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melanietownsend.bsky.social
Library lady and believer in democracy. Kindness advocate. Clevelander by choice. Opinions are very much mine and I do not pretend to speak for my employer.
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Cleveland Public Library is pure magic.

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…so my library is “Iconic” sccording to National Geographic!!!! www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

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That’s my emotional support sewer district !!!

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Love is in the air here at Cleveland Public Library… and we’re setting you up on the perfect blind date—with a book! 📚💘 Will it be love at first page? Or a plot twist you didn’t see coming? Watch as I take the plunge into a literary love affair.... #librarysky #cleveland #library #valentines

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Libraries & librarians have never been more important. If we care about the future, we must make sure every school, every community, every child has access to a library & a librarian. And we have to give them all our support, so they can do their vital work, which benefits us ALL! #SaveLibraries

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It’s National Shelfie Day!! Come on #booksky. I showed you mine. Now you show me yours!!! #librarysky

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Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb spent the day at Cleveland Public Library’s E131 Branch, and I got to meeeeet him!!!!!!!

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

This this 100 times this.

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I just got a new phone and decided not to put that other app on it. This feels amazing.

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Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.

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💙💙💙💙💙

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PSA.

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Authors love libraries. Please use them. Please support them. Libraries are amazing. 📚

submitted 91 days ago • 139 comments

So many books. So little time.

submitted 91 days ago • 18 comments

Thou shalt not accuse others of being criminals when you just made a criminal the commander in chief. Thou shalt stop being a gigantic hypocrite every second of thy life.

submitted 90 days ago • 629 comments

Gospel truth right here:

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Our shared infrastructural systems are how we take care of each other at scale.

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Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US

submitted 93 days ago • 101 comments

...Impatiently awaiting @neorsd.org's holiday voicemail.

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I just dove down the Cleveland rabbit hole that is the fascinating and aggravating story of Winston Willis thanks to @marktidrick.bsky.social and my other phenomenal colleagues on the 4th floor Cleveland Public Library's Louis Stokes Wing. You should really pay them a visit.

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The pride of Cleveland has arrived! If @neorsd.org is here, why be anywhere else!!!?

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I'm struggling as I face my children and tell them they have to be honest, kind, humble and act with integrity, when those don't seem to matter in America anymore.

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I'm trying to strike a healthy balance between numbness and rage.

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Being neutral is no where near the same as being objective.

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I just checked out "Prince: Icon" a neverending feast for the eyes. Keep in mind, I work in a very large urban library...how many of my colleagues stopped to drool with me over this book? Library people were jealous of my library find. #Prince is the great unifier.

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"The democratic way of life cannot be made by a reality by affirmation or by wishful thinking..." Please read this important document from 1939's Cleveland Public Library Board Report. May we have the courage of our convictions.

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Buy all banned books as presents

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Please read books. I’m begging you.

submitted 102 days ago • 698 comments

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”

submitted 103 days ago • 391 comments

I finally gave in and read On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. Please please please read it too. There is even an illustrated Graphic Edition. Read it. It could save lives, and it will steel your nerves for what's coming. #BookSky

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