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A. Rivera

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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 · 8h

You're welcome. Paz y amor.

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 10h

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)

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 10h

FTA: "There is a difference between 'getting away with it' and your professor allowing you to 'get away with it'" (c)

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 10h

An open letter to students considering submitting AI generated work librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/a...

#academia #HigherEd (c)

An open letter to students considering submitting AI generated work

“We have concluded a Faustian pact with our science and technology generally, and with the computer in particular. So it seems to me. And in such a pact with Mephistopheles both partners gain somet…

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 11h

Man, who left that window open and let in that cold breeze?

I only have memorized 2 or 3 numbers, but in younger days I had a few memorized.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 13h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 11h

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honorn.bsky.social @honorn.bsky.social · 13h

Bwahahahaha
#manifest

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 12h

OK, maybe you can go wrong with 'Gladiator 2,' but NOT because of Denzel Washington.

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 12h

American Gangster

(but there are others, I mean, you can't go wrong if he is in the movie.)

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 13h

Without saying Malcolm X, fav Denzel Washington Film?

Denzel Washington in a black suit, short black hair. looking away. hot.

“At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back.”
Denzel Washington, A Hand to Guide Me

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 14h

This beautiful set arrived! Daiei Gothic, Vol 2, with three films that span 1960 to 1970.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of George Roux.

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Sabrina McDaniel 🌊💙 @sabrina-mcdaniel.bsky.social · 16h

#IndigenousPeoplesDay
Woot! Indigenous Peoples Day is finally trending.
Please keep it up there!

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 14h

On the other hand, a LOT of White America IS incredibly stupid.

As often attributed to P.T. Barnum, "there is a sucker born every minute."

And a lot of them are born here in the good old. U.S. of A.

🗝️🐍🦉🌙 Dolly 🗡️ Dagger 🍉🇺🇦📚🌈 @dollydagger6.bsky.social · 15h

White America has been coddled and spoon-fed fairytales for decades because the people in power think they’re incredibly stupid.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 15h

> Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Reading List daily.jstor.org/honoring-ind... via @jstordaily.bsky.social

#reading #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily

With scholarship on Indigenous knowledge, environmental justice, resistance, and decolonization, this list honors Native sovereignty and self-determination.

daily.jstor.org

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 15h

In #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor although not sure why the whining: #USGovernment will bail them out as they often do. Not that such is sustainable, but oh well.

> U.S. soybean farmers panic over lack of sales to China irjci.blogspot.com/2025/10/us-s...

#BoycottUSA #China #GOP #PartyOfStupid

U.S. soybean farmers panic over lack of sales to China

Some U.S. soybean farmers will store, instead of sell, this year's crop. (Photo by Mark Serafino, Unsplash) U.S. farmers haven’t sold bean...

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Earth Liberation Studio @earthliberationart.bsky.social · 15h

One for Indigenous People's Day.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 15h

> Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Crazy talk, I know, but hear me out. Maybe, just maybe, have the kids put the fucking devices down and read a book or two.

#SocialMedia #children #youth #tech #literacy

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 16h

Gee, can't imagine what could've happened.

> American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#BoycottUSA #spirits #Canada #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #GOP #PartyOfStupid

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

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Moonchild @moonchildw333.bsky.social · 16h

#Medusa

I was once feared for the beauty that others could not possess, and cursed for the power they could not control.

Yet even turned to stone, I remain eternal a 🪞to the courage of those who dare to look within.
Let them call you monstrous when they cannot understand your strength 🐍 #WitchSky

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sinister escalator 🍉𓅉🚲 @boo-i.bsky.social · 16h

rad poster, had a print as a kid

poster with drawing of a man with a spyglass standing atop a cracked Earth, with prone bodies heaped beneath. Heading: Columbus Day: Lies Written in Native Blood

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 16h

On the other hand, Amazon seems to be steaming along just fine.

> Amazon to hire 250,000 workers during holiday season for third straight year
www.reuters.com/business/wor...

#Christmas #holidays #BadEconomy #business #retail

Amazon to hire 250,000 workers during holiday season for third straight year

Amazon said it plans to hire 250,000 workers for the holiday season across its fulfillment and transportation networks in the U.S., the same number as the last two years, as the e-commerce behemoth prepares for a surge in orders.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 16h

May a thousand poxes fall upon Oprah Winfrey and her house for at least 13 generations for foisting folks like Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil onto the world. (e)

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 16h

> ‘Oprah Owes Us an Apology’: Dr. Oz’s Over-the-Top Praise for Trump Blows Up in His Face, and Oprah’s the One Catching Strays atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/13/d...

#media #fuckery #stupid (c)

'Oprah Owes Us an Apology': Dr. Oz’s Over-the-Top Praise for Trump Blows Up in His Face, and Oprah’s the One Catching Strays

"Oprah caught in the crossfire as Dr. Oz's praise for Trump blows up in his face! Find out why the doc's words landed him in hot water. 😮...

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 16h

In the #BadEconomy, you know there is trouble when the relatively reliable Xmas hiring is put on hold or hesitant.

> Uncertainty over economy, tariffs forces retailers to be cautious on holiday hiring abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...

Uncertainty over economy, tariffs forces retailers to be cautious on holiday hiring

Rising tariff costs and other economic factors are forcing retailers to pull back or even delay their plans to hire seasonal workers

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