Lily in the Library

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[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

I've been on Twitter forever.
I hope it improves again, because it's basically my safe, happy place. 😬
👍 #MyXAnniversary

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Can anyone recommend books on Type 1 Diabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults, and coming to terms with a serious, shock, life-threatening diagnosis in midlife, please. (Sigh)
#BookTwitter #BookX #BookAddict #t1D #LADA

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

📚 love!

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Hatė when people at work ask you what books you are reading for professional development. I am reading books to counteract the effects of being professionally developed.

I am reading books that bring me back to being human. Thank you

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

@FXMC1957 How sad! 😭

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Adding to my wishlist.

[AbeBooks @AbeBooks]

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans has won the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction. A novel told entirely through letters, following a 73-year-old woman finally reckoning with the one letter she could never send.

https://t.co/iUVghzNBGF

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Nice positive #affirmation for today!

[Coursera @coursera]

I am growing, even in ways I don’t fully see yet.

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Lovely symbols of a Britain (of my childhood) that has mostly disappeared. ❤️ very nostalgic to see.

[i’ll be the one reading @deepinagoodbook]

The combination of pre-mobile phone days. An ER II box and phone box in Lincoln. #PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc. Have a good Saturday all.

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Oo, nice! Adding to my wishlist!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Acquired this wonderful volume at a library book sale for eight dollars ☺️

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

😂

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Yesterday someone tried to tell me we're better off without literacy because writing is a means of control. My friend, those who seek your oppression don't want you literate. The ability to read & communicate is our best defense against tyranny. And they're taking it from us.

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Hint, hint 😜 #JuneIsMyBirthdayMonth 👍🎉

[Brambly Hedge @bramblyhedge_]

Our new Birthday Party range! Featuring gift bags, tissue paper, and wrapping paper. Available now from our store https://t.co/sKmA2rq4VR

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

Totally failing at life in every way, but doing ok on Duolingo 🤷‍♀️

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

@MerriamWebster So is religious 'unction' related to anointing?

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

13 years ago, Rotherham, England turned 8 miles of mowed roadside grass into a "river of flowers." In 2021, they added even more miles.

The original scheme was commissioned by Rotherham Council in 2013, designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett at the University of Sheffield, and seeded with a 180-species wildflower mix along the central reservations of the town's main ring road. It replaced mowing that had been costing the council around £80,000 a year.

Since then: the wildflower verges have saved roughly £23,000 to £25,000 per two-year mowing cycle, increased pollinator abundance, and inspired similar programs in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Sheffield.

In 2021, Rotherham added 3.5 more miles across 12 new sites including Herringthorpe, Swinton, Harthill, and Maltby. They just keep expanding it.

The UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows in the last 100 years. Most of what was lost was paved, plowed, or mowed. The verges nobody was using anyway turned out to be one of the largest untapped habitats in the country.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘permutation.’
https://t.co/Y68dvI0WoY

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

Good morning! This week's theme was Pubs and Bars.

Take a look at the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces. 🍺🍷

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

@WritePaintDraw @hmm_cook Thank you! It seems obvious now you've explained it!

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

ADHD is having the vocabulary of a university professor and the coordination of a newborn giraffe trying to walk past a coffee table.

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

I discovered recently that a friend of 40+ years had deleted me without a word. 🤯

[Lily in the Library @lillbjorne]

I met a man today whose dog had been a lockdown puppy, just like my dogs, and he had also failed his service dog training like this cute baby!

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A dog failed his service dog exam, and was later seen at a train station carrying the reason why.

People at the station couldn’t stop staring when the dog walked onto the train with a stuffed elephant held proudly in his mouth.

At first, everyone thought it was part of his training.
But his owner started laughing and explained the truth.

The dog had been training to become a service dog, but during one of his final tests, he kept getting distracted by an elephant plushie nearby. Instead of staying focused, he tried to steal it like it was the only thing in the room that mattered.

That was the moment he failed.

But his owner said he couldn’t be mad. The dog had tried his best, and even if he wasn’t meant to be a service dog, he was still loyal, gentle, and full of love.

So before they left, he bought him the elephant toy.

That night, the dog didn’t pass the exam, but he still went home with the person who chose him anyway.