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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Nov 10

hi, i'm fuchsia! i'm a librarian and activist in massachusetts. i obsess over crafts in the winter, my garden in the summer, and books year round. i sporadically make content about books, cozy video games, and my life.

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redheaded woman standing in a freshly mulched garden. she has blue cat-eye shaped glasses with sparkly rhinestones on the top corners. she is wearing a black t-shirt that says "what's more punk than the public library?"

it's me, i'm the redheaded woman.

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · 6d

I came home from work a few hours early to spend some extra time with her, and she was waiting for me. it was time. I took her out to the garden and cuddled with her and told her how great it was to have her in my life for over 18 years. she passed peacefully on her own terms after saying goodbye.

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · 6d

(tw pet death)

Ginny died today, two months shy of her 19th birthday. I knew it was coming, and spent the past few days spoiling her extra (even if I didn't want to believe it). this morning, I knew it was time, so I called the vet and made an appointment for tonight. (1/2)

Ginny, an elderly orange cat, wearing a purple hoodie to keep her warm a few days ago.

Ginny curled up and sleeping on her bed. Morwen, a black kitten who's bigger than her, is curled up next to her (she was unaware).

Ginny sleeping on top of me, under a blanket

Ginny sleeping on a towel next to her milk bowl.

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · 20d

I found a great argument for using the Oxford comma in the wild. (courtesy of bookpage)

a blurb about "Replaceable You" by Mary Roach that reads:

"Mary Roach has made a career writing about bodily things that make readers simultaneously flinch and stare: cadavers, guts and sex, to name a few."

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · 24d

now that i don't have to work saturdays anymore (big tournament days), what if i came back to the splatoon comp scene... as a commentator????

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 26

People who appreciate the intoxicating euphoria of reading from a real dictionary expertly hand-crafted by diligent human lexicographers.

Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.

Surprise Floof (she/her) @surprisefloof.bsky.social · Sep 25

Who's the audience for a paper dictionary these days? (Serious question.)

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 25

i finally finished the dress i've been making all summer!

me, a white woman with red hair, wearing a bright yellow dress. it is (too) loose fitting, with elbow-length puffy sleeves, a low scoop neck, and a ruffled skirt. the fabric has clusters of little white flowers on it.

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 24

can we go back to the era when, on streaming services, clicking on the title brought you to the info page about the show/movie, instead of immediately playing it? PLEASE.

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 23

the host library sent out to the all regions MA listserv that you were a wonderful speaker, very passionate, and very recommended. you even got my coworker's attention, and then I told her the story of you owning the shop and she spent a while looking up your story 😅

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 22

these are all the networks I get access to just with my one MA library card (minus Chicago lol... my card renewed right before I moved, so it's still good 😅)

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 22

as for if they all come in at once... you can suspend holds in Libby, which helps a TON. you still move up the queue but take them when you're ready once you're at the top.

screenshot of my Libby hold shelf with two suspended holds (I'm saving them for October; one is a book club read)

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 22

check if your library network has a collab with other networks for Libby. in MA, my one card can use all the public networks in the state, and that cuts down on wait times significantly. and hoopla is instant, if your library has it (a lot cut it because it's expensive).

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 21

*takes notes to suggest to my director* (i already plan on making room in the budget for a cricut... for me at least lol)

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Sep 20

Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 20

it's one thing to say "we're very welcoming" but... why more than others?

(and i ask as someone who's been here from the beginning. it just was! but how did this come to be the norm?)

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 20

genuine question-- i've always loved how splatoon is (generally) VERY welcoming of the lgbtqia+ community, but has anyone ever looked into WHY the splatoon population tends to skew/attract this community more than a lot of other comp scenes?

Radha @radha.splstrong.com · Sep 19

#splcensus #compsplatoon #splatoon

Day 2!

This time on queer identity within the Splatoon community

By far one of the more staggering findings from it for me personally. We are curious to see how this compares to other communities.

again, chart by the amazing @zapfisk.splstrong.com

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 18

TIL the chicken dance isn't the song's actual name.

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 10

I think about it sometimes, but probably not unless another happens in Boston or somewhere close. my life is just so completely different since I moved (/pos)

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 10

you look so good, that hairstyle is SO cute on you!

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 9

today I got my own debit card for the library and got to do one of my favorite hobbies (shopping for craft supplies at Michaels) while on company time AND spending money that's not my own! I really do have my dream job.

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 8

I've lived by and worked in fine fee libraries for so long that I forget other places still charge late fees. it's an antiquated policy that restricts the most vulnerable from accessing things they need, and it severely limits circulation stats. more libraries should be fine free!

NJ.com @nj.com · Sep 6

In the first year under the new policy, the library system recorded 15,334 new library card registrations and checkouts increased 36%,

This N.J. library system eliminated late fees. The idea was one for the books.

In the first year under the new policy, the library system recorded 15,334 new library card registrations and checkouts increased 36%,

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fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 7

I finally cleaned my vanity, which I'd been putting off cleaning for way too long, and broke a wine glass in the process. That'll teach me to never clean again.

fuchsiarascal 🌙📚 @lunarlibraries.com · Sep 7

stopped by my old library yesterday to see former coworkers, and got an idea for my new library that I'm VERY excited to work on, so now I can't wait to go in tomorrow. I guess that's a good sign that I love my job, that I'm impatient to go back to work after the weekend...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 6

The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here.

This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.

A TruthSocial post from Donald Trump, featuring an AI generated image of him in front of Chicago burning and under invasion with the words “Chipocalypse Now” near him stylized like the poster for the film Apocalypse Now. The text accompanying the post reads “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR 🚁🚁🚁”

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Sep 6

If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at [email protected] if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · Sep 6

ICE has just ramped up its presence in the BOSTON area.
If you see something -- a raid, cars with masked agents, etc. -- call LUCE right away and record everything you can.
Support your neighbors!

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