Rekha
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I used to get kicked out of class for laughing too much. #art #libraries
I’m taking laughs wherever I can get them so
we all hung out in a coffee shop called poopies up on the strip
March 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I’m taking laughs wherever I can get them so
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Bookmobiles may seem old-school, but they are still around and better than ever, offering new and unique services to connect with users.
Bookmobiles Bring Food, Internet, And Reading Materials
Bookmobiles may seem old-school, but they are still around and better than ever, offering new and unique services to connect with users.
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Bookmobiles may seem old-school, but they are still around and better than ever, offering new and unique services to connect with users.
Library friends: a good starting point to understand this latest EO
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml...
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Library friends: a good starting point to understand this latest EO
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If you breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 7, and exhale for 8, it tells your body you’re safe. This slows your heart rate, relaxes your nervous system, and helps shift you out of fight-or-flight mode. Now do it.
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 7, and exhale for 8, it tells your body you’re safe. This slows your heart rate, relaxes your nervous system, and helps shift you out of fight-or-flight mode. Now do it.
The way the librarian community has come together to hone in on the encyclopedia section part of this
everyone: wow being a librarian is so cool you just get to read books all day
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
March 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The way the librarian community has come together to hone in on the encyclopedia section part of this
Just as the rough and tumble yet majestic barricade became a symbol of resistance as depicted in Les Miserables, so too will we look back on the Dems with their lil auction paddles saying “no thank you I guess”
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just as the rough and tumble yet majestic barricade became a symbol of resistance as depicted in Les Miserables, so too will we look back on the Dems with their lil auction paddles saying “no thank you I guess”
Walton’s reboot for 2025 where instead of “goodnight, John Boy” everyone says “over it” to each other before lights out
March 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Walton’s reboot for 2025 where instead of “goodnight, John Boy” everyone says “over it” to each other before lights out
Saw a performance last night and during a short, poignant silence on stage I, on the mezzanine, stifled a giant sneeze, which means that in my mind, 2% of the curtain call applause was for me. Maybe 5%
March 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Saw a performance last night and during a short, poignant silence on stage I, on the mezzanine, stifled a giant sneeze, which means that in my mind, 2% of the curtain call applause was for me. Maybe 5%
Horoscopes are like: a new day is dawning for you, you are about to capture your dreams, your relationships are about to evolve and all I can think is shhh I’m tired
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Horoscopes are like: a new day is dawning for you, you are about to capture your dreams, your relationships are about to evolve and all I can think is shhh I’m tired
One day or day one. Make it day one where you can
Now this math could be really different for other businesses. It depends! But if what your one-day boycott does is just compress the same buying into the surrounding days, I don’t think it’s likely to be effective. You have to actually do less business with a business for the business to care. (3/)
February 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One day or day one. Make it day one where you can
I’m watching Flow and somehow missed the memo that it’s a stress movie how did that happen anyway if something terrible happens to this friggin cat I will be lodging a formal complaint
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I’m watching Flow and somehow missed the memo that it’s a stress movie how did that happen anyway if something terrible happens to this friggin cat I will be lodging a formal complaint
— Nikki Giovanni from Black Women Writers at Work (1983)
"I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy."
February 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
— Nikki Giovanni from Black Women Writers at Work (1983)
Seattle: Pacific Fabrics is pretty dope
Heads up for crafters: Great American LLC has won the bid for Joann. They’re a liquidator, so ALL Joann stores will be closed by end of May. Stock up on everything NOW and if you have an independent fabric store near you, start using it 😢
February 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Seattle: Pacific Fabrics is pretty dope
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“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Those of us who work in gender medicine are not going anywhere
What’s more, we’re expanding.
www.startribune.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
If you see this post a gif from one of your comfort shows
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you see this post a gif from one of your comfort shows
At times like these, it can all feel like too much and you may notice people in your circle going inward, radio silent. Reminding myself that reaching out is one of my superpowers and if it’s one of yours, don’t talk yourself out of using it.
January 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
At times like these, it can all feel like too much and you may notice people in your circle going inward, radio silent. Reminding myself that reaching out is one of my superpowers and if it’s one of yours, don’t talk yourself out of using it.
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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
What is the version of Severance where you have complete amnesia re ever having watched season one even when you for sure did bc I have that
January 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
What is the version of Severance where you have complete amnesia re ever having watched season one even when you for sure did bc I have that
Third time in a month I’m hearing Strut by Sheena Easton played in a public place. Three! I don’t know what kind of sign this is but I feel like something Beetlejuicey is about to happen
January 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Third time in a month I’m hearing Strut by Sheena Easton played in a public place. Three! I don’t know what kind of sign this is but I feel like something Beetlejuicey is about to happen
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Seattle/King County folks, this audiobook is always available: seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3...
January 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Seattle/King County folks, this audiobook is always available: seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3...
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At LitHub today @kimkelly.bsky.social has a great piece on the Do’s and Don’t’s of Mutual Aid as well as some reading recs:
We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid
For all of humanity’s many, many flaws, one of our most redeeming characteristics as a species is an almost-universal desire to connect with one another. When terrible things happen and communities…
lithub.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At LitHub today @kimkelly.bsky.social has a great piece on the Do’s and Don’t’s of Mutual Aid as well as some reading recs:
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does anyone wanna share something good in your life today?
I know this is corny as hell but also idk it's hard out there and I think it's sometimes helpful for folks to seize their little joys when available or even appreciate someone else's
if that does not bring you joy please pay me no mind lol
I know this is corny as hell but also idk it's hard out there and I think it's sometimes helpful for folks to seize their little joys when available or even appreciate someone else's
if that does not bring you joy please pay me no mind lol
January 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
does anyone wanna share something good in your life today?
I know this is corny as hell but also idk it's hard out there and I think it's sometimes helpful for folks to seize their little joys when available or even appreciate someone else's
if that does not bring you joy please pay me no mind lol
I know this is corny as hell but also idk it's hard out there and I think it's sometimes helpful for folks to seize their little joys when available or even appreciate someone else's
if that does not bring you joy please pay me no mind lol
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A Chicago show reimagines the city’s motto “Urbs in Horto” (“City in a Garden”), revealing a much more complex and layered relationship between nature and urban life.
Artists Shine a Light on Chicago’s Complex Ecosystem
Given that the vast majority of the world’s lands have by now been modified by humans, urban gardens might be the best we can hope for.
hyperallergic.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A Chicago show reimagines the city’s motto “Urbs in Horto” (“City in a Garden”), revealing a much more complex and layered relationship between nature and urban life.
I was in a Target yesterday wondering who takes the time to ask/wait for someone to come release the $4 false eyelash sets that are kept under lock and key
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was in a Target yesterday wondering who takes the time to ask/wait for someone to come release the $4 false eyelash sets that are kept under lock and key