Abby Dougherty
@missbookworm227.bsky.social
Children’s Librarian📚
Just living like a little old lady🩵
Just living like a little old lady🩵
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#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited
Fighting & protesting is much harder on me now than it was 45- 50 years ago! But I will NOT give up. I also will not neglect self care.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde
Fighting & protesting is much harder on me now than it was 45- 50 years ago! But I will NOT give up. I also will not neglect self care.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited
Fighting & protesting is much harder on me now than it was 45- 50 years ago! But I will NOT give up. I also will not neglect self care.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde
Fighting & protesting is much harder on me now than it was 45- 50 years ago! But I will NOT give up. I also will not neglect self care.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde
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Maybe ABC wants to rethink helping finance a presidential library for the man who is shutting down the Institute of Museums and Libraries and pulling back millions in promised grants for our communities’ libraries?
April 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Maybe ABC wants to rethink helping finance a presidential library for the man who is shutting down the Institute of Museums and Libraries and pulling back millions in promised grants for our communities’ libraries?
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Harper Collins not signing the letter is so telling of where their ownership (Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp) is aligned:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Publishers Ask Congress to Defend Libraries as Federal Library Grant Funding Ends
Four of the Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3 expressing “deep concern” for the nation’s libraries following a week of unprecedented turmoil at the Institute of ...
www.publishersweekly.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Harper Collins not signing the letter is so telling of where their ownership (Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp) is aligned:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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We on #BookSky need to support authors who have taken a stand against fascism and intolerance by migrating over here to BlueSky.
Read them. Promote them. Repost them. Support them. Whether they sell through big publishers, small imprints, indies. Support those who fight against banning books. ⚡️📚💙
Read them. Promote them. Repost them. Support them. Whether they sell through big publishers, small imprints, indies. Support those who fight against banning books. ⚡️📚💙
Just home from a mammoth Edinburgh trip signing copies of #TheRestIsDeath and anything else I can get my hands on. All the Waterstones branches have signed copies now, as does Blackwells on South Bridge.
April 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Resist the regime.
Reading books is resistance.
Buying books is resistance.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Resist this regime.
Reading books is resistance.
Buying books is resistance.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Resist this regime.
April 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Resist the regime.
Reading books is resistance.
Buying books is resistance.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Resist this regime.
Reading books is resistance.
Buying books is resistance.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Resist this regime.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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I don’t want to be self aware anymore I just want to delusional
February 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I don’t want to be self aware anymore I just want to delusional
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*sips coffee before coffee is too expensive to enjoy*
February 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
*sips coffee before coffee is too expensive to enjoy*
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We love you Canada 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We love you Canada 🇨🇦
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If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…
thehill.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Don’t like a book? Don’t read it. Pretty simple.
November 17, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Don’t like a book? Don’t read it. Pretty simple.
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You might not know this but your local library probably has an app where you can borrow ebooks and audiobooks, for free! Some have apps that let you borrow digital comics too.
My library subscribes to Borrowbox and it's great, I constantly have 2-3 audiobooks on loan.
Support your local library!
My library subscribes to Borrowbox and it's great, I constantly have 2-3 audiobooks on loan.
Support your local library!
November 12, 2024 at 11:17 PM
You might not know this but your local library probably has an app where you can borrow ebooks and audiobooks, for free! Some have apps that let you borrow digital comics too.
My library subscribes to Borrowbox and it's great, I constantly have 2-3 audiobooks on loan.
Support your local library!
My library subscribes to Borrowbox and it's great, I constantly have 2-3 audiobooks on loan.
Support your local library!
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I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free.
Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
November 12, 2024 at 2:10 AM
I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free.
Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
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Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended
November 12, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended
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Thought of the day.🤔
November 11, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Thought of the day.🤔
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Books are medicine. Not because they're escapist, but because they're human.
Reading is slowness, and nuance, and discovery—and compassion. It's attention in a world that's trying, at every turn, to distract you.
An author shares the intimacy of her thoughts, and for a moment, we're believers.
Reading is slowness, and nuance, and discovery—and compassion. It's attention in a world that's trying, at every turn, to distract you.
An author shares the intimacy of her thoughts, and for a moment, we're believers.
November 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Books are medicine. Not because they're escapist, but because they're human.
Reading is slowness, and nuance, and discovery—and compassion. It's attention in a world that's trying, at every turn, to distract you.
An author shares the intimacy of her thoughts, and for a moment, we're believers.
Reading is slowness, and nuance, and discovery—and compassion. It's attention in a world that's trying, at every turn, to distract you.
An author shares the intimacy of her thoughts, and for a moment, we're believers.
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Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
November 9, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
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Use you library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
November 10, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Use you library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library