Some Doors Should Stay Closed @shouldstayclosed.bsky.social I am not the author.
I am merely the thing that opens the door.
There are stories waiting on the other side โ stories of desire, obsession, ghosts, and things best left unnamed.
The first is almost ready.
THE DEVIL YOU WANT
Lex Duncan @lexduncan.bsky.social writer. horror fanatic. final fantasy enjoyer. farm goth. disabled. autistic. librarian. (she/her) // http://vhl.org
The Commander @butthurtlibs.bsky.social Music, Science, Art, A1, Parody, Irony, Sarcasm, etc. in figura. Digging up dusty, mostly unused demos for Extremely bad AI arts A1 Slop-o-Tronic 5000. Don't block me until you get to know me...then block me :) NoTrump or MAGA, but I like making the funs
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eCitizen โโปโ
โท โ โถ @ecitizen1.bsky.social Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump.
Retired software engineer, grandfather who likes to build & fix things. Loving relationship with a sweet woman. Lifelong learner. Prankster.
Darling Disarray @darlingdisarray.bsky.social Name's Ryan. Your Friendly Neighborhood Goth Nerd. Writes about Temporally Displaced Romans and the Frazzled Post-Punk Loving Grad Students Who's Kitchens They Appear In. Sometimes I Make Things. She/Her. Ace. Feanorian Fangirl & Orkney Brothers Apologist.
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Zine Libraries @zinelibraries.bsky.social Sharing the zine library love. โ๏ธ๐ Find us at the 2027 ALA annual conference in New Orleans on the exhibit floor #ALAAC27
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Oliver Sheppard @oliversheppard.bsky.social โThe earth is a tomb, the gaudy sky a vault, we but walking corpses."
โMary Shelley, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด (1824)- S West Coast Librarian @sylvianurse.bsky.social Interested in eBooks, film, humanities, linked data, machine learning, metadata, instruction, open access, oer and open innovation.
G.B. Marian @gbmarian.bsky.social Artist, writer, musician, and priest for the Egyptian/ #Kemetic God Set/ #Sutekh. Official site: DesertOfSet.com
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Research Elements @reselements.bsky.social Web development, data management and visualizations. Consulting services for scientific and r&d communities. https://www.researchelements.org/
Disco Moss ๐ฑ๐ชฉ @nightbloomingfauna.bsky.social D
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Name that alt tune champion
Always ready to talk about the log lady
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What time you were born? ๐โโ๏ธ
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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social An eclectic reader looking for new perspectives & unusual reads. Real life librarian and general word nerd who enjoys frolicing in the linguistic playground.
Longer thoughts:
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ThriveLib Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries @thrivelib.bsky.social Registration is open! August 11, 12, and 13, 2026. A virtual conference for librarians, creating space for their well-being.
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Bob Cullen @robertgcullen1.bsky.social An information professional who also happens to be a historian, writer, and reader. I wish all of you who have likewise landed here a wealth of peace and goodness!
Alison Davis @thatalisondavis.bsky.social Librarian, violinist
Tara Calishain @researchbuzz.bsky.social Obsessed with search engines, databases, and online information collections forever. Writing books & such since 1996 (OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, GOOGLE HACKS, INFORMATION TRAPPING, etc) and ResearchBuzz since 1998. I live at Calishat.com
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Fluttery Records @flutteryrecords.bsky.social Ambient, Post-rock, Modern Classical music. Record Label.
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Rory Litwin @rorylitwin.bsky.social Librarian, business owner, GenXer, JVP member, he/him, Democrat, jazz lover, cat lover, art lover, tree hugger, NorCal, degrowth, cognitive dissonance haver, mocktails, spicy food, travel.
๐ฆ Horrible Librarian ๐ฆ @librarianhorror.bsky.social Bisexual chaos goth & hag-in-training. Post-human horror. 'You ARE the research' Never Tory. #BwiththeT
Viva @vivalibrarian.bsky.social Book peddler | collection development chaos coordinator | bi | easily distracted by shiny things, nature, my boobs, and people fighting the good fight. Librarian.
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Dana ๐ซ๐ฎ๐โช๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๐ผ @dana-peaceandlove.bsky.social ๐ปNever let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right๐ป ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ Speak friend, and enter๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐๐ฆโโฌJoined the Ecology Club in 1972โป๏ธ๐ ๐Grit City to 5280โฐ๏ธ ๐AFBrat4Life๐ ๐since 1980
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Amy Jean Nobles @ajnobles.com AjNobles.com โข Las Vegas, NV โข Deep South Antifascist โข Cajun Artist & Chef โข Survivor โข Agnostic Humanist โข she/they/ya'll โข Mississippi Made
Jim Neal @jimneal.bsky.social University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University. All things: libraries, technology, copyright, intellectual freedom, leadership, music, theater, museums, nature. Citizen of the world.
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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social Poet, professor, literary translator, new media artist, and writer of speculative fiction. M.F.A., Ph.D., HWA, SFWA #horror #scifi #fantasy #booksky
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Emory ๐ฉถ @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ช๐ธโก๏ธ (I'm always kind)
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Lynda M. Kellam #DataRescue @lyndamk.bsky.social Director of data & digital scholarship at an ivy league univ | organizing a bunch of #data rescuers @datarescueproject.org | support #qualitative research & software | PhD in American history | thoughts are mine not my employerโs
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Bohemian Deer @bohemiandeer.bsky.social Artist|Writer|Cosplayer
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Jennifer Parsons (she/her. Cry more, fash.) @parsonsjm.bsky.social Actual librarian. Misanthrope in theory. When not getting paid: parent, queer lady, belly dancer, witch, Pagan, plus-sized bitch, spare cat fur repository, and other things that trigger fash.
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Robert Stilling @rstilling.bsky.social Decadence, Modernism, Poetry, some politics. Book: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674984431
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Antoine @ant.bsky.social ๐ Internet Archive.org & @EOTArchive.org & FDLP ๐๏ธ We build tools so the past and future can meet.
Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.social Best-selling author, film critic, and screenwriter. Award-winning scripts: Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, Mary Reid, and La Famiglia. I love movies and my two golden retrievers.
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Vintage Goth (she/her) @thevintagegoth.bsky.social Iโm a librarian, writer, and paranormal enthusiast living in Los Angeles. I have two pugs ,five tattoos, and one husband. I love horror movies (esp found footage), LAFC football, concerts, and naps. I donโt like sauerkraut, winter weather, or fascists.
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DV @nightingveil.bsky.social History librarian, autistic, queer. Former union rep and not a moderate.
Kimberly Hirsh @kimberlyhirsh.com Mom. Librarian. Small in stature, but not in spunk and a super-annoying know-it-all. ๐๐โฟ
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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social Librarian in higher ed. Product Manager,
@kcommons.bsky.social. Lover of kaiju and monster movies. Listener of EBM, industrial, postpunk, shoegaze, punk, indie, and goth.
jay ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ธ @wildeatheart.bsky.social cataloging librarian. union member. opera queen. cohost of @librarypunk.bsky.social and @tendersubject.bsky.social.
resist everything except temptation ๐ด๐
Zagreus @bigtalkingbird.bsky.social Goth Whovian. General SF/fantasy/horror nerd. Librarian. Seminarian. Cares too much about The Lore.
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social (he/they) Scholar. Geek. Nova Scotian. ๐ Libraries (#GLAM), medical humanities, history/public history, neurodiversity and disability studies. ๐ Geekier at: @willow0wisp.bsky.social
Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social Queer, Goth Librarian and Geek. Loves plays and knitting (they/them)
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Mara Thacker ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฆ @maralina.bsky.social Librarian, scholar, dancer, reader, writer, and friend to dogs. I talk about comics and India a lot. ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ผ