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Minneapolis person. Librarian, musician, lurker extraordinaire. She/her.
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I may have miscalculated

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

I have not been a practicing Catholic in decades. But in Francis, I recognized the best parts of the Catholicism I was raised with: a relentless focus on social justice and caring for poor and marginalized people. I will miss his voice.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

HEY GUESS WHAT! Today is composer Florence Price's 138th birthday and for some reason I'm not seeing a lot of stuff about that so I WANT YOU to do your patriotic duty and revel in the life and work of this great American composer with me

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

but they were, all of them, deceived, for another pause on tariffs was made

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Apropos of nothing in particular youtu.be/neJorQci-wI?...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Uh yup. My 77-year-old aunt and 75-year-old former mother-in-law — retired public school teachers both — were out there today.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Possibly my favorite piece of conference swag ever (for locals only!) at the Association of College and Research Libraries meeting.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

My Animal Crossing island just got hit with 10% tariffs

submitted 22 days ago • 117 comments

🚨AWOOO The sirens you hear indicate that yes indeed sometimes it does snow in April, sometimes on the same day it rains, also celebrating Wisconsin's Supreme Court election victory!🚨 #FirstWednesdayClub #Minneapolis #mnwx

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Siren Wednesday, Minneapolis!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Just as accurate and perfect as the day it was released.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

<raises hand high>

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

how it feels lately doing my little tasks & confronting my minor responsibilities

submitted 29 days ago • 25 comments

In addition to keeping planes in the sky, apparently DEI also kept defense communications secure.

submitted 31 days ago • 12 comments

I’m pretty meh on most violin concertos, but the Beethoven was love at first listen for me as a kid and I still love it. So glad Minnesota Orchestra is broadcasting tonight’s performance of it with Erin Keefe. Just what I needed after a rough week.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I know nothing should surprise me but I confess to being pretty surprised by Republicans — of all people — claiming that a huge stock market drop is actually a good thing.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Killing off our research facilities and talent pipelines is perhaps the biggest, dumbest self-own in American history.

submitted 43 days ago • 118 comments

Welp, I guess we needed the moisture?

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Just had to block a former coworker who recently started posting antivax, anti-trans, and pro-Russia crap. Ugh.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

As a child of the Cold War, I simply cannot get my head around…any of this. Sickening.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently one can purchase “anxiety-calming pajamas” for one’s dog. That sounds amazing. Is there a human version?

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.

submitted 61 days ago • 38 comments

1. Jumped up 2. Got out of bed 3. Dragged a comb across my head 4. Made my way downstairs 5. Drank a cup

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

PERFECT SONG ALERT

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