is going to be a rough ride for the poor and underrepresented. Regardless of the intermittent jaw dropping policy changes and the reshaping of our government perhaps undoing decades of collaborative quality work, I will work with my colleagues to build or strengthen alliances to maintain the quality of care and services to our members and their families. I hope not to believe we are the target of the President and the forces behind the MAGA front steering his decision making but if we are, we will hold our ground as we have long before this new fury against humankind came to be. In the meantime, I will take on a task of assembling impact statements for the variety of programs and services that could be affected in the wake of these executive orders. This won't be easy as many things are left to speculate or are still incredibly fast moving targets. Stand up straight, chin up, find that light, and shoot for it. I'll keep you posted as best I can. We got this! Jon Greendeer President of the Ho-Chunk Nation
January 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
anzacmonster.bsky.social
this is one of the many talents of my bosom pal @condimentking.bsky.social ❤️ bsky.app/profile/megh...
meghanbkelly.bsky.social meghan kelly @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · Jan 24
my english teacher senior year of high school was able to read the canterbury tales out loud authentically and it was absolutely mesmerizing. a 10/10 experience
joycecaroloates.bsky.social joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · Jan 24
you really have to take a course in Chaucer taught by someone who loves the language & can read it aloud so you hear the poetry, cadences, unique Chaucerian voice. reading Chaucer alone would be difficult & not nearly so much fun, like reading "Ulysses" with others.
January 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM