Kathy Menchaca Isbister
@miz-is.bsky.social
Lifelong learner, musician, teacher librarian, ridiculous little dog owner.
I’m seeing buzz that BlueSky is dying. Well, me and my latchhook content gave it a shot.
May 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I’m seeing buzz that BlueSky is dying. Well, me and my latchhook content gave it a shot.
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Denver has come out to see AOC & Bernie tonight.
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
March 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Denver has come out to see AOC & Bernie tonight.
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
action.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathy Menchaca Isbister
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
I don’t need anyone to wish me a Happy International Women’s Day. I need more people to stop behaving like dicks.
March 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I don’t need anyone to wish me a Happy International Women’s Day. I need more people to stop behaving like dicks.
Today a friend asked, “What’s Josie’s favorite toy?”
Foxie! She’s had it with her since we picked her up as a puppy four years ago.
Foxie! She’s had it with her since we picked her up as a puppy four years ago.
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Today a friend asked, “What’s Josie’s favorite toy?”
Foxie! She’s had it with her since we picked her up as a puppy four years ago.
Foxie! She’s had it with her since we picked her up as a puppy four years ago.
Reposted by Kathy Menchaca Isbister
Reposted by Kathy Menchaca Isbister
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
Something to fight a little bit of darkness: Here is a delightful instance of invented spelling by an adorable 1st grader.
Uma Janre sounds like a cool friend.
Uma Janre sounds like a cool friend.
February 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Something to fight a little bit of darkness: Here is a delightful instance of invented spelling by an adorable 1st grader.
Uma Janre sounds like a cool friend.
Uma Janre sounds like a cool friend.
My mom said a polite “no thank you” to #latchhook pillows, so I offered one to my aunts. Debby looks pleased! Did she actually put it in her house? I’ll never ask! Let’s assume yes!
February 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My mom said a polite “no thank you” to #latchhook pillows, so I offered one to my aunts. Debby looks pleased! Did she actually put it in her house? I’ll never ask! Let’s assume yes!
I thought this pattern could also be a gift, but I was not expecting such a… bold? unsettling? drastic? shade of orange.
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I thought this pattern could also be a gift, but I was not expecting such a… bold? unsettling? drastic? shade of orange.
So what would MY returning project be? I found a site aptly named “Latch Hook Crafts” and settled on making a gift for someone who wouldn’t expect one - the lady who befriended my mom when she moved to Petaluma. A die-hard Baltimore Ravens fan.
February 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So what would MY returning project be? I found a site aptly named “Latch Hook Crafts” and settled on making a gift for someone who wouldn’t expect one - the lady who befriended my mom when she moved to Petaluma. A die-hard Baltimore Ravens fan.
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A reminder that the weirdos running the country right now do not have popular views.
Study: Americans vastly underestimate public support for diversity and inclusion
New research reveals that Americans dramatically underestimate the support for diversity among their fellow Americans, a misperception that may be fueling silence and inaction.
www.psypost.org
February 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A reminder that the weirdos running the country right now do not have popular views.
Reposted by Kathy Menchaca Isbister
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
You may be wondering - are the kids any good at latch hook?
Kind of?
Two girls were very into it and asked to take the kits home over break. In the time-honored tradition of break-time optional projects, one didn’t do much and the other keeps forgetting to bring it back. 😆
Kind of?
Two girls were very into it and asked to take the kits home over break. In the time-honored tradition of break-time optional projects, one didn’t do much and the other keeps forgetting to bring it back. 😆
February 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
You may be wondering - are the kids any good at latch hook?
Kind of?
Two girls were very into it and asked to take the kits home over break. In the time-honored tradition of break-time optional projects, one didn’t do much and the other keeps forgetting to bring it back. 😆
Kind of?
Two girls were very into it and asked to take the kits home over break. In the time-honored tradition of break-time optional projects, one didn’t do much and the other keeps forgetting to bring it back. 😆
Years pass and I don’t attempt any sort of fiber arts. And then one of the afterschool teachers has kids meeting for a knitting club in the library afterschool. I started to wonder what I could add to our activity cabinet to expand on this - easy to learn, not many supplies, shareable… #latchhook!
February 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Years pass and I don’t attempt any sort of fiber arts. And then one of the afterschool teachers has kids meeting for a knitting club in the library afterschool. I started to wonder what I could add to our activity cabinet to expand on this - easy to learn, not many supplies, shareable… #latchhook!
This horrific regime may mess with my #latchhook content. I may end up un-latchhooking projects so I can do them again.
February 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This horrific regime may mess with my #latchhook content. I may end up un-latchhooking projects so I can do them again.
Everyone who told me to watch “Somebody Somewhete” was right.
February 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Everyone who told me to watch “Somebody Somewhete” was right.
We are watching Twisters and when Dave paused it just now I cried out “Oh no! There’s still a half-hour left!”
February 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
We are watching Twisters and when Dave paused it just now I cried out “Oh no! There’s still a half-hour left!”
Then there is the shame of cross-stitch gifts completed but never framed or delivered. Not pictured, in case it happens one day. Or I regift them.
February 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Then there is the shame of cross-stitch gifts completed but never framed or delivered. Not pictured, in case it happens one day. Or I regift them.