Biblioraptor, PhD
@biblioraptorphd.bsky.social
English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, 18C, pop culture, intersectional feminist, progressive, cyclist, hiker. NC. My views are my own. She/her
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Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993)
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993)
My RETVRN - take a train to Charlotte, go to some kind of bigass Macy’s department store, buy gifts, return home on the train surrounded by parcels like I’m Nora
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My RETVRN - take a train to Charlotte, go to some kind of bigass Macy’s department store, buy gifts, return home on the train surrounded by parcels like I’m Nora
I thought oh good he’s still letting me take his pic in front of big Christmas trees then got home and actually looked at the photo 😂
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I thought oh good he’s still letting me take his pic in front of big Christmas trees then got home and actually looked at the photo 😂
I can hear W in the living room asking J to guess the temperature in several different cities
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I can hear W in the living room asking J to guess the temperature in several different cities
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We are called upon to place our hanukiahs outside the front door or in the window; “in a time of danger, placing it on a table will suffice.”
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
December 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are called upon to place our hanukiahs outside the front door or in the window; “in a time of danger, placing it on a table will suffice.”
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
This should not be a time of danger. It must not be a time of fear.
Happy Hanukkah.
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I’m not sure I have any great wisdom or feeling other than profound sadness about where we are. But I’m glad to be lighting the candles tonight. To pull a clue from a nearly 75-year-old hand-sewn felt dreidel made by a grandmother I never got to know so our son can run around our house in joy.
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’m not sure I have any great wisdom or feeling other than profound sadness about where we are. But I’m glad to be lighting the candles tonight. To pull a clue from a nearly 75-year-old hand-sewn felt dreidel made by a grandmother I never got to know so our son can run around our house in joy.
MARY POPPINS FOR HOMICIDES 👏👏👏
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
MARY POPPINS FOR HOMICIDES 👏👏👏
I was in a Barnes & Noble today and there’s no “Like Wake Up Dead Man” table with the novels mentioned in the movie and other classic locked-room mysteries which seems a real missed opportunity
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I was in a Barnes & Noble today and there’s no “Like Wake Up Dead Man” table with the novels mentioned in the movie and other classic locked-room mysteries which seems a real missed opportunity
People ice skating on a day actually cold enough for it
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
People ice skating on a day actually cold enough for it
If we were rich people this whole table would have gone home with us
December 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If we were rich people this whole table would have gone home with us
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When you have the plague but you want to keep it festive…
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When you have the plague but you want to keep it festive…
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Antisemitism is evil
White supremacy is evil
Misogyny is evil
Racism is evil
Ableism is evil
Homophobia and transphobia are both evil
Intolerance is evil
Violence is evil
Anything that denigrates the value, dignity and humanity of another person is evil
All of it
All of it
White supremacy is evil
Misogyny is evil
Racism is evil
Ableism is evil
Homophobia and transphobia are both evil
Intolerance is evil
Violence is evil
Anything that denigrates the value, dignity and humanity of another person is evil
All of it
All of it
December 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Antisemitism is evil
White supremacy is evil
Misogyny is evil
Racism is evil
Ableism is evil
Homophobia and transphobia are both evil
Intolerance is evil
Violence is evil
Anything that denigrates the value, dignity and humanity of another person is evil
All of it
All of it
White supremacy is evil
Misogyny is evil
Racism is evil
Ableism is evil
Homophobia and transphobia are both evil
Intolerance is evil
Violence is evil
Anything that denigrates the value, dignity and humanity of another person is evil
All of it
All of it
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Today is the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. There are no words to express the grief and anger that our young people continue to be slaughtered in school.
And for what? More guns?
This is a policy failure — and a moral one. Enough.
My heart is with Providence today.
And for what? More guns?
This is a policy failure — and a moral one. Enough.
My heart is with Providence today.
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. There are no words to express the grief and anger that our young people continue to be slaughtered in school.
And for what? More guns?
This is a policy failure — and a moral one. Enough.
My heart is with Providence today.
And for what? More guns?
This is a policy failure — and a moral one. Enough.
My heart is with Providence today.
Go to bed to news of a mass shooting and wake up to another mass shooting on the anniversary of a mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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Bondi beach shooting live updates
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Bondi terror attack: full report
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What we know so far about the shooting in Australia
A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Go to bed to news of a mass shooting and wake up to another mass shooting on the anniversary of a mass shooting
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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Also, the throwaway joke about conservatives' stunning ability to misread things like Star Wars would have been funny anyway, but it was even funnier from Johnson who made the best Star Wars movie outside of the original trilogy, thank you very much.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Also, the throwaway joke about conservatives' stunning ability to misread things like Star Wars would have been funny anyway, but it was even funnier from Johnson who made the best Star Wars movie outside of the original trilogy, thank you very much.
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Parkland survivor, current Brown student being interviewed 💔
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Parkland survivor, current Brown student being interviewed 💔
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Brown University president Christina Paxson alludes to the two "students" killed and the eight or nine additional "students" in the hospital.
This is the first time we've heard it confirmed that the killed and injured people were students.
This is the first time we've heard it confirmed that the killed and injured people were students.
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Brown University president Christina Paxson alludes to the two "students" killed and the eight or nine additional "students" in the hospital.
This is the first time we've heard it confirmed that the killed and injured people were students.
This is the first time we've heard it confirmed that the killed and injured people were students.
Watched Wake Up Dead Man and it was so lovely. The ode to the locked room mystery (though the mystery doesn’t really matter). The repeated image of a man’s shadow looming where the cross once hung. The portrayal of a community servant who listens and loves and promises you aren’t alone
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Watched Wake Up Dead Man and it was so lovely. The ode to the locked room mystery (though the mystery doesn’t really matter). The repeated image of a man’s shadow looming where the cross once hung. The portrayal of a community servant who listens and loves and promises you aren’t alone
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Press conference now via @wpri12.bsky.social (stream via its website at wpri.com)
Providence mayor Brett Smiley gives update on Brown University shooting:
—2 dead
—8 critical but stable at Rhode Island Hospital
These are the only injuries or casualties we know at this time. No shooter in custody.
Providence mayor Brett Smiley gives update on Brown University shooting:
—2 dead
—8 critical but stable at Rhode Island Hospital
These are the only injuries or casualties we know at this time. No shooter in custody.
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Press conference now via @wpri12.bsky.social (stream via its website at wpri.com)
Providence mayor Brett Smiley gives update on Brown University shooting:
—2 dead
—8 critical but stable at Rhode Island Hospital
These are the only injuries or casualties we know at this time. No shooter in custody.
Providence mayor Brett Smiley gives update on Brown University shooting:
—2 dead
—8 critical but stable at Rhode Island Hospital
These are the only injuries or casualties we know at this time. No shooter in custody.
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The problem, as always, is the guns.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The problem, as always, is the guns.
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Every student in this country knows the slogan and order of operations RUN HIDE FIGHT. Every one.
Why is this the world we made in the US? Why won’t we stop it?
Why is this the world we made in the US? Why won’t we stop it?
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Every student in this country knows the slogan and order of operations RUN HIDE FIGHT. Every one.
Why is this the world we made in the US? Why won’t we stop it?
Why is this the world we made in the US? Why won’t we stop it?
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University says no one is in custody, correcting earlier statement, as police respond to active shooter on campus.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University says no one is in custody, correcting earlier statement, as police respond to active shooter on campus.