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@starfishknits

Old bi/ace white cis woman (she/her). Childrens Librarian (public). Tired. Sweary. Wear a fucking mask. Alt-text your pictures. In-bio your pronouns. No more Nazis. AI & LLMs are terrible. Get out of here with that shit.

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I made it!! Our health was very poor and we had no clothing BUT we had 1089 bullets so no one laughed at us. 🀣

11.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Buck Frobisher's March 11 Speech
Buck Frobisher's March 11 Speech YouTube video by girlyskin

Happy 11th of March!

11.03.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

I actually have a coworker who would not bother to say anything because she would be blissfully unaware of the *existence* of the zombies despite the full news coverage. Like, you would say "But we couldn't go, because of the zombies" and she would look at you blankly and say "... sorry? Zombies?"

11.03.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

fuck YEAH

11.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

QFMFT

10.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aw, hell, me please for the amethyst 10.5 - you can put it in the box with the one I ordered yesterday

10.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've only used Zenni but they've been great

09.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So if the Cabinet floats ... it's a witch!

09.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Queen Demon (The Rising World Book 2) Amazon.com: Queen Demon (The Rising World Book 2) eBook : Wells, Martha: Kindle Store

There's an Amazon Kindle sale on Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World series) today for 2.99, US and Canada www.amazon.com/Queen-Demon-... #booksky

08.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a batch of pita bread dough proofing right now, because somehow it's easier to make my own than put on shoes and get in the car and drive all of 5 minutes to the store ...

brains, amirite?

08.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If no one has claimed yet, me please for the fordite

08.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What colors is the Fordite?

08.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

brb, not getting anything done ever again

07.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

but yeah, the curse of the "gifted"

07.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have found that working with kids has made me a lot more willing to be bad at things, but I have to also be careful to remind then (and myself) that nobody gets better by not trying again ...

(Also if the lesson's focus is "drawing circles in various shades" it's a pretty low bar to competence πŸ‘)

07.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A purple flower (possibly a hyacinth) with green leaves, painted in watercolor. The stem was too dark so I tried to lighten it with water and it looks more like one of the leaves now. I'M LEARNING.

A purple flower (possibly a hyacinth) with green leaves, painted in watercolor. The stem was too dark so I tried to lighten it with water and it looks more like one of the leaves now. I'M LEARNING.

and it's hard to turn off the part of my brain that wants to get everything perfect, because *I don't have the skills for perfect* and fucking around is how I will learn the skills ....

anyway I drew a flower please love me 🫢

07.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

So I got myself one of those miniature watercolor sets (because smol) and got a book about the basics and watched a couple of videos ("10 things I wish I knew before I started" &c) and now I'm just taking a few minutes at a time to fuck around with shapes and varying the amount of water ... +

07.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had seen something about this being a possibility, interesting findings here.

(Not mentioned in the article, but I only want about half as much coffee as I used to ...)

07.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She actually enjoyed sewing a lot, and she often made special-occasion clothes for me and my sister, but yeah, the yardage of trim on those dresses was mind-boggling.

07.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In HS (1980's), the big thing was Gunne Sax dresses (tons of lace & ribbons & pin-tucks, etc) and the storebought ones didn't go up to my size BUT my mom found sewing patterns and made me a full-length princess dress in white with violets and pansies sprigged all over and I loved it SO MUCH.

07.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Sarah is in her pack stockroom wearing a T-shirt that says plant native plants with a cool goth girls surrounded by plants in a stained

Sarah is in her pack stockroom wearing a T-shirt that says plant native plants with a cool goth girls surrounded by plants in a stained

A print leaning on some plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell. The background is purple and the graphic is green blue and white. There’s a kitty cat with a hose and a watering can standing on skulls and there’s flowers with faces

A print leaning on some plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell. The background is purple and the graphic is green blue and white. There’s a kitty cat with a hose and a watering can standing on skulls and there’s flowers with faces

My cousin and her family are staying with me in April so I gotta get this Skype a scientist stock room cleared out!

May I interest you in a native plants t shirt or print? Our shop supports our work here in Philly connecting people with science via art!

SquidFacts.net

07.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Here’s an easy mnemonic to help you remember the 26 letters of the alphabet

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

Also the Keebler chocolate mint cookies are better than Thin Mints FIGHT ME

06.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am waiting for replies to 3 (three) emails and therefore obviously I can do nothing else until one comes through

(please ignore the huge pile of crap I am meant to be sorting out)

06.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On my (short) commute I'm listening to Newbery Honor "The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli" and I'm really invested so I'll probably power through that while knitting.

06.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey so, in general I’m a pretty hardened internet user but y’all have GOT to start content warning the Epstein shit. Yes, even β€œjust” quotes. Survivors are on these apps, y’all. Moderation tools do not only exist for the potential reader, they’re there for posters too, and you should use them

06.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Very well put. πŸ‘

06.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly I've loved all of them. How long does the mane take to do? It looks very fiddly.

06.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!!

... now I want to know what the badger question was. I didn't see a single kid all day and don't feel like I really librarianed at all.

06.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0