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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 4h

How it feels to tell people that I got Carly Rae Jepsen tickets and for them to respond “Who? The Call Me Maybe Girl?”

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Woman Screaming 'Knotty Pine' - American Horror Story

ALT: Woman Screaming 'Knotty Pine' - American Horror Story

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

THE CANCELLATION OF ED SHEERAN BUT THE DEATH OF BOB MACKIE FEELS LIKE A REAL MONKEYS PAW SITUATION

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

scare the pants off your kids with this banger of a book. i loved it. this book rules.

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

everyday at work I get to hang out with the funniest kids and have the best time. even when its hard, working in library rules. im so lucky.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.

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I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

so many amazing songs but i find myself thinking about is the one Parton wrote for TRANSAMERICA - picking up the (flawed) film’s themes of transness in the shadow of Christian upbringing (“you cut off your dick…for Jesus?!”) and making it into a hymn about transfiguration youtu.be/mx_I-byng78?...

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Dolly Parton - Travelin' Thru [Official Music Video]

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logic or it didn't happen @antifunkaf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She probably was happy as fuck every day from the thought of the kids she was helping develop and the people she was lifting out of poverty and diseases she was preventing and programs she was building that'll outlive her. All the rich folk could have that too. They don't know what they're missing.

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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 31/01/2026

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Rebecca Hicks (She/Her) @rhicks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Honor Dolly Parton's memory by donating to donate.imaginationlibrary.com She knew that the best way to kick evil right in the keister was to flood the world with books and kindness.

My pencil sketch of Dolly Parton playing guitar.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 25/08/2026

if you're in line to donate money to the Imagination Library, please stay in line

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ALA is heartbroken at the passing of country music legend and literacy champion Dolly Parton. Her Imagination Library initiative, inspired by her father's inability to read or write, has put millions of books into children's hands and was considered by her to be among her greatest achievements.

An ALA READ poster featuring Dolly Parton holding copies of "The Little Engine that Could" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don't believe in Heaven, but I believe there was at least one Angel. Thank you for everything, Dolly. Thank you for music, for your humanity, your optimism, your championing of literacy, and your love for children. Nothing short of an inspiration. 🦋❤️📚

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Eric Brandom @ebrandom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

IWW poster, 1917. www.jstor.org/stable/commu...

Bright red print. THIEF! across the top in negative, then an image of children working a cotton mill machine, while a wealthy man stands to the right. written below: "The worst thief is he who steals the playtime of children. - WD Haywood" Join the IWW and help put the thieves to work.

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timfool61two.bsky.social @timfool61two.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Minneapolis Spiderman going after nazi Jake Lang looking like a damn John Romita Sr. comic book cover

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Is it possible to have a day when Hilary Duff’s “So Yesterday” is the first song that pops up on shuffle?! #homosexualThoughts

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

The library being "the last real third space" isn't a reason to keep adding new responsibilities to the library; it is a reason to create more third spaces.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This list itself is a perfect example of what neutrality actually is. The language here is designed to seem sensible and neutral on the surface. Who doesn't want an open, safe space for families? But the spirit of the list is intentionally fascist. Neutrality is a weapon used by bigots to oppress.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"Be beige, not rainbow" is the outcome of librarians saying libraries should be neutral. We cannot and are not neutral, and we gotta stop insisting that we are. At this point, it is part of the book ban playbook.

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Questions received at the reference desk of your local public library.

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Erin @erinisinire.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Is it allergies? Is it bronchitis? Doesn’t matter because summer reading is coming.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Once I started thinking abt goodreads as a product review site rather than a book review site, it made it so much easier to disregard. There are some very thoughtful reviews there, but for the most part it's the book equivalent of "i like the product but the package was dented, 1 star". Plus racism.

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

be the reason a queer kid in your community doesn't think they have to end it all.

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Scott Free @scottfree.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

8-1, with only Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting. A lot of kids are going to die because of Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Coney Barrett, but also because of Kagan and Sotomayor.

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 31/03/2026

Children: Are They People? An Investigation

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

You can just call it a horror film. Congrats Amy.

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Connor Storrie from Heated Rivalry looks like Tommy Pickles and I will not be taking questions on the matter

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

February Reads and some Eagles we saw this morning

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Post a banger that's not in English if you'd like Saw this performed at a drag show 10+ years ago and it still pops up in my head on regular www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9C...

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HYUNA - 'Bubble Pop!' (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by 4Minute 포미닛(Official YouTube Channel)

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Every four years I become EXTREMELY invested in figure skating. I now stan the #QuadGod

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Bill Ives @billiamives.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

what a loss. thank you for everything you did for libraries and giving a voice to the queer, BIPOC, and disabled communities in our profession.

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