Kate(rpillar)
@bramblebites.bsky.social
Archivist/reference librarian; lifelong book nerd; cat person; tea fiend. She/they.
My favorite bookstore is about to level up and buy their building!!! 🤩 Go forth, and help them by buying books!
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My favorite bookstore is about to level up and buy their building!!! 🤩 Go forth, and help them by buying books!
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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This pediatrician in Massachusetts is not holding back
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This pediatrician in Massachusetts is not holding back
I’m teaching my very first “intro to bookbinding” workshop today and I am STRESSING. Send cat photos! Send chocolate! 😭 (I did this to myself and it will be fine)
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I’m teaching my very first “intro to bookbinding” workshop today and I am STRESSING. Send cat photos! Send chocolate! 😭 (I did this to myself and it will be fine)
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
If you know what time someone starts their shift, maybe consider not just waiting for them at their work and ambushing them right as they come on. It’s a bit creepy and makes them feel super rushed right off the bat. If it’s urgent, work with someone else. If it’s not, wait 15 mins or make an appt.
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
If you know what time someone starts their shift, maybe consider not just waiting for them at their work and ambushing them right as they come on. It’s a bit creepy and makes them feel super rushed right off the bat. If it’s urgent, work with someone else. If it’s not, wait 15 mins or make an appt.
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Some amazing books here. Holidays approaching. Just sayin'.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some amazing books here. Holidays approaching. Just sayin'.
“Meaningful decay” and “wallow creatively” are two of my favorite phrases to keep on post-its by my desk.
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Meaningful decay” and “wallow creatively” are two of my favorite phrases to keep on post-its by my desk.
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I don't know about the rest of my eldritch millennials but "little treats" have been holding us together for our entire adult lives and if we lose even that, I will become pennywise the clown and haunt the sewers of DC, yanking GOP interns into the storm drain to sprinkle on my avocado toast.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I don't know about the rest of my eldritch millennials but "little treats" have been holding us together for our entire adult lives and if we lose even that, I will become pennywise the clown and haunt the sewers of DC, yanking GOP interns into the storm drain to sprinkle on my avocado toast.
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I'm coming as its contemporary upstart cousin: a plausible-looking citation dreamt up by GenAI that a librarian loses hours trying to trace.
Dressing up as a catalogue ghost, that product of a 19th c typo that drains the time of researchers and librarians and which—after initial banishment—reappears unexpectedly elsewhere. For extra horror: the ghost entry seems to describe a source which will solve all your research problems, but alas.
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'm coming as its contemporary upstart cousin: a plausible-looking citation dreamt up by GenAI that a librarian loses hours trying to trace.
I *know* that SQL is “sequel” and not “squirrel,” and yet every single time I see it, my brain goes SQUIRREL!
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I *know* that SQL is “sequel” and not “squirrel,” and yet every single time I see it, my brain goes SQUIRREL!
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Reading can be such a wonderful generative thing when you let go of any ideas about what you should read or what you should want to read, and go instead to what draws your interest and maybe even more so, your joy
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reading can be such a wonderful generative thing when you let go of any ideas about what you should read or what you should want to read, and go instead to what draws your interest and maybe even more so, your joy
I adore book people. I wanted an article I could not locate RE women in rare books (404 links), so I emailed the author and politely asked if they’d share it with me. They did; asked some clarifying q’s RE my interest; and sent a handful of other articles and resources they thought would help. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I adore book people. I wanted an article I could not locate RE women in rare books (404 links), so I emailed the author and politely asked if they’d share it with me. They did; asked some clarifying q’s RE my interest; and sent a handful of other articles and resources they thought would help. ❤️
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BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
Ad for a local market from 1889. I have so many questions.
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ad for a local market from 1889. I have so many questions.
I just misread “The Poky Little Puppy” as “The Poxy Little Puppy.” Could be a fun rewrite, I guess?
October 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I just misread “The Poky Little Puppy” as “The Poxy Little Puppy.” Could be a fun rewrite, I guess?
Guy asked me today how I was doing, and I said I had a nasty headache. He explained for several minutes how that isn’t a real problem, *he* has real problems, etcetc. When he was done I said “you know, it’s weird…after all that, I STILL have a headache.” He stopped talking to me 🥳
September 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Guy asked me today how I was doing, and I said I had a nasty headache. He explained for several minutes how that isn’t a real problem, *he* has real problems, etcetc. When he was done I said “you know, it’s weird…after all that, I STILL have a headache.” He stopped talking to me 🥳
I’m so grateful to have friends who say my name in spaces of opportunity. ❤️
September 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I’m so grateful to have friends who say my name in spaces of opportunity. ❤️
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If you expect to be raptured next week, please be courteous and move your car out of street parking in advance
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you expect to be raptured next week, please be courteous and move your car out of street parking in advance
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Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!
September 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!
I’m fond of Kanopy, via my local & state libraries.
Great idea
Try Internet Archive - a free Internet library of (among other things) books, movies, videos, etc. Awesome collection of cult horror & film noir movies
It’s a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization, so you don’t have to worry about Larry Ellison buying & ruining it
I’m supporting it
Try Internet Archive - a free Internet library of (among other things) books, movies, videos, etc. Awesome collection of cult horror & film noir movies
It’s a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization, so you don’t have to worry about Larry Ellison buying & ruining it
I’m supporting it
It is time to strategically abandon mainstream media. There are so many alternatives. We do not need CBS, Paramount+, ABC, Disney, or Hulu. Let's start building viewing habits with the alternatives.
September 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I’m fond of Kanopy, via my local & state libraries.
if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
September 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
It seems like we could all use some cuteness, so here are Cole (orange) and Maggie (calico).
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It seems like we could all use some cuteness, so here are Cole (orange) and Maggie (calico).
Scheduled my Covid and flu boosters; very glad to be living somewhere I can still access vaccinations.
September 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Scheduled my Covid and flu boosters; very glad to be living somewhere I can still access vaccinations.