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Erratic Reader

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Reader, reader, chocolate-eater. Big fan of treating all humans like humans. She/her.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you to the person who recently reminded me that this exists. www.reddit.com/r/TerribleBo...
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From the TerribleBookCovers community on Reddit: "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Explore this post and more from the TerribleBookCovers community
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There should be an X-Man called Flonase.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's good business to help your talented staff succeed. These English classes benefit the community in so many ways. wtop.com/virginia/202...
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‘If I could do it, you can do it too’: Giant Food’s free English classes help employees move up – WTOP News
How Giant Food is helping employees progress throughout the company with English lessons.
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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 26/09/2026
Oh hey, library peeps, my book is up for preorder! This edition has New interviews with folks like @monibarre.bsky.social and @noethematt.bsky.social A foreword by @kellysue.bsky.social A cartoon introduction by @oheysteenz.bsky.social And more! And it’s in hardcover this time! 📚
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Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library
An engaging guide for all librarians looking to incorporate comics into their libraries. This in-depth and expansive guide on the importance of comics in the li…
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wonder what led to this article. Bans are not for just talking a little too loudly. wtop.com/maryland/202...
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Disorderly behavior in a Montgomery Co. facility could soon lead to 2-year ban – WTOP News
Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are considering extending the amount of time a person can be banned from county facilities for certain behaviors that result in what are known as Disruptive B...
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My mom won the "Outstanding Young Man" award from the Annapolis Jaycees in the 1970s. She has always insisted on women's rights. I find this hard to reconcile with her belief that my brother is the only one of her children who can un-jam her printer or power-wash her patio.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I got to watch a colleague have A Moment. A kid who came to the US just a year ago joined her Teen Advisory Board & has been outstanding. He came in today to tell her hee got a job. We don't always get that moment in the library. So good to find out someone aced a test or found housing, etc.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/09/2026
Incredibly important message from the heroes protesting NYU Langone's denial of health care to trans youth: "WAKE UP, WAKE UP, THIS IS YOUR FIGHT TOO "WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH US, THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU"
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know we need the rain, but the dark and the gray is bringing me down.
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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
"This does not necessarily have anything to do with the quality of one product over another. Instead, Claude has gained popularity because it’s easier for users to anthropomorphize something with a human name." Nice article, really nice article
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Assigning agency to AI means surrendering your own
Claude is not a colleague, collaborator, or sentient being. It is a SaaS product.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Day 6 without a washing machine. The part just arrived so hopefully the spouse can fix it while I'm at work. Having flashbacks of walking in 3 feet of snow pushing my laundry in my grandma cart to the laundromat when I moved into my 1st off-campus apartment. And the 2nd. And the 3rd...
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Guy (aka glecharles) @loudpoet.com · 18/09/2026
“There's nothing stopping libraries from not accepting [the Big Five’s] terms right now." The Big 5 have shown their cards. I think it's time to call their bluff. www.wordsandmoney.com/in-the-libra...
wordsandmoney.com
In the Library Ebook Market, Can Librarians Learn to Just Say No?
If recent tensions over library ebook legislation has shown librarians anything, it is that maintaining the status quo in the digital library market is ultimately a choice being made by librarians. Le...
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Stoop kid’s afraid to leave his stoop!” See you at the Baltimore Book Festival 📚 Reading books from the stoop 🩵
Blue sign: Reading is Freedom. Stoop Read with Mychal Threets. Sunday 9/20 at 12:30pm
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dc4hope.bsky.social @dc4hope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please, everyone, please come and stand against Trump and save our Kennedy Center 🥺😢💔🙏
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Local govt. guy the next county over says there shouldn't be a moratorium on data centers because of all the construction jobs they represent. 1) construction ends once a thing is constructed. 2) this is a bit like saying a carpenter is lucky to be employed building the gallows where they'll hang.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I GOT CALLED BABYDOLL TODAY. It was a long-time volunteer, so I was reserved. Ahem.
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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · 13/09/2026
It's 200 AD. A sign of wealth is a physical library. It's 1600 AD. A sign of wealth is a physical library. It's 1900 AD. A sign of wealth is a physical library. It's 2010 AD. A sign of wealth is a robust digital subscription optimization plan. It's 2030 AD. A sign of wealth is a physical library.
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Leila Green Little @ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥 Massive kudos to Nate Coulter for this heartbreaking, enlightening op-ed about Arkansas’ libraries. Their legislation (and the judicial ruling that let it stand) is straight up dystopian, and it won’t stop in Arkansas. READ THIS. www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/se...
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OPINION | NATE COULTER: Censoring our libraries | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
In a few weeks, Arkansas will become the only state in America where it will be a crime to "make available" books that are "harmful to minors" in public libraries and stores that sell books. Arkansas ...
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Five more Sundays before we close to the public for renovation.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Whoa. Even the cops (some cops) are concerned. DC police union raises questions about Flock cameras. wtop.com/dc/2026/09/d...
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DC police union raises questions about Flock cameras – WTOP News
The D.C. Police Union is accusing D.C. police management for misusing the Flock cameras.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My friend sent me these exciting soaps from 1000 Islands Soap Co. in Ontario. I'm pleased to say "Ontario" as much as I can. They do not currently ship to the U.S., so you might have to get a friend like mine. 1000islandssoapcompany.com
A bag of 6 little soaps with intriguing names such as "La Mer" and "Dragon's Blood."
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This this THIS RIGHT HERE
The worst case scenario isn’t “AI goes rogue and makes disastrous mistakes,” but a bunch of people at at AI startup over-promising what their systems can do, get handed access to critical systems, write sloppy prompts, code, and configurations, trigger a disaster, then trying to dodge responsibility by screaming about the Singularity and AGI, and flooding technically illiterate regulators with a massive tsunami of technobabble.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I caught part of @the1a.org show on school libraries with @becalzada.bsky.social and others. They're talking about the value if school libraries, #medialiteracy, the role of technology, etc. Censorship coming up next.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Magic functionality"
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I got a 9 out of 9 right on this procrastination quiz while I really should be in the shower by now. #SundayLibrarian www.npr.org/2026/09/06/n...
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QUIZ: Ugh, I'll do it later. How much do you know about procrastination?
Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book, Solving Procrastination.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
These records belong to The People, not the president.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Dear Driver, When a traffic light is out, you trat the intersection as a 4-way stop. Yes, you. We learned how to take turns in preschool. Use your patience and your remembering and stop your fucking car. Sincerely, Everyone Else at the Intersection
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is wonderful -- a great way to get youth involved with libraries! I wish Stewart could receive some funding instead of feeling obligated to do this from his own pocket. Our profession writ large should be investing in the future, not just one guy. wtop.com/news/2026/09...
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DC librarian offers paid internship to boost interest in library science – WTOP News
A D.C. school librarian is paying students out of his own pocket to work in the library, hoping to boost students' interest in library science.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I just started listening to Awakened, by A. E. Bosworth. It's dedicated to everyone who felt betrayed by that wizard lady. bookshop.org/p/books/awak...
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Packing up: My library is closing for 2 years for renovation. We don't have a temp. site, so this area just won't have service. The building does need a lot of help and it's gratifying that folks voted for the bond that's funding it. It's still hard to tell folks we won't be here for them.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
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Federal judge extends pause on Big Bend border security construction
A federal judge in San Antonio has extended a temporary pause on new ground-disturbing activity tied to border wall construction in the Big Bend region. The parties will meet before Sept. 15, when the...
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet Self Awareness Day to all who celebrate… *this gets less funny every year.
Terminator: Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate.
It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Drove the back way to my mom's. Saw many bunches of rose mallow off the South River. Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) Photo Helen Hamilton
A white flower 4-5 inches across, with 5 petals changing to a red/pink color at the center.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These records belong to We the People. Presidents work for us -- supposedly. Related: No one should have to pay for access. This includes weird premiums on "Truth" Social.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I feel like a college student because I'm driving 40 miles to my mom's to do laundry. It is the day of my usual biweekly visit and our dryer's heat element isn't working. Also, I went to college 600 miles away. But still.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You know how they used to teach “HOMES” to remember the names of the Great Lakes? Now it’s SHAME.
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Merrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Beginning in January 2025, we witnessed an unprecedented removal of material from U.S. federal websites — public documents gone from public view almost overnight. I've written about the End of Term Archive and it's importance for Democracy's Library. 👇 blog.archive.org/2026/08/24/a...
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Archiving Democracy: How the U.S. End of Term Web Archive Preserves Government History | Internet Archive Blogs
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There is a semi-circle of mushrooms out front. My spouse calls it a fairy crosswalk.
Side view of beige mushrooms forming a semi-circle on a green lawn.Beige mushrooms forming a semi-circle on a (mostly) green lawn.
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 21/08/2026
What's it take to make a book illegal in Texas schools? There's a handy tagging system. BRUCE means one dude in Florida doesn't like it. RB means they asked ChatGPT and did no further research They added any book on book rating sites, even if, like mine, they're rated 2, which is basically PG.
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I know it's supposed to depict airflow, but I see farts.
Text: Thicker High Density Seat Cushion
A gray chair with little white puffs of air coming out of it. There are red arrows pointing up sort of near the words Sackcloth, Breathable, Comfortable, Sweat, and Thick seat. There's an inset photo of someone pushing an egg into foam with their finger.
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Belle @ autumnal wonderland! @torrentempress.neocities.org · 20/08/2026
this but make it technology
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/08/2026
NEW BALANCE OF POWER

Xi, Kim and Putin tell Trump: YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE OTHER END
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Gritting my teeth. Older man in waiting room playing some kind of quiz on his phone. It repeats the question o er and over until he answers. - How many stripes ot the American flag? - If Jesus asked you today, would you tell him you love him? - Raise your hand if you support blowing up drug boats.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes? 

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library 

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“If you start from the premise that it’s okay to discount certain people’s stories, where do you draw the line?”
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National Park Service removes historic films about mill workers in Lowell
A debate is growing in Massachusetts over how American history should be told after two historical films were removed from public viewing at the Lowell National Historical Park.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i don't like this take of people basically ignoring the guard or going on with their lives equals people have accepted them. What exactly is it you want me to do when i see them every ten seconds and i still have to finish walking to work?
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