Sure, why not. I'll do as few posts as possible so as not to spam the skyline. 1) outside of storytime material, probably Soul Music. 2) nope. trick question. next. ;) 3) mix of historical fiction, fantasy/light scifi, fascinating nonfiction, and queer YA. 4) see above. plus the sale racks.

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2w ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

Any idea why a random kindergartener in the library gave me a United Farmworkers pin today? o.o

I don't quite get the Son of Man reference on Belgium's kit, but "Ceci n'est pas un maillot" is brilliant. <3

My mother, about 20 miles north of DC: "We're hoping to go down to the Mall to the Great American State Fair sometime during the week, but hopefully after both the miserably hot weather and the huge crowds break. 🤞" Me: Just gonna leave that there...

Dear science: could we invent an SSRI with a greater ratio of mental benefit to sun sensitivity? Signed, a lobster. o.o

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

System email: "We're at an exciting point in <library system>'s evolution!!!" Me: <doesn't read the rest of the email> We're all crabs now. crabcrabcrabcrab. 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

blair@blairaf.com · 3mo ago

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

"the go the fuck to sleep baby is a they / them going to Bard, feel old yet???"

The Oaklandside@oaklandside.org · 3mo ago

Vivien Mansbach is now a graduating senior at Oakland School for the Arts. Their dad Adam has a new book out called — you guessed it — “Go the F**k to College.”

Lot of fractious tiny people in the library today. I agree with them, but for some reason I am prevented from screaming my head off in the middle of the picture book section. Injustice, I call that. :p

Congratulations to Dara of Bulgaria with the biggest bangaranga of the night. Afternoon. Time warp. ;)

We'll be closed on July 3, but not July 4. Independence Day may be a federal holiday, when the library is normally closed, but apparently that doesn't apply when it's on a Saturday. So we can close July 3 for July 4 Observed, but we'll be there on July 4. o.O

Me: "Okay, do we want a book about going places, or a book about stinky things?" Almost unanimous chorus of tiny voices: "Stinky things!" Me: "Why did I even ask?"

I'm having a hard time expressing how incandescently angry this makes me. As an employee of one of an immigrant family's frequent first stops in the US, I see so, so many missed opportunities in those numbers. So many abandoned lives. Are we f***ing great yet?

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 3mo ago

BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.

Я: "Все говорят что пить нельзя / Я говорю что -" Ваня: "- спать пора." Спокойной ночи, Блускай.

Traveling this week. Planning out some things and realizing there's kind of a lot of Colorado: Me: Look, there's a lot squished into the map, I just didn't realize how zoomed out I was. Spouse (bone dry): Ah, yes, the famously compact Midwest.

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

The Art of War is very funny once you understand it for what it actually is, which is Warfare 101 For Dipshit Nobles the intended audience is exactly people like Pete Hegseth

Pope Corky IX@popecorkyix.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Me reading The Art of War: this was considered revolutionary? Surely armies knew to have enough supplies and food before going to war! Me today: oh.

Turtle hatchling release at Pangumbahan Beach, Indonesia, involving the release of endangered green sea turtle hatchlings. IG: malasabuzzhub

perversely proud tbh. somehow, as a nation, we manufactured a man so instantly, intensely off-putting that he can lose elections in languages he doesn't even speak

Gratulálok to the people of Hungary! May we all be inspired by your achievement today. ;)

Family formation, my ass. Support the right to have the kids you want and not have kids you don't want. This finally triggered tonight's long-overdue drunken breakdown. And yet, we keep going and run storytime tomorrow. @_@

Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BREAKING: The White House today proposed eliminating the Title X family planning program. A few hours later, the health dept quietly released guidance that would shift the focus of the program millions of low-income people rely on away from contraception and toward "family formation."

Unexpected upsides of adulthood: having a chronic headache problem severe enough to prevent you from developing a drinking problem. :p

So is California still celebrating Cesar Chavez Day after finding out he was a predator?

Hey BookSky - is it even realistic to try to make a career as a book translator anymore? My spouse has been translating kids' books for me for most of a year, and I'm trying to help him parlay that into work. English-Russian, mostly, but he can do the other way as well.

I've started appending "The ShiiiiiiitShoooooow" (to the tune of "The Siiiimpsooooons") to every bit of news I discuss. Other music stings welcome. >_>

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

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