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bloodravenlib

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Just an #academic #librarian. Avid #reader, #book #blogger, #reviewer. Student of #Tarot, oracle cards, and #cartomancy.

"Knowledge is Power. Guard it well."

Feel free to check out my blogs:

My book blog: https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/

My cartomancy and commonplace blog: https://itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.com/

My professional/librarianship/LIS blog:

https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/

My BookWyrm (still in progress):
https://bookwyrm.social/user/bloodravenlib

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bloodravenlib, to random
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>Biden Judge Nominee Worked for Vulture Funds Holding Puerto Rican Debt https://prospect.org/justice/2024-02-28-biden-judge-nominee-vulture-funds-puerto-rican-debt/

(c)

bloodravenlib, to news
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from the world of .

>Rare copy of Mao’s Little Red Book expected to fetch more than £30,000 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/mao-little-red-book-rare-copy-expected-to-fetch-more-than-30000-pounds-auction

bloodravenlib, to religion
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Once you read "children's pastor" all you need to know, but wait, there's more.

FTA: "The highly religious gentleman, 74-year-old James R. Dryden, is accused of accessing and downloading child sexual abuse material, according to NBC10 Philadelphia."

Maybe if he had been less religious? WTF does that matter?

>Delaware children's pastor arrested on 10 felony counts of child porn https://boingboing.net/2024/02/23/delaware-childrens-pastor-arrested-on-10-felony-counts-of-child-porn.html

bloodravenlib, to random
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In a tale of the , cons, vulture capitalists, and somehow some semidecent journalism. As I always say, getting bought by some venture capital and/or equity firm is the Kiss of Death. But I am not a pundit nor do I play one on TV.

>Pluralistic: Vice surrenders (24 Feb 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/24/anti-posse/ by @pluralistic

bloodravenlib, to Blog
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New on my : "The Evil Eye: the History, Mystery, and Magic of the Quiet Curse."

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-evil-eye.html

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kimlockhartga, to ArcBrowser
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I've got ten #NetGalley reviews due in March, because I'm an out-of-control #ARC requester! @bookstodon Readers, you're about to be served a smorgasbord of great fiction this Spring. I will be very interested to know your favorite new releases as we go. 📚📚📚

bloodravenlib,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

I hear ya. I am so bad about getting reviews on time for Netgalley stuff.

bloodravenlib,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

I often just "fill my eyes" and get more than I can do (plus I am always reading other stuff). I do my best to get to them eventually.

bloodravenlib,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

Oh oh, I had not discovered the make lists feature.

bloodravenlib, to Women
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Meh, it's not like women need health care in Idaho or anything.

>Idaho has lost 22% of its practicing obstetricians in the last 15 months, report says

https://www.idahostatesman.com/living/health-fitness/article285692341.html#storylink=cpy

bloodravenlib, to news
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from the world of .

>2024 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees https://locusmag.com/2024/02/2024-splatterpunk-awards-nominees/

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bloodravenlib, to Warhammer40K
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New on my blog: #BookReview "Helsreach."

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-helsreach.html

#WH40K #Warhammer40K #ScienceFiction #reviews #ItinerantLibrarian #books #reading

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bloodravenlib, to books
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New on my blog: # "The United States of Murder Inc."

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-united-states-of-murder-inc.html

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bloodravenlib, to books
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Well shit. I guess if you are a new librarian in the job market, you may want to steer away from West Virginia. Catch is that the kind of shit that the KY legislators may look at and say, "that looks like a fine idea, let's do it here."

>West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/02/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians/

bloodravenlib, to history
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A part of that rarely got attention, until now.

>Black Women Were Also Lynched https://daily.jstor.org/black-women-were-also-lynched/ via J-Stor.

bloodravenlib, to tech
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Meanwhile, in the .

>Prison-tech is a brutal scam – and a harbinger of your future
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/14/minnesota-nice/#shitty-technology-adoption-curve via @pluralistic

FTA: "Prisoners, asylum seekers, drug addicts and other marginalized people are the involuntary early adopters of every form of disciplinary technology. They are the leading indicators of the ways that technology will be ruining your life in the future. They are the harbingers of all our technological doom."

bloodravenlib, to history
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In .

>How racism pushed Tina Turner and other Black women artists out of America

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/how-racism-pushed-tina-turner-and-other-black-women-artists-out-of-america via PBS.

bloodravenlib, to climate
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Of possible interest for some folks, via United Nations' Library. I get updates from UNL, and once in a while find things that could be useful in some of our classes.

>Feminist Climate Justice: A Framework for Action

https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/books/9789213586730

(Print copies are for sale, but you can read the full book online via a reader for free).

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bloodravenlib, to news
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In follow up .

>Charges dropped against Ohio pastor who housed homeless people at his church https://www.npr.org/2024/02/09/1230407088/charges-dropped-against-ohio-pastor-who-housed-homeless-people-at-his-church

bloodravenlib, to books
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New on my blog: "Top 4 Fiction Books I Read in 2023."

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/02/top-4-fiction-books-i-read-in-2023.html

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bloodravenlib, to news
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from the world of and .

>‘Reading is so sexy’: gen Z turns to physical books and libraries https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/09/reading-is-so-sexy-gen-z-turns-to-physical-books-and-libraries

bloodravenlib, to books
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New on my YouTube channel.

>Books from Hutchins for TBR at start of February 2024
https://youtu.be/Yc4bypRjXM8?si=ye7V-Cyadr7mHXYw

A list of five we bought here at Hutchins Library, Berea College, that I have checked out for me to read, added to my
list. This month I also highlight a bonus book that I am reading as of this video for .

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jessamyn, to random
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"jessamyn" was already taken by the time I got to Bluesky (and I'm here much more than there) but if you're over there now that they're opened to the public, my profile is

https://bsky.app/profile/librarian.bsky.social

bloodravenlib,
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@jessamyn Dang, had I known, I would have happily sent you an invite. TBH, I am impressed the "librarian" name was not taken already (or that it did not occur to me to claim it. Que sera, sera).

I did follow you over there, but yea, I am primarily here now for social media.

bloodravenlib,
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@jessamyn Aww.

bloodravenlib, to books
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Of possible interest, especially now for . These are part of the recordings of former slaves (you know, back when the US Gov. did some seriously useful stuff).

>Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives by Various https://librivox.org/slave-narratives-volume-vii-kentucky-narratives-by-various/ from

bloodravenlib, to books
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From the world of books.

>New Data From Circana BookScan: Adult Fiction Outperforms the U.S. Book Market in 2023, Fifth Year of Unit Growth For Adult Fiction in the U.S.

https://www.infodocket.com/2024/02/02/new-data-from-circana-bookscan-adult-fiction-outperforms-the-u-s-book-market-in-2023-fifth-year-of-unit-growth-for-adult-fiction-in-the-u-s/

Some insights of interest to readers, librarians, especially if they do RA (reader's advisory), and others.

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