Jarch
Massachusetts librarian, parent, greyhound adopter. "It's what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." https://jenny-arch.com
- Reposted by JarchDecades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)
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- "...the crime rate of CBP agents and offices (sic?) was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
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- Article from 2020
- Thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social for organizing #Storystorm! I'm starting the year with so many new ideas, and even better, I'm in the habit of writing down a new idea every day.
- “Change the way you get your news.” We don’t believe in paying journalists.
- History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Page 171 of A SEA OF LEMON TREES
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- "...but what do I know? I’m just a cat."
- "What gets lost if we don’t hold onto the necessary frustration of the handmade?" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...
- Reposted by JarchFrog and Toad looked into a mirror. “We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
- Doing the #12x12picturebookchallenge for a second year!
- "Yes, the world can be a lot. But you are not alone inside it."
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- Congratulations!!! This was a strong in-house pick in my library this year.
- Congratulations @elanakarnold.bsky.social for BAT AND THE BUSINESS OF FERRETS! #ScheiderFamilyBookAward #ALAYMA
- Here's the link for those of us not lucky enough to be in Chicago! www.ala.unikron.com
- I thought the #ALAYMA started at 8am but it's 11am EST, so I got to make guava pastelitos and shovel YET MORE SNOW first. But now we are READY!
- Me! I am excited! And my kiddo has a snow day so we get to watch it together!
- "Yet our greatest threat isn't the outsiders / among us, but those among us who never look / within." www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/amanda-gorma... @amandagorman.bsky.social
- We interrupt this horrorshow to wish many hunny returns to Winnie the Pooh and everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood on the 100th anniversary of their first publication.
- There is no such thing as other people's children.
- I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE. www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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- Reposted by JarchCalling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
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- "Well, there’s where we’re FROM, but there’s also where we ARE. And those two things are always intersecting." (emphasis added)
- "I think reading is a safe place to explore scary things." @taekeller.bsky.social @thehornbook.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/tae-ke...
- "I think reading is a safe place to explore scary things." @taekeller.bsky.social @thehornbook.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/tae-ke...
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- Reposted by Jarch“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
- "And the danger of the current moment is the people who are still refusing to recognise what we are all now seeing."
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- "When you attack books, you're attacking the people those stories represent. So if you're trying to control people through fear and ignorance, then yes, books are the enemy. That's why authoritarian regimes burn them." - Brian Selznick, American Libraries Jan/Feb issue
- "I don’t think we need to be joyless to prove how full of rage we are about all that is evil. I think, probably more than ever, we need both—otherwise, what are we fighting for?"
A lot of things are bad and we keep building joy in the cracks between. buttondown.com/signs+wonder...
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- "Designing with all people in mind doesn’t hold you back but rather forces you to make the experience better for everyone." uxdesign.cc/the-curb-cut...
- Latin scholars, correct me if I'm wrong, "annus horribilis" is singular, right? There's supposed to be just one? Not, like, a bunch in a row? Just checking
- An exhausting morning inspecting the storm drain (30 seconds) requires a five-hour nap.
- "...though somewhere in there our nation lost the plot about the correct posture toward Nazis."
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- Reposted by JarchWHIP IT x PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION A wild child roller derby skater crashes into a situationship with a man whose determination to save his family business puts him on a collision course with her beloved animal shelter. Will she risk her heart to save what she loves? #BluePit 📖 #W #A #R
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- Reposted by JarchAbby Jimenez + THE PRINCESS DIARIES - Genovia = HANNAH MCCOY TAKES A STAND An adult coming-of-self romcom about an amateur violist who confronts her debilitating stage fright and the lies she believes about herself when she takes on a solo for her community orchestra. #bluepit📖 #A #R #WF #Q
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- THE TROUBLE WITH BALLOONS: A small child is terrified when a huge bunch of balloons arrives for their birthday - balloons are big and colorful, but they can pop at any moment! Can they turn this bad surprise into a good one? #bluepit📖 #picturebook #amwriting #scbwi
- THE HORK MONSTER: Abby is excited about a playdate with her friend, but she throws up in the middle of the night and can’t go to school the next day. Abby manages her disappointment by creating a Hork Monster puppet for herself - and one for her friend. #bluepit📖 #picturebook #amwriting #scbwi
- THE REAL REASON OUR BUS WAS LATE: Bus driver Heidi gives the most fantastical reasons to explain why she’s late every day, but Lucy wants to believe she’s telling the truth…if only there was proof. #bluepit📖 #picturebook #amwriting #scbwi
- CLEAN-UP DAY: When Fern’s dog Scamp eats trash at the park, she organizes a clean-up day so no other animals will be harmed. When she realizes clean-up efforts aren’t just a one-time thing, she enlists more help to make it a regular event. #bluepit📖 #picturebook #amwriting #scbwi
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- Reposted by Jarch#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026! And #BluePitHype starts January 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
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- Reposted by JarchBooks don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
- I read this new board book at baby storytime today, and I gotta say I've never seen the ending of a board book produce such a violent reaction.
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- Someone was up too early to send out the weather delay notification yesterday... "Due to current conditions and out of an abundance of caution, today is Wednesday, January 7, 2026."
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- Reposted by JarchThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
- Look I know it's been said, but teeth and eyes ARE part of the body. Why are dental and vision separate from health insurance?? Just because, historically, barbers used to pull teeth? That is NOT A GOOD REASON.
- @joshgondelman.bsky.social The beginning of "Anywhere" DOES sound like "Amsterdam" by Guster! I hear it too. Thanks for your newsletter, always a bright spot in my Mondays!
- Thanks @taralazar.bsky.social for #Storystorm2026! It's been great so far. January's the perfect month to generate a bunch of ideas for the rest of the year.
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- No creature on earth relaxes the way a retired greyhound relaxes. Sloths have nothing on these guys.
- Reposted by JarchMy latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
- "The idea of Tesla and Musk fighting each other over tiny cheeseburgers while William Shakespeare and Ben Franklin look on … to me, this is an ideal party."
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- "Cool table if absolutely no toddlers ever enter your house ever on any condition ever."
