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wife-thousand · 15 hours
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adhdoofenshmirtz · 2 months
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Doofenshmirtz is one of us
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okayto · 10 months
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Hey, this pride month (or literally any time of year), you wanna know something fairly easy and great you can do?
Contact your local library (or comment on their social media) positively for any pride/LGBTQIA+/queer-related displays or events they have going on.
Seriously.
What I’m seeing and hearing from the (mostly US-based) library workers in my groups and social circles is that the anti-queer (anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-drag queen story time, etc.) comments and complaints that have ramped up in the past year aren’t going away. Even library workers with supportive coworkers/bosses/boards are steeling themselves to deal with an avalanche of garbage, or are second-guessing their displays and events because the amount of vitriol can wear a person down so much. And the ones without supportive people or work environments? It’s worse.
Give the library something else: give them both the ammo (by being one of the numbers they can count worth the positive group) if they need to show their community isn’t wholly negative. Give them the compliment of knowing that their work got appreciated.
A comment like “I love this” or “Wow, that looks great!”
An email about how much you’re excited about X event
A call saying you wanted to let them know you appreciate this thing
Tagging them if you share a picture or positive comment on social media
“Cool shirt/pins/etc!” (Because people are also bring harassed about personally being queer, even if it’s not a library display)
Literally anything that would be positive for them to receive
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La vida no te garantiza que siempre recibirás lo que des, pero todo aquello que des seguro reflejará por sí solo de lo que eres...
Priscila Alcívar
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lakecountylibrary · 11 months
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Bill Criminalizing Librarians Revived - again.
April 21, 2023: After the sound defeat of language calling for felony charges against librarians and educators in SB 12 and SB 380 earlier in April, the Indiana legislature is once more considering criminalizing librarians and educators for the materials on their shelves.
Here's the Indiana Capital Chronicle on the situation:
The legislators themselves don't know yet what bill the language will be slipped into, but we expect they'll hear it next week, possibly as early as Monday, April 24.
What To Do:
They're moving fast, so if you live in Indiana and feel strongly about libraries and censorship, please call your reps and senators NOW. Even if you already contacted them earlier this session!
Here's how to find and contact your legislators: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legislators/
Here are some talking points and the general gist of our concerns:
Charging librarians and educators with felonies is not an appropriate response to the issue of challenging books.
It is a librarian or educator’s job to ensure that children have access to a range of well-reviewed quality books. They are trained and follow objective processes for material selection.
Libraries and schools already have processes in place for challenging books on their shelves, and these processes work.
And here's our own webpage where you can catch up on the situation and stay updated: https://www.lcplin.org/billupdates
If you don't live in Indiana:
Please do not contact the Indiana legislature about this! Instead, you can just hit that reblog button and help us reach as many people as possible.
Thank you, everyone, for your continued support of libraries and librarians!!
EDIT: This version has been getting notes lately - please see the final update from 4/28/23 to see how everything resolved. (It was a bit of a mixed bag.) Thank you!
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intrepidheroine · 4 months
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Patron: I have noticed that a number of toys are missing from the children's department recently.
Me: Indeed.
Patron: (lists the toys that have disappeared)
Me: Yup.
Patron: What happened?
Me: Well, you see. Libraries have patrons.
Patron: Yes...
Me: And this is a children's department. So we have patrons of a variety of sizes.
Patron: Sure?
Me: And sometimes they shove stuff into their strollers and then we don't have those toys anymore.
Patron: Ah.
Me: We're searching to see if the toys are hiding somewhere odd, but they may be hiding in someone's toy box right now.
PSA from a children's librarian: if your kids swipe a toy from the library, we will not write you up for theft. Please just drop the toy at the checkout desk or in the return bin with a note "found with my kid's library books" or just "Youth Services Department." We'll figure it out. You don't even have to sign it.
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bitterwormwood · 2 months
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Нарисовала вчера вечером, пока смотрела какой то дурацкий фильм
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librarianpirate · 9 months
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HOOPLA, OVERDRIVE/LIBBY NOW BANNED FOR THOSE UNDER 18 IN MISSISSIPPI
This country just keeps getting more and more off the rails. I can't even think of any pithy commentary to add - I'm just tired.
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archivistic · 6 months
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"SUPARS was designed by a librarian named Pauline Atherton (who goes by the name of Pauline Atherton Cochrane today). In 1960, aged 30 and early in her library career, she had been the cross-reference editor of that year’s revision of the World Book Encyclopedia, ensuring thorough and accurate cross-linking between different articles. By 1966, she was working at the Syracuse University libraries and in the library school, where in 1968 she demonstrated the first use of an online decimal classification file to aid in search (AUDACIOUS). That same year, she established the first computer-based teaching lab that integrated online search into regular classroom teaching at the library school (LEEP)."
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thetallkiwi2 · 7 months
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My Favorite Synastry Aspects Part II
I have already done a post in the form of an ask, and here are like…5 more lol (some may be repeated because I do not remember off the top of my head what was in the previous post lol).
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I. Moon-Jupiter aspects. This aspect is so fun to have, both negative and positive. I would say be careful with the negative side because there could be an incentive to indulge in stuff that shouldn’t be indulged in…
II. 1st House Venus. I’ll be honest, I like the attention lol. I like the admiration cause I know this person will do ANYTHING. The appreciation feels good. It’s best to be cautious though with this aspect, since that person can easily turn into an obsessive stalker. Especially for pisces and scorpios because I know these two signs fall extremely hard and can go above and beyond in trying to prove their love when the other person clearly doesn’t value it.
III. 6th house synastry. It’s very fun, to say the least. You get to see the person everyday. They reciprocate the energy you give to them and it’s just overall a really good placement(s) to have as a friend!
IV. Moon-Lilith conjunction. I chose the conjunction for a particular reason. It’s something about being able to have a safe space to express yourself and also allowing the moon person to explore their dark side. It’s liberating, to say the least. This also gives me soulmate vibes. Ehh…if it’s in signs like Aries, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Taurus, Gemini especially…it gives evil twin🤞🏾evil twin vibes.
V. Ceres-Lilith Conjunction. I have this aspect in my natal chart. This is another “no judgement” aspect. Lilith is all about our dark side and having Ceres, that nurturing asteroid make a conjunction, allows the Lilith person to be free! This is a beautiful aspect imo because this gives Lilith the proper attention and care she needs to thrive within a person.
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✨Blow on a dandelion and make a wish✨
VI. Venus trine/sextile/ conjunction Chiron. This is a healing aspect. The Chiron person can teach the Venus person that their version of love is okay and that whoever made them feel bad, should go.. choke on one (if you catch my drift lol). Vice-Versa, the Venus person can help heal the Chiron person’s problems.
VII. Juno conjunct/trine/sextile Jupiter. This is such a beautiful aspect! This is a marriage material aspect. The love for one another is greatly amplified and shown here. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world” type of vibes.
VIII. Sirene conjunct personal planets and Pluto. Now this is interesting because this is what keeps the passion going. Even more passionate if in Taurus, Scorpio, Sag as well.
I think that’s all I have in my belt right now. I hope you all have a good day/night!
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notebooks-and-laptops · 8 months
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I think the thing about libraries that maybe doesn't get mentioned enough on here is that most of them need security guards. I once read an article about volunteer run libraries where volunteers were quitting because they didn't realise that the job was dangerous but it is!! I've had co workers get assaulted in front of me. I've had co workers get stalked. I've had to ring emergency services multiple times on shifts. On a day to day basis I deal with inappropriate sexual comments, bigotry, shouting and aggression, threats and rowdy behaviour which often becomes dangerous to other staff members or customers. Now this isn't to say I don't love my job, I do. But it's to say that when you defund the library, when you say librarian's should be on minimum wage or don't deserve a high salary, you should take into account that librarians are often at risk at work (depending on the library and the area). You should also take into account that defunding libraries often means a lack in things like security guards, panic alarms, and other safety measurers which keep librarians safe. A job as a modern public librarian is NOT just about reading books all day and helping little old ladies or just putting on events and the summer reading challenge, it's a really mentally draining and difficult job. An important one, but still. And I think that with the rise in Tumblr-loves-libraries-and-librarians we should talk about this more.
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No soy rencorosa, cariño, pero entiende que no puedes entrar y salir de mi vida como te plazca esperando que yo no pierda el interés en ti.
A. Werther
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hawtrne · 10 months
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I love love when a reader hears the name of their favourite book and they instantly become so social and light up because that's the most beautiful thing ever
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Cuando los vientos cambian de dirección, las tormentas se convierten en suave brisa capaces de refrescar y a la misma vez, acrecentar la flama del alma…
Priscila Alcívar
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justthoughts03 · 3 months
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This year I’ve prepared myself to lose a lot of people in my life
Because I finally have the courage to say out loud that
Even though I am loved I don’t like the way some people love me.
They may think they are doing a good job but I don’t feel that’s what I deserve.
I deserve to be loved better.
And if you can’t do that and commit to it… there’s the door
-this is what courage looks like-
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