Notices by Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵] (platypus@glammr.us)

Hey y'all, Hannah Depp who started Loyalty Bookstore in DC is one of my oldest friends and the occupation of DC/economic situation really sunk their August numbers. It's a small, BIPOC-owned, queer indie bookstore.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-bookstore-decline-business-federal-surge/3987349/

If you don't have your own local bookstore and need to order a book or to affiliate w/someone in Libro.fm or bookshop.org, consider choosing them?

https://loyaltybookstores.com/

Last night of my 30s! About to host some friends for a backyard hang and dessert! Selfie hidden for eye contact

There we go! When I’m feeling it, I can smile. Had a lovely time.

Good morning I’m 40! 🥳 :partyparrot: :success:

I record all my big lifts for my coach, even on ordinary days like today. But I accidentally chose the Slow-Motion mode on my phone and made this epic walk-up video, so then I added music. It's only 185lbs. But let's go!

WARNING: the flickering florescents of my gym basement are intensified

#powerlifting

by Emily John Garcés (https://www.instagram.com/emilyjohngarces/p/DNnsK-TsvDf/) thinking of all the strong-willed children out there today whose strong wills allow them to go against the grain and do good in the world.

I really needed this laugh.

When I came to Penn State in fall 2017, one quickly picked up that we were proud of being a "land grant" school and that this implied (and even required) a public service mission.

In 2020, High Country News released their land grant data and I was appalled to realize what it actually meant.

With votes to close 7 of our campuses, I've seen callbacks to this "land grant" language but it leaves my mouth and stomach bitter so I thought I'd write about what it really means

https://ruthtillman.com/post/understanding-land-grant/

New quilt up on my blog today! https://ruthtillman.com/quilts/light-and-shadows/

#quilting #QuiltsOfMastodon #quilts

I have a wacky job title, so ALA's "Beyond the Job Title" series approached me and I did an interview about what I actually do.

https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/beyond-the-job-title-cataloging-systems-and-linked-data-strategist/

"I believe we can do medium-sized things" may not be an inspiring rallying cry, but it's better than not believing we can do anything.

@futurebird I'm grateful for having a bunch of trans/nonbinary friends. Even though it's also made me realize I'm extremely cis. I experience gender euphoria in the body I'm in and I want that for everyone.

Celebrating our 18th anniversary this weekend!

@cwebber @researchfairy /screams

@cwebber @researchfairy also I'm compelled to mention that I always have a hot ginger at bedtime.

https://glammr.us/@platypus/114801272111878696

MFW someone tells me "you're so smart to mask, I've had COVID 5 times."

(fortunately, they can only kinda see my face)

Even if you only mask when you're in really dense spaces or when traveling, that's something!

It's also making life a little easier/safer for people who are already disabled and masking because they need to everywhere.

Tonight, M and I were making plans for our 18th anniversary in a couple weeks. We're not doing anything big, but it was still wild to recall our 11th and then realize it was 7 whole years ago. Everything happens so much.

This is me on our 11th anniversary 7 years ago when I realized that the gift shop at the cave we visited sold MANY KINDS OF STUFFED BAT. I think this is the best smile of mine ever to be captured.

Shitpost:

If you're going to prompt an LLM to write me an email that you expect me to use an LLM to summarize, just email me the prompt text and save us both time and a little humanity.