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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Roundabouts are for indecisiveness!” - @surlyspice.bsky.social

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you don’t support trans kids, I’m not voting for you

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Patron called, miffed because her emailed research question got no response. Turns out she asked chatGPT for our email address and was given “libraryline@[mylibrary’sname].com,” which has zero correct components. I told her chatGPT is unreliable and will hope she has learned her lesson #LibraryLife

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’ve almost achieved the dream of Black capital without any actual Black people.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I cannot imagine in 2026, with the full breadth of the internet available to you, choosing to move your newsletter to substack. There are so many other platforms out there that don't directly put money in the pockets of fascists.

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today Little G turned seventeen, my dad turned eighty-five, and we marked twenty years since my mom’s death.

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The fine line between distracting yourself until the security code arrives so you don't get mad and distracting yourself so well that the security code is invalid when you finally remember to go back for it

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surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

happy ginger cat appreciation day to the biscuits

two orange cats loafed on a leopard print mat in front of an air conditioner

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I can honestly say that I've never wanted my library collection to be built by vendor automated AI, no.

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surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

THE OCCIDENTAL BOOK OF THE DEAD by t. geronimo johnson comes out 10/6/26 from @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social @librarylovefest.bsky.social #atlanta #empathy #oppression #race #class #morals #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!

book cover for the occidental book of the dead by t. geronimo johnson with yellow block lettering with the letters filled in over a hazy close up photograph of a dark skinned young person's face

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LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's your TBR pile's favorite time of the month: LibraryReads announcements day! Here are the Top 10 adult books coming out in September that library workers across the USA are raving about! The Top Pick this month is TEMPEST by Victoria Aveyard! Print-friendly list at libraryreads.org.

photo collage of book covers for the September 2026 LibraryReads Top 10 (plus Bonus Pick and Notable Nonfiction)

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LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Here is the September 2026 Hall of Fame--featuring new titles from go-to authors whose books have made the Top 10 multiple times!

collage of book cover images of September 2026 LibraryReads Hall of Fame titles

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LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our LibraryReads Bonus Pick for September 2026 is THE BIRTHING TREE: A NOVEL by Amanda Peters. @catapultbooks.bsky.social

cover image of THE BIRTHING TREE by Amanda Peters and annotation by Jessica Trotter

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surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

happy international cat day to this guy in particular #ToastBiscuitCat @helgagrace.bsky.social

An orange cat sitting in a cardboard box and wearing a blue and green plaid bow tie

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This feels like a challenge

A photograph of a box of small cupcakes with a label “two bite chocolate cupcakes”

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ebooks shouldn’t expire. The limited number of checkouts made more sense as a physical book could wear out, but both are still anti-author and anti-library policies. But there’s absolutely no logical reason an ebook should expire based on time. It’s not milk.

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Book 1 is $59.99 went out 4 times. Cost per circ $14.99 Book 2 is $59.99 went out 4 times. Cost per circ $14.99 I'm not buying book 3. If the cost per circ was $5 or $3, I wouldn't mind. But that is WAY too high, especially for a thing that expires after 2 yrs.

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Today in unintentionally funny OverDrive circulations #LibraryLife

A screenshot of a numbered list of titles. Title number 68 is "It Could Have Been Her: A Novel (unabridged)." Title number 69 is "It's Not Her."

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🕙🕥🕚Today is the FINAL DAY for this charity bundle supporting designer Rae Nedjadi after a serious illness and extended hospital stay. Get over $285 worth of games for just $25! A terrific collection of TTRPGs, and 98% of each purchase goes directly to Rae. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

On the left, an illustration of Rae Nedjadi with short curly black hair and horn-rim glasses, wearing a purple and pink striped robe. Next to that, the covers of the games in the Rae Nedjadi Recovery Bundle: Our Haunt, Apocalypse Keys, Doomsday Delights, Brindlewood Bay, Defy the Gods, Once More Into the Void, Blue Rose, Raccoon Sky Pirates, Glow, The Love Balloon, The Wildsea: Ships Gardens, Paragons, Gingerbread Kaiju, The Hunger in the Void, Space Post, Seers & Roebuck, For Coin & Blood, Dynasties & Demagogues, Party Beach Creature Feature, Heroic Maps - Villages (Summer), Quantum Entanglement, and Infestation at Devil's Glade.

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Forgetting to put on my watch today has helped me realize that I spend a lot of time looking at my watch

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026

What the fuck does "Most" mean? Why haven't ICE been ordered to cease ALL traffic stops? What level of leeway do they still have in choosing who gets stopped and for what? Why haven't we seen fullthroated calls from the supposedly liberal Democratic leadership for this agency to be stripped to dust?

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 14/07/2026

Today, we highlight little girls Remas & Toleen. We cannot normalize to the suffering of Palestinian children. We need to act to keep them ALIVE as this genocide escalates...! Yes it is! Anything helps them eat & get water. Give/find their link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A white graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a crouching falcon looking off in the distance. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle". Text: Six families are completely starting over—amidst their grief and pain, they have lost their homes, livelihoods, and communities, and must still seek food and shelter. Help them start over and continue to survive this life-and-death situation. https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities. A good article with a good list of resources at the end of it. crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr... Learn about this flag. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabil... #DisabilityPride

A charcoal grey flag bisected diagonally from the top left corner to the lower right corner by five parallel stripes in red, pale gold, pale grey, light blue, and green.

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Meena @methelibrarian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

@romancingthevote.com is from July 1st - July 5th and I'm so excited to offer not 1 but TWO moderated book club discussions. One is with author Julia Quinn and the other is with powerhouse duo @ilonaandrews.bsky.social ! Bid Bid Bid! bit.ly/QuinnVisit tinyurl.com/AndrewsVisit

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Anna M @helgagrace.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy new fiscal year to all who celebrate

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surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

yes yes intersperse hydration with electrolytes and also don’t forget sodium is an electrolyte so those doritos are keeping you alive

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Periodically I think: is it a good idea to assign Foucault on the panopticon for the second week of the semester? Do we need to read this as a foundational text for this class? And then the news gives me my answer.

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surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

TRIAGE by claudia rankine comes out 8/4/2026 from @graywolfpress.bsky.social #friendship #composite #grief #action #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 7/1!

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LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Downloadable galleys from the LibraryReads author panels and the Booklist Read 'n' Rave at ALA Annual 2026 are now available! Booklist/LibraryReads Read 'n' Rave panel: www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=54... LibraryReads/ALMA Your Morning is Booked '26 Author Panel: www.edelweiss.plus#catalogID=54...

Illustration of woman holding books in front of bookcase. LibraryReads ALA Annual 2026 Edelweiss Downloads

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LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today (July 1st) is your last day to vote for August books, and go ahead and vote early for those upcoming fall titles!

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 28/06/2026

Don’t treat Palestinian death as normal…! Don’t think the discourse interrupts this at all! H’s little girls are facing escalating massacres in their camp. Help them at least access medicine & food; make it a weekly coffee! Then take new, bold action for their lives.

chuffed.org

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Hello! I am popping during my irl Pride activities to say that my Queer Caribbean novella seems to be on sale at kobo for 3.99. That's in the US and Canada in their respective currencies. A good buy at the end of Pride and Caribbean Heritage Month. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

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Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You cannot both withhold open support for queer people and neutral at the same time You cannot be a space for your entire community by imposing a "families are more important than unhoused people" approach You don't build unity by insisting on a 'one size fits all' approach to knowledge 📚

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