Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialRural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Royal Theater Archer City, TX 528127
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/09/2026It is the duty of the extremely online to send this to your friends, relatives, or colleagues who own portable generators. 10391104
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/09/2026Online voting has begun for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve against each other for the title of most oversized ursine. to.pbs.org/4hGPICY to.pbs.orgBattle for heavyweight crown begins as Alaska’s Fat Bear Week opensAfter a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. 418558
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialKatmai Conservancy @fatbearweek.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well Friends, today we had our biggest Fat Bear Week Day 1 turnout of all time and experienced some system overload. If you already voted today, your vote still counts. If you didn't get a chance, don't worry: Day 1 voting will restart tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23rd. See you then! 44612
julierey.bsky.social @julierey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026909 is going to be tough to beat! #FatBearWeek2026 000
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nancy Mitford updated. 619340
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialOstmoderne @ostmoderne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Flug der Schwäne" (Flight of the Swans) by Heinz Möhrdel, 1983 📍 Halle (Saale), Germany 0155
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialChristchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"I never heard my father hold a conversation in Māori. As an adult, it was amazing to find out that he used to speak beautiful Māori at the Freezer & was somewhat of a Reo expert to other Māori staff ... " Terrisa on Reeds' Lilliput Dictionary Māori my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b...my.christchurchcitylibraries.comBooks We Love – Reeds’ Lilliput Dictionary MaoriLibrarians share some of their most loved books. First up, Terrisa presents Reeds' Lilliput Dictionary Maori. Reeds' Lilliput… 132
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialDiedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP 285169411490
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 12/09/2026Irène Joliot-Curie was a battlefield radiologist, activist, politician, and daughter of two of the most famous scientists in the world: Marie Skłodowska and Pierre Curie. Discover her journey to her own Nobel Prize: bit.ly/2D7FAzk 014224
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialDr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Bayeux Tapestry good but massively upstaged by seeing a cat in a ruff right before 664333771
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialDave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 06/09/2026How can #quartz be losing to this nobody in round one? Ice, okay, that one I understood, but we at least deserve the angst of quartz v. calcite! 0168
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Can it hurt to give this one more nudge? Perhaps, slightly (because every time I do any self promotion I feel an irrepressible wave of nausea). But I'm going to do it anyway. Because it might bring a mistreated book to three or four new readers. And that's VERY much worth my while. 1420470
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A big ask, no pressure & I know people have better things to do but if about 15-20 people buy this from Blackwell's in the next few hours it's likely I'd have the number 1 & 2 books in their chart & that might be enough to finally persuade an American publisher to get my books out over there... 45335177
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A gem at the county fair art show. 🎨 138102341614
julierey.bsky.social @julierey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Why isn’t “dreadnought” in the iOS dictionary?! 010
julierey.bsky.social @julierey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#Smithsonite, because I have a soft spot for the guy who founded the Smithsonian. #mincup26 071
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I said "Donnie, sit nicely for the camera" and he did 🥺 763423261
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialDanny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️ 14172161755
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026NYC street artists work fast….Fulton Street is now Parton Street 🙏 *Work by plannedalism(IG) 173204638
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In his Second Discourse, Rousseau talks about how man was born free and able to live off the bountiful food that surrounded him in nature and then he was plucked from this state and introduced to society, where he was forced to labor. IG riverreachconstruction 383236639
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063894511013
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The 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. 🦋❤️ 194335147163
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026‘Why isn’t there hip-hop in 3/4 time?’: the groups reinventing a Polish folk dance for the modern agetheguardian.com‘Why isn’t there hip-hop in 3/4 time?’: the groups reinventing a Polish folk dance for the modern ageThe oberek is a traditional dance beloved of state folk ensembles – but a new generation of musicians is reconfiguring its music into wild new forms, merging folk steps with electronics and the sound of Chicago footwork 7469
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialPublic Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Walking an alligator on lead (ca. 1907). Source: University of Southern California Libraries pdimagearchive.org/images/4a443cc5-… #reptiles #attractions #animals #enclosures #california #zoos #alligators #photography #art #publicdomain 0122
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026By the way, this is how wealthy aristocrat Henry Cyril Paget enjoyed dressing 2619526
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialWTOP News @wtopnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Preserving Shakespeare: How DC’s Folger Library keeps 400-year-old volumes pristinewtop.comPreserving Shakespeare: How DC’s Folger Library keeps 400-year-old volumes pristineIf you’ve ever wondered how historians and preservationists keep centuries-old books and plays looking pristine, look no further than D.C.’s Folger Shakespeare Library. 1115
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 13/08/2026did my college’s cafeteria make jimothy cookies? 654146
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126057997
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialAAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 29/07/2026SHE’S COMIN ALONG 3753
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialMr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 28/07/2026She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in. 11557741211
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialNotes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 27/07/2026UNESCO has added Poland’s modernist port city of Gdynia to its World Heritage List, recognising its pioneering interwar architecture. The recognition comes as Gdynia marks 100 years since gaining city rights.notesfrompoland.comUNESCO adds Poland's modernist port city of Gdynia to World Heritage List 0209
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.techcrunch.comLibrarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunchAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand. 2043401769
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions 50105812736
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 22/07/2026The library does not just host book stuff there are game nights cooking classes video game clubs comic book talks home repair seminars wine tastings literally a BILLION other things it's a low pressure environment great for people who are low talkers 624544
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialMatt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 21/07/2026So today I learned there are little doors in the gates to the Colosseum in Rome because the city cats go there at night to sleep. cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social 552895536
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 21/07/2026When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector 377198423824
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Updated my profile. Again. 623382431
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialMetropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 17/07/2026Happy National Tattoo Day! To celebrate, we asked MTA employees to share their transit-themed tattoos 🚇🚌🚆 930959
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialLuanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We are very ridiculous. Extremely ridiculous. 5113
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The public library in Bridgeton (NJ) is on the chopping block. The announcement of this move to put dissolving the library on the ballot was a complete surprise to the library director. www.nj.com/cumberland/2...nj.comN.J. city wants to shut down its 103-year-old library. Locals are mad — and ready to fight.Two libraries live in this South Jersey city. One's future is in jeopardy. 17232
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.social📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I was looking through old photos and found this Accidental Renaissance Painting of the cats 233747617
Reposted by @julierey.bsky.socialTexas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026U.S. Customs and Border Protection's latest plans may constitute a more pointless waste of taxpayer money than a thirty-foot wall in the Big Bend area. A proposed $2.6 billion “vehicle barrier” will destroy important archaeological sites and pollute what is one of the last wild places in Texas.texasmonthly.comThe Most Useless Border Barrier in TexasAnyone who knows the undriveable canyon lands of West Texas could tell you a vehicle barrier is pointless. So why are CBP officials pushing for one? 23326
