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Henry Mensch

@hcm.li

🏳️‍🌈 educator | librarian | technologist | cat dad | amateur radio N6HCM | numismatics. FN13wb he/him/his. looking for an opportunity in academia.. Ex 212, 215, 317, 415, 617, and other places. https://linktr.ee/henare

created June 5, 2023

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Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

some sort of new corgi peacock!

1/9/2025, 11:38:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

oh, good. we weren't sure! (do people really think this?)

1/9/2025, 4:01:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

leaves out an important detail... you need 4m ceilings so you can have the fancy ladder that runs on the metal track...

1/9/2025, 3:58:44 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

I suppose this makes sense. one home at that price point isn't likely to put out locals...

1/9/2025, 3:54:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

are you bag-shaming Larry?

1/9/2025, 2:32:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

"ubiquituos" is that French?

1/9/2025, 12:21:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

did you bring him tasty bits of chimken?

1/9/2025, 12:19:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

yup. this stage of capitalism makes ethical consumption difficult for everyone.

31/8/2025, 2:19:16 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

Just added a few more keywords to be filtered. don't need to see any more LLM output. what a crappy timeline!

30/8/2025, 8:32:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Atsuko Okatsuka (@atsukocomedy.bsky.social) reposted

I am your leader 🐣

29/8/2025, 8:27:53 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

the real question is "who is surprised?" it's all "move fast; break things" and the "break things" part usually means "I got mine so eff you."

30/8/2025, 2:04:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

Just do it. most will welcome the engagement.

30/8/2025, 1:59:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

they're timeless?

30/8/2025, 1:57:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

wow. bsky labeled a pair of underwear as "adult content."

30/8/2025, 1:49:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

thanks for sharing. now shut up and watch the show. it's clear you haven't seen it before.

30/8/2025, 1:48:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

go answer the survey (it's a qualtrics hosted survey). unsure if this will go anywhere but it took me about a minute to complete on a tablet.

30/8/2025, 1:33:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

I can't believe that I have to read all this and will probably *still* have questions about whether or not my planned purchases will have tariff exposure. hts.usitc.gov

29/8/2025, 12:54:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

they'll certainly claim that if you seld-attest wrt eligibility then you will be guilty of insurance fraud (!) :(

29/8/2025, 12:38:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

it's a marathon, not a sprint.

29/8/2025, 12:16:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I still have one of those too. that, and a coffee mug (one with old name, and one with new name). I liked the old name together. shame I couldn't get the old domain name...

29/8/2025, 12:14:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

does *anyone* who isn't Lindsey Graham take him seriously?

29/8/2025, 10:49:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

so you're saying that you just had to be hot and not all geared up?

29/8/2025, 6:59:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I'm sure this is part of the confusion.

29/8/2025, 1:25:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

The last line of this article is the most important: “I don’t know anybody who’s not confused.”

29/8/2025, 1:24:46 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

he's old enough to be a senator! maybe even POTUS!

29/8/2025, 1:19:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Patrick Vallely (@pjvphotography.bsky.social) reposted

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

A pika sits on a mossy rock. Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head. An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye. An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
28/8/2025, 4:18:28 PM | 41612 10307 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

why isn't it the case that, for every repainted crosswalk, two other crosswalks get the rainbow treatment? I know this isn't sustainable but I'd love to see those cops use up all those resources policing it all.

29/8/2025, 1:10:52 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

when you tell us all to go to your website to buy tickets for your tour but there's nothing there... kathygriffin.com/tour.html @kathygriffin.bsky.social... please fix so I can boost your numbers!

29/8/2025, 1:07:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

yeah. my rx meds are all well under $10/month or over $2000/month. I could probably make those all work with copay cards. but a long term condition makes continuing without insurance risky.

29/8/2025, 12:55:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I've been stockpiling meds for a while. I have about six months of meds at the moment. I won't be Medicare eligible for a few more years.

28/8/2025, 5:32:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted

This is Manchis. She's the dog of Alberto Mesías Zárate, a journalist in Peru. When her human was targeted this week by criminals who threw an explosive device at their home, she barked at the perpetrators and successfully extinguished the dynamite before it detonated. 14/10 good girl, Manchis

27/8/2025, 11:13:59 PM | 5949 733 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

as if things weren't shitty enough...

27/8/2025, 10:18:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

sure, but it has an asterisk. what is excluded at the asterisk?

27/8/2025, 10:15:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

the downside is that these clowns will continue to act first and then ask later. the settlement has to be significant enough to deter further bullshit.

27/8/2025, 8:26:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

it's true!

26/8/2025, 9:30:34 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

there'll be a whole Bordeaux aisle soon enough (you'll find it next to the oreos).

26/8/2025, 9:15:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

well, sure. "distinctive" gives them no room to improvise by adding thousands of flavors that nobody asked for!

26/8/2025, 9:14:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Rayner (@martinrayner.bsky.social) reposted

Heh.

The Devil (as portrayed by South Park) vowing to sue for defamation.
25/8/2025, 11:06:53 PM | 465 67 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I sure she does. I'm sure he doesn't.

26/8/2025, 9:01:23 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

because people can have more than one discipline where they are an expert.

26/8/2025, 9:00:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

so talk to your local library.

26/8/2025, 8:56:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

they're called "bookmobiles" and we've had them for my entire life.

26/8/2025, 8:17:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

from the 1960s!

26/8/2025, 8:14:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

Oscars for adult films.

26/8/2025, 6:55:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

Lolol! You're the last person I expected to mention the AVN awards ever! (I once worked in the industry...)

26/8/2025, 6:54:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I'm likely as old as you are. this is how people dress in California. I did that myself for thirty years. he's being genuine and you can't even manage to show your face on social media. sit down.

26/8/2025, 5:06:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

have you told your lawmakers this?

25/8/2025, 11:39:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

all of the kitchens show here are *larger* than my kitchen!

25/8/2025, 11:30:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

how tf we haven't seen any sparkle ponies here is beyond me.

25/8/2025, 7:36:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

Sadly you can't donate unless you're a green card holder. I'm not sure how that makes any sense (LPRs can't vote in the US) but know that Americans who live near the border have donated.

25/8/2025, 7:35:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

is this for the next session? I'm still waiting for Hochul to sign a bunch of bills from the last session (among them MAID).

25/8/2025, 7:32:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

Chris is doing this thing where people respond "why don't *you* run for office?" so he's running for the California Assembly. He can't do it alone, though... he'll need help from us all. @kluweoc.bsky.social Out of state contributions are welcome. (Yes, it's through act blue but...)

25/8/2025, 7:30:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

ok. done. act blue is slow af right now. hope this is a response to your campaign. (I'll fight the email spam when it happens).

25/8/2025, 7:21:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I don't argue with them. I just mark them down for not following instructions. life is too short.

25/8/2025, 7:16:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

are out of state contributions welcome? and... is it act blue collecting the funds?

25/8/2025, 5:06:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I think this one hits home:

image
25/8/2025, 4:28:07 PM | 23 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

what if someone doesn't use meta services? (we are on bsky...)

25/8/2025, 10:06:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I think she needs more wine!

25/8/2025, 7:05:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

when you must describe things as "reusable" and "fully reusable" people should have questions...

25/8/2025, 4:06:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

really?

25/8/2025, 4:02:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

of course, all of this ignores the fact that (most of the time) internet petitions are bullshit anyway.

25/8/2025, 3:58:43 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

ffs. this is Medford. a freaking suburb! it's not Mayberry!

24/8/2025, 4:28:36 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

or the real question: why not doritos? 🤣 This whole thing is bonkers.

24/8/2025, 4:27:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

and, in his head, he's writing a strongly-worded letter. I don't have time for this.

24/8/2025, 4:21:42 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

spent some time this morning writing Yelp! reviews for two local businesses. One is brand new, and one had no reviews before I wrote mine. I'm sure I'll be punished for this somehow.

24/8/2025, 2:41:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

perhaps, but at pride it will certainly cost less!

24/8/2025, 2:39:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I think Jeffries has been a *huge* disappointment. I absolutely do prefer that younger candidates land in leadership positions but they must *lead* and he seems to be showing his true colors wrt Mamdani.

24/8/2025, 2:24:52 PM | 30 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

Manky has a very "housecat" look here.

23/8/2025, 4:07:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

librarian friends: have you tried this out yet?

21/8/2025, 1:48:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

damn. nobody ever puts cash in my chips!

21/8/2025, 1:46:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

we used to have flip phones. we moved on for good reasons.

21/8/2025, 1:45:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

damn. where's my chips?

21/8/2025, 12:29:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

the point was attention. nobody would. have known this was happening if they didn't leave and make a big scene.

21/8/2025, 12:26:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

why do we have to pay for security for a half dozen baby mommas and their spawn? this is ridiculous.

20/8/2025, 2:13:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

this morning's cat tv: #squirrel #squirrels #cattv #youtube

squirrels foraging on a
20/8/2025, 2:07:39 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

will this differentiate between librarything and tinycat? I've been using librarything for ages but never managed to differentiate between the two.

20/8/2025, 2:04:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

this is a guy I never get tired of seeing!

20/8/2025, 2:00:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hrm.

20/8/2025, 2:00:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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we have them everywhere now! there were coyotes in sf when I left years ago!

20/8/2025, 1:57:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

well, there is always one who. hasn't seen it before I haven't seen this before. (I didn't need to see. it, but...). I perhaps would have noticed the belly vs 6pack. At the end of the day there's nothing new under the sun.

20/8/2025, 1:56:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

so this sounds like nobody bought her dumb-ass book. This makes all the sense in the world.

19/8/2025, 5:07:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/08/18/f... It's bullshit. Civil disobedience means something specific and people who engage in civil disobedience usually suffer consequences. bill these mfs for all the books, place liens on their properties when they fail to pay.

19/8/2025, 4:09:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

paper plates, dude.

19/8/2025, 12:18:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture American Library Association (@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social) reposted

Ends today! Save 20% on everything at librarygiftshop.org.

18/8/2025, 9:16:47 PM | 29 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

ffs. why can't you just leave them alone? the only party griping here is you.

19/8/2025, 12:05:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

ikr? I missed that show...

19/8/2025, 12:03:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

No cheating: post the last pic of your pet.

18/8/2025, 8:09:01 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

which one?

18/8/2025, 8:00:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

you can see this right here on bsky. @craignewmark.bsky.social regularly reskeets requests for support from teachers. magically, the pentagon has never had to run a bake sale to buy an aircraft carrier. Our priorities are messed up!

18/8/2025, 7:56:23 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

"In a statement, Newsmax did not admit any wrongdoing. It maintained that its 2020 election coverage was "fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism." Why only $20 million? put these mfs out of business!

18/8/2025, 7:51:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

this is dumb because rickets is a malady caused by too little vitamin D. this dumb fingerpointing goes nowhere.

18/8/2025, 6:43:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I regret not taking *more* history... the only (?) history course I had was the best! taught by a prof who was a civil rights activist back in the day. my BS is basically in "miscellany." (it's an interdisciplinary degree). had more focus for grad school.

18/8/2025, 12:13:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

you know how this is gonna go, right? they'll settle out of court and every author will get one shiny, new penny (on a visa gift card).

17/8/2025, 4:53:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li)

"Librarians hate this one trick!" 😝 (actually, this librarian dgaf. books are consumables. don't do this to your *library* books, but consume your own books!)

17/8/2025, 4:42:57 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

really. this sort of thing isn't at all unusual. neither is the challenge of getting young people interested.

17/8/2025, 12:21:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tom doesn't know who those dudes are either!

17/8/2025, 10:53:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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T: Do you still have the peeped tapes? P: Da!

16/8/2025, 3:06:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

I am, and yet I don't.

16/8/2025, 3:02:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Henry Mensch (@hcm.li) reply parent

not only are you a mind reader, I'm pretty sure that Betty would also approve.

16/8/2025, 2:59:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have, and that's why I hated her!

16/8/2025, 1:03:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view