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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 2d

last, we just got the little Playdate game console, which is so fun and whimsical. I'm going to buy some games from its catalog, and try them out. play.date/games/

Playdate Catalog Games: Catalog

Our curated collection of amazing Playdate things.

play.date

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 2d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 2d

second, my coworker, media archivist and filmmaker (!) Traci Mark, is writing/directing her first movie. she is so cool and so thoughtful, I can't wait to see what she makes.
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Donate to Little Pieces: A Brooklyn Filmmaker's Debut, organized by Layne Bell

Friends and cinema lovers, we're making a movie! This fundraiser will… Layne Bell needs your support for Donate to Little Pieces: A Brooklyn Filmmaker's Debut

www.gofundme.com

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 2d

one bright spot on this friday: it's payday and my federal worker spouse is still working & getting paid, so I'm going to support a few lovely projects that've come my way this week. first: this family storytelling game from the South Asian American Digital Archive.

Memory Bucket

A game to uncover the stories you've always wished you knew.

www.kickstarter.com

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 6d

i love you, portland.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 11d

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

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404 Media @404media.co · 11d

Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.

🔗 www.404media.co/kodak-is-sel...

Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

www.404media.co

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 13d

METRO's offering a 4-session series for library staff who want to explore co-designing programs and services with their communities. It kicks off next week and there's still room to join! metro.org/events/desig...

Design with Community Series

Design with Community is a virtual, four-session learning series developed to build the capacity of library staff to co-design programs and services with their communities. Rooted in the principles of...

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 17d

I'm thrilled that this is kicking off, right now, all the way across the country from me but months in the making and close to my heart. Spend some time with the class website, if you have a moment, and follow Shannon for more on misfittery over the next 10 weeks.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 19d

Our first Misfits class is on Thursday! We've got 17 participants from across NYC's libraries, universities, municipal agencies + arts orgs; we're visiting Storefront, ABCNoRio, the NY Botanical Garden, the Ctr for BookArts, etc. Here's our website! 🤗

crossreference.wordsinspace.net/fall2025/

A screenshot of our Misfits class website, featuring a block for each week. Each block features an collage composed of wallpapers from the Cooper Hewitt collection, plus other archival images that emblematize the week's theme

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 19d

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?

📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.

📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

Promotional image for an online book talk titled 'After Disruption.' Left side shows portraits of Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern with text: 'After Disruption Book Talk, with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.' Center panel reads: 'September 25th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, Online. Join us for a book talk with Trevor Owens, author of After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in conversation with Shannon Mattern, as they explore how libraries, archives, and museums can reclaim their role in shaping a just and sustainable digital present.' Logos of Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom. Right side shows the book cover for 'After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory' by Trevor Owens, featuring a photo of a grand library entrance.

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 20d

I keep an eye out for them on instagram throughout the year!
if you have pinterest, here's a board i made with a bunch: www.pinterest.com/beccadventur...

commissions on Pinterest

Explore a hand-picked collection of Pins about commissions on Pinterest.

www.pinterest.com

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 20d

every year I hire an artist to draw my family for our holiday card and the process makes me so happy! this year it feels even more meaningful because ai is everywhere.

here are 2021 + 2018. 💛 credit to @schrill-art.bsky.social + @ghost_puff on instagram

A digital illustration of two smiling figures holding three adorable cats, standing against a cheerful blue-green background

A colored pencil drawing of two figures holding two cats, framed by a sweet fall-themed border of branches, logs, and little red mushrooms

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 24d

tomorrow! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Sep 8

METRO is hosting a webinar series this fall that's gonna be so useful to anyone doing collection development work:
pt 1: community-centered practice
pt 2: intellectual freedom
pt 3: finding balance on your shelves (and online)

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 24d

our Library Field project, which recently found its home on a 26-acre site in Ossining NY, has an iNaturalist project. i get to go out for my first visit next month and can't wait to log some observations. 🌝🐛🍄
www.inaturalist.org/projects/the...

The Library Field

The Library Field is a 26 acre open-air laboratory administered by the Metropolitan New York Library Council. www.libraryfield.org www.metro.org While the Library Field is not publicly accessible at t...

www.inaturalist.org

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 26d

just found out about a bread company in Portland with a CSA model — members pick up one loaf a week from the assigned neighborhood drop-off location, which is a fellow member's porch. 😍
www.starterbread.com

starter bread

zero-waste baker's choice community supported subscription bakery making organic, sourdough, long fermented breads with regional whole grains grown locally in the Pacific Northwest. based in north Por...

www.starterbread.com

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 27d

Call for applications: Endangered Archives Programme
eap.bl.uk/applicants