Lara Seven Phillips
@laraseven.bsky.social
Current artcar: Memento Mori. Co-author of "Taking Your MLIS Abroad: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job." Jeopardy Silver medalist. Portlander.
This week's "book that should have been discarded from the library WAY before 2025":
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This week's "book that should have been discarded from the library WAY before 2025":
Two counties I have been to that overpromise and underdeliver:
Skamania County, Washington: no two-tone scene evident. Spotted no trombones or pork pie hats when I visited.
Licking County, Ohio: named for the local Licking River. Not a hotbed of ice cream scoop shops or lesbian bars.
Skamania County, Washington: no two-tone scene evident. Spotted no trombones or pork pie hats when I visited.
Licking County, Ohio: named for the local Licking River. Not a hotbed of ice cream scoop shops or lesbian bars.
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Two counties I have been to that overpromise and underdeliver:
Skamania County, Washington: no two-tone scene evident. Spotted no trombones or pork pie hats when I visited.
Licking County, Ohio: named for the local Licking River. Not a hotbed of ice cream scoop shops or lesbian bars.
Skamania County, Washington: no two-tone scene evident. Spotted no trombones or pork pie hats when I visited.
Licking County, Ohio: named for the local Licking River. Not a hotbed of ice cream scoop shops or lesbian bars.
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
1) no i didn't pay to read this
2) that last boilerplate line of the cut and paste I got this from should be given some sort of irony award.
2) that last boilerplate line of the cut and paste I got this from should be given some sort of irony award.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
1) no i didn't pay to read this
2) that last boilerplate line of the cut and paste I got this from should be given some sort of irony award.
2) that last boilerplate line of the cut and paste I got this from should be given some sort of irony award.
Double entendre title of the week. This book is from 2005 and appears to be from a UK or HK publisher but I really think someone should have told them.
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Double entendre title of the week. This book is from 2005 and appears to be from a UK or HK publisher but I really think someone should have told them.
You know who else is controversial and a lot of people don't like? Pot. Kettle.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You know who else is controversial and a lot of people don't like? Pot. Kettle.
The person in the tweet below was a teacher?
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The person in the tweet below was a teacher?
I know Bob LaFolette is an important midwestern Progressive Governor and he died 50 years before Mtv, but damn if he doesn't look like Beavis here.
"Heh heh, fair tax policy, heh heh"
"Heh heh, fair tax policy, heh heh"
Robert La Follette on Fighting for Democracy
"We have long rested comfortably in this country upon the assumption that because our form of government was democratic, it was therefore automatically producing democratic results. Now, there is noth...
www.acorn-drive.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I know Bob LaFolette is an important midwestern Progressive Governor and he died 50 years before Mtv, but damn if he doesn't look like Beavis here.
"Heh heh, fair tax policy, heh heh"
"Heh heh, fair tax policy, heh heh"
Love this part of her job ad:
Operations Coordinator – Your Name
Please include:
Resume
Cover Letter (must include the phrase "I am organized as hell" to demonstrate attention to detail)
Operations Coordinator – Your Name
Please include:
Resume
Cover Letter (must include the phrase "I am organized as hell" to demonstrate attention to detail)
If that sounds like you or someone you know, hit the link below to learn more and apply!
I'm Hiring: Operations Coordinator!
www.portland.gov
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Love this part of her job ad:
Operations Coordinator – Your Name
Please include:
Resume
Cover Letter (must include the phrase "I am organized as hell" to demonstrate attention to detail)
Operations Coordinator – Your Name
Please include:
Resume
Cover Letter (must include the phrase "I am organized as hell" to demonstrate attention to detail)
So a parent could reasonably let an adult date their 15 year old daughter, but it's not reasonable to let her choose books she likes at the library, because they could unduly influence her immature brain?
The hypocrisy burns.
The hypocrisy burns.
"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
So a parent could reasonably let an adult date their 15 year old daughter, but it's not reasonable to let her choose books she likes at the library, because they could unduly influence her immature brain?
The hypocrisy burns.
The hypocrisy burns.
I'm putting money away now to donate to AOC to primary Schumer in 2028.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm putting money away now to donate to AOC to primary Schumer in 2028.
Re: the end of IRS freefile: file thru snailmail paper, especially if you owe. You can use tax act or other tax prep software to do the math for you, and you just copy the amount before you get to the payment screen. If you aren't expecting a refund or aren't depending on it, slow walk your return.
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Re: the end of IRS freefile: file thru snailmail paper, especially if you owe. You can use tax act or other tax prep software to do the math for you, and you just copy the amount before you get to the payment screen. If you aren't expecting a refund or aren't depending on it, slow walk your return.
For once, predictive text manages to be both hilarious and accurate (image on left).
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For once, predictive text manages to be both hilarious and accurate (image on left).
Cindy tells me/ it looks like you were charged twice
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cindy tells me/ it looks like you were charged twice
Today I learned that the author of the very first "for dummies" title (DOS for dummies) is now a Mayor. I recognized his name since I've probably ordered several dozen of his computer books for public libraries I've worked for over the last 3 decades.
case in point
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Today I learned that the author of the very first "for dummies" title (DOS for dummies) is now a Mayor. I recognized his name since I've probably ordered several dozen of his computer books for public libraries I've worked for over the last 3 decades.
I would listen to this.
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I would listen to this.
Now generate one where Cuomo comes to your door and instead of taking 52% of your candy, he sexually pesters your wife.
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Now generate one where Cuomo comes to your door and instead of taking 52% of your candy, he sexually pesters your wife.
Reposted by Lara Seven Phillips
A rare example of indoor environmental mimicry, this specimen demonstrates the remarkable ability to disguise itself as a throw pillow
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A rare example of indoor environmental mimicry, this specimen demonstrates the remarkable ability to disguise itself as a throw pillow
Wtf. I can't recommend you watch this, but I'm posting it as though it was cuddled milk and I'm asking you if youve ever smelled anything so awful.
This is an actual campaign ad by Andrew Cuomo.
It features an AI generated pregnant and feminized "bill."
It features an AI generated pregnant and feminized "bill."
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Wtf. I can't recommend you watch this, but I'm posting it as though it was cuddled milk and I'm asking you if youve ever smelled anything so awful.
Aw man, spent so much on weed gummies to give to unsuspecting trick or treaters that I'm not gonna make rent.
kidding aside, best Halloween I spent in the 2010s was giving out candy in a semi-affluent neighborhood in Seattle my pal was renting in. We had box wine in solo cups for the parents.
kidding aside, best Halloween I spent in the 2010s was giving out candy in a semi-affluent neighborhood in Seattle my pal was renting in. We had box wine in solo cups for the parents.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Aw man, spent so much on weed gummies to give to unsuspecting trick or treaters that I'm not gonna make rent.
kidding aside, best Halloween I spent in the 2010s was giving out candy in a semi-affluent neighborhood in Seattle my pal was renting in. We had box wine in solo cups for the parents.
kidding aside, best Halloween I spent in the 2010s was giving out candy in a semi-affluent neighborhood in Seattle my pal was renting in. We had box wine in solo cups for the parents.
For the last time, not-Goths, Zombie by the Cranberries and Ghost Town by the Specials aren't spooky Halloween songs.
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
For the last time, not-Goths, Zombie by the Cranberries and Ghost Town by the Specials aren't spooky Halloween songs.
I'd like to remind nice people that if you can afford it (ie your employer pays you for your jury service or you won't suffer for missing work), don't shirk jury duty. it's is a way you can make a direct and meaningful difference.
Indicted for shit posting on Blue Sky but the jury said nah
Jury Acquits Man Accused of Soliciting Trump’s Murder on Bluesky
A jury took about two hours Tuesday to acquit a man accused of soliciting President Donald Trump’s assassination on social media, a setback for the Justice Department office led by Trump’s newly-insta...
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I'd like to remind nice people that if you can afford it (ie your employer pays you for your jury service or you won't suffer for missing work), don't shirk jury duty. it's is a way you can make a direct and meaningful difference.
Spider-Marx, Spider-Marx, does whatever the proletariat can...
I am describing my politics as “arachno-communism” from now on
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Spider-Marx, Spider-Marx, does whatever the proletariat can...
I'm just waiting for the Fox News spin when Grandpa finally gets in front of a live mike and says Poo poo pee pee repeatedly while grabbing his crotch.
Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm just waiting for the Fox News spin when Grandpa finally gets in front of a live mike and says Poo poo pee pee repeatedly while grabbing his crotch.
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I’m watching the World Series. I’m taking part o the Stanford prison experiment. I’m at the combination World Series/Stanford prison experiment
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I’m watching the World Series. I’m taking part o the Stanford prison experiment. I’m at the combination World Series/Stanford prison experiment