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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 18h

Apparently one potential side effect of my adhd meds is exacerbated suicidal ideation. In unrelated news, I have stopped taking my adhd meds. Fingers crossed that my appointment goes well next week and I can find some new meds. Whomp whomp.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No luck on getting a wizard to trap me in a time loop. Now taking recommendations for best devils who will make a bargain for my soul.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Not odd exactly, but I was a figure drawing model in college and people always seem shocked about that. I suppose the fact that it involved me having done "I'm a little teapot" naked at one point may contribute to that 🤣 Best job I ever had though.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

they should invent a small EMP that disables speakerphones in public spaces

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What's a girl got to do to get an evil wizard to trap her in a time loop? All I'm asking for is like 6 months in a time loop. Very reasonable. Please curse me.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This series is delightful! It's one of my go to recommendations to patrons who enjoy sci fi or mystery. Delightful characters, a fun spaceship setting, an all around good time. Highly recommend picking them up.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As soon as our September mortgage payment clears, we will hit the threshold for requesting cancelation of PMI. Please keep your fingers crossed that they just do it and don't pull any bullshit asking us to get a new valuation to prove it hasn't decreased in value. I need a win.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Pisces: Someone else is living in your house, but they don't know about you either. Each day you dance unwittingly together, too perfectly in sync to ever meet. There's something very hauntingly beautiful about it. Still, your landlord has some explaining to do.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/08/2026

see you're going to read the headline and you're going to think "hmm, but how bad can it be" and then you're going to click on the link and go OH, OH QUITE BAD YEAH

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I sacrificed pickles to buy a new friend. Who we then almost left behind. Shout out to the awesome staff who let S back in to grab this dude from the shop. Yes, I know we need to do yard work.

A green stone owl approximately a foot tall nestled amongst some tall grass and weeds.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We're going to the @bristolrenfaire.bsky.social today. Despite current situations, I have budgeted enough for 40 pickles. Which should effectively make me mostly pickle by the end of the day. It will be like becoming the bionic man. Only with pickles instead of technology. This will fix me.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter!!! We are currently 98% funded!! Let's make 3 a real MAGIC number and fund the Kickstarter today!!! YOU CAN DO IT SPACE UNICORNS!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Simple digital drawing with a big purple striped number 3 in the middle, surrounded by six weird and multicoloured cartoon mushrooms. Below in bubble writing and in purple to match the 3 is the text 'is a magic number'. All against a pale but bright yellow background

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For movie night last night my friend and I finally watched the last two Mission Impossible movies. Y'all, I am so mad. The best part of Final Reckoning was when we had a commercial break but the editing had been so crap it took me 15 seconds to realize it was a Geico commercial.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tripped on the stairs at work, caught myself, and then immediately thought, "Damn, if I'd fallen I definitely could have gone home early." So, ya know, that's apparently where I am right now. 😑

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ahh...you were looking for another sign?! This is definitely it!! That's right Space Unicorns, there are ONLY 11 DAYS LEFT to fund the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 KICKSTARTER and reach those stretch goals!! We can do this!! Remember, the Space Unicorn believes in YOU!!! buff.ly/ASU9Kta

Photo of a small green wooden sign on a post against a background of gravel on the ground, leafy green trees behind with glimpses of blue sky through the trees. The sign has been digitally edited so it now reads "Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter has ONLY !! DAYS LEFT to fund and reach our stretch goals!!"

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I think it's real dumb that if you lose your job and qualify for unemployment, you stop being qualified if you enroll in school to get certification. Like, he is doing the school to have a better chance of finding a job. School is expensive. Anyways, I'm grumpy and depressed and hate everything.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Y'all, libraries are great. 100% love them. But for the love of all that is unholy, do not leave all your shit (laptop included) on a study table when you leave the building for over an hour. It is a public place.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Pretty much nothing in my life is going well right now, but at least I have delicious toast.

Two slices of italian bread toast slathered with burrata, fresh basil, roasted garlic tomatoes, and balsamic reduction.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 17/07/2026

i love jimothy

two photos with corresponding doodles of a little raccoon with short-spine syndrome named Jimothy.

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 17/07/2026

Creators at Silver Sprocket have released a public statement regarding longstanding concerns with the business practices of the company which alleges issues around payment of royalties, poor treatment of staff, and lack of professionalism. Please read their statement: cartoonist.coop/sprocket-art...

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Sometimes, even when you really love someone, you will be possessed by the overwhelming urge to kick them in the shin. The number of people I would currently like to kick in the shin is only 3, but that still feels like a lot right now.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

ICYMI, PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE WIDELY!!! We need your help once again, you magnificent Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/Gab1zWu

Uncanny Magazine Covers by Paul Lewin, Katy Shuttleworth, and Galen Dara

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Very cool Spider-Man exhibit up at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Selfie with my partner in front of an upside Spiderman model.

Selfie with the head model of my favorite villian Venom

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

where have all the captions gone?

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Unsurprisingly, most of my attempts to grow things this year have been unsuccessful. It's been a lot of #gardening fails, but this lily managed to hang on and give me a beautiful bloom this week 😍

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

So I used to have a prayer plant, but, like many of my houseplants, it tragically perished through my bad plant mom skills. Eventually a friend gives me a snake plant cutting. It grows and gets big enough to need a pot. I home in the prayer plant pot. Somehow, the prayer plant returned 🤣

A plant pot with a small snake plant and a small prayer plant.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is, by far, one of my favorite King Arthur tales. Will definitely be picking this up for my collection.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Come by the @libcomix.bsky.social Comics Lounge at #alaac26 We're located at the end of aisle 1300. We have floppies and polls and coloring and more!

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My petty reminder for #alaac26, don't have conversations while you're attending a panel. If you need to talk to someone, step away from the attendees. It makes it difficult for the people around you to hear the panelists clearly.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 25/06/2026

Just to be 100% clear, when I say that you should not be talking to the police, I mean specifically that you should say, “I’m invoking my fifth amendment right to remain silent.”

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I am very excited to see some of my most favorite people at ALA this week 😍

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

As you may have gathered, I'm moving to Chicago this summer!! And I'm now doing a lil' fundraiser to defray some costs (since the academic job market for the last three years has been, shall we say, a nightmare) Thanks for any help or sharing around, everyone 🖤🌈 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lee-m...

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Donate to Help Lee Move to Chicago!, organized by Lee Mandelo

Hi everyone! I'm Lee Mandelo, a gay trans writer, scholar, and editor whose work you might recog… Lee Mandelo needs your support for Help Lee Move to Chicago!

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Have started playing the Anthropeum game from the Met. I am not great, but am really enjoying it. Even when I'm horribly wrong I still learn fun new things. It's a treat.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yellow cheese. With the unfortunate side effect of making me generally suspicious of many cheeses.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I really do find it unfortunate that I cannot just pop my brain out and let it float around in a bowl of water for awhile. Little spa day for the brain. Little rubber ducky friend. It would fix me.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Raccoon acquired! Original art from the Raccoon comic by @simkaye.bsky.social and ink done by my friend Mark at Dinosaur Tattoo Studio in Waukegan.

A black line art tattoo of a chunky raccoon reaching across a table for a large coffee cup

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Marjane Satrapi, whose acclaimed graphic novel and animated adaptation 'Persepolis' brought the realities of revolution, exile, and identity to audiences around the world, has died at 56. www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/marjane-satrapi-persepolis-creator-co-director-dies-at-56-262120.html

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Marjane Satrapi, 'Persepolis' Creator And Co-Director, Dies At 56

The acclaimed cartoonist, filmmaker, and human rights advocate leaves behind one of the 21st century's early animated masterpieces.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Y'all, if you support libraries and librarians, please remember to support all types. Academics and specials are facing challenges just like school and public libraries are. And if your idea of solidarity is to shit on people who bring that up, maybe you should reconsider your priorities.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Since I became a librarian oh so many years ago, I've actually become a lot less precious about personally owning a lot of books. But my collection of Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett are one of the sets that I haul with me forever because this is my dad collection. I only inherited a few from +

A bookshelf filled with paperbook Discworld novels

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our first peony bloom of the year 💙 #gardening

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I know the entire world is on fire and I am considerably better off than most folks. But at the same time it would be really great if I could make it a full year without something catastrophically shitty also happening in my personal life. I feel shitty and guilty for saying that, but I am so tired.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Not doing our usual big planting this year for reasons. So instead just trying to clean up the beds, destroy more grass, seed more clover, and all that jazz. The peony and lilac both seem to be doing well. #gardening

A small lilac bush with a number of blooms

A medium sized peony plant with a number of unopened buds

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This year's #baking contributionto NYE is not pretty, but it's only my second croquembouche ever so I'm still happy with. And it's very tasty.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The copy of Cinder House that I checked out is missing the last 30 pages. I am crushed.

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Friends, I need some recs. My neice wants fun Christmas socks this year. Anyone have recs for places with good socks for kids?

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Natalie @inkylibrarian.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

T and I did movie night last night and stumbled across There's Something in the Barn. And I gotta say, if you're looking for a fun holiday horror film, it's a delight. Ridiculous, gory but not too gory, and really just a good time all around.

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