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I'm curious because I'm pretty sure I'm an outlier (my mom's a librarian so we went very often when I was younger) but I want to know if that's true.

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Some firefighters on a fire in Washington found a little kitty with some singeing from the fire. They gave her food and water, and she hung out with them all day until they hiked her out at the end of the day. She’s doing good now.

Just had to share the photos because they are adorable.

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i think its so funny that relationship milestones are only shared and acknowledged when the relationship in question is romantic. like if me and my bestie start dating we gotta tell everybody and their mama but nobody ever wants to hear about how over the course of several months me and my friends from the internet have co-authored beautiful erotica together sometimes beginning as early in the day as 7am EST

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something about this wtnv post

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We are so short staffed, we currently have 5 open RN positions and another nurse leaving on Sunday. This isn’t even the worst we’ve been staffing-wise since I started, but it’s a lot.

How do you deal with burn-out, especially in the setting of no staff?

Boy, I wish I had a good answer for you. I’ve been struggling with that right now myself. It’s been a rough patch at work, and I have not been Loving My Life right now. So other people’s insight is very welcome.

I took short term disability last year because I was soon burnt out and that helped tremendously, but I know that’s not an option for everyone. I was able to get a specific schedule as a disability accommodation which has helped a LOT. I also stepped back from full time at the hospital and picked up a home health job as well—yeah, my burnout advice is “get a second job” but home health (where you are 1:1 with a patient for your whole shift) is genuinely so so much less taxing than hospital work in my experience. Pays less too, of course, but sometimes I almost feel guilty for getting paid to listen to audio books and do crossword puzzles as I watch someone sleep.

Changing stuff about your current job can help. Obviously you can quit, which I think is the biggest way you can change it. And sometimes, that’s the best. We get stuck in the familiar because at least we know what to expect. But trying out different roles can also help. Cross-training to a specialty, being a relief charge nurse, picking up shifts on a different unit, volunteering to precept if you don’t normally, or yeah just straight up switching workplaces. You can replace the dread of the same bullshit as yesterday with the terror of novelty.

Alternatively, do less. This one comes with the big caveat that some bosses suck, but I had a good outcome looping my managers and telling them that I was really burning out and needed to step back from some of the things I’d taken on like charge nursing and being on committees. And again, the schedule accommodation wouldn’t have happened if I’d kept everything to myself.

Find things to be passionate about at work. I love pain management so when I have nothing else motivating me, I can at least throw myself into bringing people’s pain down. It’s very satisfying to troubleshoot the human body, and you often get the instant payoff of people feeling better.

Don’t pick up shifts unless it is a financial emergency. No matter how fucked the floor might be without you. They’d be even more fucked if you quit, hurt a patient, or killed yourself. The stakes are high. Self-care is part of the nursing ethical code.

Talk to people. I just had a bit of a breakdown to Cyrus this morning about exactly this, and it’s crazy how quickly it makes me feel better. Plus now that they knew what I was feeling, they could offer some very concrete help with food and texts and cleaning. Find what on your to-do list you can delegate to people who care about you OR people you can pay. It’s easier to get help when you have concrete tasks to ask for. And also sometimes it’s just nice to cry a little with someone else.

Prioritize food and sleep. The lack of both will make you crazy. If you need a sick day in the middle of your work week so you can sleep for 18 hours, just do it.

Also, drawing, writing, journaling, creating, all that really does help. Get paint and smear something ugly on a sheet of paper. Make a dinky little air dried clay guy. Collect leaves and put them in the pages of a book. Write the worst sonnet you’ve ever seen. Engage yourself in creativity and play. Use your time off as much as you can to indulge in pleasure.

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bad things shouldn't happen to my friends. i should be the worst thing that happens to my friends

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truly wild how driving really does become like piloting a mech after a while. like it sounds so car-bro-y but the car genuinely does become like an extension of your body. your muscles are simply making the correct micro-movements to perfectly manouvre a giant piece of machinery through a constantly moving maze while your brain is busy singing karaoke. you can physically feel when a gap is too small for your car-sona to fit through, like a cat putting its whiskers into a crevice. your brain is suddenly able to do on-the-fly s=d/t calculations in a milisecond and tell you exactly how quickly you need to move to avoid an oncoming vehicle while turning across the road. why does driving unlock the unused 89% of my brain

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Hey everyone, it's that time of year again so just a friendly reminder to watch out for nesting librarians when moving through libraries and book sorting rooms. At this time of year, they like to build box forts of Baker and Taylor boxes in preparation for the big Friends of the Library book sale, and it can be easy to startle them if you're not paying attention!

Here we see one librarian popping up from behind her beautifully constructed wall of book boxes to check on a noise she heard. They're very alert for bookworms and rogue patrons poking through boxes at this time.

Don't worry, when the time comes for all these boxes to hatch the librarians will be happy to see the books travel into their new homes. They almost never bite once the book sale is underway!

Speaking of which, here are the dates and times where you can safely witness and even participate in the annual book sale. If we all stay aware we can keep the library and the Friends of the Library healthy and growing <3

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Can I just say something honestly and very seriously to all you writers?

With the Internet going down the "nothing adult, no death, no nothing. Make it kid friendly" route,

Please don't ever stop making art or writing wips that are gruesome, horror, other things like that. Don't let the Internet sanitize how you wanna tell a story. Channel your rage into your art and keep going and don't give up

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Full article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/israel-gaza-war-children-death-toll/

Just a few screenshots:

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scientists are in labs right now creating the thinnest and worst material known to mankind so they can make women’s clothing