Jess Schomberg
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Jess Schomberg
@schomj.bsky.social
Librarian, disability, union member 🏳️‍🌈
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lol let's talk about facts: Jamaica's poverty rate was lower than the USA.
Jamaica had a poverty rate of 16% in 2023 and went down to 9% in 2025(pre storm).

USA poverty rate is 10% in 2025(pre department of labor no longer tracking the figures)
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My brain just froze at the thought of ranking them - I want to put like a dozen of that at number 1!
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I might keep it because they are the closest to an indie bookstore I have access to but...
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm actually already so jaded by librarians using -informed inappropriately that this one doesn't even bother me
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
What I'm taking from this thread is that when we all get together for that big road trip, Jake and I ride in one car and Stephanie, Robin, and Olin ride in another
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I used a couple of them as a professional reflection prompt once and that was interesting. Mostly in the sense of helping me be less self-critical.

I think we may have used them at MPOW to design job ads (in conjunction with looking at other libraries' job ads for similar positions
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What a cute babby!
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
me: says anything about what I'm reading or about trying to make a decision as to what to read next

other people: make recommendation of new things to read

me: no, that's the opposite of what I need help with!
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is not snark, this is me honestly expressing a thing I find really helpful in winnowing my TBR down to something approaching manageable size
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM