Tanner Ames
@tannerames.bsky.social
Full-time student, Full-time librarian, full-time husband, and part-time cool guy.
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These are the books I read in January 2025. It was a good month full of great books.
February 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
These are the books I read in January 2025. It was a good month full of great books.
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We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:
Can You Tell Me How to Get Someone to Save 'Sesame Street'?
With its Warner Bros. Discovery contract about to expire, TV critic Alan Sepinwall explains why the beloved children's series deserves to survive.
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December 30, 2024 at 5:10 PM
We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:
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Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
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This story arc is way too common in modern society.
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December 16, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
Services are over and I'm grateful to have heard stories from plenty of community members.
My grandpa was a smiling, gentle giant and I'm happy I get to pick up that mantle. Rest well gramps.
My grandpa was a smiling, gentle giant and I'm happy I get to pick up that mantle. Rest well gramps.
September 30, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Services are over and I'm grateful to have heard stories from plenty of community members.
My grandpa was a smiling, gentle giant and I'm happy I get to pick up that mantle. Rest well gramps.
My grandpa was a smiling, gentle giant and I'm happy I get to pick up that mantle. Rest well gramps.
I always love going to the Association of Rural and Small Libraries conference. Such a beautiful time for networking and talking home new ideas.
September 22, 2024 at 12:26 AM
I always love going to the Association of Rural and Small Libraries conference. Such a beautiful time for networking and talking home new ideas.
I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Humboldt Museum Member Appreciation night. Meet Stuart Burwell Brady, who grew up in Golconda and became a prolific singer in the 1920s.
July 30, 2024 at 4:57 AM
I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Humboldt Museum Member Appreciation night. Meet Stuart Burwell Brady, who grew up in Golconda and became a prolific singer in the 1920s.
I soooo long to hear what they were playing at my library in the 70's.
July 9, 2024 at 5:48 AM
I soooo long to hear what they were playing at my library in the 70's.
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My latest cartoon for New Scientist.
May 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
My latest cartoon for New Scientist.
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A greeting for negligent penpals and procrastinating authors. Postcard from my collection, 1911.
February 14, 2024 at 10:57 PM
A greeting for negligent penpals and procrastinating authors. Postcard from my collection, 1911.
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All these people talking about how writing is dead, books are dead. Bullshit.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
February 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
All these people talking about how writing is dead, books are dead. Bullshit.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
Just an update on the community garden. I like to spend a couple hours here in my days off.
December 30, 2023 at 5:33 PM
Just an update on the community garden. I like to spend a couple hours here in my days off.
Found some pretty great Christmas pics from my library's past.
December 26, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Found some pretty great Christmas pics from my library's past.
The Holidays are pretty rough with everything getting more expensive. I'm lucky to have great coworkers and a great family. Life beats me down, but some great people bring me back up.
December 26, 2023 at 7:55 PM
The Holidays are pretty rough with everything getting more expensive. I'm lucky to have great coworkers and a great family. Life beats me down, but some great people bring me back up.
@catsofyore.bsky.social
My wife is the town Cat lady and I think we all love it.
My wife is the town Cat lady and I think we all love it.
November 11, 2023 at 2:56 AM
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My wife is the town Cat lady and I think we all love it.
My wife is the town Cat lady and I think we all love it.
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📚 The Library of Congress is a cornerstone of preserving our cultural heritage, and we're baffled by claims from the copyright lobby that it shouldn't receive digital deposits. We support proposed revisions to the US Copyright Office e-deposit rules: blog.archive.org/2023/11/01/t...
November 2, 2023 at 9:29 PM
📚 The Library of Congress is a cornerstone of preserving our cultural heritage, and we're baffled by claims from the copyright lobby that it shouldn't receive digital deposits. We support proposed revisions to the US Copyright Office e-deposit rules: blog.archive.org/2023/11/01/t...
@catsofyore.bsky.social We finally caught the last of a litter. Here's his siblings checking him out. Reunited after weeks of being apart.
October 29, 2023 at 9:26 AM
@catsofyore.bsky.social We finally caught the last of a litter. Here's his siblings checking him out. Reunited after weeks of being apart.
Getting the local #communitygarden cleaned up and ready for next year. It's been deserted for about a year or so there's still a lot of work to be done.
October 28, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Getting the local #communitygarden cleaned up and ready for next year. It's been deserted for about a year or so there's still a lot of work to be done.
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Amazing evening at opening of the new Fantasy Exhibition at The British Library. They had work by Terry Pratchett @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Gelfling costumes, Earthsea stuff & brilliant speech by Susan Cooper. If you love fantasy do go see the exhibition. There are some fab events, some virtual
October 27, 2023 at 7:55 AM
Amazing evening at opening of the new Fantasy Exhibition at The British Library. They had work by Terry Pratchett @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Gelfling costumes, Earthsea stuff & brilliant speech by Susan Cooper. If you love fantasy do go see the exhibition. There are some fab events, some virtual
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This dude is so fired. 1972. digitaltmuseum.se/021018614710...
October 27, 2023 at 1:49 AM
This dude is so fired. 1972. digitaltmuseum.se/021018614710...
This afternoon I had to bury a kitten I found in the morning. It had been hit and even though I reported it before 9, it was still covered, where I left it.
So I buried it near the other kitten that I had to bury over the weekend.
Just a PSA. Please be careful while driving.
So I buried it near the other kitten that I had to bury over the weekend.
Just a PSA. Please be careful while driving.
October 26, 2023 at 11:10 PM
This afternoon I had to bury a kitten I found in the morning. It had been hit and even though I reported it before 9, it was still covered, where I left it.
So I buried it near the other kitten that I had to bury over the weekend.
Just a PSA. Please be careful while driving.
So I buried it near the other kitten that I had to bury over the weekend.
Just a PSA. Please be careful while driving.
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My little one-eyed foster boy. He is so small but he’s a baby-man. Always wants to hang out.
October 19, 2023 at 5:27 PM
My little one-eyed foster boy. He is so small but he’s a baby-man. Always wants to hang out.
Does anyone else do "Spring cleaning" in the fall? I feel like I'm more productive now than in the spring.
October 17, 2023 at 8:15 PM
Does anyone else do "Spring cleaning" in the fall? I feel like I'm more productive now than in the spring.
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Who gonna pay me so I can quit my job and do cat rescue full time? One of todays rescues
October 15, 2023 at 2:35 AM
Who gonna pay me so I can quit my job and do cat rescue full time? One of todays rescues