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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 1d

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 1d

I've been blocked from a Facebook page run by a county commissioner on which he discusses policy, and I think it's because of my #library advocacy.

It's a badge of honor, of sorts, to be blocked by him, but surely this isn't legal or ethical?

Going to contact @aclu.org of Oregon. Other advice?

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 1d

I've been blocked from a Facebook page run by a county commissioner on which he discusses policy, and I think it's because of my #library advocacy.

It's a badge of honor, of sorts, to be blocked by him, but surely this isn't legal or ethical?

Going to contact @aclu.org of Oregon. Other advice?

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 1d

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, this is why I always got "talks too much in class" on my report cards

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Quote skeet this post with someone you wish was still alive

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 2d

Honestly.
The Grim Reaper misses again

Helluva Bottom Carter @nicju.blacksky.app · 2d

Diane Keaton ain’t got no business being dead.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 3d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

www.openculture.com

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Back atcha!

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Stellar presentation by @miriamgershow.bsky.social about crafting compelling author bios for S. Oregon @wilwrite.bsky.social ! Thanks so much, Miriam!

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

I am never ever going to forgive a single one of these motherfuckers.

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · 3d

I don't have a printing press, but I do have access to a laser cutter and supplies for pendants and keychains. #DHmakes 🐸

A row of Miles's Frog of Portland images cut in a circle out of plywood on a laser cutter.

A keychain and pendant of the Frog of Portland image.

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 3d

"Proposals for virtual presentation are welcome."

Love to see it.

James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 3d

#CFP : Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination

cmrs.osu.edu/events/cfp-s...

CFP: Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination

Call for PapersStar Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance ImaginationPopular Culture and the Deep Past 2026

cmrs.osu.edu

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 3d

I know y'all have seen this, but I just want to do my part to ensure this video reaches ALL the corners of the internet as God and The Daily Show intended

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 3d

And let me highlight the DISCIPLINE at play here and across the country, too.

They are trying to goad protestors into lighting a Reichstag fire and those efforts are being met with suggestive hip thrusts from a giant inflatable frog.

This is movement not taking the bait.

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 7d

#EarlyModern meme! #BookHistory

The bottom of a page of printed text, showing three hands (or printers' fists) pointing at each other.

The spiderman meme: three spidermen pointing at each other.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 4d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 5d

#earlymodern

Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 5d

New on CollectionsCaptured is a wonderfully illustrated set of 17 proof copies of early 17th Century maps, later included in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

All 17 pages can be seen here on CollectionsCaptured: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...
[Ref. Freinds/JSM]

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 4d

Note to self: stop scheduling my mammogram during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

(Be assured, local health system, I'm VERY aware of breast cancer and really don't want a pink plastic bracelet to remind me)

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5d

Oregon.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

The most important political thread of our time.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 5d

Thony, oh no!!!!! Sending all good thoughts your way for healing and comfort

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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