Mary Aileen
@patchworkmouse.bsky.social
Retired librarian, crafter, glass-wearing reading geek.
She/her, mostly ace.
She/her, mostly ace.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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And I'm going to tell you something else. When you read a book, there were days that the writer hated everything they wrote, days they cried over the page, days they ate an entire bowl of candy corn just to fuel the useless words. But the reader can't tell, because you can always fix it later. 9/
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
And I'm going to tell you something else. When you read a book, there were days that the writer hated everything they wrote, days they cried over the page, days they ate an entire bowl of candy corn just to fuel the useless words. But the reader can't tell, because you can always fix it later. 9/
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If you weren't there you can't know how gripped the US was by "Luke and Laura," I mean, shit, I'd never watched a soap opera episode in my life and yet as a junior high school student I knew all the details, it was wild
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a...
Anthony Geary, Luke Spencer on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 78
One-half of the ultimate soap supercouple with Genie Francis, he won a record eight Daytime Emmys and starred on the ABC daytime drama over a 40-year span.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you weren't there you can't know how gripped the US was by "Luke and Laura," I mean, shit, I'd never watched a soap opera episode in my life and yet as a junior high school student I knew all the details, it was wild
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a...
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My Facebook memories brought me this SNL sketch from 2019, all about the adorable outfits you're supposed to cram your children into for the cute family holiday portrait. Once again it made me laugh till I cried.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXN...
Children’s Clothing Ad - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My Facebook memories brought me this SNL sketch from 2019, all about the adorable outfits you're supposed to cram your children into for the cute family holiday portrait. Once again it made me laugh till I cried.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXN...
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Dam break at the Green River levee.
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
GO NOW: Flash flood warning issued for Tukwila area after Green River levee failure
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flash flood warning for west central King County, Washington, following the failure of the Green River Leve
komonews.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Dam break at the Green River levee.
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
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my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
#LibFaves25, day 8
Nora Roberts, The Seven Rings
Final book in the trilogy starting with The Inheritance. A good ending.
Nora Roberts, The Seven Rings
Final book in the trilogy starting with The Inheritance. A good ending.
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
#LibFaves25, day 8
Nora Roberts, The Seven Rings
Final book in the trilogy starting with The Inheritance. A good ending.
Nora Roberts, The Seven Rings
Final book in the trilogy starting with The Inheritance. A good ending.
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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
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Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
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In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
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"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
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I want to scream this from the rooftops. I'm so tired of this "Girls mature faster" bullshit mythology being spewed even by intelligent people. And we all know why people WANT to believe it...yet people clutch their pearls about monsters like Epstein and Trump. It's ALL connected.
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I want to scream this from the rooftops. I'm so tired of this "Girls mature faster" bullshit mythology being spewed even by intelligent people. And we all know why people WANT to believe it...yet people clutch their pearls about monsters like Epstein and Trump. It's ALL connected.
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Via Tumblr... (www.tumblr.com/thedankmemes...)
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Via Tumblr... (www.tumblr.com/thedankmemes...)
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My brain is freaking out, would you mind reblogging this to make sure people know you can download a free baby dragon?
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
Right! Links to preorder, should you need them! And as the book comes out in March, if you want to give a gift for Christmas, we are also giving away FREE printable Molly files!
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My brain is freaking out, would you mind reblogging this to make sure people know you can download a free baby dragon?
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
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#Romancelandia
If you happen to have a mastodon account over at romancelandia.club, please be advised that the server will be shut down in early April; if you want to keep your follows and follower lists, there's a link in the announcement to help you migrate your account to another server.
If you happen to have a mastodon account over at romancelandia.club, please be advised that the server will be shut down in early April; if you want to keep your follows and follower lists, there's a link in the announcement to help you migrate your account to another server.
romancelandia admin (@[email protected])
@willaful announced this earlier, but...
I'm very sorry to say, I don't have the capacity to maintain the Romancelandia mastodon instance any longer. Unless some lovely person takes over, my plan is ...
romancelandia.club
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
#Romancelandia
If you happen to have a mastodon account over at romancelandia.club, please be advised that the server will be shut down in early April; if you want to keep your follows and follower lists, there's a link in the announcement to help you migrate your account to another server.
If you happen to have a mastodon account over at romancelandia.club, please be advised that the server will be shut down in early April; if you want to keep your follows and follower lists, there's a link in the announcement to help you migrate your account to another server.
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I would love to see where Daniel Craig’s Blanc would fall on this spectrum:
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I would love to see where Daniel Craig’s Blanc would fall on this spectrum:
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Just in passing—off an ask-box query, a beginner's guide to the #MiddleKingdoms: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80292... (Caution: contains a #Polycule in Shambles.) 😅
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💬 2 🔁 21 ❤️ 87 · Howdy! I picked up your full store bundle recently, and I've started with the Young Wizardry series because I read most of them in middle school, and after following you here I r…
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December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just in passing—off an ask-box query, a beginner's guide to the #MiddleKingdoms: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80292... (Caution: contains a #Polycule in Shambles.) 😅
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I feel you, screaming chicken who is also the statue of liberty
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I feel you, screaming chicken who is also the statue of liberty
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Never blame someone else for the road you're on.
That's your own asphalt.
That's your own asphalt.
December 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Never blame someone else for the road you're on.
That's your own asphalt.
That's your own asphalt.
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All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Peach crisp in the oven!
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Peach crisp in the oven!
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
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Cartoon: Because @ginpanther.bsky.social :) Enjoy!
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Cartoon: Because @ginpanther.bsky.social :) Enjoy!
#LibFaves25, day 7
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#LibFaves25, day 7
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)