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the pitchshifterz
we’re not catholic, and we actually finished this book way before easter and the whole thing with the pope and… yeah. we’re just really interested in saints! 😅 despite not being any ourselves, necessarily!

this is a very old, very dense book - and we’re not just saying that because the book did fall apart and we had to tell the library, it’s actually a very old (though somewhat-recently updated) publication! very informative when it comes to the sheer number of saints (though it by no means reflects all of them), and brief overview of the life stories of those selected. HOWEVER! VERY biased against anyone that’s not catholic, especially if they are jewish. maybe it’s a product of the original publication’s time, sure, but by no means is that a GOOD product.

saints are cool. every religion is cool. 😎✝️✡️☪️🕉️🌎 reading giant books about saints of a religion you don’t even follow/weren’t even raised in for the sheer fun of it is kinda square but, hey, i dunno. we had a good time! 😆

#books #reading #supportyourlocallibrary
a red softcover book, featuring icons of a few various saints. in gold script, the title is “LIVES OF THE SAINTS: For Every Day In the Year”, by father alban butler.
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the pitchshifterz
very powerful book, with simultaneously a very simple and very complex premise! 🐊

it’s about guns and the people who love them, as the title suggests, but it’s also actually about so much more. what is love in general? how many different ways can it be expressed? what is the purpose of faith, and what happens when faith leaders - even temporarily - eschew it? we can’t give too much away, because a lot happens in just a little time. a very quick and passionate read; it doesn’t get too heavy into the political aspects of the gun debate - unless, of course, you remember that the personal is political, and vice versa. 😉

#books #book #reading #supportyourlocallibrary
the cover of a yellow softcover book, featuring two conjoined pink crocodiles, biting each other’s snouts. the book is titled GUN LOVE, and is by jennifer clement.
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Death By Stereo

#NowReading: The Cuckoo’s Egg:
Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Clifford Stoll

I've seen this book referenced many times over in books about #cybersecurity. The true story that's “as exciting as any action novel”, an astronomer-turned-cyber-detective begins a personal quest to expose spies that threaten national security.

Find a copy at your local #library : openlibrary.org/books/OL218950

Cover of book which reads, The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
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Sherri Hartlen-Neely

Public #libraries are awesome!

I just signed up for a #genealogy webinar from the Allen County Public Library. It's free and virtual even though I don't live anywhere near this library system.

Are you Eligible for Italian Citizenship?
Registration at: acpl.libnet.info/event/13189258.

Allen County Public Library EventAre you Eligible for Italian Citizenship?Join us for a FREE virtual program on April 24 at 6:30 p.m. ET!
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the pitchshifterz
🚨NSWF!🚨

ever seen that screenshot that says “and tonight: the author’s barely-disguised fetish”? that screenshot wasn’t made in reference to this book (it’s hard to screenshot a paperback book, to be fair), but it certainly applies to it!

or does it?

we couldn’t really tell; as very non-sexual and body-antagonistic beings ourselves, it was fascinating to see someone write about sex and the needs of a human body with such voracity. is it fetish, or is this just someone finally putting words to how the rest of the world works? why do we, of all people, get to be the ones to draw that line? all sorts of interesting questions coming up here.

it’s a very interesting piece of literature for getting to know how to be human, and see how other humans like being human. for other humans, using the restroom in front of each other is a regular, if not even sensual, occurrence. everyone’s actually incredibly aroused at all times throughout the day, and sometimes it is very specifically because of a fantasy they’ve attached to a sad look in someone else’s eyes. there’s a scene where a bunch of ladies press their ears to a drunk guy’s churning stomach, and everyone just goes “hey, when you got ladies and you got drunk guys with uneasy stomachs, that’s just what people do”, and it’s like… IS it? it’s cool if it is, don’t get us wrong, we just had no idea, lol. 🤣

outside of us not understanding (from personal experience; we get the jist of it) getting off on someone being sad or nauseous or incontinent, this is actually a very important work when it comes to conversations about censorship, specifically in books published in the U.S… though we realize we’re saying this after censoring the naked person on the cover. 😅

#books #reading #supportyourlocallibrary #readbannedbooks #nsfw
a paperback book, featuring a sepia-toned photograph of a lady reclining topless, taken from the belly up. there is a bookmark covering their chest. white and pink boxes indicate that this is “tropic of cancer” by henry miller.
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Sherri Hartlen-Neely

"Without strong #libraries, we risk losing one of the last truly nonpartisan spaces where all voices are heard. Now is the time to act — through advocacy and action. Run for your local library board; join your local Friends of the Library group. Advocate for funding at local, state, and federal levels. We must stand up for stronger libraries and a stronger democracy — one based on freedom, not fear." ~ David Leonard, BPL President

archive.ph/1nV01#selection-160

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Sherri Hartlen-Neely

Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus is leading a letter signed by 127 members of the House of Representatives urging President Trump to reconsider his executive order dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

titus.house.gov/news/documents

Is your Member of Congress on the list of folks who signed? If not, you should ask them why they don't support #libraries.

Congresswoman Dina Titus · Rep. Dina Titus Leads Letter Urging President Trump Not to Eliminate Support for Museums and Libraries
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Sherri Hartlen-Neely

The MBLC has to eliminate some good services and grants that support #Massachusetts #libraries and patrons, including:

- 12 Perkins Accessibility training sessions designed to increase library accessibility for people w/disabilities.

- Access to training & continuing education for all library directors, staff, Trustees, Friends of the Library groups, & foundations.

mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-rel

mblc.state.ma.usFederal Uncertainty Causes Cuts - MBLC
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KSev AArch64🌻🚲🇳🇴 :donor:

John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger

–John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his 'swagger' portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience.

Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen's film will examine how Sargent's unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.

Filmed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tate Britain, London, the exhibition reveals Sargent's power to express distinctive personalities, power dynamics and gender identities during this fascinating period of cultural reinvention. Alongside 50 paintings by Sargent sit stunning items of clothing and accessories worn by his subjects, drawing the audience into the artist's studio. Sargent's sitters were often wealthy, their clothes costly, but what happens when you turn yourself over to the hands of a great artist? The manufacture of public identity is as controversial and contested today as it was at the turn of the 20th century, but somehow Sargent's work transcends the social noise and captures an alluring truth with each brush stroke.

Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self-promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era

Explore the unique creative process of the late 19th century's favourite portrait artist and the way in which his portraits captured the spirit of a vibrant and rapidly changing age.

Portrait of Madame X in the title photo for the documentary.
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