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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 27m

Sorry for your loss. 💔

S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 35m

Good morning! Up and at 'em!

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Danger! High Voltage (2025 Remaster)

YouTube video by Electric Six - Topic

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 16h

Get you a friend like @tudoraf.bsky.social, who will take you to a spot where you can both touch grass & photograph glass

Bernard Horwich JCC (rear)
Architect: Epstein & Sons, 1960

Color photo of the back of a two story light tan brick box of a building with a flat roof, taken from across a grassy field. The facade is enlivened by a large expanse of vertically oriented glass block in different colors.

Color close-up of the expanse of glass block in the previous photo reveals that the glass is not just in different colors, but also different sizes and textures.

An even closer color photo of the glass blocks, detailing the different sizes, orientations, textures and colors of the glass block.

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Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 16h

1971 Ford Ranchero GT 351

Bid for the chance to own a 1971 Ford Ranchero GT 351 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #215,557.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort

Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

The clouds were something else tonight.

Clouds with a reddish orange underbelly above two stands of trees.

Cloud formations with an orangish underbelly.

Golden hour clouds between trees as the sun sets.

Light hitting the tops of trees. Clouds above.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

He takes care of my kids so that my husband and I can take child-free getaways.

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

Fantasy written for children is the pinnacle of the genre.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think a long book is even primarily about plot, or character, or any of the patterned information on its pages. A long book is practicing over time a way of being in the world. Reading even a very good summary is not the same as giving over some portion of your own life to that practice.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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general BOOsician @generalmusician.bsky.social · 1d

And, in an instant, I'm suddenly transported to the Randall's in Rosenberg where we'd rent Aerobiz on the Super Nintendo and The Addams Family.

S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

Mad respect to the Blue Bell marketing department who have not spent a single dime on packaging design since the late 80s.

Row of Blue Bell ice cream treats featuring a farmer, construction worker and coach holding ice cream bars.

A Blue Bell ice cream sandwich box featuring a little girl in garish make-up holding an ice cream sandwich.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

Mad respect to the Blue Bell marketing department who have not spent a single dime on packaging design since the late 80s.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh! Hope it goes away soon!

S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 1d

My love, my life.

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 1d

Wayne Thiebaud, Cup of Coffee, 1961, from a small, focused survey of Thiebaud's work now up at London's Courtauld Gallery. Also in that exhibition:

Painting of a single cup of coffee against an off-white background

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

Me! 🙋🏻

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Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2d

1972 Ford F-100 Ranger

Bid for the chance to own a 1972 Ford F-100 Ranger at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #215,404.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

Joyce. For the fart jokes.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! My wording wasn't precise enough.

What I mean is the specific images of the Eucharist and the Presbyterian minister have unlocked something in this particular fight.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2d

Tri-Power-Equipped 1964 Pontiac GTO Hardtop Coupe 4-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a Tri-Power-Equipped 1964 Pontiac GTO Hardtop Coupe 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #215,382.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

😂 Yes!

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

When are they going to put this sign out of its misery?

Best of luck Bill Belichick sign in Chapel Hill.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Pretty straightforward admission this set of writers are producing work with the intent and purpose to “trigger the libs” in order to gain stature among their peers.

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

Ratio me. It’s a badge of honor. Oooooo yes I like it when you ratio me. Ooh now ratio me harder yessss. Now ratio me while the neighbors watch. Ok now wearing that costume. Yessss.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

You should read this by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social if you haven't already done so: organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

If you bring a cooler, you can prep those muffin tin egg bites and heat them up for something for the adults.

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