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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 23m

PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype... via @EveryLibrary

PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library

Staff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 3h

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Name of Ra by Kelsey Ketch

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 3h

Will Natti be able to resist a god's charms, or will her heart fall under his power?

Name of Ra (Descendants of Isis #3)

Older Teen | Dark Mythology-based Fantasy

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 4h

Trump's NSPM-7 is a blatant attack on one of the core principles of our democracy, the freedom of speech. Click to tell Congress to undo this royal decree through actual legislation.

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Tell Congress to Undo Trump's Most Dangerous Yet

Trump's NSPM-7 is a blatant attack on one of the core principles of our democracy, the freedom of speech. This rhetoric and action undermines the lifesaving work of millions of nonprofit staff and vol...

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 4h

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Tell the FDA to set strict lead limits now!

Dangerous lead levels found in protein powder

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 12h

Looking for a new book for the autumn season? Click the link below and check out the Howl About a Sale promo.

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Howl about a sale

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a new book for the autumn season? Click the link below and check out the Howl About a Sale promo.

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#IndieBooks #AutumnReads #SupportIndieAuthors

Howl about a sale

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 1d

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/u-...

Do NOT put Donald Trump on any U.S. currency!

Rarely in U.S. history have living presidents minted their image on U.S. currency. Trump wants to change that.  In October, it was reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled plans f...

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 1d

{Book Review} The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

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#BookReview #LightNovels #TheApothecaryDiaries

Image of The Apothecary Dairies book cover with five stars and text. Text:

Memorable quotes:
“‘Perhaps,’ Gaoshun ventured now, ‘I might ask you to stop regarding Master Jinshi in the same manner in which you might look at a worm.’
Damn. They noticed.”
“‘Women are indeed terrifying,’ Jinshi said now, tucking his hands into his wide sleeves.”
“Having tasted the nectar of heaven, he could never again be satisfied with the tepid offerings of earth.”

Recommend this book: Yes

To whom? Lovers of historical fiction and forbidden/slow burn romance.
"Having tasted the nectar of heaven, he could never again be satisfied with the tepid offerings of earth."

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 3d

Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today.

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PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States

Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 3d

Tell Congress to Undo Trump's Most Dangerous Yet "National Security Memorandum" (NSPM7) rootsaction.org/undo-trumps-...

Tell Congress to Undo Trump's Most Dangerous Yet

Trump's NSPM7 is a blatant attack on one of the core principles of our democracy, the freedom of speech. This rhetoric and action undermines the lifesaving work of millions of nonprofit staff and volu...

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 4d

Your state, too, can ban forever chemicals: rootsaction.org/ban-forever-...

Tell Your State to Ban Forever Chemicals

People are dying, suffering, and being born with birth defects. If Minnesota, Maine, and Washington can ban all products with forever chemicals, so can every other state. With a broken federal governm...

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 4d

"'My kids could die. We don't have the credit because of the medical bills that I have to pay regularly. You could stop this.'"

"The caller told Johnson 'you have the power' to call the House back and pass a standalone bill."

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Government shutdown live updates as military poised to miss first paychecks next week

The government shutdown entered its 10th day Friday as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over a spending plan. Follow live updates.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 6d

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...

NFL: No ICE at the 2026 Super Bowl!

Upwards of 100,000 people attend the Super Bowl, and the event is supposed to be a celebration of football and its fans, powered by thousands of workers who make it possible. The Super Bowl at Levi’s ...

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 7d

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Death Island: The Journey by Kelsey Ketch

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 7d

A fast-moving plot that holds the reader’s interest.

Older Teen + | Nautical Fantasy

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 8d

Trump’s signature trade deal — which helps corporations destroy jobs and increase exploitation both at home and abroad — is up for review. We can’t let his rigged trade agreement be extended as written!

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Stop Trump’s Rigged Trade Deal from Further Hurting Working People

Trump’s signature trade deal — which helps corporations destroy jobs and increase exploitation both at home and abroad — is up for review. We can’t let his rigged trade agreement be extended as writte...

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 8d

"'Insurers are waiting around to set rates for next year. They're doing it right now, not three months from now,' Schumer, a New York Democrat, said."

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Government shutdown live updates as Senate prepares for 5th vote on funding bill

The government shutdown stretched into its sixth day on Monday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

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Lunar Games … Stories from Mesopotamia @lunargamesuruk.bsky.social · 9d

I am proud to announce that I will be a speaker at the first ever Electronic Gaming Expo in Iraq. I will be talking about why we need to make games and it’s cultural value.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 9d

Missed #Caturday, but here is a picture of Litten cuddling my current crocheting project while watching his anime.

A black cat sleeping on top of a crocheted doll.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11d

🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting

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Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. Text is gold and greyish-white.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 11d

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The Defining Moment by Kelsey Ketch

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 11d

This is it! This is our defining moment!

Teen | Dystopian Short Story

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💙📚 🤏📚 #Friendship #SocialNorms #FallReads #AutumnReads

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 11d

If one state can unmask ICE, all can: rootsaction.org/your-state-c...

Your State Can Unmask ICE

California has passed a ban on ICE agents wearing masks in the state. Your state can do the same. Every state should.

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Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.social · 11d

Poll finds 78% say Obamacare tax credits should be extended

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Government shutdown live updates with Senate set to vote on Day 3

The 2025 government shutdown entered its third day on Friday, with the Senate set to vote again on competing proposals to end the impasse. Follow live updates here.

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