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Toby Greenwalt
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Attempting to be a force multiplier for good. Community, technology, libraries, pop culture. Good to know you.

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Happy Charlie Brown Thanksgiving to all who celebrate
Still from "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving." Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown, who is going to try to kick it, but be thwarted by Lucy pulling it away. In the foreground, I'm holding a plate with toast, jelly beans, popcorn, pretzels, and an ice cream sundae.
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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My artifacts from the era:
A sticker reading "Attack Iraq? NO! -- commondreams.org". A blue sticker with a globe. The globe has a flag sticking out of it, reading "The World Still Says No to War." Accompanying text reads "march & rally in the one-year anniversary of the Iraq war, March 20, Saturday, noon NYC Madison Ave at 23rd Street" United for peace & justice - www.unitedforpeace.org
June 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The shuttering of the Institute of Museum and Library Services is going to wreck a lot of existing resources that see heavy use from library patrons. Below is just PA - this is happening in every state.

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Chart displaying how federal funds are allocated by the PA State Library. Library catalogs, digital resources, delivery, programming is all at risk.
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Stringer Bell would never
Still from "The Wire." A Black man in a red polo shirt looks incredulous. Caption text reads "Is you making war plans on a Signal fucking group chat?" Which is a bastardization of the original line "Is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?" Which, when you think about it, is basically the same thing.
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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All their merch goes on sale today. I'm guessing there were a bunch of people in a warehouse last night frantically working seam rippers
Text from Chesapeake Baysox website: "Get Your Oyster Catchers Gear! Fans will get their first look at Oyster Catcher merchandise starting on Saturday, March 22 at the Baysox FREE Family Fun Fest at Prince George’s Stadium. Fans interested in attending can claim their FREE tickets to the event."
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Look at me like a human boy
Photo of Marco Rubio looking incredibly uncomfortable while sitting on a couch in the White House
March 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Redemption.
February 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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And that, my friends, is why I'm a Eurovision sicko.
Screenshot from a Reddit (r/Eurovision) comment reading "In a world that's pretty much a cesspit we could all do with a little more bubblegum pop dedicated to dead dogs."
February 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Once again, The Onion called it over a hundred years ago
Headline from a fake Onion front page dated December 18, 1923. Reads: "Listerine Company Invents, Cures Halitosis" "'Fear Not This Ailment We Have Just Created,' Say Makers" "New Era of Manufactured Insecurities Dawns" yes, I am talking about the Tiktok ban
January 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Heartbreaker.
January 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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David.
Close-up of a David Lynch enamel pin.
January 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Give the person who designed this pause-screen ad a raise
Pop-up ad during a paused streaming show: "Plan B pauses ovulation"
January 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Well Seymour, you are an odd fellow. But I must say: you steam a good tam.
Image of tamales steaming in a pot Tamales on a plate covered in red chile sauce
January 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We're making Nor'easters over here.
Nor'easter recipe (ingredients in photo) 2 oz bourbon 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz maple syrup Mix in a cocktail shaker with ice. Serve in a rocks glass with ice, and float ginger beer on top. Garnish with a lime slice.
January 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Dang, they're really trying to make an example of him, aren't they
Image of a plush of Luigi in a claw machine-type device. A labels marked "Cut 2 Win" runs across the top. They're not saying Luigi Mangione should be cut. Only a paranoid person would say such a thing.
December 27, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Wonderful Christmastime count: 0️⃣3️⃣
December 23, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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And on that note, the counter just flipped to 0️⃣1️⃣
Illustration of the Wong-Baker faces pain chart, running 0-10 with 0 being "no pain" and 10 the "worst pain possible." As of 12/5, the Wonderful Christmastime tally sits at 1.
December 6, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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Bringing the salad to thanksgiving
Photo of rainbow-striped jello mold served on a bed of lettuce
November 29, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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Post a perfect album from the '90s.
Cover of Imperial Teen's debut album Seasick. Album cover has a solid block of yellow on the top two-thirds of the image, with a sky blue block in the bottom separated by a pink stripe. A horizontal navy blue stripe spans the image near the top, with the band's name in white text. The bottom quadrant of the image has a circular photo of a dolphin, with the album title in the bottom corner.
November 27, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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My Favorite Thing is Monsters volume 2 was totally worth the wait
Panel from Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thing is Monsters, V2. Text box reads "I think that art and stories are the best inventions of human beings. The greatest way to be a strong, evil-defeating monster is to make art and tell stories."
November 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Needless to say:
Screenshot from Washington Post website: "We've canceled your subscription. You'll continue to have access until November 8, 2024. Until then, you can reactivate your subscription at any time by visiting your Subscription & Billing page in your account."
October 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Peep the first recommended article after this travesty of a publisher's note. Spineless.
Tail end of publisher's note attempting to justify not endorsing a candidate. After an ad break, the first "popular opinions article" reads "Opinion: the double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point."
October 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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HEY NOW
Screenshot of Nanette's blog post: "This is exactly the kind of Decemberists/Mountain Goats/erudite, yet self-deprecating stuff that people in library school would gravitate to back in the early 2000s. All the grad students in their 20s were trying to show off how smart and interesting we were. Things have changed a bit in the last 25 years since librarianship has become a “cool” career and we’re touted as “defenders of democracy” and stuff but back then it was pretty niche career choice and we were all trying to out-nerd each other with our awkward bookishness and our niche interests and our cool taste in music. If you were there, you know."
October 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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Cheers to that
October 12, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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To wit:
Text from Wikipedia entry about the recording of Dogs: Nastasia recorded the album at Electrical Audio in Chicago under producer and engineer Steve Albini; Albini later described it as one of the albums he is the most proud of, as well as one of his personal favorites: "In the process of making a record, you hear it so many times that the charms of even the best of them can wear off through over-exposure. On rare occasions, records I've worked on have withstood this scrutiny and ended up being personal favorites. Nina Nastasia's 'Dogs' is a record so simultaneously unassuming and grandiose that I can't really describe it, except in terms that would make it (and me) sound silly. Of the couple thousand records I've been involved with, this is one of my favourites, and one that I'm proud to be associated with."
September 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM