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Matt
@mattlibrarian.bsky.social
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Librarian, Antifascist, South African American. No one is free until we are all free! www.TeenLibrarian.co.uk Signal: mattlibrarian.01
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 13h
Today I discovered that my maternal grandfather played in a jazz band in the 1920’s and ‘30’s while traveling the world with the British Merchant Navy. He was a multi-instrumentalist who played the saxophone, banjo, clarinet and piano. These are trio of the pieces he played:
Sheet music: Sung, Broadcast and Recorded by the Savoy Bands Lareine’s Edition 6d The Ogo-Pogo The funny foxtrot Words by Cumberland Clark Music by Mark Strong A small green fish goblin creature is wearing Chelsea boots and strumming a banjo on the cover Sheet music: Snakes Hips A Jungle Jazz Words and Music by Spencer Williams Two apes are playing the banjo and saxophone while an elephant trumpets and a python and lion look on
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 1d
They’re also available in packs of 10 for office, church, and local Arby’s shenanigans. www.mulebooks.com/store/pack-o...
Pack of 10 Torment Nexus zines — MULE BOOKS
It’s a wee 3×5 zine with an essay about AI (boo) and some fun collages. You want it. You want more than one. In fact, you want ten, which is what this page is selling. A pack of ten. That way you can ...
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d
Small apple
A small, ripe end of season apple in sharp focus in the foreground. Slightly out of focus behind it are other apple trees in the orchard. The sky is blue with a few clouds and the grass is green.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 1d
a cartoon character says let 's go in front of a store window
ALT: a cartoon character says let 's go in front of a store window
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 2d
I am celebrating Columbus Day by watching Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Thursday Murder Club
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 3d
Oh loads!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 3d
Heard from a colleague that a patron just accused my library of using AI to answer phones with a British accent!

I was on phone duty this afternoon ^_^

Not that I have a British accent - it is an English-speaking South African accent
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 4d
Hey @clairebrarian.bsky.social thought that you may like to see this (if you have not already):
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Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 8d
Popped over to Little Brown today and got to see my new Golden Girls book in all its glory.
A bearded man, me, poses with his book The Golden Girls, Love is Golden
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 4d
Windows 11 turned me back to Linux, I dual booted for a while until Windows scragged my hard drive so I went Linux only (Ubuntu) and have not looked back
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 4d
Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 4d
“President has ‘heart of a humanitarian’
Has it been confirmed that Donald Trump is stealing body parts now?
Photo of President Trump waving his little hands, his mouth puckered like an asshole with the text: Donald Trump White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’ President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 4d
I know hope is dangerous but I am feeling it for Gaza - just a small and fragile hope at the moment but I am nurturing it
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 5d
Went to purchase a copy of Winnie the Pooh and was shocked to discover that it now comes with a Tigger Warning
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 7d
That is a perfect description!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 7d
Herving fern isn't herd when yerv gert a lerbry curd
fern leaf herd of sheep library shelves lemon curd
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 7d
Actually glad we returned to the US when we did and avoided the growing shortage of air traffic controllers thanks to the government shutdown
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 7d
Think you mistakenly used a 'b' instead of an 'f' in that 4th word there @npr.org
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NPR @npr.org · 8d
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d
I think that Bánh mì should be the official food of #BannedBooksWeek 📚 📜
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d
The people that lionize and laud the Punisher and wear his logo are the types of people Frank Castle would happily shoot
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d
#LibrarianizeaPerformer

Cardigan B
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d
Many purported fellow followers of my faith only do so as a fig leaf to disguise their bigotry and hate.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d
It me! (on both sides of the conversation)
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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 8d
Banned Books - Gator Days
Banned Books - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Olivia and Gustopher are at the library. The Library is having a special event for books that have been banned in the past. Dora the librarian is stacking books with titles like "BOOK", "Boogers", "Tales", "Can you", "read this" and "Word". Olivia has a great interest in forbidden knowledge and has been browsing what's available. She's found a book called "Salt Box" and has an important question for the librarian. Olivia: Miss Librarian! Why was this book banned? Dora: Vulgar Language. Panel 2 Dora makes a shocked expression and holds her hands to her face. This is the only way she can express how depraved the book is. Dora: The word "butt" is used.... FIFTEEN TIMES! Panel 3 Dora looks down to the children to gather their reaction. Internally, Gustopher is wondering if Dora meant "but" with one "t" or "butt" with two. Olivia immediately assumes it's the latter. Behind them is a poster promoting banned books week. There is a cartoon book that's smiling and saying "I'm forbidden!" He's booky the banned book. He was specifically banned for being made using the darkest of magic. He's also kind of rude. Panel 4 Olivia is excited about the book. This leads Gustopher to assume that "butt" was indeed spelled with an extra "t". Olivia: Now I have to read it. Dora: Oh noooo... I'll help you check it out.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d
As a South African ex-pat I do not understand this dislike (to be fair I was also taken aback by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa against other African migrants too)
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 10d
Need resources for Banned Books Week? Check out our @la-cac.org resources curated by the fabulous Lynette Mejia! It includes this “The Attacks on Our Libraries” graphic and ways to help combat censorship. www.la-cac.org/resources
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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 13d
It has been amazing! Sadly we are leaving tomorrow
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