Amanda Mae
@missamandamae.bsky.social
The Taco Librarian from Twitter
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I was today year’s old when I learned Robert Heinlein invented the word “grok.” I first encountered it when I read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test as a teen and assumed it was a hippie/beatnik word and never thought about its origins again. It’s a great word! Love that I know more about it!
May 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I was today year’s old when I learned Robert Heinlein invented the word “grok.” I first encountered it when I read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test as a teen and assumed it was a hippie/beatnik word and never thought about its origins again. It’s a great word! Love that I know more about it!
We got up early to finish watching Andor and now I’m crying and that’s some fantastic TV and Star Wars
a man in a fur hooded jacket talks to a woman with the words rebellions are built on hope
Alt: a man in a fur hooded jacket talks to a woman with the words rebellions are built on hope
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May 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We got up early to finish watching Andor and now I’m crying and that’s some fantastic TV and Star Wars
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
I started to laugh when I saw my mother in law has “destroy weeds” on her calendar
May 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I started to laugh when I saw my mother in law has “destroy weeds” on her calendar
Husband and I sharing a room with our sleeping baby at in-laws. Quietly sending each other memes back and forth in bed because we want kiddo to keep sleeping a little longer and we aren’t ready to get out of bed.
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Husband and I sharing a room with our sleeping baby at in-laws. Quietly sending each other memes back and forth in bed because we want kiddo to keep sleeping a little longer and we aren’t ready to get out of bed.
“You wouldn’t steal a car” might have stolen a font, and that’s very funny to me arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts
Digging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling.
arstechnica.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“You wouldn’t steal a car” might have stolen a font, and that’s very funny to me arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Watching this documentary about Tower Records and it 100% reminds me of my time with Borders and all the fun we had www.imdb.com/title/tt3272...
All Things Must Pass (2015) ⭐ 7.3 | Documentary, History, Music
1h 34m | Not Rated
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April 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Watching this documentary about Tower Records and it 100% reminds me of my time with Borders and all the fun we had www.imdb.com/title/tt3272...
Thinking about the time I was staying with my grandparents in Provo, Utah. My grandma - a BYU grad and True Blue Mormon - paused to look out her window that had a view of BYU campus, noted the smokestack, and quietly said, “A new pope has not been chosen” and it continues to crack me up to this day
April 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Thinking about the time I was staying with my grandparents in Provo, Utah. My grandma - a BYU grad and True Blue Mormon - paused to look out her window that had a view of BYU campus, noted the smokestack, and quietly said, “A new pope has not been chosen” and it continues to crack me up to this day
I’m so annoyed by “everything is communism” being the boogeyman. Some things are just your fault, your mistakes, your misguided attempts. You can’t blame everything on a concept you barely understand
April 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I’m so annoyed by “everything is communism” being the boogeyman. Some things are just your fault, your mistakes, your misguided attempts. You can’t blame everything on a concept you barely understand
Got in a workout at the city employee gym. First time since giving birth. A coworker was there. “I only ever see firefighters and librarians here!” Well that’s a romance novel waiting to happen
April 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Got in a workout at the city employee gym. First time since giving birth. A coworker was there. “I only ever see firefighters and librarians here!” Well that’s a romance novel waiting to happen
I legitimately thought this was made up, especially the quote about his “beautiful hair”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump signs order to ‘make America’s showers great again’
In an executive order, the president directed the Energy Department to rescind a rule limiting water flow in shower heads.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I legitimately thought this was made up, especially the quote about his “beautiful hair”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Happy #RexManningDay to all who celebrate
two men are dancing in a room with the words `` happy rex manning day ! ''
Alt: two men are dancing in a room with the words `` happy rex manning day ! ''
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April 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy #RexManningDay to all who celebrate
I gotta say, the Huckleberry app has been invaluable for two older Millennials taking care of a baby. Absolutely worth the subscription
April 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I gotta say, the Huckleberry app has been invaluable for two older Millennials taking care of a baby. Absolutely worth the subscription
5 Famous People You’ve Met But One Is A Lie
Jimmy Carter
Steve Harvey
Anthony Scaramucci
Karl Rove
Jesse Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Steve Harvey
Anthony Scaramucci
Karl Rove
Jesse Jackson
5 Famous People You’ve Met But One Is A Lie
Toni Morrison
Jay-Z
Clarence Thomas
Dean Smith
Salman Rushdie
Toni Morrison
Jay-Z
Clarence Thomas
Dean Smith
Salman Rushdie
5 famous people you’ve met but 1 is a lie
Hank Aaron
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Cyril Ramaphosa
Pete Rose
Antonin Scalia
Hank Aaron
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Cyril Ramaphosa
Pete Rose
Antonin Scalia
April 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
5 Famous People You’ve Met But One Is A Lie
Jimmy Carter
Steve Harvey
Anthony Scaramucci
Karl Rove
Jesse Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Steve Harvey
Anthony Scaramucci
Karl Rove
Jesse Jackson
Joys of motherhood: having to interrupt my sleep to either tend the baby or pump. Currently icing a clogged milk duct. Treating my dry flaky skin due to hormone fluctuations. I truly love my kid with a fierceness but I never want to do this again.
April 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Joys of motherhood: having to interrupt my sleep to either tend the baby or pump. Currently icing a clogged milk duct. Treating my dry flaky skin due to hormone fluctuations. I truly love my kid with a fierceness but I never want to do this again.
A local union set up a town hall at my library “with or without” our congressional rep. Over 400 people have shown up, exceeding the limits of our meeting space, and it’s moved outside as a result.
March 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A local union set up a town hall at my library “with or without” our congressional rep. Over 400 people have shown up, exceeding the limits of our meeting space, and it’s moved outside as a result.
Glad to know our government is focusing on the important issues named in a middle school presidential campaign speech.
My colleague Adam Goldman, who abandoned Twitter/X but has not to date joined Bluesky, has posted on LinkedIn this memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi personally barring DOJ buildings from procuring paper straws www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
March 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Glad to know our government is focusing on the important issues named in a middle school presidential campaign speech.
I have worked at 4 public library systems and there are many constants. One of them is we never buy new door stoppers despite the ones we have not really being functional anymore
March 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have worked at 4 public library systems and there are many constants. One of them is we never buy new door stoppers despite the ones we have not really being functional anymore
I had no particular interest in watching White Lotus until Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey showed up in my algorithm talking about their particular North Carolina accents. Now I want to watch it for that!
a woman wearing glasses sits at a table with a plate of food on it
ALT: a woman wearing glasses sits at a table with a plate of food on it
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March 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I had no particular interest in watching White Lotus until Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey showed up in my algorithm talking about their particular North Carolina accents. Now I want to watch it for that!
This is bringing up more questions to answer
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is bringing up more questions to answer
Catching up on some reading of articles I’ve saved since I gave birth and … yikes this is eerie to news these days www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Catching up on some reading of articles I’ve saved since I gave birth and … yikes this is eerie to news these days www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Me, trying to think of a song to sing to my baby to entertain him, and only one comes to mind because I’m probably way too online:
🎶 There’s a McDonald’s in the Pentagon… 🎶
🎶 There’s a McDonald’s in the Pentagon… 🎶
March 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Me, trying to think of a song to sing to my baby to entertain him, and only one comes to mind because I’m probably way too online:
🎶 There’s a McDonald’s in the Pentagon… 🎶
🎶 There’s a McDonald’s in the Pentagon… 🎶
My baby slept for a 6-hour stretch last night and I feel like a whole new woman #postpartum
March 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My baby slept for a 6-hour stretch last night and I feel like a whole new woman #postpartum
It’s the “possibly AI-generated” that’s giving me life
Video screens throughout the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s headquarters were taken over by possibly AI-generated images purporting to show President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, with the text “Long live the real king.” wapo.st/41flayF
February 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s the “possibly AI-generated” that’s giving me life