Grumpy Dust Sprite
@grumpydustsprite.bsky.social
Librarian. AuDHD. Sunshine. Lollipops. Smashing the patriarchy.
If you take 2 days off, but the day you return is a Saturday, you're going to need to follow it up with an additional 2 days off.
#SaturdayLibrarianRules
#SaturdayLibrarianRules
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you take 2 days off, but the day you return is a Saturday, you're going to need to follow it up with an additional 2 days off.
#SaturdayLibrarianRules
#SaturdayLibrarianRules
Survived another banned books week but BOY did I have to really bite my tongue and walk away from FB. Did anyone else have an upsurge in bad faith arguments, deliberate misunderstandings, and verbatim talking points in the comments this year? Especially by non-library patrons? Bots, perhaps?
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Survived another banned books week but BOY did I have to really bite my tongue and walk away from FB. Did anyone else have an upsurge in bad faith arguments, deliberate misunderstandings, and verbatim talking points in the comments this year? Especially by non-library patrons? Bots, perhaps?
I come on here, last about 15 minutes, then encounter the Endless Screaming bot, and that about sums up my feeling about everything right now.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
August 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I come on here, last about 15 minutes, then encounter the Endless Screaming bot, and that about sums up my feeling about everything right now.
Jesus. Some lady called to reserve a conference room because she needs somewhere to put her dogs for a few hours.
Madam, this is a public library not a dog kennel service!
#SaturdayLibrarian
Madam, this is a public library not a dog kennel service!
#SaturdayLibrarian
June 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Jesus. Some lady called to reserve a conference room because she needs somewhere to put her dogs for a few hours.
Madam, this is a public library not a dog kennel service!
#SaturdayLibrarian
Madam, this is a public library not a dog kennel service!
#SaturdayLibrarian
Yesterday's reasons I do this:
A patron on the spectrum recited Star Wars poetry to me.
An old man told dad jokes every time he walked past my desk ("I'm here all week, folks").
Kids were signing up for library cards and summer reading mere minutes after being released from the last day school.
A patron on the spectrum recited Star Wars poetry to me.
An old man told dad jokes every time he walked past my desk ("I'm here all week, folks").
Kids were signing up for library cards and summer reading mere minutes after being released from the last day school.
June 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yesterday's reasons I do this:
A patron on the spectrum recited Star Wars poetry to me.
An old man told dad jokes every time he walked past my desk ("I'm here all week, folks").
Kids were signing up for library cards and summer reading mere minutes after being released from the last day school.
A patron on the spectrum recited Star Wars poetry to me.
An old man told dad jokes every time he walked past my desk ("I'm here all week, folks").
Kids were signing up for library cards and summer reading mere minutes after being released from the last day school.
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Less than 45 minutes after President Donald Trump thanked the National Guard "for a job well done!" Mayor Karen Bass clarified on social media "the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles."
June 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Less than 45 minutes after President Donald Trump thanked the National Guard "for a job well done!" Mayor Karen Bass clarified on social media "the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles."
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But keep telling us how they care about the debt and efficiency. This colossal waste will stand as a historic monument to his malignant narcissism.
NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
June 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
But keep telling us how they care about the debt and efficiency. This colossal waste will stand as a historic monument to his malignant narcissism.
Today in unfortunate library sticker placement...
June 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Today in unfortunate library sticker placement...
Watching my teacher friends gleefully post their end of school countdowns with increasing dread because it's also a doomsday clock for the library... SUMMER READING IS COMING!
June 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Watching my teacher friends gleefully post their end of school countdowns with increasing dread because it's also a doomsday clock for the library... SUMMER READING IS COMING!
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If you care about libraries, museums, archives, and all the people who work at them, please call your elected officials ASAP. We have limited time to act on this.
We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS."
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
The 2026 Federal Budget Proposal Shutters The Institute for Museum and Library Services
The details of the 2026 federal budget proposal spell out the goal of shutting down the Institute for Museum and Library services.
bookriot.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you care about libraries, museums, archives, and all the people who work at them, please call your elected officials ASAP. We have limited time to act on this.
I laughed far too hard at this...
May 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I laughed far too hard at this...
My kids book club just finished Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, so we had our discussion while playing mystery boardgames - Outfoxed, classic Clue, and Junior Detective. We had a blast!
March 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
My kids book club just finished Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, so we had our discussion while playing mystery boardgames - Outfoxed, classic Clue, and Junior Detective. We had a blast!
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oopsy @schumer.senate.gov failed to avoid a government shutdown
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
oopsy @schumer.senate.gov failed to avoid a government shutdown
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As we write, DOGE is reportedly inside the gates of the IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services), where Keith Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of Labor and “somehow now Acting Director” of IMLS is dismantling the agency that helps libraries be libraries. /1
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March 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As we write, DOGE is reportedly inside the gates of the IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services), where Keith Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of Labor and “somehow now Acting Director” of IMLS is dismantling the agency that helps libraries be libraries. /1
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This librarian will be doing no such thing.
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"We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve the country's core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations."
Full document here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
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"We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve the country's core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations."
Full document here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
March 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This librarian will be doing no such thing.
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"We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve the country's core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations."
Full document here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
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"We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve the country's core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations."
Full document here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
March 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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i know people are coming here for catharsis and that's fine but when you are done screaming please pick something you can do that will help people and do it. you don't accomplish anything by rolling around in the fear all day
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
i know people are coming here for catharsis and that's fine but when you are done screaming please pick something you can do that will help people and do it. you don't accomplish anything by rolling around in the fear all day
This is seriously the Dumbest Apocalypse Ever. 0/5 stars. Do not recommend.
March 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is seriously the Dumbest Apocalypse Ever. 0/5 stars. Do not recommend.
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You know the deep south, Mississippi & Louisiana, was where you'd get shipped downriver from the upper south in the days of chattel slavery because conditions down there were known to be more brutal, & that legacy remains in how heavy they incarcerate people, & they shipped Mahmoud Khalil downriver.
March 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You know the deep south, Mississippi & Louisiana, was where you'd get shipped downriver from the upper south in the days of chattel slavery because conditions down there were known to be more brutal, & that legacy remains in how heavy they incarcerate people, & they shipped Mahmoud Khalil downriver.
It's all too much. Five minutes of scrolling through "what fresh hell happened today? " and now I need to double my anxiety medication.
March 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's all too much. Five minutes of scrolling through "what fresh hell happened today? " and now I need to double my anxiety medication.
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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
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Hey BookSky, Remember that professional football player who was pictured reading a book on the sideline and when asked about it he said, “I like to read.” He won the Super Bowl tonight.
READING BOOKS WINS! 📚💙
READING BOOKS WINS! 📚💙
February 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Hey BookSky, Remember that professional football player who was pictured reading a book on the sideline and when asked about it he said, “I like to read.” He won the Super Bowl tonight.
READING BOOKS WINS! 📚💙
READING BOOKS WINS! 📚💙
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"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...
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Every single stupid conversation I’ve had with a scientist about anticipatory obedience and historical comparisons over the last week has had me thinking about how scientists’ political incompetence is one of the major arguments for a liberal arts education
Like you’re literally a tool without it
Like you’re literally a tool without it
A bunch of needs in labcoats:
"If we comply with the fascists demands they'll surely let us keep up our research"
Those same scientists months or years before:
"Eh, I'll skip history class. I wanna be a scientists. Not a historian lol"
"If we comply with the fascists demands they'll surely let us keep up our research"
Those same scientists months or years before:
"Eh, I'll skip history class. I wanna be a scientists. Not a historian lol"
Besides being cruel, anticipatory obedience doesn’t work www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every single stupid conversation I’ve had with a scientist about anticipatory obedience and historical comparisons over the last week has had me thinking about how scientists’ political incompetence is one of the major arguments for a liberal arts education
Like you’re literally a tool without it
Like you’re literally a tool without it
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Autistic minds most often see past the noise and nonsense of society.
This makes us dangerous.
This makes us dangerous.
February 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Autistic minds most often see past the noise and nonsense of society.
This makes us dangerous.
This makes us dangerous.