@cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social
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Blogger. Educator. Librarian. Growing things and telling gma jokes.
None of us is free until all of us is free.
blogs: Pearl's & Ruby's https://pearlsandrubys.slj.com/
Black Cotton Reviews https://blackcottonreviewers.com/
Blogger. Educator. Librarian. Growing things and telling gma jokes.
None of us is free until all of us is free.
blogs: Pearl's & Ruby's https://pearlsandrubys.slj.com/
Black Cotton Reviews https://blackcottonreviewers.com/
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If you're a #hiphop lover or lyricist appreciator and haven't heard the PTI Challenge, go listen-some of the ILLest emcee's dropping bars on social media www.instagram.com/p/DRcrtWfD61...
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you're a #hiphop lover or lyricist appreciator and haven't heard the PTI Challenge, go listen-some of the ILLest emcee's dropping bars on social media www.instagram.com/p/DRcrtWfD61...
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Inspiration board 47 - Film, Books, Art, Politics, and more work.robdontstop.com/inspiration-... #inspiration #inspiring
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Inspiration board 47 - Film, Books, Art, Politics, and more work.robdontstop.com/inspiration-... #inspiration #inspiring
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The mass media may not be covering it, that doesn't mean this isn't real.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The mass media may not be covering it, that doesn't mean this isn't real.
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Nourrir les #oiseaux de son jardin en hiver
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
Nourrir les oiseaux de son jardin en hiver
La LPO vous livre ses conseils pour aider les oiseaux à faire face à cette période difficile.
www.lpo.fr
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Nourrir les #oiseaux de son jardin en hiver
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
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November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My review of #nationalbookaward winner for Youth Literature, The Teacher of Nomad Land
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review: The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War Two Story
Nayeri is good at engaging setting, and these devices works especially well in a story about land.
pearlsandrubys.slj.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My review of #nationalbookaward winner for Youth Literature, The Teacher of Nomad Land
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/28/r...
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review: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride. #YA #NationalBookAward #novelinverse #AfricanAmerican
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review: The Leaving Room
In typical McBride fashion, the lines and verses evoke a story that is more shadow play than structure.
pearlsandrubys.slj.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
review: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride. #YA #NationalBookAward #novelinverse #AfricanAmerican
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
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America giving more value and money to masked gestapo who kidnap people off the streets in broad daylight than… heroic firefighters
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
America giving more value and money to masked gestapo who kidnap people off the streets in broad daylight than… heroic firefighters
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I shared a behind-the-scenes look at curating a retrospective of @authorgracelin.bsky.social's work for @carlemuseum.bsky.social (a process that I found similar to reporting and writing a journalistic story). If you were thinking about seeing the show, go soon. It's up for 7 more weeks.
From Nov/Dec #HBMag @melissahung.bsky.social on curating THE ART OF GRACE LIN exhibit at @carlemuseum.bsky.social: " @authorgracelin.bsky.social + I share a hope that visitors to the exhibit will experience joy, but that they will also feel the humanity behind her work" www.hbook.com/story/curati...
Curating The Art of Grace Lin
From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
www.hbook.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I shared a behind-the-scenes look at curating a retrospective of @authorgracelin.bsky.social's work for @carlemuseum.bsky.social (a process that I found similar to reporting and writing a journalistic story). If you were thinking about seeing the show, go soon. It's up for 7 more weeks.
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It’s so great! And friendly for a fairly novice color worker! I’m not even done with my first and I just ordered yarn for 8 more🤣! ♥️♥️
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It’s so great! And friendly for a fairly novice color worker! I’m not even done with my first and I just ordered yarn for 8 more🤣! ♥️♥️
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Y'all keep boycotting Starbucks! I hope y'all never stopped. Fuck Starbucks! More power to the workers! More power to the unions!
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Y'all keep boycotting Starbucks! I hope y'all never stopped. Fuck Starbucks! More power to the workers! More power to the unions!
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Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power. n.pr/485sLnd
Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame
Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power. n.pr/485sLnd
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Email your legislators to support libraries: speakupforlibraries.us
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Email your legislators to support libraries: speakupforlibraries.us
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Can anybody in book world help these Houston friends out? 👇🏻
Houston's Book Fairy Brigade is
desperately in need of Spanish books, as well as middle grade novels and board books.
Every free book put into the hands of a child is an act of resistance AND joy.
Books feed the soul, fuel dreams, and offer hope.
bit.ly/478Xy38
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
desperately in need of Spanish books, as well as middle grade novels and board books.
Every free book put into the hands of a child is an act of resistance AND joy.
Books feed the soul, fuel dreams, and offer hope.
bit.ly/478Xy38
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Can anybody in book world help these Houston friends out? 👇🏻
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A non-profit has built a massive internet database—and served training data to AI firms despite pleas from publishers to stop, Alex Reisner reports:
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A non-profit has built a massive internet database—and served training data to AI firms despite pleas from publishers to stop, Alex Reisner reports:
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"Trump canceled your flight" is about as easy as messaging gets.
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government...
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Trump canceled your flight" is about as easy as messaging gets.
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Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
