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StellaOliver

@stellaoliver.bsky.social
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Librarian (not the shhh kind), actions speak louder than subject headings, cat adjacent, squirrel watcher.

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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Support an independent Minneapolis bookstore and help donate books in Spanish for one of our Minneapolis public schools. @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social moonpalacebooks.com
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Phillips neighborhoods are being targeted because it has the highest percent of residents who are not US Citizens. This fund will help feed, provide basic necessities and allow our immigrant neighbors to stay housed for 65+ families (and counting). gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
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Donate to Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need, organized by Alexandria Gomez
We are a small collective of friends and community organizers working direct… Alexandria Gomez needs your support for Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If you are looking for ways to support Minneapolis, please consider a donation.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
E.Lake St. #MPLS
Picture of a woman in front of posters of Renee Nicole Good.  Posters have her picture and read “Renee Nicole Good, American Mom.  Murdered by ICE”
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A meeting of the minds.
Hey squirrel sitting on a pumpkin eating a nut.  There is a stone cat statue behind another pumpkin.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Dig if you will a library card. You can replace your current Hennepin County Library card or get your first library card with a limited run Prince picture. #librarycard #Prince
Picture of a new Hennepin County library card with a picture of Prince playing a guitar.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A case of the itis or just a casual sploot? #squirrels
Photo of a grey squirrel stretched out on top of a wood fence.  Yellow tree leaves and an apartment building in the background.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Immediately thought about this article and laughed upon seeing pictures of the Great Gatsby aka Let Them Eat Nothing festivities www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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A New Way to Read 'Gatsby'
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby’s race.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A sandwich is definitely on the lunch menu today. #DC #sandwich
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
acrlog.org/2025/07/21/w.... And here it is, bias concerns about AI assists in commercial library systems.
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“We Couldn’t Generate an Answer for your Question” - ACRLog
Editor’s note: We welcome a guest blog post from Jay Singley, Document Delivery and Circulation Desk Manager at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In March 2025, Ex Libris unveiled thei...
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Cat: Welcome to McNuttle’s. Squirrel: My, what big ears you have. Are you new here? And scene. #squirrels
Squirrel standing in a flower box looking through a window.  To
The left you can see the back of a cat’s head looking out at the squirrel.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Dropping a new track on SoundCloud tonight…maybe. Coco and Pee Wee aka P-Co Henny.
A dark chocolate brown hen and a red hen.  One looking at ya the other looking left.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Friend’s sign for today.
Poster that reads “Rejecting kings (& man babies) since 1776” with a drawing of the wanna be king with a slash through it.  His brain is drawn in the shape of the Gulf of Mexico and reads “ Gulf of Stupidity.”
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
First bumblebee sighting of the year. Pollinators gonna pollinate.
Bumblebee on a flower surrounded by pink blooms and bright greenery on a sunny day
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Latest sign outside the abandoned police precinct where Chauvin was stationed. Hope it actually happens.
Sign outside the precinct building where Chauvin was stationed.  Blue sign with white letters. “Future home of the Minneapolis Democracy Center”
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The Chipmunk Appreciation Society meeting is now in session.
3 cats loafing by an open door and looking out at a chipmunk.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Minneapolis, 2020.
Picture from May 2020 taken in Minneapolis in front of Cup Foods where George Floyd was murdered.  Mural of George with flowers on the street.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Cloven Hooved Horned Satan sitting in a library reading books to kids   since we can't do drag storytime anymore....i thought we'd try something else
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
apnews.com/article/dona...
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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I noticed a couple of weeks ago that this little one had lost all of her tail fur. It is growing back. Look at that peach fuzz!
Grey squirrel.  Tail fur is growing back.  Looks like peach fuzz.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Fell asleep while watching the squirrels.
Cat sleeping, sitting up with her chin on the back of a couch.
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Happy Independent Bookstore Day. moonpalacebooks.com/about-us/-on...
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Moon Palace Books
Your neighborhood independent bookstore located in south Minneapolis. Selling new and used books since 2012.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 15/04/2025
Donation link. No excuses. Just run the money.
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Museum of African American History: Protecting the Museum and the Integrity of Our Work
Protecting the Museum and the Integrity of Our Work
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Love to see it.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New kid on the block. Must have heard about the free peanuts.
Brown squirrel eating a nut.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
And so it begins.
Black and white photo of a smiling man in old fashioned clothing.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I never knew how much I needed Rick Astley’s acoustic version of “Pink Pony Club” in my life. Thank you sir #rickastley
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I’m late with the peanuts. #squirrels
Grey squirrel next to a big outdoor light decoration.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The latest episode of “The Pitt” on Max included a bite sized history of the Freedom House Black medics. www.ems1.com/ems-educatio...
Black and white photo of people standing in front of an ambulance
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Happy Birthday Miss Simone.
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a woman wearing a turban and hoop earrings is looking at something .
Alt: A picture of Nina Simone wearing hoop earrings.
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Allison @readaway.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to listcomments@loc.gov by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
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Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
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Kaetrena @kaetrena.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In the midst of All The Things, I'm taking a moment to remember & celebrate the born days of Toni Morrison *& our library colleague Audre Lorde - & remind us of our colleague's counsel: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Support an independent book store and help send banned books to Iowa. @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social moonpalacebooks.com/about-us/sen...
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Moon Palace Books
Your neighborhood independent bookstore located in south Minneapolis. Selling new and used books since 2012.
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Beachbatcher 99 @beachbatcher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Your friendly neighborhood librarian here...buy physical copies of your favorite books, especially challenged or banned books. Preferably from small local merchants. That's all; carry on. #Read #BookSky #Resist 📚
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
My brother is at Daytona 500 for a work event. He has been dreading it. Just texted that an HBCU band is there playing “Not Like Us.”
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Just finished the “Sly Lives” documentary. Spectacular! @questlove.bsky.social
Movie poster for the documentary “Sly Lives.”  Picture of Sly Stone with arms raised.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Spot says Happy Hallmark Holiday. He wears his heart on his hip.
Cat with a heart shaped black fur on his hip lounging on a cat bed with a heart pillow.
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Patrickworld 🌎👋🏾🎸 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Now I can turn my tv off/turn my tv off
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Grace enjoying the snow fall and supervising the shoveling from inside. #caturday. Grace: You missed a spot.
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
My constant internal mantra as of late. #adifferentworld
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a woman in a yellow jacket is standing next to a woman in a red dress .
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
@kennedyprints.bsky.social Enjoyed your uplifting talk today and I was honored to meet you. Glad I decided to come to work today or I would have missed it!
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Mood. #blacksky
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a woman singing into a microphone with the words eh girl sit down
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StellaOliver @stellaoliver.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Looks like they just dropped a new album #cats
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 22/01/2025
I just saw someone comment, "we never had blizzard warnings from the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of America sucks" and now I'm dead.
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The Digital Empress ⚜️ @thedigitalempress.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It's the fact that nobody has started a riot yet. Because they waiting on Black people to do it. Baby... keep waiting 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 22/01/2025
Day 3 he's rolling back civil rights laws. But apparently Harris was just as evil as him.
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a young boy wearing a blue striped shirt that says brooklyn
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