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Librarian, writer, homebrewer, leader, skilled treadmiller, USAF vet, innovator, decider. BA, MSLIS, MFA, PhD, ALA, ACLU, LGBTQ. She/her/hers.

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I'm awaiting the day when we need to start a legal defense fund on behalf of a dictionary

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@galendruke Thank you for 9 years of great podcasting. I’ll miss 538!

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@MerriamWebster Respite

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@davidclover Sending you hugs from Northern California 💔

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@MerriamWebster Virgo

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To learn how you can support librarians and defend the right to read, join the Unite Against Book Bans campaign led by the American Library Association at https://t.co/XKi7Wivivc.

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@PhDhurtBrain Turkish Delight, made correctly and not allowed to stale, is delicious. I grew up on Aplets and Cotlets during the holidays, which are basically Turkish Delight. Harriet the Spy's tomato sandwiches were the next food from books, and with good tomatoes, YES.

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@fledglingnerd @NoetheMatt That vote is hard for me to understand, because there were no potential procedural concerns that I could identify -- it's just reaffirming what we believe as an association. Then again, we can always ask folks why they voted as they did.

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@NoetheMatt Sometimes no votes or abstentions are based on procedural concerns. (This is also why we shouldn't rush items.) & don't rule out user error. An interesting exercise: keeping track of total participation on each item. I've noticed that voting often drops on controversial items.

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@GeometricRabbit Fortunately, test votes aren’t included in the publicly-available Council voting tallies that become part of @ALALibrary’s permanent record (there’s a subtweet buried in there 😉)

[IFLA LGBTQ @ifla_lgbtq]

Response to the announcement about IFLA WLIC 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
https://t.co/pVJBrx0pYC

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Heads-up regarding this growing collection of IFLA members objecting to IFLA choosing Dubai for the 2024 WLIC.

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@jaenarae May his memory be a blessing. I know it hurts.

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@NYTGames Bureau

[Lessa Nani Pelayo-Lozada @Lessa4Libraries]

“The @ALALibrary is pleased that the @FTRF, our First Amendment legal defense arm, & our state affiliate, the @ArLALibrary, are participating in the lawsuit to vindicate AR residents’ freedom to read...The government has no place in deciding what books people can borrow or buy."

[Society of Secret Library Friends @sslibfriends]

The father was convicted, and the judge said, “There were heroes in this case. One was the child, and the other was the book.” Also a hero was the librarian who made this book available on the shelves.

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@sjvn You truly got it!

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@rebeccamakkai So THAT's how the goat cartel works! I had wondered.

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@lspags Just caught this. Hang in there

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@Lessa4Libraries I can’t imagine what this year is like.

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@beerinator Avocado is the sultry veg.