#tumblarians

[okayto]

Hey, this pride month (or literally any time of year), you wanna know something fairly easy and great you can do?

Contact your local library (or comment on their social media) positively for any pride/LGBTQIA+/queer-related displays or events they have going on.

Seriously.

What I’m seeing and hearing from the (mostly US-based) library workers in my groups and social circles is that the anti-queer (anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-drag queen story time, etc.) comments and complaints that have ramped up in the past year aren’t going away. Even library workers with supportive coworkers/bosses/boards are steeling themselves to deal with an avalanche of garbage, or are second-guessing their displays and events because the amount of vitriol can wear a person down so much. And the ones without supportive people or work environments? It’s worse.

Give the library something else: give them both the ammo (by being one of the numbers they can count worth the positive group) if they need to show their community isn’t wholly negative. Give them the compliment of knowing that their work got appreciated.

A comment like “I love this” or “Wow, that looks great!”

An email about how much you’re excited about X event

A call saying you wanted to let them know you appreciate this thing

Tagging them if you share a picture or positive comment on social media

“Cool shirt/pins/etc!” (Because people are also bring harassed about personally being queer, even if it’s not a library display)

Literally anything that would be positive for them to receive

#Pride #tumblarians #working in a library #library life #queer #Pride Month #original #text post

[lakecountylibrary]

Bill Criminalizing Librarians Revived - again.

April 21, 2023: After the sound defeat of language calling for felony charges against librarians and educators in SB 12 and SB 380 earlier in April, the Indiana legislature is once more considering criminalizing librarians and educators for the materials on their shelves.

Here's the Indiana Capital Chronicle on the situation:

The legislators themselves don't know yet what bill the language will be slipped into, but we expect they'll hear it next week, possibly as early as Monday, April 24.

What To Do:

They're moving fast, so if you live in Indiana and feel strongly about libraries and censorship, please call your reps and senators NOW. Even if you already contacted them earlier this session!

Here's how to find and contact your legislators: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legislators/

Here are some talking points and the general gist of our concerns:

Charging librarians and educators with felonies is not an appropriate response to the issue of challenging books.

It is a librarian or educator’s job to ensure that children have access to a range of well-reviewed quality books. They are trained and follow objective processes for material selection.

Libraries and schools already have processes in place for challenging books on their shelves, and these processes work.

And here's our own webpage where you can catch up on the situation and stay updated: https://www.lcplin.org/billupdates

If you don't live in Indiana:

Please do not contact the Indiana legislature about this! Instead, you can just hit that reblog button and help us reach as many people as possible.

Thank you, everyone, for your continued support of libraries and librarians!!

EDIT: This version has been getting notes lately - please see the final update from 4/28/23 to see how everything resolved. (It was a bit of a mixed bag.) Thank you!

#censorship #book banning #libraries #public libraries #librarians #tumblarians #tumblrarians #libraries have always been political #Indiana #us politics

[adhdoofenshmirtz]

Doofenshmirtz is one of us

#phineas and ferb #heinz doofenshmirtz #tumblr #tumblarians #today on tumblr

[intrepidheroine]

Patron: I have noticed that a number of toys are missing from the children's department recently.

Me: Indeed.

Patron: (lists the toys that have disappeared)

Me: Yup.

Patron: What happened?

Me: Well, you see. Libraries have patrons.

Patron: Yes...

Me: And this is a children's department. So we have patrons of a variety of sizes.

Patron: Sure?

Me: And sometimes they shove stuff into their strollers and then we don't have those toys anymore.

Patron: Ah.

Me: We're searching to see if the toys are hiding somewhere odd, but they may be hiding in someone's toy box right now.

PSA from a children's librarian: if your kids swipe a toy from the library, we will not write you up for theft. Please just drop the toy at the checkout desk or in the return bin with a note "found with my kid's library books" or just "Youth Services Department." We'll figure it out. You don't even have to sign it.

#libraries #librarianship #tumblarians

[librarianpirate]

HOOPLA, OVERDRIVE/LIBBY NOW BANNED FOR THOSE UNDER 18 IN MISSISSIPPI

This country just keeps getting more and more off the rails. I can't even think of any pithy commentary to add - I'm just tired.

#tumblarians #library life

[arieslilith-piscesascendant]

SHORT ASTROLOGY OBSERVATIONS

Note: I like to preface (albeit quite late) that I will not respond to comments, asks/inboxes until I feel like it. On the other hand, there are times when I may post excessively. I’m trying to break my social media addiction😅. As per usual take what resonates and leave what doesn’t.

🖤Taurus mars are so freaking sensual, it’s insane. The way how they’re so synced (for lack of better term) with their body and the messages, feelings, cravings, etc. Not only that, since Taurus is a fixed sign, I like to think that they develop the relationship with their body more thoroughly and it will be hard for anyone to change their mind.

Come to think of it, fixed sign placements really do exert this air of independence because their value system is something they cherish with their soul.

🖤 Virgo suns are just aries that think before they speak, Taurus suns are basically sagittarius suns since they never gaf about almost anything, and Capricorn suns are just libras that is just grounded and really takes their time.

🖤I think that Capricorn Venus goes well with Scorpio and Leo Venuses. From my knowledge, Capricorn venuses will put in the work if they genuinely see a future with you. They may not be vocally expressive of their affection, but they surely will show it, mostly through acts of service, quality time, etc. (Basically every other love language except words of affirmation??). With Scorpio and Leo venuses, they are pretty much the same. They both love to serve their partner with a great desire to do so. However, this is also only when they also see a future with you. All three signs are dedicated to their lovers. They may show it in different ways, but they all will be the type to be severely heartbroken if the relationship they’re in suffers.

🖤No one really talks about how saturn in the 6th house in Aries can be interpreted as your health deteriorating because you fail to initiate boundaries. The 6th house is the natural house of Virgo, a sign that likes to give. So keeping that in mind, Saturn in the 6th house as Aries can be interpreted as a placement that tends to *overgive* and that can, in turn, take a toll on your mental and physical health. This can also signify a codependency. Aries is naturally equated to independence, so saturn restricting the qualities of that sign along with being in the 6th house, can also create codependent tendencies.

🖤 When someone has all three modalities in their big 3, you can really see the different aspects of a person. I have a friend who is a Gemini sun, Scorpio moon, and Cancer ascendant. She knows how to appeal to many types of people, expressing the mutable modality. Her fixed moon allows her to be stable, so you never really see her suffer emotionally or feel anything. With her cancer ascendant, this also talks about appealing to people..like she has this inviting energy and it kind of inspires people to take an approach to her! Definitely multifaceted (Sorry this is a bad explanation😭).

🖤Mercury aspecting any planet (especially inner planets) can add an erratic youthfulness or organized youthfulness. Remember, the rulers of mercury is Gemini and Virgo. This can be definitely emphasized if mercury or any other planet is in Gemini/Virgo, or they’re at those degrees.

🖤I had seen a post that said Aquarius ascendants have nothing compared to Uranus-ascendant conjunction. i find it interesting, honestly. Aquarius ascendants will have something physically different about them, while Uranus-ascendant has this uranian aura to them. It’s like their energy is actually “outta this world.” I like to think of some type of scenario where someone can’t quite put their finger on why they feel such a way towards a person who has this aspect. This can provide the native with refreshing energy because it’s something that people never really experienced and never really forget when it becomes a memory.

🖤 I don’t know if R&B is still listened to as much as pop music, but I would genuinely listen to the song “Lonely” by Glenn Lewis. This is specifically for my Saturn and Pluto dominants. (Scorpio, Capricorn/Libra/Aquarius dominants can also resonate with this.) The lyrics really describe how it’s like when someone who did a pluto/saturn dominant dirty and they try and come back. I know I keep saying it and I will continue to say it: Karma does NOT play around when it comes to these dominants. She understands that they are here clear up their debt and make a life for themselves, if anyone gets in the way of that, she will f them up. Here are a few of the lyrics that personally stood out to me since I’m both lmao:

“Baby, how you been? I been doin' fine/Been takin' my time to get myself on track/Why you’d never call, you used to have my back/Whenever I fall, you we’re always there for me/Now you’re not at all so it’s been awhile/Was tryin' to figure out when it’s my turn to smile/I think that time has come be careful what you say/If it’s game you want then you know I came to play.”

“Now you say what's up/Because you know the deal/What you think I feel when I lay down at night/Because I don't have you/You think I'm not alright/I say this for myself I don't need nobody else/Before it's too late/You better think twice/Love or you can hate me all that you like…”

“Don’t think too bad of me/It’s just so sad to see you used to be proud of me/Now you're gonna be lonely/ without me as your friend/Goes around, it'll come back again/when I was your only/Now you're gonna be lonely/Now you’re alone/Now you're gonna be lonely/Now you’re alone/Now that I have gone.”

🖤I swear to god, the Pluto in Libra generation is bad…but not. I think it goes along with our last two pluto generations: Sagittarius and Capricorn. Libra is all about justice and balance, so the generation that has this placement, could possibly be very much into protesting, human rights, etc. I was researching this generation and one thing i learned was the Iranian Revolution! Happening in 1979, the citizens of Iran went through a series of events that led to the overthrow of the authoritarian government, taken after the shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. On the other hand, people in this generation may have been passive towards certain issues and try to stay away/not associate themselves with it.🥴

🖤 Pluto-saturn aspects are insane. If that doesn’t scream power, control, and leader…then idk😅. Harsher aspects may have a strong urge for it, or completely deny it, while the softer aspects may not have a hard time with it.

🖤 I really wanna meet someone who is a Taurus sun/Scorpio moon/Pisces ascendant and a Taurus sun/Cancer moon/pisces ascendant. The first one is such an interesting mix because that makes the native like hyper aware with their surroundings. Very empathic vibes and prone to easily taking on other people’s feelings. Despite the sun and moon being in fixed signs, the pisces ascendant helps them open up a little easier. For the latter, that person must feel like HOME. They will know how to listen to you and can really empathize with your pain. Cancer in big three already screams ‘mom friend,’ and the taurus sun can make one quite analytical. It makes me think of mom instincts. Additionally, Pisces ascendants have gemini in their 4th house: they may not live in a typical house or it may not look like a typical house. Consider yourself lucky to experience the habitat of a pisces ascendant. Home is a mental experience.

🖤 People with moon square ascendant may not display their emotions as easily as the softer aspects. They can literally start at you like ‘😶’ and be feeling a whole wave.

🖤Mercury retrograde is kicking earth signs butts so hard right now. This mercury tribes my mars. My personal lesson that is occurring right now is to learn how to hold my peace. I have been feeling tried and tested especially when the shadow period started. I told off some people but like I said, my lesson is to learn what to use my voice on. Additionally, it opposes my venus and trines my chiron. Definitely some time to chill out haha.

🖤Pluto in Aquarius is already striking. In my hometown the bus system is going to go on strike by randomly stopping service and not going to their jobs. The reason for this strike is for better pay and benefits. Apparently the bus system has complaints that they haven’t been paid enough or just they get treated like 💩. Striking and protesting sounds very much Aquarian in nature, so that’s one thing. Pluto also rules extremes, so by taking this strike, they will let people find their own modes of transportation until they get what they want.

🖤 I am watching a documentary on black holes and I forgot that the black hole in our milky way universe is Sagittarius A* (star). I think it makes sense considering that Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, and Jupiter rules expansion. Black holes also expand (their singularity—the part of the black hole where everything is compressed to an infinitely small point and there are no concepts of time and space.)

Alright, I think this is enough. This is definitely not short😂. But enjoy!

#astrology #astrology observations #aries #astro talk #astro observations #zodic signs #scorpio #taurus #tumblarians #venus in scorpio

[karyme-castro]

Me dejaste llorando tantas veces en la madrugada, que no me sorprendería si lo haces una vez más.

Karyme.

#anonima #frases #citas #notas #escritos #sentimientos #textos #en tu orbita #caos #mientras no estabas #una chica escribiendo #cosas tristes #amor #tumblarians

[archivistic]

"SUPARS was designed by a librarian named Pauline Atherton (who goes by the name of Pauline Atherton Cochrane today). In 1960, aged 30 and early in her library career, she had been the cross-reference editor of that year’s revision of the World Book Encyclopedia, ensuring thorough and accurate cross-linking between different articles. By 1966, she was working at the Syracuse University libraries and in the library school, where in 1968 she demonstrated the first use of an online decimal classification file to aid in search (AUDACIOUS). That same year, she established the first computer-based teaching lab that integrated online search into regular classroom teaching at the library school (LEEP)."

#PLEASE can we resurrect the name AUDACIOUS #best system name ever #i'm looking at you @ sirsi dynix #and summon #and EDS #database history #library history #tumblarians #libraries #librarians #syracuse university

[go-learn-esperanto]

💟 ravensparklz Follow

Call Out Post

The user @scitties-milker is a hermit shipper. I saw them retweet fanart of Grian and Scar kissing and it made me so sick 🤮 This person is out there shipping real life people with a family and children! (They also ship ethubs)

I don't care one is literally Minecraft Kakashi having a date with a bush that's so weird, dangerous and borderline homophobic 😫

They're sexualising grown adult men!!!!

I only use Twitter but because this person uses Tumblr I, from the goodness of my heart, came to inform all of tumblarians of this very problematic individual!

Stay safe xoxo

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🧙‍♂️ scitties-milker

Old Cub and Wizard Scar busted it down sexual style

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#fake post #hermitblr #shitpost #mcyt #hermitcraft #hermitshipping

[notebooks-and-laptops]

I think the thing about libraries that maybe doesn't get mentioned enough on here is that most of them need security guards. I once read an article about volunteer run libraries where volunteers were quitting because they didn't realise that the job was dangerous but it is!! I've had co workers get assaulted in front of me. I've had co workers get stalked. I've had to ring emergency services multiple times on shifts. On a day to day basis I deal with inappropriate sexual comments, bigotry, shouting and aggression, threats and rowdy behaviour which often becomes dangerous to other staff members or customers. Now this isn't to say I don't love my job, I do. But it's to say that when you defund the library, when you say librarian's should be on minimum wage or don't deserve a high salary, you should take into account that librarians are often at risk at work (depending on the library and the area). You should also take into account that defunding libraries often means a lack in things like security guards, panic alarms, and other safety measurers which keep librarians safe. A job as a modern public librarian is NOT just about reading books all day and helping little old ladies or just putting on events and the summer reading challenge, it's a really mentally draining and difficult job. An important one, but still. And I think that with the rise in Tumblr-loves-libraries-and-librarians we should talk about this more.

#librarians #public libraries #library #libraries #tumblarians

[hawtrne]

I love love when a reader hears the name of their favourite book and they instantly become so social and light up because that's the most beautiful thing ever

#books #tumblarians #the inheritance games #percy jackon and the olympians #a good girls guide to murder #tsc

[arieslilith-piscesascendant]

Astro Obs🦟🦗

If it’s one thing I’ll never understand in the astro community is why do we HAVE to force our opinion on others about which system is better? If someone aligns with the Placidus system, then fine. If someone aligns with whole signs, or Koch, or Porphyry, or even Sidereal, then that’s FINE. Astrology is a way to help us connect to ourselves and others and regardless of the system, if it helps, IT FUCKING HELPS.

It is always said that if someone has their Saturn in their first house/aspecting the ascendant, then they will have a small frame. That’s true for most of the case BUT if they have a Jupiter ascendant (Pisces or Sagittarius), they’ll most likely still have something broad or “expanded” about them. Not a bad thing, just an observation.

Transit-wise, I am going through a mercury-pluto opposition, and I have never been happier with this! I'll explain this in my next post.

I swear, if you're an earth sign mercury that is retrograde, please SPEAK THE EFF UP. I don't want to have to play your unconscious mind games of guessing what you're trying to say. I will happily leave until you learn how to use your voice that you. were. born. with.

People with mars-saturn opposition: do y'all find yourself to be irritated easily, but at the same time hopeful that stuff will work out for you?

If you are having trouble trying to balance one house, always look to the opposite house to establish balance. For example, I have Uranus and Neptune in Aquarius in the 12th House, so I'll look to my 6th House in Leo. Leo in the 6th House is all about taking care of themselves and literally treating themselves like royalty. Now, I have Jupiter here making an exact opposition to my Neptune. A part of my daily routine is to allow myself to indulge in creative hobbies that allow me to express my 12th House energy. Unfortunately it's in retrograde, so this journey is quite difficult to accomplish. (But it's not impossible tho!)

Retrograde planets are also energies that are expressed with confidence in your childhood, but as you grow older, it becomes hidden, turns inward. This could be a natural occurrence, or your parent(s) failed to support you. For example, with my Uranus 12th House retrograde, I remember constantly asking my mother to give me some change EVERY TIME we passed by this little charity place in front of our local supermarket. Unfortunately, she never really allowed me the space to continue to foster the energy so that I can consciously integrate it. While I do feel like I want to help, the disconnect is there. In my head I will think of plans to help people, but trying to start it is the obstacle.

In Sidereal, I have my moon in the 9th House, and this is also relatable. I always love to learn more information and any type of knowledge. When I want to "escape" my emotions, I usually daydream about being in a different country, or reading/watching documentaries about different places.

Whatever sign your Lilith is in, watch out for that sign placement. That placement may cause you to act out in that certain area, as well as them becoming obsessed.

Example: I have my Lilith in Aries: I have to watch out for Aries placements because they will be the type to obsess over me and will not listen to me.

One dude who is an Aries, wouldn't stop doing what I asked him to stop, until I told him that I don't want anything to do with him then he listened. Now he's trying to guilt trip me, but he doesn't realize it and I will happily bite back verbally.

Another friend of mine, she's an Aries sun, mars, and mercury. I keep her at a distance and she constantly blows my phone up. I love her but she just takes too much energy from me lol.

This obsession can be emphasized with my Lilith and their placements in my 2nd House. I read somewhere that people who have placements in your 2nd House, can be quite possessive and obsessive.

9th House Venus does carry some sort of Sagittarius vibe to it, meaning that the Venus sign will express themes of freedom, higher knowledge, optimism, hope, and faith. Even if it's in detriment (i.e. Aries & Scorpio).

I am in major support of making a holiday where you dedicate a day where you show nothing but love to your Pluto and Saturn dominant friends. I don't see a lot of people emphasizing this enough. Go. Give. Them. Love. Now.

Aquarius 12th House, you need to master the lesson of "expecting the unexpected." It's not easy because Aquarius is a fixed sign, so it doesn't like change (abrupt change at least), but it's also a future/higher-power oriented sign. Look to the future with hope that whatever instability you're experiencing will subside. It is also important that you practice being a humanitarian. This will allow you good karma, which can help you weather the storm.

Sidereal placements, in my opinion, show the true, underlying energy of the original placement, and the current sign it is in is like an "add-on." Or shows how you outwardly express that energy.

Example: I have a Scorpio Venus. In the sidereal, I am a Libra Venus. I have been heartbroken and it feels like a major injustice that has been done to me. However, that is expressed inwardly. When I am alone, or with someone I trust, I can be the type to just withhold my emotions and dwell on them. At that point, it is seen as a transformation (a Scorpionic theme), so now I am a whole different person and that different personality is expressed outwardly.

You ever wish that you had a certain placement, only to find out that you have a placement in the natural house of the sign you want? Example: I wish I had Capricorn placements, and Taurus placements. While the only placement in Capricorn I have is my Chiron (ouch), it is "compensated" through my 10th House placements; placements being Pluto and my MC conjunct. As for Taurus, I have my Lilith in the 2nd House. (FUCKING HELLL).

If you find yourself eliciting strong reactions from people when you talk, check your mercury sign. Check if an outer planet, mars, or moon specifically is making an aspect because if so, then your words are charged with that planet's energy. I have my mercury oppose Lilith, sextile Pluto, sesquiquadrate Uranus, and trine Neptune., and sextiling Jupiter. People will either be stunned at the stuff I say. Stunned can be either "I don't like what you said and you're wrong for existing" type of stunned or "Omg I don't have the confidence to say that, but you do and that is so cool" type of stunned. Never in between.

Leo moons, may I suggest that you video record yourself if no one is giving you attention? The only person that ultimately matters is you, so be your own fan first and foremost. Record yourself, take pictures, etc. As a draconic leo moon, I find this to be healing! (To an extent though because I do want other people to notice me lol).

Air mercuries literally give the same energy as fire mercuries. Both can talk about anything and everything, and for hours on end. It's like the Lithium Battery Bunny. Never stop going LOL.

But earth and water mercuries...they need their downtime for sure.

Anyone whose Pluto squares your inner placements, will try to exercise power over you, whether unconsciously or consciously. (As a Virgo sun, I cannot stand the Pluto in Sag generation because why...do y'all think y'all *that* good? Check your egos please <3).

To those who have their inner planets in the 8th house, try to seek therapy that is attuned to that placement. Example: Venus in the 8th House can do art therapy. Moon in the 8th House can focus on expressing their emotions based on the sign. If you have trouble with that, look to the ruler of your sign. I.e. a Libra moon will express their emotions by expressing Venusian themes.

Please with a hard mars-ascendant aspect, people will always mistake you as someone scary, when that's not even the case. If anything, your expression of your Mars energy is beautiful, and no one can say anything <3.

I hope y'all enjoyed this. I'll be starting another post soon. If you have sent me asks in the ask box, I will get to those soon.

#astrology observations #venus in scorpio #astro observations #zodic signs #aries #astro talk #astrology #scorpio #taurus #tumblarians #Mars oppose ascendant #Mars square ascendant #Mars conjunct ascendant #8th house

[heartmondox]

A veces sucede que ganas más de lo que pierdes.

#a. werther #fragmentos #giladas #fragmentos olvidados #personal #tumblarians #citas #my thoughts #caos #love #collage #artcollage

[fragmentos-adolescentes]

No soy rencorosa, cariño, pero entiende que no puedes entrar y salir de mi vida como te plazca esperando que yo no pierda el interés en ti.

A. Werther

#frases #citas #notas #escritos #fragmentos adolescentes #fragmentos #pensamientos #amor #textos #citas en español #a. werther #tumblarians

[archivlibrarianist]

"...if a kid can’t afford to buy the book, go to the library and get it. Libraries are amazing! They offer these things to people in their community.

"Y’all: LIBRARIES ARE UNDER ATTACK BY GROUPS TRYING TO ENSURE THESE BOOKS DO NOT GET INTO THE HANDS OF READERS. This is not only school libraries. It is not only public libraries. There are states literally working to outlaw entire categories of books from reaching the teens for whom they are already financially inaccessible.

"Not only that, but librarians and educators are being put under the threat of losing their jobs, their livelihoods, their health insurance, and their actual lives by legislators across the country who are eager to criminalize them for having 'inappropriate' books in their collections. These legislators are listening to right-wing Christian nationalists calling certified educators and librarians groomers for simply having the books that reflect their communities in the collection."

#censorship #banned books #YA literature #young adult literature #libraries #librarians #tumblarians #library workers #groomer discourse #also known as #fascism #yes this is fascism this is what fascism does sounds and acts like #yeah i'm tired of those tags too tough shit

[callmelevinthia]

Per Aspera Ad Paradisum ✨

#artists on tumblr #art #aesthetic #tumblarians #fypfypfypfypfypfypdypfypfypfypfypfypfyfpfyfpfyp #foryourpage #forypupage #fypツ #fyp #photography #sunset #sun #beachlife #beach #ocean waves #waves #greek photos #ελληνικο ταμπλρ #greece #vacation #fyppage #fypage #golden hour #cloud aesthetic #light aesthetic #γρεεκ ποστς #γκρικ ποστ #γκρικ ταμπλερ #γκρικ μπλογκ #γκρεεκ