Kristin Buxton
@kbuxton.bsky.social
Librarian, Lindyhopper, Reader
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Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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It's here! The 2025 SK Classroom Wishlist Project starts today. Here is the spreadsheet of all the classrooms that have requested help getting school supplies:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
July 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's here! The 2025 SK Classroom Wishlist Project starts today. Here is the spreadsheet of all the classrooms that have requested help getting school supplies:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It
Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear...
www.404media.co
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
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B&N is doing one of their preorder sales for members. Just in case there was *something* you were thinking about ordering… 😇
Also, @bookshop.org is offering Free Shipping for the next 79 hours as part of their Anti-Prime sale.
It's time for new offerings for your bookshelf gods!
Also, @bookshop.org is offering Free Shipping for the next 79 hours as part of their Anti-Prime sale.
It's time for new offerings for your bookshelf gods!
July 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
B&N is doing one of their preorder sales for members. Just in case there was *something* you were thinking about ordering… 😇
Also, @bookshop.org is offering Free Shipping for the next 79 hours as part of their Anti-Prime sale.
It's time for new offerings for your bookshelf gods!
Also, @bookshop.org is offering Free Shipping for the next 79 hours as part of their Anti-Prime sale.
It's time for new offerings for your bookshelf gods!
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my hottest educational take is that schools should actively, non-punitively teach students how to admit when they don't know something, aren't sure or have made a mistake, with various teaching frameworks adapted to support this ideal, because people who can't admit fault are breaking the world
June 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my hottest educational take is that schools should actively, non-punitively teach students how to admit when they don't know something, aren't sure or have made a mistake, with various teaching frameworks adapted to support this ideal, because people who can't admit fault are breaking the world
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the world is just better with trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in it
full stop
full stop
June 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
the world is just better with trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in it
full stop
full stop
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TREVOR PROJECT HOTLINE - UPDATE
I deleted my post about the Trevor Project's hotline—see: @emceebois.bsky.social's clarification ⬇️. Please share the clarification far & wide.
And if you need to talk:
Hotline: 1-866-488-7386
Text: Text ‘START’ to 678-678
Chat: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
I deleted my post about the Trevor Project's hotline—see: @emceebois.bsky.social's clarification ⬇️. Please share the clarification far & wide.
And if you need to talk:
Hotline: 1-866-488-7386
Text: Text ‘START’ to 678-678
Chat: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
TREVOR PROJECT HOTLINE - UPDATE
I deleted my post about the Trevor Project's hotline—see: @emceebois.bsky.social's clarification ⬇️. Please share the clarification far & wide.
And if you need to talk:
Hotline: 1-866-488-7386
Text: Text ‘START’ to 678-678
Chat: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
I deleted my post about the Trevor Project's hotline—see: @emceebois.bsky.social's clarification ⬇️. Please share the clarification far & wide.
And if you need to talk:
Hotline: 1-866-488-7386
Text: Text ‘START’ to 678-678
Chat: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
Hey #Eugene folks, help fund the digitization of the Eugene Weekly through the years ducksgive.uoregon.edu/giving-day/1...
Ducks Give 2025
A Decade of Ducks Give
ducksgive.uoregon.edu
May 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hey #Eugene folks, help fund the digitization of the Eugene Weekly through the years ducksgive.uoregon.edu/giving-day/1...
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A titillating ensemble of books by multi-award-winning writers from Africa and the African diaspora, African SF Collection Bundle, curated @genni.bsky.social, features work by
@nalohop.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & more
@storybundle.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
@nalohop.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & more
@storybundle.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
May 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A titillating ensemble of books by multi-award-winning writers from Africa and the African diaspora, African SF Collection Bundle, curated @genni.bsky.social, features work by
@nalohop.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & more
@storybundle.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
@nalohop.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & more
@storybundle.bsky.social
storybundle.com/scifi
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My short story collection Shoggoths in Traffic is in this amazing bundle of great books at Story Bundle of African and Diasporic fiction.
It’s a super awesome deal, check it all out!
It’s a super awesome deal, check it all out!
A titillating ensemble of short story collections and anthologies by multi-award-winning writers from Africa and the African diaspora. From time travel, space opera, AI, zombies, African spirituality, it's all here! storybundle.com/scifi
May 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My short story collection Shoggoths in Traffic is in this amazing bundle of great books at Story Bundle of African and Diasporic fiction.
It’s a super awesome deal, check it all out!
It’s a super awesome deal, check it all out!
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A hallmark of fascism is to attack the judiciary.
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A hallmark of fascism is to attack the judiciary.
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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
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One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
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The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
Just listened to this. It's good.(I mean the podcast always is but this one landed today).
Here's the episode of The Memory Palace: A Brief Note Written After Reading that the National Park Service has Removed the Word Transgender from its Website for the Stonewall National Monument in New York. dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
dts.podtrac.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Just listened to this. It's good.(I mean the podcast always is but this one landed today).
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
Donate to your local library, get a free ebook from libro.fm: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/ (at least in the US)
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
libro.fm
April 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Donate to your local library, get a free ebook from libro.fm: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/ (at least in the US)
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Y'all should log into ssa.gov and download a copy of what you've paid in over the years in case they delete it or something. I did. It only takes a minute
The United States Social Security Administration | SSA
Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
ssa.gov
March 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Y'all should log into ssa.gov and download a copy of what you've paid in over the years in case they delete it or something. I did. It only takes a minute
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Many libraries have Friends of the Library organizations that work as fundraisers & advocates. Libraries are going to need more friends than ever, so be sure to join your local chapter.
March 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Many libraries have Friends of the Library organizations that work as fundraisers & advocates. Libraries are going to need more friends than ever, so be sure to join your local chapter.
Taken from the clock museum in Vienna, Austria earlier this week.
March 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Taken from the clock museum in Vienna, Austria earlier this week.
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Do you want more cats in your feed but hate image scrapers? Here is my starter pack that is all cat accounts run by real people, posting content that is non-stolen, non-AI images of their own cats or cat artwork with ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
January 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Do you want more cats in your feed but hate image scrapers? Here is my starter pack that is all cat accounts run by real people, posting content that is non-stolen, non-AI images of their own cats or cat artwork with ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
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February 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM