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Caitlin Wheeler

@foundnearpaper.bsky.social

They/she. MLIS. Community libraries, TTRPGs, research rabbit holes. Uninvited guest on Spokane land.

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Phone is my default, laptop if I'm sucked in enough to make a better choice

01.03.2026 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's plenty to criticize about CS Lewis but his idea that Hell is just nimbys one upping each other's nimbyism really holds up against the test of time

24.02.2026 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Forcing* not fixing

23.02.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know that phone companies did this to us by removing headphone jacks from phones and fixing expensive air pods on people that can't afford or possibly keep track of them, but we have GOT to stop talking on speaker phone in public

23.02.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A diagram of a chasm where a person sits on one end labelled "idea" and the other side has a prize and is labelled "results" -  the chasm in between is labelled "being cool". Then underneath it is the same diagram but now the person is walking across the chasm as a bridge has formed which is labelled "being cringe" - being cringe is what you need to get what you want!

A diagram of a chasm where a person sits on one end labelled "idea" and the other side has a prize and is labelled "results" - the chasm in between is labelled "being cool". Then underneath it is the same diagram but now the person is walking across the chasm as a bridge has formed which is labelled "being cringe" - being cringe is what you need to get what you want!

I had this pinned up in my filmmaking class for teens.

22.02.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometime in the next couple weeks, Spokane will proactively ban ICE warehouses or other detention facilities through an innovative use of local zoning.

18.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Putting you on a list of accounts that "too negative" is a wild move

02.02.2026 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In an staff-supervisor relationship, I've said the computer can't understand the nuances of our workplace culture or communication styles as well as they can. It's hard to guess what they really mean when it's filtered through a machine that doesn't know their mind or the fullness of their intent.

29.01.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is obvious to me is that a lot of people deeply care about their neighbors and this country.

They didn't think we would. We do.

28.01.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1363    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 9

This is the camp where both Karla, the ten year old taken from Spokane, and Liam, the five year old taken from Minneapolis are being held. Abuses and inhumane conditions have already been documented here: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

25.01.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Um, you’re in office. What are *you* doing?

24.01.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

10.01.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 32579    πŸ” 16608    πŸ’¬ 4445    πŸ“Œ 3643

hope this is right. I think it might be.

11.01.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking for something to do from Washington to hold murderous ICE agents accountable?

Sign your name in "pro" on the #WALeg bill to ban all law enforcement from hiding their identities with masks: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

10.01.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

Paging both the book bans people and the people trying to fight book bans by propping up parents' rights.

08.12.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since 2024 I've seen jobs on sites like Indeed listed as "librarian" but are just $20 p/hr AI training jobs. They all require a BA (which is both unnecessary for data training and also not an MLIS which is actually required for a librarian job).

08.12.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
08.12.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe it (the first part of the sentence) is called a modifier clause.

04.12.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had not thought of it in this framing but this is SUCH a great point.

02.12.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

last year i had to fight a disease that required 4 holes to be drilled in my bones, 4 rounds of chemo, and 3 different hospitalizations

and the part that hurt the most was fighting to keep my job!

21.11.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

A bunch of people in our (just certified!) union are reading this book! Thank you for writing it.

02.12.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's interesting to try to apply for nonprofit civic organizations and be told I don't have the experience when I've been working in the library for nearly 10 years. It's true it would be a little bit of a pivot but I gotta wonder if this is part of what's behind that idea.

02.12.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It does! But if having folders is what's stopping you ... Tidal is still way better than Spotify!

02.12.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If folder organization is important to you, you can put your entire Spotify over to Tidal for $5 and, again, they pay their artists way more per track

02.12.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Couple years ago I painstakingly put together a little letterpress design that read "I believe in peace, ditch"

02.12.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought so. Would be interesting to gather stories from various government entities across the state about how it has affected them and how much money they have to spend on levy lid lift campaigns

25.11.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this a city/county cap or state? Changing this would be *huge* for publicly funded institutions.

25.11.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not recording is the biggest problem in my eyes. But I guess also, why not say "hey we're going to discuss this topic; you may find it better for your work place mental and relational health to not attend" and give them the option?

21.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sandy Williams
Barry Moses

For art and entertainment specifically:
Billy Tipton
Jess Walters
Harold Balazs
David Govedave
Reinaldo Gil Zambrano
Tiffany Patterson
Jiemei Lin

16.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATE: Dixit just passed Bingle.

07.11.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10