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readlistenlearn.bsky.social
First librarian to see the sun.
@readlistenlearn.bsky.social
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American librarican in Aotearoa. Neurodivergent dad. AI is bullshit. Music is life.
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Ooh I figured it out. Stroh Light. Can't find a bottle but here's a can of comparison: canmuseum.com/Staging/Imag...
September 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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"I don't even... What am I even doing here? What are any of us doing here? They said to show off the chest hair but I don't even know, now... I'm not sure I know much of anything..."
A man with strikingly light eyes and a full beard, with a tunic-y top open to reveal a good amount of chest hair.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"Of all the days to have emergency dental surgery. Now I've gotta hold my lips closed and look like I'm glad to be here? I don't think so."
A man wearing half-tinted aviators with long hair and a goatee covers much of the bottom half of his face with his hand.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"Just to be clear: I can go home after this, right?"
A black man with a beret and a moustache.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"Aw man, mom said this hat would kill for my image but now I dunno... Off? On?"
A man with aviator glasses and a fu manchu moustache with sideburns and lighter growth elsewhere pins a newsboy cap to his head with a moderately worried look.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"Man I hope there's snacks once we're done this photoshoot... I love snacks."
A man with mildly wet, dark hair and a full beard, neatly trimmed. He has a faraway look in his eyes.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"I'm just glad to be here!" *poses just like high school yearbook photo*
A man with an unimpressive moustache and long hair, smiling
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Snapped a pic of this on the Devil's Elbow while waiting in the queue.
Graffiti on a roadway bridge. "Sufer" and a cartoon grumpy old man.
August 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Listen, I get the desire to bill the subject of your book as a "Lost Art," but surely this is over-selling it a bit?
Book cover of "The Lost Art of Towel Origami," with examples of the folds you may fold
July 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Edmund Hillary, enjoying the joke.
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Roast Beef, on a couch, in the dark, with a thought bubble.
June 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
readlistenlearn.bsky.social
This dredged-up stuff in Wellington seemed like a kind of art installation
April 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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I… think? things are turned properly?
Blinken from Robin Hood: Men in Tights with Robin Hood. You're most likely not in good hands.
April 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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"Yes! This is the best day of my life! Surely nothing could go wrong from now on!"
Male praying mantis on a female praying mantis on a screen door.
March 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Unkempt man looking through window labelled "SICKOS" says "YES... HA HA HA... YES!"
March 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Finished putting together this shelving kit. A not-insignificant portion of it will be dedicated to my library withdrawn stock rescues.
Built 5-tier shelving kit in a garage
February 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Casual.
January 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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@understatesmen.bsky.social on our New Books display here in Gisborne. It's looking quite fantastical on that shelf, actually!
A book display including The Sunforge and many other sci-fi/fantasy-type titles.
January 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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So hot right now.
Zoolander screencap: Ben Stiller stands in fashion garb before the catwalk, DERELICTE in large letters above.
January 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Oh no
Screenshot of the challenge with "smackdown" as the word. Following skeet is Bill Corbett Replying to pixelatedboat that "our prophets are always persecuted!" Relevance tbd.
January 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM