Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜
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Rare Book #Librarian, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-ed/pub Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. No auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
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Hello new folks! I see a lot of "Hey, is there a starter pack to help me find [interest/group/my people]?!" Here's a big #directory of #StarterPacks so you don't have to reinvent the wheel! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Book review: How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
A picture of a slightly unhinged looking crocheted toy bear in a striped onesie where the stuffing is coming out of it vertically at the neck, on a blue background with confetti. I received this as an eARC from NetGalley. I’ve enjoyed several of her…
A picture of a slightly unhinged looking crocheted toy bear in a striped onesie where the stuffing is coming out of it vertically at the neck, on a blue background with confetti. I received this as an eARC from NetGalley. I’ve enjoyed several of her…
Book review: How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
A picture of a slightly unhinged looking crocheted toy bear in a striped onesie where the stuffing is coming out of it vertically at the neck, on a blue background with confetti. I received this as an eARC from NetGalley. I’ve enjoyed several of her other books, so when I saw a new one was coming, I snagged it immediately and plowed through it.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Book review: How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
A picture of a slightly unhinged looking crocheted toy bear in a striped onesie where the stuffing is coming out of it vertically at the neck, on a blue background with confetti. I received this as an eARC from NetGalley. I’ve enjoyed several of her…
A picture of a slightly unhinged looking crocheted toy bear in a striped onesie where the stuffing is coming out of it vertically at the neck, on a blue background with confetti. I received this as an eARC from NetGalley. I’ve enjoyed several of her…
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate.
Day set designed by Sophie Gimbel, USA, c1950. Full details here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/4052...
Day set designed by Sophie Gimbel, USA, c1950. Full details here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/4052...
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate.
Day set designed by Sophie Gimbel, USA, c1950. Full details here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/4052...
Day set designed by Sophie Gimbel, USA, c1950. Full details here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/4052...
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating.
I hope that today is what you need it to be to make your heart the tiniest bit more full. <3
I hope that today is what you need it to be to make your heart the tiniest bit more full. <3
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating.
I hope that today is what you need it to be to make your heart the tiniest bit more full. <3
I hope that today is what you need it to be to make your heart the tiniest bit more full. <3
I WIN AT RETAIL CHICKEN
a close up of a woman 's face with the words all shall love me and despair written in yellow .
Alt: a close up of Galadriel’s glowing face with the words all shall love me and despair written in yellow
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I WIN AT RETAIL CHICKEN
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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‘Tis officially the season!
You can now answer, “Let’s circle back in the New Year,” to any work or personal agenda item you want to postpone with a clear conscious.
You can now answer, “Let’s circle back in the New Year,” to any work or personal agenda item you want to postpone with a clear conscious.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
‘Tis officially the season!
You can now answer, “Let’s circle back in the New Year,” to any work or personal agenda item you want to postpone with a clear conscious.
You can now answer, “Let’s circle back in the New Year,” to any work or personal agenda item you want to postpone with a clear conscious.
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Reposted by Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜
Mashpee, MA: Archive Technician, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, MA: Archive Technician, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
archivesgig.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mashpee, MA: Archive Technician, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
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Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give A Dam
Just realized that the 18th c. French map of America by the Newberry Library Special Collections reading room is REALLY into Beavers! It illustrates nearly fifty of them hard at work... Building skills aside, they were probably featured because of the fur trade.
Just realized that the 18th c. French map of America by the Newberry Library Special Collections reading room is REALLY into Beavers! It illustrates nearly fifty of them hard at work... Building skills aside, they were probably featured because of the fur trade.
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give A Dam
Just realized that the 18th c. French map of America by the Newberry Library Special Collections reading room is REALLY into Beavers! It illustrates nearly fifty of them hard at work... Building skills aside, they were probably featured because of the fur trade.
Just realized that the 18th c. French map of America by the Newberry Library Special Collections reading room is REALLY into Beavers! It illustrates nearly fifty of them hard at work... Building skills aside, they were probably featured because of the fur trade.
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The Evolving University Library 📚
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library
What’s gained, what’s lost.
www.insidehighered.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Evolving University Library 📚
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Wherein a nun contemplated eradicating Satan but stopped with a little light mutilation. A Middle High German plenarium whose title I am not going to render with a tiny touchscreen keyboard, printed in Strasbourg by Thomas Anshelm, 1488
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wherein a nun contemplated eradicating Satan but stopped with a little light mutilation. A Middle High German plenarium whose title I am not going to render with a tiny touchscreen keyboard, printed in Strasbourg by Thomas Anshelm, 1488
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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, and will reopen on Monday, December 1. 🍂
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, and will reopen on Monday, December 1. 🍂
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FYI
First up: scientists said it couldn't be done. But we put our logo on a scroll, and then got a mouse to hold it while riding a lobster.
Be wowed:
merl-shop.co.uk/shop/curiosi...
Original artwork from @uorspeccoll.bsky.social.
Be wowed:
merl-shop.co.uk/shop/curiosi...
Original artwork from @uorspeccoll.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
FYI
Page proofs for The Infinite Loop submitted, a week ahead of schedule.😎
@katy-katy.bsky.social WE DID IT!!!
@katy-katy.bsky.social WE DID IT!!!
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Page proofs for The Infinite Loop submitted, a week ahead of schedule.😎
@katy-katy.bsky.social WE DID IT!!!
@katy-katy.bsky.social WE DID IT!!!
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Scotland’s Gutenberg: William Ged & the Invention of Stereotype Printing, 1725–49
Dr William Zachs hypothesises the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books, thus offering a revised history of book production in #C18th Britain
#BookHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMcE...
Dr William Zachs hypothesises the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books, thus offering a revised history of book production in #C18th Britain
#BookHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMcE...
Scotland’s Gutenberg: William Ged and the Invention of Stereotype Printing, 1725–49
YouTube video by UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Scotland’s Gutenberg: William Ged & the Invention of Stereotype Printing, 1725–49
Dr William Zachs hypothesises the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books, thus offering a revised history of book production in #C18th Britain
#BookHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMcE...
Dr William Zachs hypothesises the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books, thus offering a revised history of book production in #C18th Britain
#BookHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMcE...
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This platform is full of nerds with a conscience: we recognize ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines for the radioactive snake oil they are.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This platform is full of nerds with a conscience: we recognize ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines for the radioactive snake oil they are.
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Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
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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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The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
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Librarian
The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute is one of the most comprehensive collections of published polar information in the world. This highly specialist reference collection, which attracts
www.cam.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
New book review! lynnemthomas.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book review: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
I received this anniversary edition as an eARC via Netgalley. A somewhat abstract silhouette of a woman surrounded by plants in shades of blue with a red moon and gown. This is a great example of a…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New book review! lynnemthomas.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book review: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
I received this anniversary edition as an eARC via Netgalley. A somewhat abstract silhouette of a woman surrounded by plants in shades of blue with a red moon and gown. This is a great example of a novel that I read back in college closer to when it…
I received this anniversary edition as an eARC via Netgalley. A somewhat abstract silhouette of a woman surrounded by plants in shades of blue with a red moon and gown. This is a great example of a novel that I read back in college closer to when it…
Book review: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
I received this anniversary edition as an eARC via Netgalley. A somewhat abstract silhouette of a woman surrounded by plants in shades of blue with a red moon and gown. This is a great example of a novel that I read back in college closer to when it was initially published, but revisiting it again is a significantly greater pleasure. When it came out it was groundbreaking, and this edition acknowledges that.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Book review: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
I received this anniversary edition as an eARC via Netgalley. A somewhat abstract silhouette of a woman surrounded by plants in shades of blue with a red moon and gown. This is a great example of a novel that I read back in college closer to when it…
I received this anniversary edition as an eARC via Netgalley. A somewhat abstract silhouette of a woman surrounded by plants in shades of blue with a red moon and gown. This is a great example of a novel that I read back in college closer to when it…
TFW you are playing retail chicken (items in cart, not completing transaction) with a particular retailer who has a thing you want, and is running a sale, but NOT on the thing you want. And somehow this is the ONE retailer that doesn't send discount codes in this scenario. :harrumphs:
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
TFW you are playing retail chicken (items in cart, not completing transaction) with a particular retailer who has a thing you want, and is running a sale, but NOT on the thing you want. And somehow this is the ONE retailer that doesn't send discount codes in this scenario. :harrumphs: