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Librarian, person of faith, parent, spouse, child. Hoosier, New Yorker. In favor of critical thinking. She/her. Opinions mine, not my employer’s.

Fort Wayne, IN
Joined April 2008
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I waited more than two and a half hours in line to vote today. Worth it.
Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!! Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.
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A #songofcomfort for anyone who needs it.
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As far as I'm concerned, Dame Maggie Smith is immortal, and that's that.
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Holy smokes. I interviewed there a decade ago and they had a bustling library with an incredibly talented faculty team. Day after my interview they had a hiring freeze. Guess I dodged a bullet, but what a shame.
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White friends, especially white women who did not have an undergraduate sorority experience: In the coming months you’ll likely see a great deal of content about VP Harris’ sorority affiliation and the support from its members. We 🩷 it. Some info & tips for us: 🧵
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dylan just likened the internal politics of library work to being about solving riddles given out by various different bridge trolls
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Although there have been discussions & articles about Project 2025, VERY FEW focus specifically on Trump's plans for Black Americans That's why I read all 922 pages of #Project2025 as well as #Agenda47 Here are the top 10 things I found: A thread: thegrio.com/2024/07/15/i-rea…
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What y’all are seeing them do to Biden is something that happens to Black people a lot. You have to be 10x better than the worst white person in the room.
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Levar Burton on reminding people that he's quietly one of the realest 🥷🏾's breathing
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This reminds me of The West Wing, except for every episode.
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My deconstruction didn’t really involve me questioning God, it mainly involved me questioning what men said about Him. Conservatives have had a hard time understanding this, liberals not so much.
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one day you're young, hip, and carefree and the next you're in a work call hearing yourself say that “there are a lot of moving pieces”
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Bob Barker, daytime television staple, happy gilmore tormentor, naval aviator, and enrolled member of the Sioux tribe, got as close to 100 as he could without going over.
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#Florida governor rebrands the 400 years of the Atlantic Slave Trade as The GREAT UNPAID INTERNSHIP.
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In just 22 hours, 578,000 people have watched this video about Johnson & Johnson's pursuit of secondary patents for bedaquiline and how this will lead to millions being unable to receive curative treatment for tuberculosis. youtu.be/tMhgw5SW0h4 #PatientsNotPatents @JNJNews
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People with disabilities should have the right to marry without losing their income, benefits, or health insurance. No one should be forced to choose between the benefits they need to survive and their partner. ❣️
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Great news for New York City: City leaders announced there will be #NoCutsToLibraries! Thank you @NYCMayor & @NYCCouncil for FULLY restoring public library budgets! And thank you to New Yorkers for standing up for libraries and saving weekend service. on.nypl.org/3NvIvFI
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