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Public librarian. Boring mom of extremely cute kid. Cat enthusiast.
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I am on this search committee and am happy to answer questions. Some important ones, preemptively: I really like working here, the salary for this position is expected in the 70k-82k range, and the building where this colleague will work is not ADA compliant. careers.swarthmore.edu/cw/en-us/job...

I've been so impressed with Lindsay's thoughtful approach to making change within ALA. She has the discernment to focus on what truly matters (protecting library workers) & the drive to make things happen. She'll be a terrific ALA president!! #CronkTheVote

Librarians get on it! You’ll take Denali from my cold dead hands!

I Resent My Accursed Allergy Shots, Unless They Work, In Which Case I Love Them! - defector.com/i-resent-my-... hard same! Oof my allergy shots are such a pain.

I was in the Army during don't ask don't tell. And there were little army cops whose whole job it was to investigate possible homos. Nobody would cooperate with them at all and it was really funny. I hope everybody can keep that vibe now that we are going back to the 1860s.

I feel like global pride 2025 in DC should be a gay version of the purge where dykes on bikes rule the streets and gay sex on Vance’s lawn.

I try to order every requested book because I KNOW that there is at least one patron who wants it. And we don’t get a ton of patron requests so honestly it’s the least I can do!

I keep hearing about other librarians being forced to use AI for their jobs and I'm so glad my library is not interseted in using it. In fact I bet my library would let me do an info session on why AI is terrible and we should never use it.

Hey! My patrons are looking for spicy romance novels. Drop some faves here. Specifically not royal if possible but okay if royal.

Hey! I'm buying zines and comics for the tribal library I work for. Indigenous zines and comics preferred buy anything cool is good. Let me know if you have any suggestions! Also tag all the cool zine people so I can follow them.

August book report is a banger. We got more Earthsea, The Golden Bough, Leo Strauss, and reading The Odyssey to my baby. Check it out, smash that like and subscribe etc theunderline.substack.com/p/book-repor...