J
@mxjer.bsky.social
Another gay and tired stranger on the internet. Librarian, sometimes artist, tarot enthusiast, and cat parent. All words and opinions are my own, made on my own personal time. they/them
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Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
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josephine montilyet as the nine of pentacles - 2/3 of my postcards for @dragonageannual.art 💛🍇✨ #dragonage #josephinemontilyet #dragonageannual
![painted tarot card of lady josephine montilyet, in a fancy dress version of her original inquisition outfit, hair down and tumbling past her shoulders. she is standing poised and smiling, one hand wearing a hawker's glove and lifted up so that a messenger raven can perch on it with a small message in its beak. the other is lowered to cup a bundle of grapes. she is stood surrounded by the grapes of her family's vineyard, the montilyet estate far in the distance behind her. a circle of flowery golden detail frames her head, similar to her in-game tarot card, and the sky is gold with golden clouds. [end id]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w7nfpkvcfx72mekd4h3kuwpi/bafkreihbtsq2ggl2cc3yd3e22qo2pkhq35s5qpnoytmcn2uvdcio5nzbza@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
josephine montilyet as the nine of pentacles - 2/3 of my postcards for @dragonageannual.art 💛🍇✨ #dragonage #josephinemontilyet #dragonageannual
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We do Bones 💀
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
We do Bones 💀
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
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Audio descriptions are necessary for making videos accessible. They narrate the crucial visual elements that would be necessary for understanding the plot without the ability to see the screen. They describe non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions, or eye contact.
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Audio descriptions are necessary for making videos accessible. They narrate the crucial visual elements that would be necessary for understanding the plot without the ability to see the screen. They describe non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions, or eye contact.
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I've gotten to the point where I feel physically sick every single day because of the immense dread I have about going to work. This is my new forever.
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I've gotten to the point where I feel physically sick every single day because of the immense dread I have about going to work. This is my new forever.
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It's Threshold Day! Don't be afraid to make that weird thing you've been thinking about making because this actually aired!
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 AM
It's Threshold Day! Don't be afraid to make that weird thing you've been thinking about making because this actually aired!
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"The Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries board removed references to equity from the district’s strategic plan at a contentious meeting Monday night."
This is Washington state. A board member quit in disapproval.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
This is Washington state. A board member quit in disapproval.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Vancouver library board removes ‘equitable access’ from strategic plan
One library board trustee resigned in protest at the end of Monday night’s meeting.
www.opb.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"The Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries board removed references to equity from the district’s strategic plan at a contentious meeting Monday night."
This is Washington state. A board member quit in disapproval.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
This is Washington state. A board member quit in disapproval.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Libraries need to be more vocal about the digital pricing problem. I only buy for Sora (the school version of Libby) when specifically requested by a patron. I talk a lot about why I don't buy on the regular and patrons are always shocked at the price difference. I have to pay $75 not $1.99!
Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99?
The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...
The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Libraries need to be more vocal about the digital pricing problem. I only buy for Sora (the school version of Libby) when specifically requested by a patron. I talk a lot about why I don't buy on the regular and patrons are always shocked at the price difference. I have to pay $75 not $1.99!
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Whistles! Let’s organize to give everyone whistles and teach the ICE alert codes!
Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience
Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Whistles! Let’s organize to give everyone whistles and teach the ICE alert codes!
Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience
Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience
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Folks, the cops were the ones arresting the clergy, not ICE. They are not on our side. I'm going to hold your hand while I say this: they're all the baddies.
The constant calls from white people for the cops to start arresting ice are something else
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Folks, the cops were the ones arresting the clergy, not ICE. They are not on our side. I'm going to hold your hand while I say this: they're all the baddies.
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If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Reupping this from last night.
If you're a library advocate or worker, you should be pissed. You should also be pissed if you're a taxpayer. MILLIONS of dollars have been stolen from you and from public libraries and museums to develop these propaganda trucks.
The administration brags on social.
If you're a library advocate or worker, you should be pissed. You should also be pissed if you're a taxpayer. MILLIONS of dollars have been stolen from you and from public libraries and museums to develop these propaganda trucks.
The administration brags on social.
YOOOOO.
Library folks.
Go look at the Institute of Museum and Library Services Facebook page.
Here's your Freedom Truck propaganda, loud and clear.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
Library folks.
Go look at the Institute of Museum and Library Services Facebook page.
Here's your Freedom Truck propaganda, loud and clear.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
January 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Reupping this from last night.
If you're a library advocate or worker, you should be pissed. You should also be pissed if you're a taxpayer. MILLIONS of dollars have been stolen from you and from public libraries and museums to develop these propaganda trucks.
The administration brags on social.
If you're a library advocate or worker, you should be pissed. You should also be pissed if you're a taxpayer. MILLIONS of dollars have been stolen from you and from public libraries and museums to develop these propaganda trucks.
The administration brags on social.
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I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse,
and as I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse
there are so many
emails I must respond to.
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse,
and as I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse
there are so many
emails I must respond to.
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse,
and as I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse
there are so many
emails I must respond to.
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse,
and as I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse
there are so many
emails I must respond to.
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St Paul schools are closed for two days because of ICE and the need to switch to virtual.
ICE agents dined at a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, MN, and then arrested workers.
ICE is up in Duluth, kidnapping people off the streets.
This isn't just Minneapolis. Stop saying that.
-A Mpls Resident
ICE agents dined at a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, MN, and then arrested workers.
ICE is up in Duluth, kidnapping people off the streets.
This isn't just Minneapolis. Stop saying that.
-A Mpls Resident
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
St Paul schools are closed for two days because of ICE and the need to switch to virtual.
ICE agents dined at a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, MN, and then arrested workers.
ICE is up in Duluth, kidnapping people off the streets.
This isn't just Minneapolis. Stop saying that.
-A Mpls Resident
ICE agents dined at a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, MN, and then arrested workers.
ICE is up in Duluth, kidnapping people off the streets.
This isn't just Minneapolis. Stop saying that.
-A Mpls Resident
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Library workers are burned out, and they're clear on what's creating some of the worst mental health conditions both inside and outside the library.
Here's what they had to say, as well as ways and means by which library worker mental health can be improved. This is a call to action.
Here's what they had to say, as well as ways and means by which library worker mental health can be improved. This is a call to action.
Last summer, I surveyed library workers about the ways library work impacts their mental health, and they responded.
“Pizza Parties Don’t Fix Burnout”: The State of Librarian Mental Health:
bookriot.com/the-state-of...
“Pizza Parties Don’t Fix Burnout”: The State of Librarian Mental Health:
bookriot.com/the-state-of...
"Pizza Parties Don't Fix Burnout": The State of Librarian Mental Health
Library workers are feeling increased pressures to be everything to everyone, and the impact on their mental health matters.
bookriot.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Library workers are burned out, and they're clear on what's creating some of the worst mental health conditions both inside and outside the library.
Here's what they had to say, as well as ways and means by which library worker mental health can be improved. This is a call to action.
Here's what they had to say, as well as ways and means by which library worker mental health can be improved. This is a call to action.
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Send this to secondary school educators who insist we have to have genAI edtech because they need to be prepared for the workforce.
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Send this to secondary school educators who insist we have to have genAI edtech because they need to be prepared for the workforce.
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La biblioteca de Carfax’s beautiful cover for The Angel of Indian Lake
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
La biblioteca de Carfax’s beautiful cover for The Angel of Indian Lake
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Do not rely on the A.I.-generated alt text in Facebook or Instagram. The result is vague and useless, like "may be an image of food and text," and "may be an image of outdoors." These do nothing to give users the context and content of an image.
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Do not rely on the A.I.-generated alt text in Facebook or Instagram. The result is vague and useless, like "may be an image of food and text," and "may be an image of outdoors." These do nothing to give users the context and content of an image.
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I'm thrilled so many cis women are getting into MM romance after Heated Rivalry. Welcome! It's fun over here! But also, MM isn't the "fix" for romance fiction. I need you to go pick up Rebekah Weatherspoon, Alyssa Cole, Talia Hibbert, Courtney Milan, Kit Rocha, etc. Go talk to a librarian!
January 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I'm thrilled so many cis women are getting into MM romance after Heated Rivalry. Welcome! It's fun over here! But also, MM isn't the "fix" for romance fiction. I need you to go pick up Rebekah Weatherspoon, Alyssa Cole, Talia Hibbert, Courtney Milan, Kit Rocha, etc. Go talk to a librarian!
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Knew this was coming. Something I've been noticing happening slowly for a while now. It's also happening in conjunction with the aging up of YA and the influx of romantasies that tend to feature cisallohet relationships and dabble in fascism-adjacent storytelling themes.
Depressing news reported at @lgbtqnation.com:
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president - LGBTQ Nation
"In the face of so many book bans and so much concern about decreasing school library sales of queer content" publishers are "passing" on LGBTQ+ books.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Knew this was coming. Something I've been noticing happening slowly for a while now. It's also happening in conjunction with the aging up of YA and the influx of romantasies that tend to feature cisallohet relationships and dabble in fascism-adjacent storytelling themes.
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For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility
YouTube video by UCSF Documents & Media Photography
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ