Janet O’Keefe
@jtokeefe.bsky.social
Librarian, Man City supporter, Yorkist, Journey to the West nerd, ex-vampirologist, slovenly housekeeper but great cook.
I just realized the Dark Academia trend is just the grimdark reaction to Harry Potter, like the Eighties comics were to Batman 66. Now I wonder what took me so long.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I just realized the Dark Academia trend is just the grimdark reaction to Harry Potter, like the Eighties comics were to Batman 66. Now I wonder what took me so long.
Suddenly screaming and gritting my teeth in agony at one glaring mistake in an otherwise excellent book. That’s going to mar it for me forever.
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Suddenly screaming and gritting my teeth in agony at one glaring mistake in an otherwise excellent book. That’s going to mar it for me forever.
Proud to be the 4th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition Launch Party
Get excited about Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Proud to be the 4th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Podcast: Developments like gas lighting reduced the demand for whale oil.
Me: I’m not sure I can trust your word on that.
Me: I’m not sure I can trust your word on that.
July 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Podcast: Developments like gas lighting reduced the demand for whale oil.
Me: I’m not sure I can trust your word on that.
Me: I’m not sure I can trust your word on that.
Reposted by Janet O’Keefe
"I want to thank all librarians, because you guys are the pillars of our democracy."
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"I want to thank all librarians, because you guys are the pillars of our democracy."
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
— The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes)
Check out "It Rhymes With Takei."
#ALAAC25
#itrhymeswithtakei
I have had a phobia of down escalators for forty years without meeting someone who shares it. Today I met two. Crazy!
June 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have had a phobia of down escalators for forty years without meeting someone who shares it. Today I met two. Crazy!
I have reached the age where I see someone in Chuck Taylors at a Conference and think, “Your poor feet, your poor, poor feet.”
June 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I have reached the age where I see someone in Chuck Taylors at a Conference and think, “Your poor feet, your poor, poor feet.”
Help, this reality has broken me. On the library’s post for our kid & teen D&D clubs, someone posted an anti D&D Chick tract in the comments. Send chocolate and cute hedgehog pictures.
June 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Help, this reality has broken me. On the library’s post for our kid & teen D&D clubs, someone posted an anti D&D Chick tract in the comments. Send chocolate and cute hedgehog pictures.
In a Zoom meeting, looking like a snob & wondering how many other people with their noses in the air are just trying to see through their bifocals.
March 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In a Zoom meeting, looking like a snob & wondering how many other people with their noses in the air are just trying to see through their bifocals.
I feel like the existence of a Sailor Moon livestream on Prime is our corporate overlords trying to soothe us out of fighting back against the fascist hellscape we’re living in, but dammit if I don’t let myself be soothed at the end of a long week.
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I feel like the existence of a Sailor Moon livestream on Prime is our corporate overlords trying to soothe us out of fighting back against the fascist hellscape we’re living in, but dammit if I don’t let myself be soothed at the end of a long week.
If you see this, quote with flowers in your gallery.
Didn’t remember taking this. I think I wanted to show my sister the heather.
Didn’t remember taking this. I think I wanted to show my sister the heather.
January 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you see this, quote with flowers in your gallery.
Didn’t remember taking this. I think I wanted to show my sister the heather.
Didn’t remember taking this. I think I wanted to show my sister the heather.
Just half-jokingly revealed my true thoughts: Go out when I could just go home, what sense does that make?
January 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just half-jokingly revealed my true thoughts: Go out when I could just go home, what sense does that make?
Reposted by Janet O’Keefe
A coney dog [also called a coney island] has chili, mustard, and onions. And most importantly, you buy them at *a Coney Island*
(A Coney Island is a specific type of restaurant that sells coney islands (coney dogs), chili fries, gyros, chicken pitas, etc.] #Detroit
(A Coney Island is a specific type of restaurant that sells coney islands (coney dogs), chili fries, gyros, chicken pitas, etc.] #Detroit
so Michigan people:
What makes a coney dog a coney dog and not just a hot dog?
I don’t wanna google I wanna hear from real folks who’ve eaten them
What makes a coney dog a coney dog and not just a hot dog?
I don’t wanna google I wanna hear from real folks who’ve eaten them
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A coney dog [also called a coney island] has chili, mustard, and onions. And most importantly, you buy them at *a Coney Island*
(A Coney Island is a specific type of restaurant that sells coney islands (coney dogs), chili fries, gyros, chicken pitas, etc.] #Detroit
(A Coney Island is a specific type of restaurant that sells coney islands (coney dogs), chili fries, gyros, chicken pitas, etc.] #Detroit
Now this is a December holiday I can get behind!
Happy Nichelle Nichols's birthday to all who observe and celebrate (and who doesn't, right?)!
December 28, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Now this is a December holiday I can get behind!
Reposted by Janet O’Keefe
🏳️⚧️ Bluesky is for trans people 🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️ Bluesky is for trans people
🌌 Bluesky is for trans people
December 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM
🏳️⚧️ Bluesky is for trans people 🏳️⚧️
Reposted by Janet O’Keefe
Free people can choose what they read but they can't choose what their community reads. "When it's one person or a few people trying to say what's best for everyone, that's where we draw a line" — @becalzada.bsky.social Policy Corps #UniteAgainstBookBans cadre member www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Librarians stand firm as book bans stack up and concerns swirl post-election
As activists seek to curb access to books and even hold them criminally liable, librarians ask people to listen, read and engage with them.
www.usatoday.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Free people can choose what they read but they can't choose what their community reads. "When it's one person or a few people trying to say what's best for everyone, that's where we draw a line" — @becalzada.bsky.social Policy Corps #UniteAgainstBookBans cadre member www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Today in weird machine translation, “cerebellum bag melon”. I really need to collect these and turn them into poetry.
November 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Today in weird machine translation, “cerebellum bag melon”. I really need to collect these and turn them into poetry.
As if I hadn’t already realized the world has gone insane, this was in my mail last night.
November 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
As if I hadn’t already realized the world has gone insane, this was in my mail last night.
My sister just serendipitously created THE portmanteau for this election - psychophancy. I’m sure we’ve all run across some psychophants lately.
November 4, 2024 at 5:49 PM
My sister just serendipitously created THE portmanteau for this election - psychophancy. I’m sure we’ve all run across some psychophants lately.
Reposted by Janet O’Keefe
Amen!
Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson
In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Amen!
Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Janet O’Keefe
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
“In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.”
“In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.”
Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods
“There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.”
“There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
September 26, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
“In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.”
“In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.”
Why am I not worried that AI will replace librarians? Because I asked Alexa how many days to Halloween and she said, "There are 42 days to Halloween and also, there are 152 days to Halloween."
That’s job security right there.
That’s job security right there.
September 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Why am I not worried that AI will replace librarians? Because I asked Alexa how many days to Halloween and she said, "There are 42 days to Halloween and also, there are 152 days to Halloween."
That’s job security right there.
That’s job security right there.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can’t help thinking Michigan is having a heatwave just to spite the Sweater Weather display I put up this week.
September 13, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can’t help thinking Michigan is having a heatwave just to spite the Sweater Weather display I put up this week.
I blame every children’s librarian in my life for my singing this to my blueberry pie:
Are you bubbling in the center? No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
You know you’re kinda meant ta
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center? No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
You know you’re kinda meant ta
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
August 25, 2024 at 12:17 AM
I blame every children’s librarian in my life for my singing this to my blueberry pie:
Are you bubbling in the center? No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
You know you’re kinda meant ta
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center? No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
Are you bubbling in the center?
You know you’re kinda meant ta
Are you bubbling in the center?
No you’re not
In the meantime, check your local library. Many of us have free ones to distribute.
Huzzah! Beginning in late September, you'll be able to order up to four free at-home COVID tests at COVIDtests.gov
U.S. will again offer free at-home Covid tests starting in late September
Americans will soon be able to use COVIDtests.gov to request four free tests, Biden administration officials said.
www.cnbc.com
August 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM
In the meantime, check your local library. Many of us have free ones to distribute.