Rain, the Holiday princess
@simplyrain.bsky.social
Friend. Librarian. Employed. Artist. Patron. Advocate. Ally. Activist. Listener. Caregiver. Human. And MUCH more. Personal account--thoughts are my own. she/they
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I love when new people follow me after I do a chat & then they are like, "WOAH! I didn't sign-up for THIS much Rain!" 🤣🤣🤣
Standard Disclaimer: This is my PERSONAL account.
I dump my life here--work, home, brain, politics--good, bad, & ugly.
I am happy to have you here, but I get it if I too much!
I dump my life here--work, home, brain, politics--good, bad, & ugly.
I am happy to have you here, but I get it if I too much!
I am in charge of our Fiesta pitch in.
I include a "Need Suggestions" tab for those who cannot figure out what to sign-up to bring.
My friends refer to this as, "Rain-level planning"
I include a "Need Suggestions" tab for those who cannot figure out what to sign-up to bring.
My friends refer to this as, "Rain-level planning"
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am in charge of our Fiesta pitch in.
I include a "Need Suggestions" tab for those who cannot figure out what to sign-up to bring.
My friends refer to this as, "Rain-level planning"
I include a "Need Suggestions" tab for those who cannot figure out what to sign-up to bring.
My friends refer to this as, "Rain-level planning"
This is as festive as it will get
Trying to put winter decor in the temp library.
THIS IS CHALLENGING.
Got ALL the birds out.
THIS IS CHALLENGING.
Got ALL the birds out.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is as festive as it will get
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This school board enacted book bans, classroom curriculum censorship, and library restrictions despite none of those being necessary with new Ohio "Parental Rights" legislation. Students are automatically opted-OUT of material.
So we know which parents have rights here: the bigoted ones.
So we know which parents have rights here: the bigoted ones.
Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy:
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
Which Parents Get "Parental Rights?" In This Ohio School, It's Those Who Hate LGBTQ+ People
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District has segregated LGBTQ+ books in the high school library, among other acts of book censorship.
bookriot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This school board enacted book bans, classroom curriculum censorship, and library restrictions despite none of those being necessary with new Ohio "Parental Rights" legislation. Students are automatically opted-OUT of material.
So we know which parents have rights here: the bigoted ones.
So we know which parents have rights here: the bigoted ones.
Trying to put winter decor in the temp library.
THIS IS CHALLENGING.
Got ALL the birds out.
THIS IS CHALLENGING.
Got ALL the birds out.
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Trying to put winter decor in the temp library.
THIS IS CHALLENGING.
Got ALL the birds out.
THIS IS CHALLENGING.
Got ALL the birds out.
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Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy:
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
Which Parents Get "Parental Rights?" In This Ohio School, It's Those Who Hate LGBTQ+ People
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District has segregated LGBTQ+ books in the high school library, among other acts of book censorship.
bookriot.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy:
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
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‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
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Just finished reading That Librarian by @librarianjones.com. I think I injured my neck from nodding vigorously as I read.
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Just finished reading That Librarian by @librarianjones.com. I think I injured my neck from nodding vigorously as I read.
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➡️ Tues 12/2: House Committee Hearing
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thurs 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thurs 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
This isn’t normal redistricting after the census — it’s an early, mid-decade power grab
to redraw Indiana’s Congressional maps years ahead of schedule so politicians can pick
their voters instead of voters choosing their leaders.
madvoters.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
➡️ Tues 12/2: House Committee Hearing
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thurs 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
madvoters.org/TestifyNow
➡️ Thurs 12/4: Redistricting Update webinar
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
💜 WEAR PURPLE 💜
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See you at the Statehouse today at noon to kick off this week’s actions against redistricting!
➡️ Mon 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
➡️ Mon 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
See you at the Statehouse today at noon to kick off this week’s actions against redistricting!
➡️ Mon 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
➡️ Mon 12/1: Rally Against Redistricting
www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
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Good morning Bsky
Happy Monday. Here’s your ray of fucking ☀️!
LFG
Happy Monday. Here’s your ray of fucking ☀️!
LFG
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Good morning Bsky
Happy Monday. Here’s your ray of fucking ☀️!
LFG
Happy Monday. Here’s your ray of fucking ☀️!
LFG
I wonder how many things I can clamp to my office desk...
Monitor arm
Small light
Large light
Camera
Microphone
Monitor arm
Small light
Large light
Camera
Microphone
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I wonder how many things I can clamp to my office desk...
Monitor arm
Small light
Large light
Camera
Microphone
Monitor arm
Small light
Large light
Camera
Microphone
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World AIDS Day
Science is real and life-saving.
Humans living with HIV who are on an effective antiretroviral treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV sexually.
PrEP is a medicine that prevents HIV. It's taken in pill form or by injection. It reduces HIV risk by over 99%.
Science is real and life-saving.
Humans living with HIV who are on an effective antiretroviral treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV sexually.
PrEP is a medicine that prevents HIV. It's taken in pill form or by injection. It reduces HIV risk by over 99%.
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
World AIDS Day
Science is real and life-saving.
Humans living with HIV who are on an effective antiretroviral treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV sexually.
PrEP is a medicine that prevents HIV. It's taken in pill form or by injection. It reduces HIV risk by over 99%.
Science is real and life-saving.
Humans living with HIV who are on an effective antiretroviral treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV sexually.
PrEP is a medicine that prevents HIV. It's taken in pill form or by injection. It reduces HIV risk by over 99%.
Reindeer sweater dress
Barrett
White tights
Mary Janes
How old am I???
Barrett
White tights
Mary Janes
How old am I???
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reindeer sweater dress
Barrett
White tights
Mary Janes
How old am I???
Barrett
White tights
Mary Janes
How old am I???
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Saigon Kick - Hostile Youth (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Ep. 59 of the SLLN Podcast is here! Check out “Topic Tasking for Research Projects” from Pamela Verfaillie!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/059-topic-ta...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarian #TLSkyChat #SLLNPodcast
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/059-topic-ta...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarian #TLSkyChat #SLLNPodcast
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Ep. 59 of the SLLN Podcast is here! Check out “Topic Tasking for Research Projects” from Pamela Verfaillie!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/059-topic-ta...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarian #TLSkyChat #SLLNPodcast
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/059-topic-ta...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarian #TLSkyChat #SLLNPodcast
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this is precisely why it is so frustrating to hear claims that adapting to AI is the same as the adaptation to the internet or personal computing—tech that evolved from existing tech, including public interest & private infrastructure.
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
Most "bubbles" have had *some* amount of public demand:
With the "tech bubble," the general public was interest.
The "housing bubble" was fulled by lots of people wanting homes.
But this "AI bubble" is the first to my knowledge where there's ZERO public demand…the people don't want this shit.
With the "tech bubble," the general public was interest.
The "housing bubble" was fulled by lots of people wanting homes.
But this "AI bubble" is the first to my knowledge where there's ZERO public demand…the people don't want this shit.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
this is precisely why it is so frustrating to hear claims that adapting to AI is the same as the adaptation to the internet or personal computing—tech that evolved from existing tech, including public interest & private infrastructure.
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
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What will enter the #publicdomain in 2026? Each day through December we’ll open a window in our advent-style calendar to reveal our highlights! https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2025/
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
What will enter the #publicdomain in 2026? Each day through December we’ll open a window in our advent-style calendar to reveal our highlights! https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2025/
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
(+ for the impatient/curious we've links to lists of new entrants.)
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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you didn't start this fight
but you're finishing it
free guide gives you the framework to win
get it here:
www.bannedcamppodcast.com/momsforliber...
after 9 seasons talking about book bans, we made this guide to stop them
but you're finishing it
free guide gives you the framework to win
get it here:
www.bannedcamppodcast.com/momsforliber...
after 9 seasons talking about book bans, we made this guide to stop them
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
you didn't start this fight
but you're finishing it
free guide gives you the framework to win
get it here:
www.bannedcamppodcast.com/momsforliber...
after 9 seasons talking about book bans, we made this guide to stop them
but you're finishing it
free guide gives you the framework to win
get it here:
www.bannedcamppodcast.com/momsforliber...
after 9 seasons talking about book bans, we made this guide to stop them
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Let the countdown to Christmas begin! 25 more sleeps till Christmas! 🎄 🎁
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Let the countdown to Christmas begin! 25 more sleeps till Christmas! 🎄 🎁
I am increasingly uncomfortable about how we discuss bodies, aging & disability when criticizing others policies or actions.
The hate & judgement are unnecessary.
You are no better than those you deplore when you choose this.
The hate & judgement are unnecessary.
You are no better than those you deplore when you choose this.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I am increasingly uncomfortable about how we discuss bodies, aging & disability when criticizing others policies or actions.
The hate & judgement are unnecessary.
You are no better than those you deplore when you choose this.
The hate & judgement are unnecessary.
You are no better than those you deplore when you choose this.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mom: You headed to bed?
Me: Yup. One of us gotta go to school tomorrow.
Mom: Bummer. School sucks. You seem really old to still be going to school.
Me: You are telling me!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mom: You headed to bed?
Me: Yup. One of us gotta go to school tomorrow.
Mom: Bummer. School sucks. You seem really old to still be going to school.
Me: You are telling me!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mom: You headed to bed?
Me: Yup. One of us gotta go to school tomorrow.
Mom: Bummer. School sucks. You seem really old to still be going to school.
Me: You are telling me!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mom: You headed to bed?
Me: Yup. One of us gotta go to school tomorrow.
Mom: Bummer. School sucks. You seem really old to still be going to school.
Me: You are telling me!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Last week on the bookish internet: the origins of grammatical gender, fiction and philosophy, "ghosts" in the library, bibliomania, and close reading.
www.abookishtype.com/2025/11/30/l... 💙📚
www.abookishtype.com/2025/11/30/l... 💙📚
Last week on the bookish internet
Lincoln Michel looks to fiction for philosophy and finds many titles to recommend. (Counter Craft) Ed Simon reflects on bibliomania. (LitHub) Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman explain wher…
www.abookishtype.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Last week on the bookish internet: the origins of grammatical gender, fiction and philosophy, "ghosts" in the library, bibliomania, and close reading.
www.abookishtype.com/2025/11/30/l... 💙📚
www.abookishtype.com/2025/11/30/l... 💙📚
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i missed a chance to get a photo of one of the best road signs i’ve ever seen, which was yellow and diamond-shaped and read CAUTION: MUSEUM AHEAD
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i missed a chance to get a photo of one of the best road signs i’ve ever seen, which was yellow and diamond-shaped and read CAUTION: MUSEUM AHEAD