Annie the Book
@anniethebook.bsky.social
Academic librarian, velocireader, cat parent, increasingly pagan.
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FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.
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Oh, for a chance to see this:
“a large herd of Przewalski’s horses, their ochre coats gleaming as they graze under the cloudless August sky. Attentive mares nuzzle their foals, which already sport the mohawk-style manes that characterise this ancient, iconic species.”
“a large herd of Przewalski’s horses, their ochre coats gleaming as they graze under the cloudless August sky. Attentive mares nuzzle their foals, which already sport the mohawk-style manes that characterise this ancient, iconic species.”
In Serranía Celtibérica, a decade of rewilding efforts has revived ecosystems, wildlife & rural livelihoods. Semi-wild herbivores & predators are returning to abandoned farmland, local timber & resin businesses are gaining sustainable footing. buff.ly/CN34T4o
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Rewilding is revitalising lives and landscapes in the Iberian Highlands | Rewilding Europe
The Iberian Highlands of Spain have struggled with rural depopulation and economic decline for many years. Today, rewilding is helping communities in the landscape turn these challenges into new…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh, for a chance to see this:
“a large herd of Przewalski’s horses, their ochre coats gleaming as they graze under the cloudless August sky. Attentive mares nuzzle their foals, which already sport the mohawk-style manes that characterise this ancient, iconic species.”
“a large herd of Przewalski’s horses, their ochre coats gleaming as they graze under the cloudless August sky. Attentive mares nuzzle their foals, which already sport the mohawk-style manes that characterise this ancient, iconic species.”
There's a story behind every library policy.
I’ve worked in public libraries for 20 years, today was the first time we’ve had to tell someone they couldn’t bring their chainsaw in the library.
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There's a story behind every library policy.
Madness! Love! Mayhem! I had a great time with KJ Charles's novel, All of Us Murderers: www.abookishtype.com/2025/12/10/a...
#BookReview 💙📚
#BookReview 💙📚
All of Us Murderers, by KJ Charles
Zeb Wyckham does not like his family. The only reason he answered his uncle’s summons to the Wyckham’s grand country house is because, after losing his job, he couldn’t think of a…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Madness! Love! Mayhem! I had a great time with KJ Charles's novel, All of Us Murderers: www.abookishtype.com/2025/12/10/a...
#BookReview 💙📚
#BookReview 💙📚
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Safety tip!
Before bringing a Christmas tree into your home, be sure to check for:
- gnome traps
- dark bark fairies
- pine ghouls
- moss goblin eggs
- tiny angry owls
Before bringing a Christmas tree into your home, be sure to check for:
- gnome traps
- dark bark fairies
- pine ghouls
- moss goblin eggs
- tiny angry owls
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Safety tip!
Before bringing a Christmas tree into your home, be sure to check for:
- gnome traps
- dark bark fairies
- pine ghouls
- moss goblin eggs
- tiny angry owls
Before bringing a Christmas tree into your home, be sure to check for:
- gnome traps
- dark bark fairies
- pine ghouls
- moss goblin eggs
- tiny angry owls
QotD, validation.
Told a coworker that I was half done weeding our PN section.
Coworker: Bon Jovi would be proud of you.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Told a coworker that I was half done weeding our PN section.
Coworker: Bon Jovi would be proud of you.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
QotD, validation.
Told a coworker that I was half done weeding our PN section.
Coworker: Bon Jovi would be proud of you.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Told a coworker that I was half done weeding our PN section.
Coworker: Bon Jovi would be proud of you.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
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I don't really care for calibri but entire government agencies should reserve their font hate for serious offenders like papyrus and comic sans.
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I don't really care for calibri but entire government agencies should reserve their font hate for serious offenders like papyrus and comic sans.
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When I find a house full of books, the chances are excellent that the people living there are open minded, thoughtful, curious, and fun to be around. Not always, but mostly.
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When I find a house full of books, the chances are excellent that the people living there are open minded, thoughtful, curious, and fun to be around. Not always, but mostly.
Shit, my TBR has crept up over 900 titles again.
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Shit, my TBR has crept up over 900 titles again.
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Vicambulate [vahy-KAM-byoo-layt]
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Vicambulate [vahy-KAM-byoo-layt]
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
(v.)
- To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely.
Used in a sentence:
“Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”
Betrayal! Hopeless odds! Strange allies! I had a blast with Margaret Owen's novel, The Merciful Crow: www.abookishtype.com/2025/12/08/t...
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The Merciful Crow, by Margaret Owen
In any hierarchical society, someone is always at the bottom. In Fie’s world, her people are so far down that they’re hunted for sport. They’re only tolerated because they’r…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Betrayal! Hopeless odds! Strange allies! I had a blast with Margaret Owen's novel, The Merciful Crow: www.abookishtype.com/2025/12/08/t...
#BookReview 💙📚
#BookReview 💙📚
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reminds me of a proverb my russian professor taught me - "when you think you have reached the bottom, listen for the knocking from below."
old soviet joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
honestly i think you could probably describe the vast majority of American media, political, and corporate elites as decadent
nobody knows how bad things can get
nobody knows how bad things can get
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
reminds me of a proverb my russian professor taught me - "when you think you have reached the bottom, listen for the knocking from below."
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In light of the Texas SCOTUS news, today is a great day to join or donate to Authors Against Book Bans — we’ve been fighting for the right to read in every state for the past year, and we’re going to keep doing it: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In light of the Texas SCOTUS news, today is a great day to join or donate to Authors Against Book Bans — we’ve been fighting for the right to read in every state for the past year, and we’re going to keep doing it: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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Really bummed about SCOTUS not taking Little v. Llano County. But goddamn, Leila and her fellow plaintiffs have been tireless advocates for the freedom to read and for freedom of access in libraries and we cannot lose sight of how hard this battle has been. How glad I am to live in a world w/them.
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Really bummed about SCOTUS not taking Little v. Llano County. But goddamn, Leila and her fellow plaintiffs have been tireless advocates for the freedom to read and for freedom of access in libraries and we cannot lose sight of how hard this battle has been. How glad I am to live in a world w/them.
Now I know what I'm going to be doing over the holiday break.
16th century Venetian lawyer/bibliophile Odorico Pillone shelved his books spine-inward and commissioned Cesare Vecellio (Titian’s nephew) to paint their fore-edges with colourful images suggesting their subject matter. Here’s how they looked on the shelf news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/p...
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Now I know what I'm going to be doing over the holiday break.
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Libraries often focus on literacy training with precisely this kind of skill-building in mind - helping people parse out information sources, determining when and to what degree to ascribe authority to a source, how to identify and adjust for bias and what information to glean from that bias.
People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Libraries often focus on literacy training with precisely this kind of skill-building in mind - helping people parse out information sources, determining when and to what degree to ascribe authority to a source, how to identify and adjust for bias and what information to glean from that bias.
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holy. shit. Those of us in the book fight have long argued that those who come for books eventually come for everything else, but I never imagined, not for a goddamn second, that Mahmoud vs Taylor would be used to make sure our children die of preventable diseases. Fucking christ
The Supreme Court just set aside a 2nd Circuit decision upholding New York's requirement that all school students, public and private, obtain certain vaccinations, without any religious exemptions. It orders the 2nd Circuit to reconsider the ruling in light of SCOTUS' LGBTQ school books decision.
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
holy. shit. Those of us in the book fight have long argued that those who come for books eventually come for everything else, but I never imagined, not for a goddamn second, that Mahmoud vs Taylor would be used to make sure our children die of preventable diseases. Fucking christ
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One thing I especially like when studying & teaching about the American Revolution is their love for short and concise titles 😂
#LibraryOfAmerica #Pamphlets
#LibraryOfAmerica #Pamphlets
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One thing I especially like when studying & teaching about the American Revolution is their love for short and concise titles 😂
#LibraryOfAmerica #Pamphlets
#LibraryOfAmerica #Pamphlets
Last week on the bookish internet: Orwell's rules for writing, reading despite it all, spies becoming spy writers, "post-meaning" writing, and censorship news.
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Last week on the bookish internet
Matt Greene wonders about writing, AI, and a “post-meaning” world. (LitHub) David Gilyeat reports that J.R.R. Tolkien’s desk is up for auction. (BBC) I reject most rules for write…
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December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Last week on the bookish internet: Orwell's rules for writing, reading despite it all, spies becoming spy writers, "post-meaning" writing, and censorship news.
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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It is December which means that it is once again time to share that the Yiddish word for marshmallow is “shney-kishele,” literally LITTLE SNOW PILLOW
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It is December which means that it is once again time to share that the Yiddish word for marshmallow is “shney-kishele,” literally LITTLE SNOW PILLOW
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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It's an actual game plan on the right. They use it for book bans as well. They start with something easy: no porn in libraries. That hooks in the low information folks. Then you slowly broaden the scope until you're yanking any YA that violates Christian nationalism.
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's an actual game plan on the right. They use it for book bans as well. They start with something easy: no porn in libraries. That hooks in the low information folks. Then you slowly broaden the scope until you're yanking any YA that violates Christian nationalism.
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I will say over and over again that us library folk need to be louder in our support of the Post Office. Because guess what—if they start thinking of USPS in terms of“making” or “losing” money, libraries won’t be far behind.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I will say over and over again that us library folk need to be louder in our support of the Post Office. Because guess what—if they start thinking of USPS in terms of“making” or “losing” money, libraries won’t be far behind.
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If representation didn't matter, they wouldn't be constantly trying to erase us. Trans people deal with deadnaming all the time because they really do want us all dead.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If representation didn't matter, they wouldn't be constantly trying to erase us. Trans people deal with deadnaming all the time because they really do want us all dead.