Amy 🍄

Bisexual librarian, she/her/hers. I like to think I'm amusingly crabby.

@applepathways.bsky.social

[Young Americans for Liberty @YALiberty]

This is the danger of Flock cameras.

She was guilty until proven innocent... and she was only able to prove her innocence with her own video footage.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

That was not the definition of a red card.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

My favorite pickles. I was buying this brand because they support Make a Wish, this is another good reason. Plus they are delicious. Confederate flag and freedom don’t go together.

[Dennis M. Hogan @dennismhogan]

It’s hard to believe but this is a picture of the United States reflecting pool before the revolution happened. The US was once a very westernized country

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@bigfoofheart But wait, what were the replies? I want the name of the app that's gonna raise my kids!! 😂😂😂

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “It was supposed to open Friday, it is not open because Trump says he does not want it open. When this bridge does open some day, if Trump ever lets it open, you should know that there is a competing bridge a little way down the river, a privately-owned very old very congested toll bridge that will likely LOSE some of its traffic…because of competition. It will lose some of its traffic to this pretty, brand new bridge that has just been built. The family that operates the competing old bridge, earlier this year, made a $1 million donation to Donald Trump’s super pac. In short order, a member of that family then got an in person meeting with Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The White House and the pac say that was just a coincidence…but after the million dollar donation, he gets this meeting, and then the SAME day of the meeting, Howard Lutnick calls President Donald Trump and then Trump suddenly discovers new supposedly trade-related reasons why he’s now suddenly against this bridge, even though previously he has been for it.” 🤦‍♀️

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@chrisbrunet "Brilyn." I'm getting lectured about patriotism from some 20 year-old dufus with a designer baby name.

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@ThymeToBeBorn I'm a career librarian, and this is 80% of what we do at the info desk! Different libraries will vary with the amount of hand-holding they offer, but I've worked for several where this would be an everyday task. (Oh, and my oldest employee is 80. She's very savvy!)

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@daniel_m_lavery Also, he says "ca-la-pitter" instead of caterpillar just like his sister (who's now 15!!) used to! 😭😭😭

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@daniel_m_lavery Not a mispronunciation, but my 4 year-old says "carrier" instead of carry, as in, "Mama can you carrier this for me?" Each time I answer with the correct word ("Yes, I can carry that for you.") but I know I'll be said when he learns to say it correctly. 😭

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@BraunStatue96 @Smuckerdoodle6 @zhiheather @WomenBeingAwful You're willing to invest in a dystopian reality where all parents and newborns are forced to submit to government-mandated DNA testing without consent, but believe no one would dare touch your precious HIPAA rights?

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@deathbyviolet Congrats! 🎉

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@Mayah @julianblacks_ suddenly they notice all these mistakes, all these cracks they didn't notice before. Now what should that tell you?

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@Mayah @julianblacks_ I've had a lot of conversations with users about AI. There's a common experience: when they're doing something new or difficult, something they don't have familiarity with, they think it's great! But as soon as they use it on something familiar, something they DO know a lot about

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@larissaphillip I'm sorry you're encountering resistance. All libraries should be prepared to support their communities at all ages and all reading levels.

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@atlaz_chugged @hollowearthterf Your woman is ruining your enjoyment of housekeeping? Dump her, I say.

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@larissaphillip @TheDeidre Honestly, I often recommend James Patterson books to adult learners. They're like the adult equivalent of hi-lo books: high interest, low reading skills. Engaging plots, short chapters, limited vocabulary.

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@larissaphillip call the library, explain what happened, and ask that they please prepare their staff so this scenario doesn't occur again!

[Amy 🍄 @AmyGaertner]

@larissaphillip It depends on the library. Mine has an adult literacy program where we train volunteers to provide free tutoring. We have a literacy collection full of books for adult learners. It's not the first library I've worked at that provides such a service! You should absolutely ...