megan @meganzagorski.com · 08/06/2026although to be fair to yarros, i think the audiobook narrator is doing the text a disservice with her overwrought delivery. she is infusing more tension than is warranted in a lot of the dialogue, especially xaden’s. everyone’s always hissing through gritted teeth at each other. 000
megan @meganzagorski.com · 08/06/2026i have realized that part of my beef with this book (which is mild as far as book beefs go) has to do with the pacing. violet is ALWAYS about to die or arguing with someone. there are very few downtempo in-between scenes to let the reader catch up, so the tension becomes one-note and less effective 100
megan @meganzagorski.com · 08/06/20261/3 into a book ostensibly about dragons and the dragons are finally here. our very special girl has been chosen by TWO dragons and it’s all very “there’s no rule that says a dog can’t play basketball” 100
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/06/2026i’m listening to the audiobook so hopefully i will be spared that struggle! the audiobook narrator is a little over the top, though, so I might reconsider 020
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/06/2026how many seasons of american ninja warrior do you think rebecca yarros watched while she was writing the gauntlet scene? 120
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/06/2026i’m finally reading fourth wing and so far it’s just the hunter exam 210
megan @meganzagorski.com · 10/05/2026i was gone for a week and when i returned my partner surprised me with BIG FUECOCO 050
megan @meganzagorski.com · 30/04/2026started rewatching veronica mars for the first time in like 15 years and was delighted to find out that i have entirely forgotten the plot. 100% of the details erased completely. finally the adhd is paying dividends 010
megan @meganzagorski.com · 21/04/2026this is delightful news, but it prompted my partner to burst into the room and announce “IT’S HAPPENING.” so imagine my disappointment when It was in fact Not Happening 030
megan @meganzagorski.com · 08/03/2026after putting in [REDACTED] hours in whiskerwood, i started contributing to the wiki and i am going absolutely hog-wild. or mouse-wild, if you will. i learned how to make a navbox from scratch and i feel like i’m 13 again, putting custom html on my neopets page. 010
megan @meganzagorski.com · 22/01/2026a man (not a store employee) came up to me at the grocery store, told me unprompted that berries were on flash sale for $1, and immediately disappeared. thank you fey trickster for this boon, if these berries trap my soul in the underlie court it will have been worth it for a great bargain 040
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/01/2026every member of the block family can kindly go directly to hell 051
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/01/2026my fiancé said to me as we are lying in bed: “this is a beetle respect zone” 020
megan @meganzagorski.com · 06/01/2026turned auto-capitalization back on because i have to send work emails from my phone and now when i want to seem cool and nonchalant i have to manually remove the capital letters, which is actually not nonchalant at all 010
megan @meganzagorski.com · 20/12/2025me every time jacob tierney needle-drops a canadian indie band from 2005 000
megan @meganzagorski.com · 20/12/2025where is the millennial class-action lawsuit against heated rivalry for using that wolf parade track? i have sustained legally-actionable emotional damages! 130
megan @meganzagorski.com · 11/12/2025heated rivalry thoughts: this show was manifested by the check please fandom circa 2015 010
megan @meganzagorski.com · 17/11/2025izzy makes a joke about jeff koons in this episode that made dylan and i laugh so hard we had to pause the show 020
megan @meganzagorski.com · 12/11/2025the last quarter of this game has just been me hauling ass around the manor grounds trying to finish everything before i run out of time, insert spooky version of yakkety sax here 100
megan @meganzagorski.com · 11/11/2025i have reached seance day in-game and folks, mistakes have been made 100
megan @meganzagorski.com · 11/11/2025i give my STRONGEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION to the berkshire life heated throw from costco. it is SOFT. it is WARM. it is MACHINE WASHABLE. it is THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS. get one for your bed, one for your couch and one for your desk. the horrors may persist but you’ll be the coziest you’ve ever been. 020
megan @meganzagorski.com · 10/11/2025an hour or so in and my main impression is that the real demonic presence was the English all along 100
megan @meganzagorski.com · 10/11/2025the seance of blake manor, or: blue prince x the 7 1/2 deaths of evelyn hardcastle 130
megan @meganzagorski.com · 18/10/2025spotted at the pittsburgh no kings march: a miniature horse! 030
megan @meganzagorski.com · 17/09/2025related but not exactly what you’re looking for — the NYT has had to issue corrections for misattributing tweets to fun halloween usernames instead of the person’s real name www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...poynter.orgNew York Times corrects: Writer's name is not 'Chillian J. Yikes' - PoynterFrom person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car... 130
megan @meganzagorski.com · 16/09/2025I’m quoted in this article! Thanks to the Pittsburgh Union Progress for covering our library fundraising initiative and including the larger context of funding cuts to essential services. 042
megan @meganzagorski.com · 15/09/2025i purchased this game for my steam deck in june, right before i had emergency surgery and was laid up for a few weeks. i have played about 450 hours in three months. watching tv? also playing timberborn. listening to a podcast? timberborn. lunch break? timberborn. bedtime? no, beaver time. 5 stars. 030
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/07/2025Original image was taken from one specific library’s social post and had attribution info cropped out bsky.app/profile/mega... 1110
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/07/2025THIS IS MISLEADING. The image source is a Massachusetts library on Instagram and ONLY applies to libraries in that state. Your local library may have service changes as a result of federal funding cuts but THIS post is specific to one library system. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DK5fqvmJWx... 📚 23214
megan @meganzagorski.com · 21/04/2025yesterday @realistic.dog photographed easter brunch at the convent where my mom works and now these nuns are trying to STEAL MY MAN 050
megan @meganzagorski.com · 20/04/2025hit credits on blue prince on day 35 and hit 2,000 words in my increasingly unhinged notes docs 010
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megan @meganzagorski.com · 05/04/2025conor lamb i owe you an apology, i wasn’t really familiar with your game 010
Reposted by meganAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 5733452164
megan @meganzagorski.com · 22/02/2025Yikes! That’s really good to know, that’s for sharing. I stopped keeping up with her after she started using an aversive dog trainer (inhumane, ineffective methods) and brought him on the podcast, then doubled down on Instagram when people called her out about it. She doesn’t take criticism well. 120
megan @meganzagorski.com · 21/02/2025Are you referring to the ABA episodes she did on her podcast, or was there something else? 100
megan @meganzagorski.com · 07/02/2025i’m so sorry to hear it! your work there was so great and wherever you land will be lucky to have you 000
Reposted by meganMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes. They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going. Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best. 131962528
Reposted by meganThe Verge @theverge.com · 05/12/2024Stop using generative AI as a search enginebuff.lyStop using generative AI as a search engineSometimes ChatGPT spits out something original — and wrong, like fake presidential pardons. 23353109
