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A. Rivera

@bloodravenlib.bsky.social

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Academic librarian. Avid reader, book blogger, reviewer. Student of #Tarot, oracle cards, and cartomancy. "Knowledge is Power. Guard it well." My blogs: https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com https://itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.com/

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · Mar 22

For new followers (and old ones). As I say in my bio, I am an avid reader. I read a lot, books, articles, so on, and I often share what I read for various reasons. Also snark and crack jokes

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 6h

Oh yes, I watched 'Top Cat' as a kid too.

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Pani Kotovski @di-bakieva.bsky.social · 11h

Hey #PortfolioDay !

I'm Diana, freelance fantasy artist, love drawing for ttrpg, tcg fantasy illustrations and characters ✨

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Pink Freya Hot @freya-hot.pink · 10h

Good morning. It is Tuesday already 😜

#erotica #nsfw #hot #sexy #milf #legs

Woman with long pink hair in panties and crop top sitting on the couch

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Alena Kubíková @ajinak.bsky.social · 10h

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alena, a freelance illustrator who loves painting things with character, capturing little story moments. Working mainly - but not only - in card/board games & book covers.

Take a look at what I do at www.ajinak.cz 🎨

A collage of digital paintings: A sneaky red dragon above a forest stream, examining a little garnet. Two trios of bookmark illustrations, one centering around scenes (viking/valkyrie/valhalla, dwarf and swords, innkeeper and his rat inside a tavern), the other around female characters (vampire ball, steampunk, dark fantasy and magic). A cat warlock with glowing dual-bladed sword in a dusk scene. Arthas as a puppet paladin held by a boy, with red rose petals swirling around. An albino murloc pirate strolling a sunny beach, grinning, holding a sabre and a bamboozled fish.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 6h

MTv still had a music channel somewhere?

Talk about how the mighty have fallen and for what? "Reality" Tv bullshit. 🐮💩

#television #music #MTV

Shaun @zooropean.bsky.social · 1d

So much for another relic from my childhood:

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MTV is Shutting Down Its Last Music Channels, Marking the End of an Era | Cord Cutters News

Paramount Global has delivered a devastating blow to music fans worldwide, announcing the permanent shutdown of five iconic MTV music channels by December 31, 2025 according to the BBC. For 44 years, ...

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Sentinel Creatives @sentinelcreatives.bsky.social · Apr 8

Tlaloc and Itzcoatl by Fragan Tanguy

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 7h

Yea, but you know. No one in #academia and #HigherEd wants to give up nor change current dynamic of "publish or perish" in prestigious peer reviewed journals only 3 other academics might read (assuming the #library buys it for them because they're not subscribing themselves).

Anyhow, see thread.

🪓💀 Dr. Alexei Q Tschuner 💀🪓 @surliertexan.bsky.social · 10h

My hottest academic take is that academics should write for the audiences they want to benefit from their work or they should shut it when those neglected audiences don't use their work.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11h

'While researchers typically publish in academic journals and books, the authors found, higher education managers are more likely to consult practice-oriented journals, newsletters, conference inputs and social media platforms such as LinkedIn.'

Physician, heal thyself.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 7h

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of. 📺

youtu.be/KldhX_loq18?...

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Fat Gay Tarot @fatgaytarot.bsky.social · 9h

The #SevenOfWands is today’s #TarotCardOfTheDay.

Competition is fierce today, and people aren’t afraid to@play dirty. That job you want? That man? That last cookie? Be prepared to put up a fight - and it might not be 1-on-1.

#tarot #tarotcards #tarotsky #gaytarot #queertarot #englishmagictarot

A woman dressed in a rose-decorated dress, in a field of roses defends herself with a staff for six attacking staffs. On a fabric background of teal with vaguely Indian peacocks on it.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 7h

Been drinking coffee since I was a child (so likely have bit of caffeine immunity by now). Anyhow, I cut out cream and sugar for it, so black with a bit of whiskey in morning if at home, plain black if out and about.

Drink tea occasionally, don't really put anything on it, a little honey maybe.

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Phylosoma™ @phylosoma.bsky.social · 9h

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think most Americans could pass the citizenship test that they make immigrants take to become US citizens.

As for geography, National Geographic used to do a nations survey, and US always ended up in bottom of that too.

But hey, USA number 1, baby!

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 20h

You're welcome. Paz y amor.

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 20h

Just finished my last research consult with a student for today. Late appointment due to me teaching a late afternoon/early evening library instruction class.

Anyhow, a bit too busy today to do the #Tarot card of the evening. Campus holiday tomorrow, so next card likely on Wed.

#occultsky

a man with long hair and a beard is saying i cannot thank you enough

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is saying i cannot thank you enough

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 22h

As someone who taught writing and composition in college, yea, that resonated. It's not that you fooled the teacher. It's that your teacher, one, does not want to be an asshole to you and two, he does not want to go through the hassle of confronting your #AISlop work. (e)