kelizard
@kelizard.bsky.social
Academic librarian, mainly here to lurk in peace. Passionate about books (esp. SF/fantasy), poetry, nature, politics. Lesbian, she/her.
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Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
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By all means let's keep building AI data centers that use a water supply the equivalent of Guatemala's yearly consumption. I mean, what could possibly go wrong
Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
Fire hydrants ran dry in Pacific Palisades as a major wildfire raged
Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the fight to contain the flames has put immense strain on the system.
www.npr.org
January 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By all means let's keep building AI data centers that use a water supply the equivalent of Guatemala's yearly consumption. I mean, what could possibly go wrong
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I’m just begging you: Before you write your post about why the media isn’t covering something, *Google it* and look at the “news” tab. Please.
January 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m just begging you: Before you write your post about why the media isn’t covering something, *Google it* and look at the “news” tab. Please.
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I’ve never had this much trouble mustering the energy to give a fuck about the house speaker vote
January 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I’ve never had this much trouble mustering the energy to give a fuck about the house speaker vote
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Welcome to the public domain, Virginia Woolf's A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (1929), a pivotal feminist essay by one of modernism’s most innovative writers, advocating for women's creative independence. 🖋️
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Welcome to the public domain, Virginia Woolf's A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (1929), a pivotal feminist essay by one of modernism’s most innovative writers, advocating for women's creative independence. 🖋️
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain
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We need to spend way more on adaptation to climate change. None of us can predict the future, but it’s 100% certain that the climate we have today is the best any of us will ever experience. As we continue to emit CO₂, the world will become more dangerous and chaotic. We have to prepare for that.
December 29, 2024 at 10:51 AM
We need to spend way more on adaptation to climate change. None of us can predict the future, but it’s 100% certain that the climate we have today is the best any of us will ever experience. As we continue to emit CO₂, the world will become more dangerous and chaotic. We have to prepare for that.
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There are no rules in this no man’s land between Christmas & New Years.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
December 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
There are no rules in this no man’s land between Christmas & New Years.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
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The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
December 22, 2024 at 1:41 PM
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
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Sometimes working with manuscripts gets us really, really close to the people from the past allowing us to hear their voices. This is a story of a letter from a schoolgirl to her teacher, written probably sometime at the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century. A thread 🧵 #medievalsky /1
December 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Sometimes working with manuscripts gets us really, really close to the people from the past allowing us to hear their voices. This is a story of a letter from a schoolgirl to her teacher, written probably sometime at the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century. A thread 🧵 #medievalsky /1
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AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
December 22, 2024 at 4:24 AM
AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
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Adrienne Rich’s foresight — or documentation: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...
What Kind of Times Are These
I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here, our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, its ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 17, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Adrienne Rich’s foresight — or documentation: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...
I’ll watch anything that Margo Martindale is in and she doesn’t disappoint in #TheSticky. The show reminds me of Fargo (which was apparently the plan), and it’s great to see Martindale have a larger role than she often does. Fingers crossed for a second season.
December 12, 2024 at 4:19 AM
I’ll watch anything that Margo Martindale is in and she doesn’t disappoint in #TheSticky. The show reminds me of Fargo (which was apparently the plan), and it’s great to see Martindale have a larger role than she often does. Fingers crossed for a second season.
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Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
Sitting in quiet sadness tonight. Giovanni’s poetry and other writings touched me in profound ways and her voice will be missed.
Nikki Giovanni, poet and well-known Virginia Tech Professor, dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, Virginia Tech Professor and Black Arts movement Icon passed away at the age of 81 on Monday, she passed away peacefully with her lifelong partner, Virginia Fowler b...
www.wsls.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Sitting in quiet sadness tonight. Giovanni’s poetry and other writings touched me in profound ways and her voice will be missed.
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Every state could do this.
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Every state could do this.
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can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 AM
can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?
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1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 AM
1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
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Did your parents control what you read as a child/teen? Mine did not, and my life was not ruined. I grew up to be an academic librarian.
November 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Did your parents control what you read as a child/teen? Mine did not, and my life was not ruined. I grew up to be an academic librarian.
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"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
Ursula K. Le Guin .
Ursula K. Le Guin .
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 PM
"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
Ursula K. Le Guin .
Ursula K. Le Guin .
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Public Libraries can be wonderful places where children and adults can find books that they can see themselves reflected in, no matter who they are, and books that can introduce them to entire other lived experiences. Both are so valuable!
November 15, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Public Libraries can be wonderful places where children and adults can find books that they can see themselves reflected in, no matter who they are, and books that can introduce them to entire other lived experiences. Both are so valuable!
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Someone’s reproductive health choices have zero direct impact on me. Someone’s decision to not be vaccinated against transmissible disease could kill me.
I didn’t think this could worse but then Jared Polis compared vaccine choice to reproductive rights.
November 15, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Someone’s reproductive health choices have zero direct impact on me. Someone’s decision to not be vaccinated against transmissible disease could kill me.
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So are we going to start having a conversation about what may be about to happen to resourcing for USA libraries, archives, and museums, if the federal cuts go ahead...? And which ones are obviously most likely to be targeted? and what we can do in advance of January to support? data lifeboats?
November 14, 2024 at 11:51 AM
So are we going to start having a conversation about what may be about to happen to resourcing for USA libraries, archives, and museums, if the federal cuts go ahead...? And which ones are obviously most likely to be targeted? and what we can do in advance of January to support? data lifeboats?