Word of the day is Zugzwang [tzoog-tzwung]: a situation in chess (and life) in which a move must be made, but each possible one will make the situation worse.

Word of the day is ‘finifugal’ (19th century): regretting the end of something, such as a good book, or the summer.

Welp since Pete Buttigieg is trending, I’ll reshare one of my favorite clips of young Pete asking a question at a college event. Don’t let anyone tell you he’s fake or doing an Obama impression or something. He’s literally always been this thoughtful and introspective

Word of the day is ‘mulligrubs’ (16th century): a state of despondency or sense of doom.

The original library social media was looking at the due date cards in the back of library books to see what your friends had read

Skills that get insufficient coverage in children's librarianship training: dealing with storytime hecklers

BECOME UNGOVERNABLE

a slander page after the acknowledgements page for the people who have wronged me

This line of thought gets the most noise but we have to push back. Work is like a gas: it will expand and fill whatever space it can get. We have to be wise & ruthless and just let some things go undone. Whatever amount we take home WILL NOT create extra time in the day.

If things keep getting done they will keep asking more of us. The system doesn't care about teachers or students; it just wants to squeeze the most work out of the least amount of people. We must let things lie on the table, unfinished. That is the only way to change the system

But you know who else deserves our time and attention? Our families. Our friends. AND OURSELVES. If we're pouring out all day and all night "for the kids" we're just hollowing out our souls at the expense of our jobs. Who does that serve? Only the system, because it gets.

French TV show invited people with unusual laughs to sit together….. the outcome is fucking brilliant. 😂

Word of the day is ‘ramfeezled’ (18th century): feeling worn out, used up, and particularly enfeebled.

All hail the friends who accept “I am tired/anxious/not up to it” as a reason to cancel.

Librarian communication: -25% polite discussion -34% witty banter -20% drunken rants -15% biting sarcasm

Please join Deputy Director Karyn Prechtel-Altman and ME to learn about our work to help change the conversation about mental health in Pima County.