Somer N
@someryarns.bsky.social
Librarian. Knitter. Cross stitcher. Reader. Cat person. Foodie. Blue dot in a red state. Leguminati. She/her
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Your regular reminder that book banning is the cornerstone of fascism: www.commondreams.org/news/tenness... 📚
Librarians and Publishers Alarmed as Tennessee Libraries Shut Down for GOP 'Book Purge' | Common Dreams
Librarians, publishers, and civil rights groups are sounding the alarm as public libraries in Tennessee have begun shutting down to carry out a state government-mandated purge of children's books with...
www.commondreams.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Your regular reminder that book banning is the cornerstone of fascism: www.commondreams.org/news/tenness... 📚
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"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
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We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
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😂
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
😂
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Lalo works in the spinach fields near the border in Yuma, AZ. He sent us this video he took with a drone to show the scale of the fields where workers like him are keeping food on our tables.
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Lalo works in the spinach fields near the border in Yuma, AZ. He sent us this video he took with a drone to show the scale of the fields where workers like him are keeping food on our tables.
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
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A US District Court Judge has issued a permanent injunction in the lawsuit brought by 21 state attorneys general against the Trump administration for dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This means the IMLS cannot be further harmed.
bookriot.com/21-attorney-...
bookriot.com/21-attorney-...
A Major Court Win for IMLS, Libraries
Trump and his administration are barred from dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services, thanks to a judge's ruling.
bookriot.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A US District Court Judge has issued a permanent injunction in the lawsuit brought by 21 state attorneys general against the Trump administration for dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This means the IMLS cannot be further harmed.
bookriot.com/21-attorney-...
bookriot.com/21-attorney-...
Enjoying a week off work after a very stressful six months of preparing for a library migration (III Sierra to SirsiDynix Symphony, if anyone cares). Migration went well and now I get to relax.
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Enjoying a week off work after a very stressful six months of preparing for a library migration (III Sierra to SirsiDynix Symphony, if anyone cares). Migration went well and now I get to relax.
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If you missed the Librarians Film at Tribfest, it is showing at the Alamo South Lamar Sat-Wed! #texastribfest
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If you missed the Librarians Film at Tribfest, it is showing at the Alamo South Lamar Sat-Wed! #texastribfest
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A bald eagle framed by the colors of the season 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A bald eagle framed by the colors of the season 🪶
Look at these crepuscular rays! Good morning, Houston!
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Look at these crepuscular rays! Good morning, Houston!
Reemerging to post a cute pic of me and @jimmynewland.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Reemerging to post a cute pic of me and @jimmynewland.bsky.social
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Happy Pride kids! #Pride2025 #PrideMonth
June 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Happy Pride kids! #Pride2025 #PrideMonth
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SB 13 = Book bans.
It lets politicians and censorship councils decide what Texas kids can read — banning books they call “profane” or “indecent.”
Call your Rep and tell them: VOTE NO on SB 13.
#TxLege #ProtectLibraries #LetKidsRead
It lets politicians and censorship councils decide what Texas kids can read — banning books they call “profane” or “indecent.”
Call your Rep and tell them: VOTE NO on SB 13.
#TxLege #ProtectLibraries #LetKidsRead
May 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
SB 13 = Book bans.
It lets politicians and censorship councils decide what Texas kids can read — banning books they call “profane” or “indecent.”
Call your Rep and tell them: VOTE NO on SB 13.
#TxLege #ProtectLibraries #LetKidsRead
It lets politicians and censorship councils decide what Texas kids can read — banning books they call “profane” or “indecent.”
Call your Rep and tell them: VOTE NO on SB 13.
#TxLege #ProtectLibraries #LetKidsRead
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The irony of getting an email in the middle of @bobbinewman.bsky.social ‘s presentation on burnout and boundaries from a colleague who is also attending #erl25… I’m looking forward to sharing my takeaways from this presentation with my team later this week!
March 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The irony of getting an email in the middle of @bobbinewman.bsky.social ‘s presentation on burnout and boundaries from a colleague who is also attending #erl25… I’m looking forward to sharing my takeaways from this presentation with my team later this week!
I never answer my door, but due to an incident that happened yesterday, I just opened my door to a canvasser while wearing my I Support #FReadom shirt. The canvasser immediately said she loved my shirt, that she was a former librarian & had the same shirt. Angela Wierzbicki has my vote!
March 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I never answer my door, but due to an incident that happened yesterday, I just opened my door to a canvasser while wearing my I Support #FReadom shirt. The canvasser immediately said she loved my shirt, that she was a former librarian & had the same shirt. Angela Wierzbicki has my vote!
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You need to be on the public record talking about the library.
You need shit documented that you were there and here's what you said.
The quieter stuff is good stuff to do, I want to emphasize that. But it is NOT going to save the institution.
If it's not on record right now, it doesn't exist.
You need shit documented that you were there and here's what you said.
The quieter stuff is good stuff to do, I want to emphasize that. But it is NOT going to save the institution.
If it's not on record right now, it doesn't exist.
March 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You need to be on the public record talking about the library.
You need shit documented that you were there and here's what you said.
The quieter stuff is good stuff to do, I want to emphasize that. But it is NOT going to save the institution.
If it's not on record right now, it doesn't exist.
You need shit documented that you were there and here's what you said.
The quieter stuff is good stuff to do, I want to emphasize that. But it is NOT going to save the institution.
If it's not on record right now, it doesn't exist.
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And no matter how you’ve chosen to justify your allegiance to him, ultimately you made your decision, and quite frankly, I have lost the respect for and the affinity I had with you.
There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,
To the people I know who voted for him,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
And no matter how you’ve chosen to justify your allegiance to him, ultimately you made your decision, and quite frankly, I have lost the respect for and the affinity I had with you.
There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
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Boycotting on Feb 28th? Make sure your impact goes on the record! Click to add your name!
bit.ly/boycottcentral
#BuildTheResistance
bit.ly/boycottcentral
#BuildTheResistance
February 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Boycotting on Feb 28th? Make sure your impact goes on the record! Click to add your name!
bit.ly/boycottcentral
#BuildTheResistance
bit.ly/boycottcentral
#BuildTheResistance
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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If you feel this way, you're not along. And together, we're going to keep the Republic. Pass it on.
February 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you feel this way, you're not along. And together, we're going to keep the Republic. Pass it on.
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I canceled my audible subscription (even though I had a few unused credits) and bought a Libro FM membership. @libro.fm is employee-owned & shares profits w/ your chosen locally owned bookstore. I feel SO GOOD about this!
libro.fm/story
libro.fm/story
February 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I canceled my audible subscription (even though I had a few unused credits) and bought a Libro FM membership. @libro.fm is employee-owned & shares profits w/ your chosen locally owned bookstore. I feel SO GOOD about this!
libro.fm/story
libro.fm/story