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flubby @flubby.bsky.social · 40m

My 16 yo daughter tried to flush a mass of paper towels (super-absorbant bc her dad's no piker). I spent all day at war with this clog because I am NOT paying a plumber 🪠 I tried home repair suggestions from the internet all afternoon. The SIXTH one worked. This was Dad Lord of the Rings. Go Cubs

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 2h

It's the end of #BannedBooksWeek, but not the end of book bans. Local involvement with your library is the best way to fight back and defend everyone's access to knowledge. Check out For The People's excellent new Libraries 101 video to learn how! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#10...

How to help your public library

YouTube video by For the People Libraries

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James 🧛 Dracin'on @jamackinn.bsky.social · 7h

Dan Dickerson "Fuck this game recap"

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Detroit Tigers announcer - I'm sorry, was that out loud?

YouTube video by Geoff M

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 7h

It’s heartbreaking that the richest country in the world needs food banks to feed its people but it’s unbelievable that our billionaire politicians have forced our military to feed themselves and their families from food banks.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Military
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Food Pantry Visits From Military Families Climb Over 30% Since Government Shutdown Began

Military families are being encouraged to seek out food, other resources as the government shutdown has surpassed one week with no end in sight.

www.military.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 8h

Characterized as blocked.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #BannedBooksWeek. If you love libraries and hate censorship, I'd encourage you to do more than just read a banned book this week. Here are a few ideas:
1. Get involved in your local public library board
2. Join or start a friends group
3. Organize a people's assembly for your public library

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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 1d

LIBRARY BOARDS
If you're planning on pursuing a public library board seat, you can apply to the For the People (FTP) training cohort. It's a FREE 12-week course that kicks off in February 2026 and you can apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort

Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news!

A librarian got fired for refusing to remove LBGTQ books and sued the county, its board of commissioners, the library board, and members of both government boards for violating her 1st amendment rights, and discriminatory and retaliatory firing.

www.rawstory.com/wyoming-libr...

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

www.rawstory.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

3. Application for our 2026 Library Board Cohort is now open: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort

Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I am sooo energized and pumped after this event. Thanks to all of our speakers, to Katie and Aileen for organizing and to the whole FTP team.

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

We're on now... us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Banned Books Week: I Did It, You Can Too!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This Banned Books Week, join For The People: A Leftist Library Project to explore how YOU can take real, specific, and immediate actions in your own community to strengthen and expand public libraries...

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 1d

Leaving that event I feel like I could run through a brick wall. Thank you so much for your lead-in and questions.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft pulls the plug on a 244-acre data-center project in Wisconsin — after local opposition.

“.. I think they heard the message.”

$MSFT
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Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.

Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds like these rock pigeons (Columba livia) took note.

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 2d

I was one of the 1700 people that helped collect data on bird behavior during the 2024 eclipse. I never thought my name would be in a scientific paper!

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Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing a few things before getting to work..

Join us TODAY at 6 pm virtually for a discussion of how to build real power around public libraries this Banned Books Week. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Banned Books Week: I Did It, You Can Too!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This Banned Books Week, join For The People: A Leftist Library Project to explore how YOU can take real, specific, and immediate actions in your own community to strengthen and expand public libraries...

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 2d

What better place to build an energy-sucking war machine than in a community that is roundly rejecting it?

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University of Michigan’s ‘big bad data center’ faces opposition from top Ypsilanti Township official

Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo challenges the University of Michigan's $1.2 billion data center project, highlighting potential environmental and community issues.

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nathan kim @nathanckim.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that the university of Michigan is building the world’s largest supercomputer for Los Alamos National Labs’ nuclear weapons production programs, and paying for $830 million of it despite not being able to use >90% of it?

I wrote about it here:

www.michigandaily.com/opinion/umic...

UMich says the Ypsi Data Center won’t “manufacture nuclear weapons.” What does Los Alamos think?

University administration must make a choice: Will it side with the public and live up to its stated ideals of serving the public good and public interest? Or will it side with LANL and spend hundreds...

www.michigandaily.com

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 2d

Finally got a view of the Red-breasted Nuthatch that’s taken up residence in the neighborhood. Welcome back little guy, I’ll have food up soon to keep you beeping and meeping through the winter.

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Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social · 2d

"Cats in the Cradle" but it's from the vantage point of a young son who refuses to play catch with his dad, dad picks him up from school & son doesn't respond to friendly questions, son doesn't want dad to read to him, etc.

think it would be a cool song TO PLAY AT MY FUNERAL

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 2d

A Venn diagram. The left circle is labeled “brutal”, the right circle is labeled “weird”, and the intersection is labeled “herons”.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.

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