Steph Noell (they/them)

Gonna be offline mostly over the next week. We lost one of our favorite people today

Did you ever get the info you needed to answer your questions?

WOW! Was it 1 person who told you this or multiple?? Fully-volunteer services are not the norm as most libraries don't give volunteers systems access

every day! and social anxiety has only INCREASED since COVID, which means it's that much harder for folx to reach out

I'll stop now, but if you have a commissions open post or fundraiser post you can point me to, I'm happy to share!

There are quite a few FB groups, but the largest one is Club Furry For Furries & there is also FURRY ART buy/sell/trade, which has 17.5k members. Many people also get commissions through Instagram & r/FurryCommissions on Reddit.

Admission: I am not super well-versed in furry communities, so I apologize if these are obvious, but I'm looking at where furry folx are gathering as potential places to promote commissions. So far, I'm seeing:
VRChat
Telegram
Discord
Barq
Fediverse (Mastodon)
inkbunny
efur
Furry amino
Ferzu

Where are you located? I can look into local services for rent/utilities assistance, too

Having the same problem

That's some hard shit. Let's see what we can do.

I feel ya! I'm STILL working on self-advocacy as a 41yo who was only diagnosed like 4 years ago

Becoming a librarian means librarianing even outside of work hours (I am myself my loved ones' personal reference librarian) & most of us are happy to do it b/c we got into this work b/c we love helping

Ditto! Reach out to your instructors, to each other, to support staff. Find the folx you can depend on. That's what makes a resilient community

Don't let the antisocial jerks get you down. Helpers are everywhere

I'm so sorry, hon. Sounds like you're around a lot of antisocial people, but there ARE professions that attract helpers who just wanna make others' lives easier. That's why I made the meme b/c librarians everywhere wanna help, but most people "don't want to be a bother".

What do you need help with?

Librarians everywhere want folx to realize this. We literally just want to help & yet we hear struggling people say, "I didn't want to bother you" DAILY

simpsons don't make me tap the sign meme. panel 1 bus driver: don't make me tap the sign. panel 2 bus driver taps sign that reads "asking for help is a positive social skill"

librarians everywhere

There's a specific cadence to it that is like audio uncanny valley

Happy chairteenth

the mispronunciations from consuming AI content are pissing me tf off

Horror writers (especially LGBTQ+) looking for publishers: a new indie publisher is on the scene & it's run by one of my favorite Dallas power couples!

Time is yours now! You are the master of your own destiny for like 6 whole hours!

Congratulations!!! Margot's perfect!🤩

game recognizing game

Ooh yes, prudish Oscar Wilde, I'll take it!

So you're saying I'm some kind of reverse Newton

which one of Newton's laws states that I will be drawn to every queer or neurodivergent person I come into contact with?

as a musical theatre kid, it was so liberating for me to not have my every movement judged

Venn diagram of "punk music" and "goth music" with the overlap being "people who can't dance".

been thinking about why i got into certain genres of music