Librarian. Squirrel.
@squirrelbrarian.bsky.social
A squirrelly librarian in a major metropolis.
I like: books, libraries, science, whimsy, baseball.
I like: books, libraries, science, whimsy, baseball.
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Either libraries are defenders of rights to reading, privacy, and information - or we aren't.
Age limitations on access to information have no place in our libraries.
We've allowed this issue to fester for decades and been far too complicit in holding back rights from kids.
That has to change.
Age limitations on access to information have no place in our libraries.
We've allowed this issue to fester for decades and been far too complicit in holding back rights from kids.
That has to change.
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Either libraries are defenders of rights to reading, privacy, and information - or we aren't.
Age limitations on access to information have no place in our libraries.
We've allowed this issue to fester for decades and been far too complicit in holding back rights from kids.
That has to change.
Age limitations on access to information have no place in our libraries.
We've allowed this issue to fester for decades and been far too complicit in holding back rights from kids.
That has to change.
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"To be clear, the movement to ban books has never been about protecting our children. It’s about censorship, and about controlling ... young people..."
Bingo!
time.com/7341120/book...
Bingo!
time.com/7341120/book...
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"To be clear, the movement to ban books has never been about protecting our children. It’s about censorship, and about controlling ... young people..."
Bingo!
time.com/7341120/book...
Bingo!
time.com/7341120/book...
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
I am just picturing the look on the Leverage team's faces upon learning this. @johnrogers.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I am just picturing the look on the Leverage team's faces upon learning this. @johnrogers.bsky.social
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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The Bibliotheque Carnegie is one of the thousands of libraries worldwide funded by Andrew Carnegie, but the only one in France. Designed by architect Max Sainsaulieu, it opened in 1928 and is still a working municipal library, so the public areas can be visited for free.
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Bibliotheque Carnegie is one of the thousands of libraries worldwide funded by Andrew Carnegie, but the only one in France. Designed by architect Max Sainsaulieu, it opened in 1928 and is still a working municipal library, so the public areas can be visited for free.
Hi hello yes please, I need this on a t-shirt immediately and also stickers. (Book sounds like fun also!)
Late last night, while watching Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, I made a logo for the bookstore in Books & Bewitchment, my upcoming cozy witch Romance, out in February under the name Isla Jewell. Is this cute, or was I, as they say in Clueless, buggin'?
September 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hi hello yes please, I need this on a t-shirt immediately and also stickers. (Book sounds like fun also!)
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it's crazy that being like "how do i explain gay couples to my kids?" isn't an unthinkably embarrassing to say in 2025. it's actually incredibly easy to explain, that should be like indignantly saying "how am I supposed to explain to my kids where the sun goes at night? did a bird steal it?!"
August 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
it's crazy that being like "how do i explain gay couples to my kids?" isn't an unthinkably embarrassing to say in 2025. it's actually incredibly easy to explain, that should be like indignantly saying "how am I supposed to explain to my kids where the sun goes at night? did a bird steal it?!"
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wi-fi
So in magical fiction/folklore, Iron/Cold Iron is supposed to be particularly dangerous to magical creatures because it’s meant to represent civilization/mankind etc
So, if you update it to today, what is the funniest thing fae/demons/etc would be allergic to?
So, if you update it to today, what is the funniest thing fae/demons/etc would be allergic to?
August 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
wi-fi
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funny story, I signed up for personal training at a local gym and was assigned a former NFL linebacker as a trainer
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
“men can’t express their feelings because they get taught as boys to toughen up if they cry”
*stares in Was In Ballet For Her Entire Childhood*
*stares in Was In Ballet For Her Entire Childhood*
August 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
funny story, I signed up for personal training at a local gym and was assigned a former NFL linebacker as a trainer
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
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The uninformed public relying on stereotypes: librarians are very quiet, easily shocked people who love a beige cardigan and shushing people.
Actual librarians:
Actual librarians:
Pirate Brunch Friday has taken a turn and someone has whacked out a tarot deck.
July 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The uninformed public relying on stereotypes: librarians are very quiet, easily shocked people who love a beige cardigan and shushing people.
Actual librarians:
Actual librarians:
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When we invest in the Public Good, we realize that the public is good. Imagine if we replicated this effort in every community in America. Imagine how good we could be
#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.
Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When we invest in the Public Good, we realize that the public is good. Imagine if we replicated this effort in every community in America. Imagine how good we could be
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Hermes, suffering the indignities of teenagers
June 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hermes, suffering the indignities of teenagers
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As someone who mostly reads horror, I'll never understand the vitriol towards "cozy" books. People say they are escapist, unserious, allowing readers to avoid big issues. And I'm like, girl, WHEN did your dark romance book fix society? Did I BLINK and miss your detective thriller solving crime?
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
As someone who mostly reads horror, I'll never understand the vitriol towards "cozy" books. People say they are escapist, unserious, allowing readers to avoid big issues. And I'm like, girl, WHEN did your dark romance book fix society? Did I BLINK and miss your detective thriller solving crime?
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*me, turning on the news* there better not be any goddamn news
June 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
*me, turning on the news* there better not be any goddamn news
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i'd rather ask ursula from the little mermaid for a favour and life advice than ask chatgpt anything
June 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
i'd rather ask ursula from the little mermaid for a favour and life advice than ask chatgpt anything
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If you're coming here for "what do we do about this" related to anything book censorship or library attacks or library funding, a reminder that I have MORE THAN FOUR YEARS' WORTH OF READING ON THAT in my pinned post.
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
June 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you're coming here for "what do we do about this" related to anything book censorship or library attacks or library funding, a reminder that I have MORE THAN FOUR YEARS' WORTH OF READING ON THAT in my pinned post.
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People reallye ynto Gen AI summaryes seeme to thynke of bookes as annoyinge litel labyrinths whose onlye benefit ys that thei leade to a tastye magical glowing orb called "informacioun" that when consumed doth turne you into a man wyth a bow tie and the righte to talke over everyone else.
June 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
People reallye ynto Gen AI summaryes seeme to thynke of bookes as annoyinge litel labyrinths whose onlye benefit ys that thei leade to a tastye magical glowing orb called "informacioun" that when consumed doth turne you into a man wyth a bow tie and the righte to talke over everyone else.
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Told my colleague that I’m omnivorous and they said “love is love.”
June 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Told my colleague that I’m omnivorous and they said “love is love.”
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
June 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
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Kyoto Tower Hotel says Trans Rights and Happy Pride!
Accidentally opened the back of my camera before rewinding the film and it turned out to be one of the best mistakes I've made in years.
Kyoto Tower Hotel. Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 50mm f1.4 (probably), Fujifilm Fujicolor 200.
Kyoto Tower Hotel. Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 50mm f1.4 (probably), Fujifilm Fujicolor 200.
June 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Kyoto Tower Hotel says Trans Rights and Happy Pride!
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Like most things, child development is a spectrum. Human beings are complex. There’s physical growth, cognitive growth, social emotional growth, and these things can follow their own paths. In an ideal world we would never group kids solely by ages.
May 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Like most things, child development is a spectrum. Human beings are complex. There’s physical growth, cognitive growth, social emotional growth, and these things can follow their own paths. In an ideal world we would never group kids solely by ages.