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I am a Librarian!

@qtpilibrarian.bsky.social

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Librarian. USN (Ret) spouse. Mom. Gardener. Gamer. Anime. PBS. PTX. Tattoos. Whiskey. Cis-het, she/her. Passionate about literacy, gardening (native, esp!), and animal rescue. Opinions my own.

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · Jun 10

What I have read this summer:
June 1-August 31, 2025
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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

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#kittencleanse #toocute

Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 1d

Morning Kittens

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Love this 💙
#restoration

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

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One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

WWJD

Then they can't figure out why we back away from their decidedly un-Christ-like attitudes and actions.

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Goodnight y'all.
Leaving ya with this gem. 😎
#windrose #metal #rock #rockon
#dwarfmetal

WIND ROSE - Diggy Diggy Hole (Official Video) | Napalm Records

YouTube video by Napalm Records

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

With v-neck and scoop neck options! And zip up hoodies!

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

We are already homeschooling our oldest because most of the schools in ND just don't have the funding to fully support diverse needs. We're looking at selling our home and moving to the MN side of the river...
#education #shutdown

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

www.propublica.org

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, goodness...I have a soft spot for all the witch books, including Tiffany Aching. Wyrd Sisters was my first Pratchett.

Monstrous Regiment and The Hogfather are probably my favs.

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Omg! No! That's awesome, ty!

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 4d

A former library director in Wyoming has won $700,000 in a settlement after she was fired for refusing to remove Sexual health and LGBTQ+ books. www.advocate.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

I wonder what would happen if we could assign what agencies/programs we wanted our tax money to fund on our tax forms... 🤔
#taxes #choice #freedom

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

Okay. 🤷‍♀️

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 7d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

I've had SO MANY emails from other distributors today...like, I get it, but it also feels very flies-on-a-carcass.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

And libraries!

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

I love my job.
#librarian #librarylife #freadom

ACLU @aclu.org · 7d

We were at the American Library Association Conference this summer talking with librarians about the importance of everyone having access to books that represent all kinds of different backgrounds and experiences.

Thank you to every librarian working to defend our right to read.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #newbooksday, to all who celebrate! 🥳
#librarylife #freadom

East Grand Forks Campbell Library @egfcampbelllibrary.bsky.social · 7d

First post! First #newbooksday of October! (Part 1) 🥳 💙📚
#librarylife #library #read
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Eleven adult fiction books on a table, from top left: The Exiled Fleet by J.S. Dewes, The Cinnamon Bun Book Store by Laurie Gilmore, A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian, The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi, The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart, A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne, Flashlight by Susan Choi, Calder Strong by Janet Dailey, Denied Access by Vince Flynn, Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei, and The Portrait by Danielle Steel.

Six nonfiction books on a table, from top left: Taylor Swift Album by Album, Creative Abstract Mixed Media by Kate Rebecca Leach, Is It God's Will? by Brandon Ambrosino, Unequal by Eugenia Cheng, The Devil's Castle by Susanne Paola Antonetta, and When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

Some highlights from this weekend's wandering.
#weekendwanderings #memories #family #memorylane

In foreground, a man crouched down seems to be taking a photo of the cemetery and church ahead of him.

An abandoned house, with the woods growing up around it.

Night sky, Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) pictured in the middle.

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 10d

Taking the kids to see where their Opa grew up, where his side of the family is buried, and all the places I remember visiting while growing up. #memories #memorylane #family

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 11d

🎶 Saw Halestorm, Lindsey Stirling, and Apocalyptica in concert last night! 🎶
#rockon #partypeople #music

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 12d

One of the great perks of being a librarian...I can generally reserve my home bookshelves for favorites and collectibles! :)
#librarylife

I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 12d

What books have you re-read the most often?
Mine:
- The Murderbot Diaries (series) by Martha Wells
- Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
- The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik

#freadom #booksky

Old School Punk Librarian @kennethf62.bsky.social · 12d

What books have you re-read the most often? Mine:

- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Stand by Stephen King
- 1984 by George Orwell
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
- One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

#booksky

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Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 12d

It's officially spooky season, gente! For the month of October we will be featuring seasonally scary picture books!

2. THE SKULL, 2023
Author & Illustrator: @jonklassen.bsky.social

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#Booksky
#picturebooks
#JonKlassen

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I am a Librarian! @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 12d

Finished compiling End of Month Data for September!
#librarylife #librarian #collectionmanagement