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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2025-02-01 at 18:11

Who was Belle da Costa Greene? A short intro: https://mindly.social/@TheConversationUS@newsie.social/113928426219113396

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2025-02-01 at 16:50

I'm leading a Zoom library discussion on a book about Belle da Costa Greene Feb. 20, open to all! https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/11937137 6:30 - 7:30 pm Eastern time, must have (free) Zoom account

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2025-02-01 at 04:40

Free to Brie You and Me

[#]CheeseAnything #HashTagGames

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2025-01-29 at 18:54

[#]3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1. On a walk Monday night, I came across an amateur astronomer excited to use his new telescope to look at Venus (which he showed me through his tablet connected to the telescope; I could see the haze around it) and Jupiter. He was so happy!

2. Last night, my sister and her boyfriend and I watched the EXCELLENT spy movie The Riddle of the Sands with Michael York, Jenny Agutter, and Simon MacCorkindale, set ~1901 with lots of sailing, sneaking, and skullduggery. Great adventure with delightful eye candy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riddle_of_the_Sands

3. Got to give my Vietnamese-American team member the afternoon off for Lunar New Year celebrations. It's the Year of the Snake.

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2025-01-20 at 14:54

Apposite quote from Robert Burns

“Here's freedom to him who would read;

Here's freedom to him who would write;

None ever feared that the truth should be heard,

But them that the truth would indict.”

Burns Night is coming up Jan. 25.

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2025-01-04 at 14:39

The roots of modern strategically antidemocratic forces in the US go back primarily to early Texas oil barons. The Magnificast podcast had an episode years back that showed this as far back as the 1930s. This "Scene on Radio": S4 E8: "The Second Redemption" puts the focus on institutional efforts in the 1950s, and then catches up to this decade.

Episode webpage: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_153_1b16611c-5e5e-4503-80ae-697fa12312fa&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.sceneonradio.org%2FSceneOnRadio

Media file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/08edd0/dovetail.prxu.org/_/153/1b16611c-5e5e-4503-80ae-697fa12312fa/S4E8_PartA_2.mp3

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2024-11-22 at 17:37

@older I'm going to lead another library Zoom discussion on The Mimicking of Known Successes in March! I led one earlier this year for one local library's small general (genre-hopping) book group -- now I've gotten my other local library's larger Mystery Book Club into the act! Hee hee. I'll post again once the event link is up (it will be open to all with a (free) Zoom account).

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2024-11-16 at 19:15

"Scarab" was my name for October (spooky month), and I forgot to switch it back in early November, and now I'm hoping it will help remind newer followers who I am.

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Written by Scarab (Sarah) on 2024-11-16 at 17:22

Hi friends, my old Mastodon instance went down suddenly. I'm having trouble importing my backup, so I'm trying to rebuild the old-fashioned way for now. Welcome to the new me! A new life awaits me on the colonies, oh wait, hmm. FYI #Monsterdon I'll try to toot along as usual Sunday night.

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