Sabrina
sunnyrain.bsky.social
Sabrina
@sunnyrain.bsky.social
Adult Services Librarian and lover of stories in North Jersey

Currently playing 🎮: Balatro
Currently reading 📖: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
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Donald Trump wants to deport millions.

He has no plans to lower the cost of groceries.

He is gearing up to implement a dangerous agenda and distract you by extending the TikTok ban. Don’t fall for it.
January 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Mary Oliver bringing truth this morning.
@maryoliverdaily.bsky.social
January 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Guess I’m going to have to start doomscrolling bluesky instead now. TikTok taught me so much. I’m going to miss it.
January 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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This reveals that RFK’s whole “oh you can get a vaccine if you want to, just no mandates” thing is bullshit because he’s going after the vaccines themselves.

Vaccines which, for the record, are one of the keystones to our civilization. Particularly regarding the survival of children.
December 13, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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“I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”

NJ to prohibit book bans, while Murphy lowkey admits a civil war is brewing.

apnews.com/article/new-...
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
apnews.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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There's a bizarre and ongoing mainstream effort to launder RFK Jr into someone who just wants to get Americans eating nutritious food and exercising again but that is not evidenced anywhere in his public statements or career in public life.

He is a liar and conspiracist.
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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It's important to remember that although there are times we feel ok, we are not actually ok.

We can't judge ourselves for not being ok.

I use tools like writing, reading, movies, meditation, walking, yoga and dance to try to be more ok. But it will take time.
November 20, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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I cannot tell you how much this book cover annoys me. Every time I look at it, I'm annoyed in a new way. This isn't Wordle–and Wordle is key in the story–and it would never tell you yellow on "E" twice when there is only one "E", nor would you have a six letter word, nor . . .
November 19, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2024, a list of staff favorites

Xóchitl González / Danzy Senna / Emily Nussbaum / ...
Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2024
Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2024, a list of staff favorites
www.yearendlists.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Ohhhh noooo so cute
November 20, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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ROMEO AND JULIET

HARD ❌

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

EASY ✅

It was a shitshow
at the fuck factory
November 17, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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A quick write-up (for those who missed it at the end of the week) about @harpercollins.bsky.social's abominable decision to sell their authors' work to LLMs (h/t @kibblesmith.com).

What can YOU do? TLDR: support authors & tell publishers you do not want this.

lithub.com/harpercollin...
HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
lithub.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.
I'm not uniquely qualified for anything but as book bans will become stricter on stories of the marginalized in the coming years I want to ask librarians if there is anything I can personally do with my small platform to help out
November 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Held an open house event for my library’s Library of Things today. I got to spread the word about our collection of unconventional items for checkout. We might not call it mutual aid, but that’s what it feels like for me and my community #publiclibrarian 💛
November 17, 2024 at 2:27 AM