Katharine St Laurent (she/her)

Librarian, triathlete, egg artist and animal advocate! Leaning into my human-ness, filling in the spaces, laughing at myself, always.

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@jenniferlagarde @DashkaSlater @yalsa I loved this as a follow up to The 57 Bus, which introduced restorative justice to so many. Teachers saw "restorative justice" adopted in careless ways that glossed over the hard work, investment and emotion required of the people involved, and this book shows the resulting harm.

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@desusnice @oneunderscore__ Worse, Google is no longer treating Boolean operators as such. We’re losing the basic ability to tell the machines what we want

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@librarian_elle All of ET.

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@Public_Citizen Also, a significant percentage of the working age population is dead or disabled due to Covid, so there’s that

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@Teletabbii @SketchesbyBoze @nurzubesuch99 One of my favorites, also by him

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

What are the odds that there was a failed prototype of a tuna salad uncrustable?

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@StckedLibrarian I’ve had multiple students break bones from jumping off roofs, and one was banned from the mall after getting on the roof. It’s the lure of the abyss 🤷‍♀️

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@veronikellymars Have you seen teen digital audio lately?! Half of them are $82!

[NY Public Library @nypl]

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[NY Public Library @nypl]

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[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@gileslibrarian ET gave me nightmares until I was 13. I can’t even bear to add a GIF

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@getSTEAMedup Comfort by Deb Talan

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@StckedLibrarian You���re joking, but it’s been challenged before

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@Azriel_Green Ugh, *pysanka. I need sleep

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@Azriel_Green Goose pysanky for my aunt’s 70th birthday

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@blacksheep_127 I interacted with a receptionist on Monday who I could not tell if she was still in the conversation unless she was directly talking to me. It was like she fully disengaged and forgot about me between questions. It was super uncomfortable, but she wasn’t doing anything wrong.

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@blacksheep_127 If it’s the first time this has happened, just take the opportunity to observe future interactions. It might be you, but it might not. Some people’s communication styles just don’t mesh.

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@dreamwastoid Just do it!

[Katharine St Laurent (she/her) @TheEclecticLib]

@izzycolello I know you’re being polite, so I’ll restate. Men who honk or catcall are flexing on women to remind them that they are not safe alone in public. It’s aggressive and abusive, and men, if you see your friends doing it you need to tell them they’re being creeps.