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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social

they should invent larger little free libraries

jul 21, 2025, 6:55 pm • 699 58

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Emjayess @em-jay-ess.bsky.social

Mine has two sections because everything in life fits in them: Eff Around, and Find Out. Example: Eff Around - "Growing a Natural Yard" Find Out: "Laying Sod" and "Winning Back Your Neighbors" And YES Jerry, I'm talking about YOU!

jul 21, 2025, 9:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Paul Sacco @socialworkteacher.bsky.social

jul 21, 2025, 6:58 pm • 3 0 • view
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LEDlogic @ledlogic.bsky.social

I'm not just a member, I'm also an overdue fine gatherer.

jul 21, 2025, 7:08 pm • 3 0 • view
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David Niall Wilson @davidniallwilson.com

Seems like overkill after inventing little public libraries...

jul 21, 2025, 7:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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𓅊 Ms. HarpyLady @missharpylady.bsky.social

Car elevators, but for books

jul 21, 2025, 7:06 pm • 3 0 • view
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jennieother1.bsky.social @jennieother1.bsky.social

Jerry... Nevermind, hear me out. Supersized Little Free Libraries With all kinds of resources.

jul 21, 2025, 7:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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DOM, ETERNALLY SALTY @saltypicklebear.bsky.social

Huge ones. Gigantic ones. You should be able to walk into an Amazon warehouse and back out with whatever you want, no charge

jul 21, 2025, 7:07 pm • 4 0 • view
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nigel @nigeloshea.bsky.social

Just pointing out that being a librarian requires a master's degree

jul 21, 2025, 8:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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ZHUGE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 @shuchancellor.online

they should be like, one wall per building every other block

jul 21, 2025, 6:58 pm • 7 0 • view
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Andy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social

larger free libraries should be designed to prevent squirrels from getting into them, looking for bird seed.

jul 21, 2025, 7:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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Scott (Rot26) 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 @rot26.wtf

Those are just libraries Jerry.

jul 21, 2025, 7:00 pm • 3 0 • view
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Isabella K @is-a-bella-k.bsky.social

big free libraries if you will

jul 21, 2025, 8:03 pm • 2 0 • view
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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social

I actually love how the Philly public library is called the Free Library of Philadelphia. Not everyone knows that public libraries are free of charge to use! It's good to be super clear and inviting!

jul 21, 2025, 7:00 pm • 13 0 • view
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Colin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social

I know right? Just so hard to squish all my big pictures books in them.

jul 21, 2025, 6:58 pm • 2 0 • view
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Mr. Nightcraft @nightcraft.bsky.social

Can they still be held aloft by a pole?

jul 21, 2025, 10:05 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social

one must imagine larger free little libraries held aloft by poles

jul 21, 2025, 10:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mr. Nightcraft @nightcraft.bsky.social

Ooops, I got confused and now it’s a BabaYaga house

jul 21, 2025, 10:18 pm • 2 0 • view
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social

I read this as: they should invent larger little fries

jul 21, 2025, 7:27 pm • 15 0 • view
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social

i think we gotta renew your glasses prescription

jul 21, 2025, 7:29 pm • 9 0 • view
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social

Thing is, I agreed with what I misread. I was like, “tell em, Jerry.”

jul 21, 2025, 7:31 pm • 9 0 • view
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social

*nods knowingly* large fried potate columns

jul 21, 2025, 7:31 pm • 4 0 • view
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social

yet little

jul 21, 2025, 7:32 pm • 4 0 • view
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Skate Or Dido! @sysjq.bsky.social

Big little fry lies

jul 21, 2025, 8:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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nahhan sandiego @nahhansandiego.bsky.social

Same at first 😭

jul 21, 2025, 11:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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James @newavenue.bsky.social

Little library treehouse!

jul 21, 2025, 11:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jill Friedman @jbfree.bsky.social

They did. It's called the public library.

jul 21, 2025, 8:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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Gayle G @gaylegifford.bsky.social

They have. They are actual libraries

jul 21, 2025, 7:44 pm • 2 0 • view
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TitaniumMan @titaniumman.bsky.social

But then it would have to include books that some people want banned.

jul 21, 2025, 7:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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nahhan sandiego @nahhansandiego.bsky.social

funny story; i live in TINY town USA & next to my house is a library with a little free library in front of it & when we first drove down the road it’s on my husband pointed to the little one & said “there’s the library & honestly you could not tell the difference between it & the real one behind it

jul 21, 2025, 11:53 pm • 0 1 • view
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nahhan sandiego @nahhansandiego.bsky.social

those are called a “library”. most people don’t know this.

jul 21, 2025, 11:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jo Solliday @jossaladdays.bsky.social

Oh, like maybe @orkneylibrary.bsky.social ‘s Booky McBookface?

Orkney Library’s mobile library, a large blue bus, affectionately known as Booky McBookface, sitting at the bottom of a rainbow arc, like the treasure that it is.
jul 21, 2025, 7:39 pm • 5 0 • view
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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social

Ahhh the mobile library. I remember those when I lived in a small village in England as a child. Back then they were more like a big van with a door at the back. We also had the mobile fruit & veg man and the mobile shop. Even 'the milkman' with his electric milk 'float' is rare these days in the UK

jul 21, 2025, 10:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social

YES!!!

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jul 21, 2025, 7:01 pm • 6 0 • view
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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social

Lovely. Even better than our old red phone boxes becoming little libraries in the UK. 🤗 This is a story from 2023 but we have many others. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

jul 21, 2025, 10:19 pm • 3 0 • view
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ninjamonkky.bsky.social @ninjamonkky.bsky.social

A great Librasseum, where free books fight to the death! In order to win their freedom, to start little free libraries of their own.

jul 21, 2025, 8:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net

that’s just a bus jerry. you’re talking about a bus.

jul 21, 2025, 7:33 pm • 25 0 • view
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Sraars @sraars.comrades.social

Instructions unclear. Created bus library on blocks in front yard.

jul 21, 2025, 7:36 pm • 4 0 • view
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sandor22.bsky.social @sandor22.bsky.social

RIF - you remember?

jul 21, 2025, 8:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Discordia_Dingle @discordia-dingle.bsky.social

Medium free libraries

jul 21, 2025, 6:57 pm • 9 1 • view
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Joe @jlaprade.bsky.social

I love it when food trucks go brick and mortar. Weird how books have never caught up!

jul 21, 2025, 8:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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THE DISGRUNTLED MECHANIC @tdm15.bsky.social

larger, oh I thought it said lager!

jul 21, 2025, 7:03 pm • 4 0 • view
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austin @aparker.io

little free library the size of a large free library

jul 21, 2025, 6:57 pm • 41 0 • view
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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social

this is very good ty

jul 21, 2025, 7:00 pm • 6 0 • view
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I'm Jenough @jhillmurphy.bsky.social

Weird no one has ever thought of doing that.

jul 21, 2025, 7:21 pm • 3 0 • view
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totallynotseth.dev @totallynotseth.dev

Big paid libraries? Have you ever been to Barnes and Noble

jul 22, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Slygrin @slygrin.bsky.social

Oh man. How bad would it be if I got an ice cream truck and played the jingle, but all I had in there was a free little library...?

jul 21, 2025, 7:20 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dean G @dgallup.bsky.social

Kind of like a Bookmobile concept... no, wait... sounds vaguely familiar

jul 21, 2025, 7:35 pm • 3 0 • view
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Moo Fu @moofu2.bsky.social

Medium free libraries?

jul 21, 2025, 7:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social

like a grande free library w/ soy

jul 21, 2025, 6:56 pm • 4 0 • view
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A Faceless ○ŊƐ @justa9.bsky.social

Like some sort of structure you could walk around inside of?

jul 21, 2025, 7:20 pm • 4 0 • view
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Chris Allan @cjallan.bsky.social

This will be the greatest innovation since Little Bites made Biggie versions of their muffins.

jul 22, 2025, 4:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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LU2D Games - General Art Goblin! @lu2dgames.bsky.social

jul 21, 2025, 6:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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toadescope 😎 @toadescope.bsky.social

Go all out. medium free library, large free library, XL free library. Tailgate parties for books for the more sociable.

jul 21, 2025, 7:02 pm • 3 0 • view
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javanaise.bsky.social @javanaise.bsky.social

maybe the size of a small bus?

jul 21, 2025, 6:56 pm • 2 0 • view
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Alexander Hamizdat @alexhammy209.bsky.social

size of a building

jul 21, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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javanaise.bsky.social @javanaise.bsky.social

🤯

jul 21, 2025, 7:03 pm • 2 0 • view
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Quinn @qbeepboop.bsky.social

I’m not quite sure how to break this wonderful news to you, Jerry…

jul 21, 2025, 7:04 pm • 5 0 • view
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Coca.Ebola @coca-ebola.bsky.social

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profmiloarty @profmiloarty.bsky.social

Like a medium cheap library?

jul 21, 2025, 8:10 pm • 2 0 • view
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Mr. Fresh™️ @mrfresh.bsky.social

little big ones!

jul 21, 2025, 6:56 pm • 2 0 • view
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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social

Huge and exclusive, Jerry, just for me.

jul 21, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jordan Kurella @kurellian.bsky.social

like building sized? they could just call them libraries, maybe? i'm just spitballing here. dunno if it's viable

jul 21, 2025, 6:58 pm • 19 0 • view
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Alyssa-222 @222-alyssa-222.bsky.social

I think you are onto something here... maybe there could also be like, a system in place so you can monitor which books are in the library at any given time, so people check if there is a book they wanna read available. That would be cool

jul 21, 2025, 7:00 pm • 11 0 • view
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K_BLλKΞM4N @hirsutable.bsky.social

Like a giant Babybel, only full of books?

jul 21, 2025, 8:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social

... big enough to stock large print books for those who forget their sunglasses

jul 21, 2025, 10:27 pm • 0 0 • view