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The Frank Grimes of Library Twitter. (she/her)
Chicago 🔁 central Minnesotavioletbfox.infoJoined August 2011

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Currently 0° F (-18° C) so we're trying out the new dog sweater. Her tail is wagging so vigorously in anticipation of a walk that it's unphotographable. #CricketSnoppy
A medium sized dog wearing a sweater with colorful stripes
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Heartbroken to hear of Anna's passing. Crafty in all the best ways, thoughtful, and intentional, she was a brilliant organizer who organized the best craft auctions. Her critical and insightful vision for archives and archivists was inspiring. She will be so missed.
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This morning, the world lost a shining beacon of justice, equality, and love. Anna Clutterbuck-Cook (@feministlib) was brilliant, beautiful, fierce, gentle, generous, creative, strong, funny, incredibly intelligent, curious, and powerful.
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Reminder about the extended deadline for the #LISMentalHealth zine. Please consider submitting something, even if it's small. Excited to publish our last issue! #zines
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EXTENDED DEADLINE: submissions to "Reserve & Renew," the #LISMentalHealth zine, now open through January 31! This will be our LAST ISSUE, so NOW is your chance to share your words or artwork on mental health and mental illness in our work in LIS! lismentalhealth.org/reserve-and-re
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Collaged graphic with decorative images of human shaped wooden structures and text reading "Reserve and Renew: the LIS Mental Health zine. Issue 6 theme: threats to library workers and libraries. Call for submissions, due January 31."
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Visited the Mold-a-Rama exhibit at this weekend; they have ten working machines to choose from! I went with the Chicago skyline option.
Violet's hand holding a bright red wax model of the Chicago skyline
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When someone doubts the systemic nature of police violence, I always think about how two of three officers convicted as accomplices in George Floyd’s murder had sociology degrees from the U of MN. They claimed to join the force to fix it and stood by as a superior killed a man.
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