Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 12mEverything you post about the electrical work in your house confirms my conviction that I Don't Do Electrical. Paint? Sure. Plumbing? The bits that stick out of the wall, at least. Light carpentry? I am surely overestimating my ability but like it would be fine. Electrical? Absolutely Not. 000
Reposted by Emily🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 3hI very much want to believe this is a magic library full of occult books and they keep misfiring and desperately need an appropriate caretaker to calm them and make the magic accessible for witchcraft again, but the existence of Magic needs to stay secret hence the NDA it’s prob just porn though 98012
Reposted by EmilyThe Girl of Lemongrab @mc-hesher.bsky.social · 9h"I was there, Gandalf. I was there when the executive function of elves failed." 3929
Reposted by EmilyAbigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1hUnformed thought I need y'all to chew on while I'm at this conference today: industry leaders and administrators are more likely to adopt generative tools and be excited about them because they have already handed off significant portions of their granular work to other people. 281
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 2h"look, I invented a writing system!" "but did you eat dinner?" "...no..." 160
Reposted by EmilyAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15hBEGGING people to look up terms before using them for library social media. “BBW” doesn’t mean Banned Books Week 1092604597
Reposted by EmilyEric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 14h"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade' 71000283
Reposted by EmilyThe Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 5hMerry asks who made this path along the hills. Strider’s answer reminds Sam of one of Bilbo’s old songs, and Sam sings the first few lines: ‘Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea…’ 15511
Reposted by EmilyMr. Tyler CroOoOoOoOok @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 21hIt's bonkers how "User agreements" are actually binding contracts where one party gets to change them whenever and however they wish and the other party has the options to agree or to stop using computers. 6667189
Reposted by EmilyHipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 10hME: Okay, I’m up too late, I’ve got to go to sleep— MY BRAIN: What if elves had ADHD? ME: … MY BRAIN: Is there, like, a table in Rivendell that hasn’t been cleared off in 2000 years because somebody is insisting they’re gonna finish that craft project any day now? 1325643
Reposted by EmilyKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 11hME: Does Bronze Walrus get summoning sickness? STEPKID: I am so very sorry. I would give it haste if I could. KEVIN: A walrus with haste is just a hippo. *table pauses to consider the truth of this statement* 831927
Reposted by EmilyGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 12hHey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com? And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost? 06167
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 12hgiven the size of the sample vs the size of my Big Work Mug I am going to end up with a little bit left over for all of them at which point I will blend ALL THE SAMPLES TOGETHER mua ha ha ha 030
Reposted by EmilyArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 14hI know you all hate Instagram but the Alaska Sealife Center has an orphan baby walrus 🥹 14595109
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 16hI AM NOT LOGGING IN FROM A NEW COMPUTER I HAVE HAD THIS COMPUTER FOR FIVE YEARS FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF 040
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 16hmy run as Official Mousefinder continues uninterrupted one of these days I'll put it on my resume 040
Reposted by EmilyFeral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 18hQuincey Morris always gets cut out by Big Stake, they can't stand the idea people might learn that if you've got a Dracula problem you can just use a Bowie knife. 08626
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 18h"I don't know why the humans want me to chew on this stuff, but whatever. Maybe it's a thumbs thing." 010
Reposted by EmilyNome @nome.bsky.social · 05/10/2026HOW CAN YOU MAKE DRACULA WITHOUT THE COWBOY THE COWBOY IS STRUCTURAL! 1528661
Reposted by EmilySteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 19h[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 18473561331
Reposted by EmilyCLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The trainer told us to offer our dog a treat when he was chewing on something he wasn't supposed to, the result being that he now finds little bits of trash, walks over to my desk, and loudly, insistently chews them until I give him food, like a little dog trash collector turning in cans for cash 5672
Reposted by EmilyShivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 19hSeriously. Riverdance, lord of the dance, roar, all the Irish step dancing videos, and hell even the terrible power rangers knock off Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog 131009
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 19hYou are spared my shitlist because there are only three "Movie Reviews" by this author in the specified month, but like the other 2 instances TODAY ALONE this is also a daily newspaper and you should give me a FULL DATE 020
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 19hNo I am not going to search 10 months of the WSJ to find you an article, what's wrong with you 240
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 20hLo, the seasons turn and the Beast of the Salt Pile wakes from slumber... 000
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 20hthis week on Archaeology Journal Crimes, we have "article published with one title at the head of the article and a different though somewhat related title in the table of contents" 130
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 21husually they end up in the traps! I thought I smelled something a little dead-rodenty last week but the traps were all empty and they are VERY small 010
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 21hcheap packing tape: does not stick to cardboard box, does, inexplicably, stick to Live Mouse 140
Reposted by EmilyFairDragoon @fairdragoon.bsky.social · 21h*MONKTOBER* 5-Lock, brother Placidus @ascalaphid.com has made me discover Grützner and I love his paintings so much! 016234
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 22hno we are not going to read through 143 articles in an entire issue of a newspaper to find the article that your patron doesn't know where it is or what the actual title is, what's wrong with you 170
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ah, the signs of fall: changing leaves, migrating birds, the UPS guy wearing long pants 040
Reposted by EmilyMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026all this is both foolish and unnecessary 81107406
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Betcha it's in one of those dinged-up boxes marked "MISC 1973-198?" 110
Reposted by EmilyBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yeah, just got off the phone. Turns out we've lost the Mandate of Heaven. We're still an accredited archive though so it's not all bad. 7828
Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026(my first boss was a psych professor who would send emails at 2am, but he was aware this was unhinged behavior and didn't expect a prompt reply) 020