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Richard Higgins
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Software developer for libraries and academic research. PhD-haver. Former contingent faculty in English and InfoSci. Fan of good metadata, long novels, and due process.
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When your deconfliction plan fails
Two cats trying to occupy the same space in a donut-like toy made for one cat. Two cats trying to occupy the same space in a donut-like toy made for one cat
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Post you from a different era.

Like "another" era fr
Photo of myself a couple of decades ago, with curly mid-length hair, large prescription glasses, and wearing a thrift-store sport coat. Probably high and ready to go out.
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Love this groove

GOAT (Sweden)
Live in London 2018
September 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Garlic World
Tell me where you are from using only 2 words
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Love this pull quote. Impact of state tax cuts on Indiana libraries.
www.ipm.org/news/2025-09...
Quoted by Indiana Public Media: "Sure, the library is an old-fashioned concept. So is democracy, so is equal opportunity, so is knowledge." Carri Randall, Johnson County library patron
September 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Found kid's craft table like this, with a line of Lego superheroes.
Well-used craft mat with line of Lego mini figures in the foreground, left to right: Batman, Superman, Green Goblin, Wonder Woman, Flash. Some Star Wars and Warhammer figures in the background.
August 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Happy to be in Minneapolis for a few days
Night-time view from a second-story roof deck. Jumble of partially lit one-and two-story buildings, murals, utility wires and poles, and a green-painted water tower-like object above one building.
August 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Bowie in a basket
Green-eyed, black cat named "Bowie" looking up from a basket that is perfectly sized for him.
July 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Chicago, I see you
Chicago skyline seen across the water of Lake Michigan from "Promontory Point" in the south side Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park
June 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Role model
June 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Courthouse Square, Bloomington, Indiana #nokings
In front of the crowd at a No Kings protest, two people in foreground holding signs that say, "Fuck I.C.E." and "No Tyrants, No Fascists. No Kings." Tight shot of No Kings crowd. Visible signs say, "No Dicktators in America," "Fox News is news like cowpies are pies," No kings in America, 8647." Short line of demonstrators along the street, holding Mexican flags, with T-shirts that say, "Fuck I.C.E" and "Por Vida." A gold sign in red letters says, "Donald Trump sucks." Crowd of protestors on a street corner, with a large banner in the foreground that says, "Honk to impeach Trump." Several other people are holding up large peace signs, some intertwined with hearts.
June 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The energy I bring to bluesky
Meme "I'm not a robot." Harrison Ford staring at a screen. Superimposed is a reCaptcha challenge box, with which a user clicks to prove "I'm not a robot."
June 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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What we did over the weekend
Tarot-like card called The Update, with a vertical image of a stylized server rack.
June 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Melvins, Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY, May 16, 2025
May 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Guillotine hot sauce. Fuck yeah!
Store display for Guillotine hot sauce, with EAT THE RICH in large letters and a cartoon drawing of a guillotine chasing sweating rich guys with vegetable-like heads.
May 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Sample from Palo Alto Online
April 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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#handsoff Bloomington, Indiana
Protestor holding up sign: I'D CALL TRUMP A CUNT BUT HE LACKS DEPTH & WARMTH
April 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Good turn out in Bloomington, Indiana, despite steady rain. #handsoff
Big group of “handsoff” demonstrators at the corner of the local courthouse square.
April 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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shop window, New Orleans
Shop window sign in New Orleans, says “READ MOTHER FUCKING BOOKS! All Damn Day”
February 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Surprise snow Sunday morning
February 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Puzzle helper
Orange cat squeezed into a jigsaw puzzle box, looking over an almost complete jigsaw puzzle.
February 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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While in N California I ventured into a Costco store for the first time — I live in Walmart land. Love this huge display of Spam at Costco
Pallet of spam at Costco. Stacked as tall as a human person.
January 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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We got snow! Patio edition
Small backyard patio with table, chairs, and grill covered with approximately six inches of snow.
January 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Holiday puzzle complete — sans a couple of missing pieces
Completed jigsaw puzzle called “Meet The Aliens: Xantara and Nykara,” a human-like, hetero-coded couple with octopus limbs at the mouth and fingers, standing for a portrait.
January 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM