my dad knew an old lady who swallowed a fly, and in an effort to retrieve it made a series of catastrophic decisions that ultimately led to her death

Today I was called Pangloss. Supposedly it was a compliment. Dude I don’t know. I was a biochem major. Compare me to Rosalind Franklin or something en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide

Candide - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I’m working today and Minni is not pleased

Working today, so no protest for me. But I can see them from the library!

old mcdonald had an arm AI AI oh and on that arm he had two thumbs AI AI oh with a brush brush here and a blur blur there old mcdonald had an arm AI AI oh ...and all together now

I’ve decided I’m NOT going to sort my books by genre. It’s my library and I love when everything is smashed together so if I were to read all my books from first to last I would have a range of different stories :)

short answer: no long answer: nooooooooo

Our library info literacy school presentation used to teach students to question the reliability of Wikipedia, and now it’s one of the better (starting) internet sources, especially compared with chat gpt. Additional sources and databases are still needed too.

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

Cricket may have a box problem

The food thief strikes in darkness

suffering from dewomentia #feminism

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Trans people existing affects other people IN 👏NO 👏WAY👏

Minni bogarted my squishmallow

I got a new mattress cover. Cricket got a new fort

Allergist’s landscaping out here drumming up business

Well, well, well, look what Schrödinger's cat did and did not drag in

Two different buckets are evaluated side by side. (pails, in comparison)

I’m all for non library workers advocating for libraries, even if they don’t have all the current information. Partly because libraries and literacy hold society together and partly because everyone gets a chance to yell at the “no one uses libraries anymore” fucko buckos.

A book excerpt about Ted Bundy in Readers’ Digest in third grade

K.W. Colyard@kristianwriting.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So what was everyone's book they read way too young?

God, help me. I just bought another bookcase.

The genre of person that tells you a librarian would be their "dream job" but has never made an attempt to become one 😐

I'm smart enough that I'm angry and depressed a good bit but I have just enough dumb in me to be a complete fuckwhit.

Leaving the house is overrated.

Chewbacca was 1977's Wookiee of the Year

Patrons keep trying to tip me today 😂😂😂

When the world wants to talk about itself you put your name away, you don't wear colors, you let silence wait without going to hush what will not wait, hot librarians

The on and off bilateral hip pain that has been plaguing me since the fall finally has a name Bursitis The sexiest sounding of all the inflammatory conditions

How trees have hurt me: My life in paper cuts and splinters. - a memoir