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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 7m

Any surgery on your face, even if it seems minor, is a LOT. All the nerves and the pain is right there. It sucks. Don’t push!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck yeah! This is the way!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 6h

Looks like the ol' neighborhood has it covered. Hell yeah, Chicago

A Facebook post and comments:

Hey folks! I'm a part of an ICE bike patrol group for Lincoln Sq/Ravsswood and Albany Park. ICE has been all over the north side today and there are a few schools that have reached out to see if our folks are available to help monitor during dismissal.
I know some schools/parents have organized specific groups within their community to do this sort of dismissal ICE watch. If you know of one of these groups at our neighborhood schools and would like support from this bike patrol group please reach out to me. Happy to be a conduit for information sharing.
Also. You're welcome to disagree with any of this, but please know I will delete comments at my discretion

Comment 1:
Sent you a message-please PM me if I can help
Comment 2:
Thank you & everyone in your bike patrol group! Grateful to have neighbors looking out for each other

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 6h

How about their assaults on our rights to due process? On our right to free speech, the right to peaceably assemble, to petition the government for redress of grievances? Anything about the assaults on our 4th amendment rights? 8th? 9th? 10? 13? 14? Feds sent to terrorize blue cities? Any comment?

libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 6h

Canada this is you!!

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 6h

Check your registration North Carolina!! Local elections matter and they shape and influence not only what happens in your day-to-day but also where we go as a country. We build from the ground up!

VoteRiders @voteriders.bsky.social · 7h

TODAY, October 10, is the last day to register to vote in North Carolina's November election! ⏳

Thousands of voters still need to update their registration with missing ID info. Check if your name is on the list and update it ASAP today at www.ncsbe.gov/registration...

REGISTRATION REPAIR PROJECT. North Carolina voters, are you on the list? The State Board of Elections has published a list of voters with incomplete registrations. Check if your name is on the list and update it today!

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 10h

This made me laugh out loud!

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 13h

Panel 1: Shen is stoically holding up a sign with his right hand that says "W O R C E S T E R" on it.

Panel 2: A man clearly from Boston, in a black Red Sox cap and Bruins jersey and holding a Market Basket bag slung over his shoulder, says "WOOSTER!" Under the cap, he has messy brown hair, and is smiling innocently.

Panel 3: Shen, still stoic, now holds up a picture of a rooster with both hands.

Panel 4: The man from Boston smile lights up, sparkles in his eyes, and says "ROOCHESTER!!!"

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 10h

Hero

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 11h

A giggle to start your day. Give yourself a treat and read the comments!

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 11h

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you for reposting this. I needed a laugh this morning. The comments are great!

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 12h

From the brief the organizations are:
(all caps because copy/paste)
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS; ETHICS &
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION; COALITION FOR JEWISH VALUES; AND JEWISH COALITION FOR RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY

Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 12d

Hey so... did you know that the Mormon Church filed an amicus curiae brief on the 19th of September? Me either...

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

In short, "Giving trans people rights hurts us because it ruins our religious freedom to be bigots!"

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 5d

James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:

Or, to put it another way, as long as white Americans take refuge in their whiteness— for so long as they are unable to walk out of this most monstrous of traps-they will allow millions of people to be slaughtered in their name, and will be manipulated into and surrender themselves to what they will think of-and justify—as a racial war. They will never, so long as their whiteness puts so sinister a distance between themselves and their own experience and the experience of others, feel themselves sufficiently human, sufficiently worthwhile, to become responsible for themselves, their leaders, their country, their children, or their fate. They will perish (as we once put it in our black church) in their sins—that is, in their delusions. And this is happening, needless to say, already, all around us.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 16h

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 12d

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

South Bay Queer Solidarity @sbqsolidarity.bsky.social · 14d

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

transfamilysos.org

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 23h

This is a really good thread! Find out how your library is funded, how it’s governed (not all libraries have boards, some are departments of their city or county governments), and how you can be an advocate!

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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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @merkley.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov

Call your reps folks. The calls do make a difference and we have to be louder than the bigots. We definitely outnumber them, so let’s make sure our reps know.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

Unofficial list of Dems opposing the NDAA passage here:

Baldwin
Booker
Cantwell
Duckworth
Durbin
Kim
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Padilla
Paul
Sanders
Schatz
Schiff
Smith
Van Hollen
Warren
Welch
Wyden

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The 51st @51st.news · 1d

Feeling overwhelmed recently? Action is the best antidote.

How to get involved locally this week: Watch a film about gentrification in D.C., attend an open mic (but make it historic) at @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social, and find lots of opportunities to organize with @freedcproject.bsky.social.

Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.

Plus, another visit to Capitol Hill.

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 1d

We stand with workers.

Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 1d

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
laist.com/news/la-time...

LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever

The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

laist.com

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

my first instinct was to respond to mark with "pfffft with these democrats? no democrats will every do anything like that" because history—but i decided to go with "i'll vote for any democrat who does."

maybe we can manifest this democrat into existence.

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 1d

Contribute if you can! Reposts help boost!

Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

If you are an alum of:

Vanderbilt
UVA
UT Austin
U of Southern California
Dartmouth
Brown
MIT
U Penn
U Arizona

Your alma mater is RIGHT NOW weighing the costs and benefits of giving up its independence and abandoning academic freedom. SPEAK UP NOW:

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STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.controlshift.app

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Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social · 1d

We’re just $500 away from being able to replace our stolen telephoto lens and repair our damaged 24–70mm lens. These tools are essential for continuing the work of Humanizing Through Story, documenting truth and dignity in the face of injustice.
givebutter.com/ReplaceStole...

Replace Stolen & Damaged Camera Lenses

By Humanizing Through Story

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