Toby Greenwalt

@tobyg.bsky.social

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Attempting to be a force multiplier for good. Community, technology, libraries, pop culture. Good to know you. flywheelstrategies.io

Screencap from the Simpsons of multiple characters trapped in a deep hole. Caption reads "No, no, no. Tariff up, stupid!".
Still from "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving." Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown, who is going to try to kick it, but be thwarted by Lucy pulling it away. In the foreground, I'm holding a plate with toast, jelly beans, popcorn, pretzels, and an ice cream sundae.
A sticker reading "Attack Iraq? NO! -- commondreams.org".
Chart displaying how federal funds are allocated by the PA State Library. Library catalogs, digital resources, delivery, programming is all at risk.
Still from "The Wire." A Black man in a red polo shirt looks incredulous. Caption text reads "Is you making war plans on a Signal fucking group chat?" Which is a bastardization of the original line "Is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?" Which, when you think about it, is basically the same thing.
Text from Chesapeake Baysox website: "Get Your Oyster Catchers Gear! Fans will get their first look at Oyster Catcher merchandise starting on Saturday, March 22 at the Baysox FREE Family Fun Fest at Prince George’s Stadium. Fans interested in attending can claim their FREE tickets to the event."
Photo of Marco Rubio looking incredibly uncomfortable while sitting on a couch in the White House
Screenshot from a Reddit (r/Eurovision) comment reading "In a world that's pretty much a cesspit we could all do with a little more bubblegum pop dedicated to dead dogs."
Headline from a fake Onion front page dated December 18, 1923. Reads: "Listerine Company Invents, Cures Halitosis" "'Fear Not This Ailment We Have Just Created,' Say Makers" "New Era of Manufactured Insecurities Dawns" yes, I am talking about the Tiktok ban
Close-up of a David Lynch enamel pin.
Pop-up ad during a paused streaming show: "Plan B pauses ovulation"
Image of tamales steaming in a pot
Nor'easter recipe (ingredients in photo) 2 oz bourbon 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz maple syrup Mix in a cocktail shaker with ice. Serve in a rocks glass with ice, and float ginger beer on top. Garnish with a lime slice.
Image of a plush of Luigi in a claw machine-type device. A labels marked "Cut 2 Win" runs across the top. They're not saying Luigi Mangione should be cut. Only a paranoid person would say such a thing.
Illustration of the Wong-Baker faces pain chart, running 0-10 with 0 being "no pain" and 10 the "worst pain possible." As of 12/5, the Wonderful Christmastime tally sits at 1.
Photo of rainbow-striped jello mold served on a bed of lettuce
Cover of Imperial Teen's debut album Seasick. Album cover has a solid block of yellow on the top two-thirds of the image, with a sky blue block in the bottom separated by a pink stripe. A horizontal navy blue stripe spans the image near the top, with the band's name in white text. The bottom quadrant of the image has a circular photo of a dolphin, with the album title in the bottom corner.
Panel from Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thing is Monsters, V2. Text box reads "I think that art and stories are the best inventions of human beings. The greatest way to be a strong, evil-defeating monster is to make art and tell stories."
Screenshot from Washington Post website: "We've canceled your subscription. You'll continue to have access until November 8, 2024. Until then, you can reactivate your subscription at any time by visiting your Subscription & Billing page in your account."
Tail end of publisher's note attempting to justify not endorsing a candidate. After an ad break, the first "popular opinions article" reads "Opinion: the double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point."
Screenshot of Nanette's blog post: "This is exactly the kind of Decemberists/Mountain Goats/erudite, yet self-deprecating stuff that people in library school would gravitate to back in the early 2000s. All the grad students in their 20s were trying to show off how smart and interesting we were. Things have changed a bit in the last 25 years since librarianship has become a “cool” career and we’re touted as “defenders of democracy” and stuff but back then it was pretty niche career choice and we were all trying to out-nerd each other with our awkward bookishness and our niche interests and our cool taste in music. If you were there, you know."
Text from Wikipedia entry about the recording of Dogs: Nastasia recorded the album at Electrical Audio in Chicago under producer and engineer Steve Albini; Albini later described it as one of the albums he is the most proud of, as well as one of his personal favorites: "In the process of making a record, you hear it so many times that the charms of even the best of them can wear off through over-exposure. On rare occasions, records I've worked on have withstood this scrutiny and ended up being personal favorites. Nina Nastasia's 'Dogs' is a record so simultaneously unassuming and grandiose that I can't really describe it, except in terms that would make it (and me) sound silly. Of the couple thousand records I've been involved with, this is one of my favourites, and one that I'm proud to be associated with."
Center pages from the latest issue of The Onion. A man with "Sickos" printed on his shirt peers through a window while exclaiming "Yes ... Ha ha ha ... Yes!"
Cover for the PJ Harvey album Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Shoreline overlooking Lake Erie, with a autumnal tree in the foreground
Metal sculpture of a roadrunner with a lizard in its mouth
Cover of Gordon Korman's novel I Want To Go Home. I smug kid reclines on a bunk while two other kids look on.
Text from Harris-Walz fundraising email: "Here's the deal, Toby: We can’t go back. We can’t go back to the way we all felt on that harrowing day in 2016 when Donald Trump was elected. Or how we felt throughout his chaotic and corrupt administration. This team has a direct role in making sure we win. That’s why I’m asking: Will you chip in [pun very clearly intended] $25 or more now to my campaign? So much is at stake in this race, and we cannot defeat Donald Trump without you."
Screenshot of subject headings for a book about farts, or "flatulence" in Library of Congress Subject heading parlance
A paper cutter, a glue stick, and a bowl of flags.
Street side in Belgrade, Serbia. A poster reads "Net Neutrality" featuring a stylized image of Aaron Swartz.
Image of a boy mowing the lawn an the White House, while Donald Trump yells at him
Cover of the Dr. Octagon album Dr. Octagonecolygst. A skeleton in a doctor's coat holds a skull.
Image of a silver car covered in Kirby decals
Menu on a dry erase board reading: "Try our Swiftie cones! Taylor Swift - pistachio; Fearless - lemon; Speak Now - blackberry; Red - wild cherry chill; 1989 - birthday cake; Reputation - S'Mores; Lover - strawberry; folklore - black walnut; evermore - pumpkin; Midnights - blueberry"
Picture of crowded bookshelves
Two cats sit on the couch at a couples counselor. The counselor says "maybe you're just both in it for the garbage."
Hand holding a copy of the book "The Fascist Groove Thing" by Hugh Hodges. The cover features a photo of Margaret Thatcher with her hand raised, not at all fascistly. 🙄