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Anne Libby

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I do not want to be saved by a good billionaire. Stupid white hippie. Newsletter: annelibby.email; it’s about managing people and the workplace.

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · Jul 8

tl;dr give to your local foodbank

Early today. I stopped at a church food pantry in an affluent Chicago suburb. 2 hours before the pantry opens, probably 50 people were lined up. I got an earful from the pastor (no she didn't vote for him) on expected shortages, because funding has been cut off.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2h

The University of Illinois, which established the world's first wheelchair racing program in 1948, has nine of its 15 team members competing in Sunday's Chicago Marathon, including six-time Paralympic medalist Susannah Scaroni.

University of Illinois wheelchair track produces perennial Chicago Marathon racers

Nine of the team’s 15 athletes are competing in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, some of whom are Paralympic medalists and racers in numerous marathons worldwide.

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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine rivers with the same rights as corporations?

“When it all comes down to it, the river is my grandfather," said CRIT Councilman Tommy Drennan. "I am made of this river."

#AZWater #coloradoriver

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to 'living' river

The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon give their eponymous river personhood status, following moves by other tribes and Indigenous peoples.

www.azcentral.com

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 16h

@upenn.edu?

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 19h

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...

Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you, @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov.

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 20h

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 19h

Important content.

Cynthia 🐈 @cynthia.dev · 16d

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 19h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 20h

You get to read the book, *other* people get to read the book, and every interaction like this that you have with your local library sends a message that it is valued and supported by the community.

Apart from everything else, now is a great time to support civic institutions!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 24d

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 21h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 1d

Nu-Image Style Shop
Epes, AL

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Portland Frog.

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 4d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d

congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog

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A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 1d

Will Tom “Fifty Thousand Dollar Man” Homan ever face justice?

Heidi Reinberg @heidireinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Lest it be completely swept under the rug (gifted):

Opinion | I Investigated Corruption. The Homan Affair Is Full of Red Flags.

www.nytimes.com

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Liz @smithdrygoods.bsky.social · 1d

It would be so nice if we are reclaiming cartoon frogs. Next I want the Betsy Ross flag back

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

Awww.

Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Portland Frog.

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 4d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

Godspeed.

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

As an old friend has been known to say, Jesus wept.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

same

Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, very wonky.

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

They're at car line now

Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 1d

This is what they're doing to U.S. citizens right now.

Imagine what they're doing to immigrants.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

I hear she's a beast.

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Anne Libby @annelibby.bsky.social · 1d

Not to mention the animal crackers

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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 2d

NYC's one and only REI store is getting replaced by an OpenAI corporate office. You can't even make this stuff up.

REI shutting down SoHo store, its only NYC location

The company's Paramus location is also closing.

gothamist.com

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Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 2d

I talked about Trump family and crypto with BBC World Service. Taped a few weeks ago but aired live on BBC World Service radio this morning (0700 GMT). www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

BBC Audio | The Inquiry | Is Trump building a crypto economy?

Trump is embracing crypto, but is he building a new kind of American economy?

www.bbc.com

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