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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 04/01/2026

WHYYYYYYYY Where’s Open Access Hulk on BlueSky?? I need to rage with a friend, please.

Purchase options: $56 for 48 hour access to download / print article PDF

Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 23/06/2025

My WFH buddy Paco is a Very Good helper. I always think of his early Internet doppelgänger whenever he gives me side-eye!

A friendly, black dog with their mouth slightly open looks at the camera

A classic meme with a dog on a corded telephone held to their mouth saying “Hello Yes, this is Dog”

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 15/06/2025

We had to come up with a team name in our #OpenRepos2025 workshop today and in honor of my laptop sticker, meet The Open Potatoes.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 13/05/2025

Anyone know what’s up with @artinstitutechi.bsky.social digital collections? Most items returning error pages.

Error from the Art Institute of Chicago digital collections page

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 26/04/2025

Having a grand time at my first #crossstitch retreat in Cannon Beach.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 08/03/2025

I’m gonna eat the whole thing. By myself.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 05/03/2025

Reminds me of the Utah cry closet, improved by stuffed animals 🧸

A Safe Space for Stressed Out Stufents Otherwise Known as the Cry Closet

This space is meant to provide a place for students studying for finals to take a short 10-minute break.

Rules of the Closet

1. Knock before entering
2. Only one person in the closet at a time
3. Limit your time in the closet to no more than 10 minutes
4. Turn lights and timer off before leaving
5. Use #cryclosetuofu if posting on social media

Artist: Nemo Miller in collaboration with Tony Miller and David Meyer

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 28/02/2025

I have these on my photo roll and I *don’t know where they came from*

A not very spooky house but spooky in the context of the other two appearing without warning on my photo roll

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 27/02/2025

The energy I bring to Bluesky

I am equal parts "fuck around and find out" and "please don't yell at me I'll cry"

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 25/02/2025

Um. The American Library Association does some good things, but taking job-seekers' money to guide them into the federal workforce is not one of them. 😬 ($79 public / $71 members / $37 students). The room. Read it. We're librarians. We should be good at this.

How to Get a Federal Library Job This 90 minute webinar will discuss the different paths to employment as a federal or military librarian.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 23/02/2025

Happy Caturday from Lucas-lad

A fluffy orange cat extends both paws far in front of him while mostly hidden behind a teal curtain

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 21/02/2025

Proud of MPOW for creating all-gender bathrooms in this hell year instead of ripping them out. Better late than never (or, jfc, Cincinnati, going back).

All gender restroom sign with fresh painters’ tape

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 13/02/2025

🌕 The full moon last night was so beautiful! I realized I hadn’t shared this very pretty finish for the Lunar New Year, so in honor of my favorite celestial body, I give you Year of the Snake 🐍 by Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery #CrossStitch #StitchSky #xStitch

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 13/02/2025

If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery if you have one!

Lincoln City, Oregon coast before a big winter storm

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 12/02/2025

I mean, it’s a little ironic, right THE?

“Autonomy surrendered in ‘enshittification’ of academia – Thrift” headline on required registration to read page

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 11/02/2025

He can also be a nice lad, but mostly… goblin.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 09/02/2025

He is occupying more than half the bed and doing a tiny purr

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 04/02/2025

without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 03/02/2025

My weekend start in celebration of the Lunar New Year! (Thanks for reminding me, @mizuno55.bsky.social!) I used a bunch of Pirate + Robin threads, especially Green with Envy for a very special snake of growth, transformation & wisdom. May it be so 💜

An in-progress cross-stitched progress with a green snake and 2025 in lanterns and red and silver stars

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 29/01/2025

😞 Thanks, weather app. I’d forgotten about Idiocracy for a bit.

A weather report for Eugene, 27 degrees. I used to think you meatbags were stuck in the darkest timeline, but now it’s clear that you’re actually living in the dumbest timeline.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 24/01/2025

Pawsing for a moment to appreciate the cat-lads 🐱

An orange cat with white markings with paws extended toward the camera

A brown cat with one paw extended, looking up at the camera

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 24/01/2025

NOW that’s what I call SUNSET! 🌅

A dark pink and purple sunset with a street lamp in the lower right corner

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 23/01/2025

This cozy inn is The Traveler’s Rest, Part 5 of the marvelously talented FlossyFoxShop’s Night of the Frost Dragon stitch along. I love her colorful, pixel art style… and the way it pops on this Picture This Plus fabric ✨

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 20/01/2025

I haven’t felt well enough to do much of anything this weekend, so… cross stitch in bed. (And poor photography, apologies)

Dees20Stitches Stitch4Pride 2025 stitch along January design featuring Elagabalus. About 35% complete on overdyed 36 count linen “Resistance” by Mislaid Pages in DMC 3840 subbed for Algae Ross Indicum.

Star Parade Design’s Quacker Sampler at about 23% on 16 count overdyed aida in “Saffron” by MyVintageNeedleArts using Cosmo 116, 117, and 2117 so far.

FlossyFoxShop’s Night of the Frost Dragon stitchalong part 4 (lower left corner) on 16 count Crystal Phantom by Picture This Plus.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 19/01/2025

See a duck, post a duck 🦆 Japanese nōsatsu or votive slip oregondigital.org/concern/imag...

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 17/01/2025

2024 was my first full year cross stitching. I had 14 finishes and brought 7 projects into 2025. My favorite finish was “Cactus Cat” 🐱🌵 by Satsuma Street, which I stitched with my heart full of memories of my desert-dwelling, feline-loving mama and mother-in-law.

A colorful cross stitch of a cat with desert plants

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 16/01/2025

I’ve seen their fabrics and they look great! My project with printed aida was a dream. Hope yours is, too!!

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 16/01/2025

This is Olly, Lego-building supervisor and resident angel.

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 15/01/2025

5 years with the 🍊 of my eye, pain in my ass

Two pictures of the same cat, more than four years apart with paws outstretched

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 25/08/2023

this broken pot indicates one of three things to me: 1. someone broke it accidentally (or on purpose, i guess) and didn’t leave a note 2. the wild turkeys are becoming powerful 3. vandermeer’s annihilation is coming; just look at those lily roots, my dudes end times either way

a broken pot, with roots and plants leaning sideways out of it

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Franny Gaede @librarifran.com · 25/08/2023

new social network? better share a picture of my cat.

A furry orange and white cat shows off his entire tum

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