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Serving the communities of New City, Congers, and Bardonia, NY. Connecting people, information, and ideas. 🚻📚💡
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Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 4h
your local library is lowkey slept on as a resource for information about your local community and assistance options
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 1h
TEENS!
Join us TUES, 10/28 @ 7 PM for
🪡Embroidery: Basics & Beyond🧵

NO SEWING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!

Pick a project, learn simple stitches, and get hands-on help to improve your skills!
All materials provided. Ages 12-17.

Register by 10/27: buff.ly/v6e4LHY
Embroidery Basics & Beyond for Teens Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 PM Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 PM Learn stitches, techniques, and how to transfer patterns at a personalized pace. There will be a variety of projects available to work on. Beginners are always welcome. (image: an embroidery sampler showing a variety of stitches in different colors of thread)
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 7h
📣 Some exciting news for Library Friends groups!

@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!

Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
ala-united.bsky.social United for Libraries @ala-united.bsky.social · 3d
Special announcement for the 20th annual #NationalFriendsofLibrariesWeek:

We've partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to provide:

💰 $500 & $1000 grants for Friends groups in small + rural areas
💻 1 year of eLearning on us
📚 $500 Book donation grants

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
Promotional image for National Friends of Libraries Week, featuring logos of Penguin Random House and United for Libraries. Text announces special grants of $500 and $1000 for small or rural libraries.
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 4h
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h
October is the 10th month.

‘October’ means “8th month.”

In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December.

The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 6h
On October 11, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center hosted the Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards, co-presented by PEN America. We spoke to a few authors in attendance about the importance of defending the First Amendment and the freedom to read in America. #BannedBooks #FreeTheBooks
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h
Technically, this is a book of spells.
The New Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Ed.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4h
Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.

Yes? No?
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 4h
@nyacklibrary.bsky.social 🤩
carnegiecorp.bsky.social Carnegie Corporation of New York @carnegiecorp.bsky.social · 2d
Happy early birthday, America! 🇺🇸

Every Carnegie Library in America is receiving a $10,000 gift in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 🎉

📰 See the @nytimes.com for more: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/n...

#CarnegieLibraries250 #America250
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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 1d
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
atlantic article screenshot headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight by yasmin tayag
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1d
A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 4h
Congratulations and good luck with your new building! 🥳

(We just did a major reno a couple of years ago, so I know what it feels like!)
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Churchill Madyavanhu @readtheworld.bsky.social · 1d
"When you lose yourself in a book the hours grow wings and fly." ~ Chloe Thurlow
#books #bookquotes #booktok #readtheworld #readaroundtheworldchallenge #ksiazki
Track your world reading progress for free here: readaroundtheworldchallenge.com
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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 1d
Just in case you're not at Day of Dialog, here are some interesting things I've seen so far:

do all publishers have book discussion guides so nicely laid out? www.bethanyhouseopenbook.com/discussion-g...
Book Club Discussion Guides — An Open Book
Book club discussion guides for Bethany House and Revell Publishers books including book club picks from authors Beverly Lewis, Angela Hunt, Jaime Jo Wright, Jody Hedlund, Julie Klassen, Rachel Hauck,...
www.bethanyhouseopenbook.com
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d
From Gaping Void newsletter, an important reminder about behavioral contagion. It's in our DNA!

I dramatically changed my life when I changed my inputs.
Let’s say you’re feeling good. Or bad. Either way, there’s a decent chance that your mood is just a mirror of the mood of the last person you interacted with. Talk with a cheery customer service rep on the phone, and you start feeling sunny too. Get stuck on a project with a grumpy coworker, and you start feeling down as well. A controversial 2012 study by Facebook even found that showing people more negative social media led people to post more negative posts themselves – without even realizing it. (The reverse was also true.)
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 1d
New City Library is updating its five year plan of service, and we need your help!

How do YOU use the library? What would you like to see more of? How can we serve you better?

Let us know! The survey will be up until Oct. 30:
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Help us plan for the future! Please answer our survey about what you'd like to see at the library in the coming years. (images: speech bubbles in teal green, Bermuda blue, pear green, and purple; New City Library logo)
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 1d
🩸BLOOD DRIVE🩸
Mon., 10/27 @ 1-7 pm

@newyorkbloodcenter.bsky.social 's mobile unit will be here next week! Please consider donating to help alleviate our local blood shortage.

Walk-ins welcome, appts preferred. (Use the QR code or link below.)

Make an appointment: buff.ly/tirUtXi

#GiveLife
New York Blood Center Blood Drive October 27 Monday, 1-7 PM New City Library 220 N. Main St., New City, NY High Tor Meeting Room Scan the QR code or go to nybc.org/sponsor and use code 05386 Prepare to donate: - Eat well and hydrate - Bring a photo ID - Feel good & symptom-free - Must be 17+ or 16 with parental consent form - Meet minimum weight guidelines - Written consent from your Doctor if aged 76 or older 800.933.BLOOD - nybc.org (images: red background box with a border of fall leaves; QR code in red, New York Blood Center logo and social media icons, New City Library logo)
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 2d
A last breath of summer...

Remember the paint-by-sticker poster we were completing for Summer Reading?

Here it is, from beginning to completion!!! Good job, everybody! 🖼️🌟🎉

(Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night)
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Libby App @libbyapp.com · 2d
🎧 💳 📚 This is your sign to #CheckOutYourLibrary, where we share stories, not subscriptions. #Bookish #Booksky #LibraryLove #LibraryJoy #LibbyApp
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Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social · 3d
Mississippi! We need you for our library map, if you know of a library in MS, please let us know!
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 2d
Cuts to federal funding are already making impacts in communities nationwide. Library workers worry about domino effects: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2025/10/13/librarians-sound-alarm-as-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-agency-that-supports-museums--libraries #ForOurLibraries
Librarians sound alarm as Trump admin takes aim at IMLS
Back in March, the President signed an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as part of his effort to reduce the size and cost of the government.
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Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social · 2d
We just added 5 more libraries to our Active Libraries on Bluesky Starter Pack! Check them out here: go.bsky.app/LKyMo3u

@navajolibrary.bsky.social
@hagamanlibrary.bsky.social
@tfpl.org
@iunlibrary.bsky.social
@caneylibrary.bsky.social
@coffeyvillepublib.bsky.social
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d
Marketing matters.

And: there are no small writing jobs.
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 2d
Join us tomorrow (10/23) at 2 pm for our FREE weekly
🎥Thursday Afternoon at the Movies!🍿

The theme for October is "Classics Remade." 🎬📽️🔁🎥

newcitylibrary.org/thursday-fil...
Thursday Afternoon at the Movies - 2 PM Oct. 2025: Classics Remade (image: showing on screen in a classic movie theater with red velvet seats and curtains: clip art of an old-fashioned film projector on a grey background projecting the text "Classics Remade Oct 2025" onto a white screen.)
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 2d
🩸BLOOD DRIVE🩸
Mon., 10/27 @ 1-7 pm

@newyorkbloodcenter.bsky.social 's mobile unit will be here next week! Please consider donating to help alleviate our local blood shortage.

Walk-ins welcome, appts preferred. (Use the QR code or link below.)

Make an appointment: buff.ly/tirUtXi

#GiveLife
New York Blood Center Blood Drive October 27 Monday, 1-7 PM New City Library 220 N. Main St., New City, NY High Tor Meeting Room Scan the QR code or go to nybc.org/sponsor and use code 05386 Prepare to donate: - Eat well and hydrate - Bring a photo ID - Feel good & symptom-free - Must be 17+ or 16 with parental consent form - Meet minimum weight guidelines - Written consent from your Doctor if aged 76 or older 800.933.BLOOD - nybc.org (images: red background box with a border of fall leaves; QR code in red, New York Blood Center logo and social media icons, New City Library logo)