Rebecca
@rlarocque.bsky.social
She/Her; Librarian, knitter, video gamer, D&D player, reader, cancer-haver; two fire signs in a trench coat
Please be kind to yourselves!
Please be kind to yourselves!
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My eyes filled w/ tears of rage on reading this. How_dare_they take our public libraries away while spending our tax $$ on filling the subway with armed cops? I filled out the form linked below to send the mayor a letter. Please do the same if you can. NYC needs to set an example. LIBRARIES MATTER.📚
March 13, 2024 at 3:39 AM
My eyes filled w/ tears of rage on reading this. How_dare_they take our public libraries away while spending our tax $$ on filling the subway with armed cops? I filled out the form linked below to send the mayor a letter. Please do the same if you can. NYC needs to set an example. LIBRARIES MATTER.📚
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This one feels like a punch in the chest:
Vinay Krishnan on the bird app.
Vinay Krishnan on the bird app.
March 6, 2024 at 11:01 PM
This one feels like a punch in the chest:
Vinay Krishnan on the bird app.
Vinay Krishnan on the bird app.
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26 loans per ebook cost libraries $55 per book. The actual physical book costs $15 and can be loaned forever as many times as they want. It doesn't make any sense. www.nhregister.com/politics/art...
Books can cost CT libraries $15. E-books are three times costlier
Connectict lawmakers this week were sympathetic with state libraries in their quest to change contracts with e-book publishers.
www.nhregister.com
March 1, 2024 at 5:29 PM
26 loans per ebook cost libraries $55 per book. The actual physical book costs $15 and can be loaned forever as many times as they want. It doesn't make any sense. www.nhregister.com/politics/art...
Welp. This looks like the title that will finally get me to read a Tingler!
great news for buckaroos who want to stay home. THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF CANCELLED PLANS GETS ME OFF BECAUSE DEEP DOWN I KINDA DIDN’T WANT TO GO is out now as audiobook. get it here bud www.audible.com/pd/B0CWK3246...
February 28, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Welp. This looks like the title that will finally get me to read a Tingler!
My first question to my boss when he started was, “Do you mind if I knit during management meetings? It’s how I stay focused.” Not only was he cool with it, his wife is a crocheter and he got how having something to do with your hands can keep you paying attention.
Reminder, paying attention isn't just "looking at the speaker and nodding".
Also some people just have resting bitch face.
This is all around a horrible idea.
Please stop reinventing the panopticon!
Also some people just have resting bitch face.
This is all around a horrible idea.
Please stop reinventing the panopticon!
Good morning to everyone except people who think this is a good idea.
February 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
My first question to my boss when he started was, “Do you mind if I knit during management meetings? It’s how I stay focused.” Not only was he cool with it, his wife is a crocheter and he got how having something to do with your hands can keep you paying attention.
If you see this, post a book you’ve read more than once
I loved the concept and execution of this book so much
I loved the concept and execution of this book so much
February 21, 2024 at 9:09 PM
If you see this, post a book you’ve read more than once
I loved the concept and execution of this book so much
I loved the concept and execution of this book so much
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if only someone had written fantasy featuring women before the current romantasy craze
This narrative is just so blatantly untrue it's offensive at this point
February 21, 2024 at 4:14 PM
if only someone had written fantasy featuring women before the current romantasy craze
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I know her work meant a lot to some of y'all, but it's genuinely long past time to let rowling go. LONG past time.
JKR just donated 70K£ to the fascists group 4women Scotland for their justice fees to have trans women lose all their rights in legal gender marker change on their ID in the UK.
That's almost 82.000€.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-r...
That's almost 82.000€.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-r...
JK Rowling donates £70k for legal challenge on defining a woman
The author has given money to For Women Scotland, which opposes individuals being able to self-declare their own sex and was granted a judicial review by the Supreme Court
www.thetimes.co.uk
February 21, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I know her work meant a lot to some of y'all, but it's genuinely long past time to let rowling go. LONG past time.
My appetite is non-existent. Most food makes me want to gag. I desperately miss so many things and am mourning the last time I ate them. Golden dragon rolls, edamame, and goyza. Peanut curry, beef and basil noodles, and coconut shrimp. Spicy chicken shawarma and spicy fries.
February 15, 2024 at 12:29 AM
My appetite is non-existent. Most food makes me want to gag. I desperately miss so many things and am mourning the last time I ate them. Golden dragon rolls, edamame, and goyza. Peanut curry, beef and basil noodles, and coconut shrimp. Spicy chicken shawarma and spicy fries.
Bad news at the oncologist today: the treatment I’ve been on since the summer is no longer effective and the cancer has gained ground. The next step is to go back to the chemo drug that caused issues when I was on it last year, on a smaller, more frequent dose. Fuck cancer.
February 15, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Bad news at the oncologist today: the treatment I’ve been on since the summer is no longer effective and the cancer has gained ground. The next step is to go back to the chemo drug that caused issues when I was on it last year, on a smaller, more frequent dose. Fuck cancer.
As the OG rlarocque on Gmail, I have security concerns about all the other R. Larocques who use my email for banking, travel, medical records, job searches, car repairs, etc. Oh, and the one guy who used it as his password reset backup (MY DUDE)
okay I have a question, because there are at least three other women in the USA with my name and bless their hearts, but they seem to think that email sent to the gmail account I got over 20 years ago works for them, somehow, magically
February 15, 2024 at 12:15 AM
As the OG rlarocque on Gmail, I have security concerns about all the other R. Larocques who use my email for banking, travel, medical records, job searches, car repairs, etc. Oh, and the one guy who used it as his password reset backup (MY DUDE)
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February 14, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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I very much appreciate the part of Usher’s persona that consists of giving you the impression he spends a lot of his time appreciating butts.
February 12, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I very much appreciate the part of Usher’s persona that consists of giving you the impression he spends a lot of his time appreciating butts.
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it’s time to burn the incense,
it’s time to slay the sheep,
it’s time to wake the muppets,
from a thousand years of sleep.
it’s time to raze existence,
it’s time to banish light,
it’s time to call the void in,
on the muppet show tonight.
it’s time to slay the sheep,
it’s time to wake the muppets,
from a thousand years of sleep.
it’s time to raze existence,
it’s time to banish light,
it’s time to call the void in,
on the muppet show tonight.
February 10, 2024 at 7:02 AM
it’s time to burn the incense,
it’s time to slay the sheep,
it’s time to wake the muppets,
from a thousand years of sleep.
it’s time to raze existence,
it’s time to banish light,
it’s time to call the void in,
on the muppet show tonight.
it’s time to slay the sheep,
it’s time to wake the muppets,
from a thousand years of sleep.
it’s time to raze existence,
it’s time to banish light,
it’s time to call the void in,
on the muppet show tonight.
More like Joyce Carol Farts, amirite?
February 10, 2024 at 9:39 PM
More like Joyce Carol Farts, amirite?
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck?
February 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck?
Winamp really did kick the llama’s ass
it's 2002. I've just put a sick new skin on winamp and kazaa just finished downloading tool_lateralus_full_album.mp3 and I just got finished watching the new flash animation about counter strike. "uhoh" I hear from ICQ. my HP desktop has about 3000 viruses on it.
February 10, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Winamp really did kick the llama’s ass
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These jokers took tens of millions in public money to create jobs, then laid off a massive chunk of their workforce. They should have to pay it back. Ordinary people had to pay back CERB.
This 🔥🔥
PM calls Bell layoffs a ‘garbage decision’
Trudeau says he's ‘pretty pissed off' about BCE Inc.’s decision to axe jobs despite receiving $40M from his government to support local news
www.ctvnews.ca/video/c28643...
PM calls Bell layoffs a ‘garbage decision’
Trudeau says he's ‘pretty pissed off' about BCE Inc.’s decision to axe jobs despite receiving $40M from his government to support local news
www.ctvnews.ca/video/c28643...
PM calls Bell layoffs a ‘garbage decision’
Trudeau says he's ‘pretty pissed off' about BCE Inc.’s decision to axe jobs despite receiving $40M from his government to support local news
www.ctvnews.ca
February 9, 2024 at 7:11 PM
These jokers took tens of millions in public money to create jobs, then laid off a massive chunk of their workforce. They should have to pay it back. Ordinary people had to pay back CERB.
Clear as a bell (older than dirt)
Cartoon: If you can hear this cartoon, you're old like me :) Enjoy!
February 8, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Clear as a bell (older than dirt)
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard !
I'm Margaret Salter and I like to illustrate things that favor the whisical and fantastical. www.tangledginger.com
I'm Margaret Salter and I like to illustrate things that favor the whisical and fantastical. www.tangledginger.com
February 2, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Hello #KidLitArtPostcard !
I'm Margaret Salter and I like to illustrate things that favor the whisical and fantastical. www.tangledginger.com
I'm Margaret Salter and I like to illustrate things that favor the whisical and fantastical. www.tangledginger.com
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Okay, I’m behind on video games because I was playing Elden Ring for too long last year but I finally started Baldur’s Gate III last night and I CAN TURN INTO A CAT. I don’t care if I only have 2 hp I’m playing the whole game like this.
February 2, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Okay, I’m behind on video games because I was playing Elden Ring for too long last year but I finally started Baldur’s Gate III last night and I CAN TURN INTO A CAT. I don’t care if I only have 2 hp I’m playing the whole game like this.
A brief list of things:
1) The Dewey Decimal System vs Library of Congress system
2) The grammatical and social meaning of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir”
3) Acadians vs the Québecois
4) Ebooks vs audiobooks vs print books, and why all formats are equally valid
5) Why knitting = coding
1) The Dewey Decimal System vs Library of Congress system
2) The grammatical and social meaning of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir”
3) Acadians vs the Québecois
4) Ebooks vs audiobooks vs print books, and why all formats are equally valid
5) Why knitting = coding
LOL Oh man. Here we go. This might be more "what I can rant about" rather than talk about.
1) Why the plot of Disney's Beauty and the Beast is NOT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME (which is bullshit anyway)
2) Corsets/stays vs. media depictions of them
3) The Titanic
4) Fanfiction
5) Book censorship
1) Why the plot of Disney's Beauty and the Beast is NOT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME (which is bullshit anyway)
2) Corsets/stays vs. media depictions of them
3) The Titanic
4) Fanfiction
5) Book censorship
What are 5 topics you can talk about unprepared for 5 minutes? (Hard to pick just five, lol)
1. Hays Code-era film
2. Noir (the genre)
3. Game design
4. Star Trek: TOS
5. Birds
1. Hays Code-era film
2. Noir (the genre)
3. Game design
4. Star Trek: TOS
5. Birds
February 1, 2024 at 2:14 PM
A brief list of things:
1) The Dewey Decimal System vs Library of Congress system
2) The grammatical and social meaning of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir”
3) Acadians vs the Québecois
4) Ebooks vs audiobooks vs print books, and why all formats are equally valid
5) Why knitting = coding
1) The Dewey Decimal System vs Library of Congress system
2) The grammatical and social meaning of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir”
3) Acadians vs the Québecois
4) Ebooks vs audiobooks vs print books, and why all formats are equally valid
5) Why knitting = coding
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I’m just a girl who takes public transit and lives in multifamily housing, standing in front of her tax forms, asking for the same tax credits that electric vehicle and homeowners get
January 31, 2024 at 3:59 AM
I’m just a girl who takes public transit and lives in multifamily housing, standing in front of her tax forms, asking for the same tax credits that electric vehicle and homeowners get