Laura Crossett
@newrambler.bsky.social
"She seems like an interesting character." librarian | writer | Iowa native, Wyoming expatriate, NYC aspirant | comms @libraryfutures.bsky.social
http://newrambler.net
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The CROSSETT in the left hand corner is a reference to my dad, who was overly fond of writing letters to the editor of the Grinnell student paper.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The CROSSETT in the left hand corner is a reference to my dad, who was overly fond of writing letters to the editor of the Grinnell student paper.
Answer: You shouldn’t. Use your freaking brain.
June 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Answer: You shouldn’t. Use your freaking brain.
It's cool, MetLife. The Wall Street Journal did this once too.
May 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It's cool, MetLife. The Wall Street Journal did this once too.
May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy May Day to one and all! May you have bread and roses, too.
Poster by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.rlmartstudio.com
Poster by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.rlmartstudio.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy May Day to one and all! May you have bread and roses, too.
Poster by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.rlmartstudio.com
Poster by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.rlmartstudio.com
Got my December 2001 subway map and I'm ready to go to NYC.
[Yes I do know it is out of date.]
[Yes I do know it is out of date.]
February 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Got my December 2001 subway map and I'm ready to go to NYC.
[Yes I do know it is out of date.]
[Yes I do know it is out of date.]
On January 7, 2025, this link led to a truly excellent inclusive language guide from the NLRB. Today it looks like this. /1
www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
January 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
On January 7, 2025, this link led to a truly excellent inclusive language guide from the NLRB. Today it looks like this. /1
www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
All the ick in the world in one screenshot.
January 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
All the ick in the world in one screenshot.
The chaotic punctuation continues apace. Why the period there? What full sentence does “while” introduce in this passage? Why? Why?
![Harvard, where last year a group of students had requested that the school adopt a formal land acknowledgment for the first time. [highlighted text] Melissa and David were of the mindset that this was, at least, a meaningful gesture, a step in the right direction. While Jane thought that at Harvard in particular, such a thing felt insufficient [end highlight], given the university's fraught history with Native Americans, dating back to its founding.
A few years ago, anthropology students began excavating the foun-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vy363avtxv3fhv23kfj7lwrz/bafkreignf5mw5kymjsm5elpyxlurhflmsly2kqilq4dvfmqsxyql5bqxha@jpeg)
November 27, 2024 at 12:51 AM
The chaotic punctuation continues apace. Why the period there? What full sentence does “while” introduce in this passage? Why? Why?
What? All pizza belong to cat.
November 23, 2024 at 3:24 AM
What? All pizza belong to cat.
United keeps telling me I don’t have a Mileage Plus account but also that my email address is already tied to one. So I just found these because apparently I never get rid of anything.
October 2, 2024 at 6:51 PM
United keeps telling me I don’t have a Mileage Plus account but also that my email address is already tied to one. So I just found these because apparently I never get rid of anything.
Got my hold from the library and I’m checking out for the weekend.
September 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Got my hold from the library and I’m checking out for the weekend.
My father died 43 years ago today, but before he died he took my friend and me to story time at the Iowa City Public Library every single Saturday morning (and then to Baskin Robbins for rainbow sherbet afterwards). Hazel Westgate, longtime children's librarian, sent us this note when he died. 📚
August 7, 2024 at 2:00 AM
My father died 43 years ago today, but before he died he took my friend and me to story time at the Iowa City Public Library every single Saturday morning (and then to Baskin Robbins for rainbow sherbet afterwards). Hazel Westgate, longtime children's librarian, sent us this note when he died. 📚
Gotta hand it to my younger self for keeping this baby propped up all through year-long Shakespeare.
June 30, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Gotta hand it to my younger self for keeping this baby propped up all through year-long Shakespeare.
It's cool, even the WSJ sometimes forgets and leaves some lorem ipsum in a newsletter.
May 8, 2024 at 2:59 PM
It's cool, even the WSJ sometimes forgets and leaves some lorem ipsum in a newsletter.
TFW you're on the front page!
"David Burleigh, director of corporate outreach and development marketing for OverDrive, said in an email that, 'We certainly stand with libraries in their efforts' but 'we are not providing much support for Books Unbanned.'"
truthout.org/articles/e-b...
"David Burleigh, director of corporate outreach and development marketing for OverDrive, said in an email that, 'We certainly stand with libraries in their efforts' but 'we are not providing much support for Books Unbanned.'"
truthout.org/articles/e-b...
March 11, 2024 at 8:33 PM
TFW you're on the front page!
"David Burleigh, director of corporate outreach and development marketing for OverDrive, said in an email that, 'We certainly stand with libraries in their efforts' but 'we are not providing much support for Books Unbanned.'"
truthout.org/articles/e-b...
"David Burleigh, director of corporate outreach and development marketing for OverDrive, said in an email that, 'We certainly stand with libraries in their efforts' but 'we are not providing much support for Books Unbanned.'"
truthout.org/articles/e-b...
I miss this world.
February 2, 2024 at 3:50 AM
I miss this world.
Don’t we look cute voting? Or having voted. (I have taken kid to vote in every single election.)
November 7, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Don’t we look cute voting? Or having voted. (I have taken kid to vote in every single election.)
Firetruck you, Halls.
What fresh hell is this?
What fresh hell is this?
October 8, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Firetruck you, Halls.
What fresh hell is this?
What fresh hell is this?
October 4, 2023 at 10:24 PM
Is it me or is it the cat?
September 12, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Is it me or is it the cat?