Emrys
@librarytheologian.bsky.social
He/him. Loves cheese, loves bread, loves coffee. A theologian who is queer, and more than relatively conscious.
Grace creates the shape of our obligations to one another. Access to resources helps us grow. Ethics is not about rules, it's about justice.
Grace creates the shape of our obligations to one another. Access to resources helps us grow. Ethics is not about rules, it's about justice.
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Emrys
@librarytheologian.bsky.social
· Jun 16
"This would seem to be a bit of low-hanging fruit, and since I happen to be a low-hanging fruit myself, I'll take care of it."
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saw relatives’ two month old baby. cuddled him in my arms and said “hey little buddy….don’t feel bad, there’s a website i’ m on where grown adults have afternoon crashouts too. you ain’t the only one. “ he looked at me weird and then fell asleep
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
saw relatives’ two month old baby. cuddled him in my arms and said “hey little buddy….don’t feel bad, there’s a website i’ m on where grown adults have afternoon crashouts too. you ain’t the only one. “ he looked at me weird and then fell asleep
Little birdie, can't yo' frien' do nothin' right?
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Little birdie, can't yo' frien' do nothin' right?
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Iykyk
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Iykyk
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And the obligation on the second day of the Festival of Thanks Giving is to consume leftovers in the form of a sandwich, such as Hillel ate when the Temple still stood. One should consume enough to become drowsy but not enough to nap.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
And the obligation on the second day of the Festival of Thanks Giving is to consume leftovers in the form of a sandwich, such as Hillel ate when the Temple still stood. One should consume enough to become drowsy but not enough to nap.
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If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
I want to be able to mark emails neither read nor unread, but another, secret third thing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
Yep. A tiny percentage of a huge amount of money is a large amount of money.
A larger percentage of a small amount of money is a tiny amount of money.
A larger percentage of a small amount of money is a tiny amount of money.
liberals love posting that chart so a few months ago i spent a couple minutes remaking it in terms of dollars. the orange represents the gain in dollars
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Yep. A tiny percentage of a huge amount of money is a large amount of money.
A larger percentage of a small amount of money is a tiny amount of money.
A larger percentage of a small amount of money is a tiny amount of money.
Labor is the reason for the season.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Labor is the reason for the season.
We went from 300k volumes to 34k volumes, and got through the move with ILL from our consortium. ILL saves lives—and libraries!
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We went from 300k volumes to 34k volumes, and got through the move with ILL from our consortium. ILL saves lives—and libraries!
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If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I would have a tautological number of nickels. Which is a number of nickels
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I would have a tautological number of nickels. Which is a number of nickels
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this is the peace plan we should be pushing
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
this is the peace plan we should be pushing
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
russia goes home and gets nothing. they learn from this that adventures in occupying neighbors has no benefit and only costs
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stg it's always the Reagan appointees that manage to make references in federal court queeny enough to make Nathan Lane as Albert Goldman in THE BIRDCAGE (1996) suggest the jurist in question try to butch it up a little in public
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
stg it's always the Reagan appointees that manage to make references in federal court queeny enough to make Nathan Lane as Albert Goldman in THE BIRDCAGE (1996) suggest the jurist in question try to butch it up a little in public
Fuck, I forgot about chicory. Celestial Seasonings! ::shakes fist::
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fuck, I forgot about chicory. Celestial Seasonings! ::shakes fist::
Just, body-deep sighing when I look at SSO accounts I've made to see if people are having access issues, and only see my original test access.
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just, body-deep sighing when I look at SSO accounts I've made to see if people are having access issues, and only see my original test access.
Every so often I think to myself, "am I allowed to do X?"
Then I look at my official job title and think "I am the Library Services Coordinator, I coordinate library services."
(And of course I run it past my boss.)
Then I look at my official job title and think "I am the Library Services Coordinator, I coordinate library services."
(And of course I run it past my boss.)
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Every so often I think to myself, "am I allowed to do X?"
Then I look at my official job title and think "I am the Library Services Coordinator, I coordinate library services."
(And of course I run it past my boss.)
Then I look at my official job title and think "I am the Library Services Coordinator, I coordinate library services."
(And of course I run it past my boss.)
Sigh. Trying (and failing) not to take it personally that one of the seminaries' ed tech people has been convinced to shill for an online book streaming platform, and let's just say is not acquainted with our library services, the overlap, and the fact that it looks like an attempt to kill us.
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sigh. Trying (and failing) not to take it personally that one of the seminaries' ed tech people has been convinced to shill for an online book streaming platform, and let's just say is not acquainted with our library services, the overlap, and the fact that it looks like an attempt to kill us.
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the face i make when i have a great idea, before i realize the inevitable repercussions
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
the face i make when i have a great idea, before i realize the inevitable repercussions
The moral arc of the universe needs to get bent.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The moral arc of the universe needs to get bent.
My wife and I were talking about the life cycle of bits (comedic, humorous) in our marriage, and which bits we miss, and which might be tired, and I said:
"I just flew in from San Francisco, and boy are my bits tired."
"I just flew in from San Francisco, and boy are my bits tired."
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My wife and I were talking about the life cycle of bits (comedic, humorous) in our marriage, and which bits we miss, and which might be tired, and I said:
"I just flew in from San Francisco, and boy are my bits tired."
"I just flew in from San Francisco, and boy are my bits tired."
Self-driving cars, and especially then self-driving taxi services, are just an anti-labor, anti-public-transit wedge funded by venture capital.
They're solving a problem VC has, and VC alone: services that help people instead of being liquidated for one-time profit. They're shitting *our* bed.
They're solving a problem VC has, and VC alone: services that help people instead of being liquidated for one-time profit. They're shitting *our* bed.
I feel at this point that we need the self-driving car in the same way that we need the self-shitting bed.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Self-driving cars, and especially then self-driving taxi services, are just an anti-labor, anti-public-transit wedge funded by venture capital.
They're solving a problem VC has, and VC alone: services that help people instead of being liquidated for one-time profit. They're shitting *our* bed.
They're solving a problem VC has, and VC alone: services that help people instead of being liquidated for one-time profit. They're shitting *our* bed.
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Dammit I love libraries. What an unbeatable institution and idea.
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dammit I love libraries. What an unbeatable institution and idea.
Yep. Remember this: the fact that US schools have been among the go-to places for education for non-US citizens is a key reason the fascists are trying to kill them, and removing non-US citizens from schools is a key mechanism for killing US schools. We teach the world. And they want to isolate us.
Because international student enrollment is so often used as a cudgel in discussions about immigration, this is a good time to remind people that international students aren't taking up spaces for US students at state schools, they are paying full tuition that FUNDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR US STUDENTS.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yep. Remember this: the fact that US schools have been among the go-to places for education for non-US citizens is a key reason the fascists are trying to kill them, and removing non-US citizens from schools is a key mechanism for killing US schools. We teach the world. And they want to isolate us.
Yes, I'm fucking brilliant and more people should talk to me.
Not, y'know, in general. Please. But professionally, about things that involve my library, and its collections.
(I'm also sleep-deprived right now.)
Not, y'know, in general. Please. But professionally, about things that involve my library, and its collections.
(I'm also sleep-deprived right now.)
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yes, I'm fucking brilliant and more people should talk to me.
Not, y'know, in general. Please. But professionally, about things that involve my library, and its collections.
(I'm also sleep-deprived right now.)
Not, y'know, in general. Please. But professionally, about things that involve my library, and its collections.
(I'm also sleep-deprived right now.)