Debra Elfenbein
@debraelfenbein.bsky.social
Librarian. Editor. Audience member.
Identify as New Yorker but live proud in Baltimore
Identify as New Yorker but live proud in Baltimore
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ADHD increases dementia risk, but the available epidemiological data suggests that stimulant medications may normalize risk. Totally fascinating
Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ADHD increases dementia risk, but the available epidemiological data suggests that stimulant medications may normalize risk. Totally fascinating
Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@womensmarch.com @indivisible.org @sanders.senate.gov
@democracynow.org
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@samseder.bsky.social
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@atrupar.com
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Speechmakers, podcasters, social media mensches, legacy media: Please broadcast 10/18 #NoKings speeches
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@samseder.bsky.social
@unicornriot.bsky.social
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Speechmakers, podcasters, social media mensches, legacy media: Please broadcast 10/18 #NoKings speeches
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@womensmarch.com @indivisible.org @sanders.senate.gov
@democracynow.org
@wajali.bsky.social
@samseder.bsky.social
@unicornriot.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
@npr.org
Speechmakers, podcasters, social media mensches, legacy media: Please broadcast 10/18 #NoKings speeches
@democracynow.org
@wajali.bsky.social
@samseder.bsky.social
@unicornriot.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
@npr.org
Speechmakers, podcasters, social media mensches, legacy media: Please broadcast 10/18 #NoKings speeches
@ericfoner.bsky.social
Dear Dr. Foner,
I’m so sorry to miss your appearance at Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 29.
I admire your work very much.
I hope all is well is well with you and your family.
I look forward to a rescheduled Writers Live! interview.
Sincerely,
One of your fans
Dear Dr. Foner,
I’m so sorry to miss your appearance at Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 29.
I admire your work very much.
I hope all is well is well with you and your family.
I look forward to a rescheduled Writers Live! interview.
Sincerely,
One of your fans
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@ericfoner.bsky.social
Dear Dr. Foner,
I’m so sorry to miss your appearance at Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 29.
I admire your work very much.
I hope all is well is well with you and your family.
I look forward to a rescheduled Writers Live! interview.
Sincerely,
One of your fans
Dear Dr. Foner,
I’m so sorry to miss your appearance at Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 29.
I admire your work very much.
I hope all is well is well with you and your family.
I look forward to a rescheduled Writers Live! interview.
Sincerely,
One of your fans
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One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
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The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
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We’re thrilled to be hosting a 4-part fall event series in collaboration with the New York Public Library, exploring the social implications of AI & its impacts on democracy, the environment, & human labor. Learn more and RSVP to attend live in NYC or via livestream! datasociety.net/events/under...
August 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We’re thrilled to be hosting a 4-part fall event series in collaboration with the New York Public Library, exploring the social implications of AI & its impacts on democracy, the environment, & human labor. Learn more and RSVP to attend live in NYC or via livestream! datasociety.net/events/under...
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
Pretending, under such circumstances, that we can simply "election" & "normalcy" our way out of this problem is not only unserious, but borders on complicity & fascist accommodation. Time to wake the fuck up.
August 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
On a transcontinental flight, window seat. The aisle seats of my row & the row directly opposite are filled with 2 suffering people. Serious wet wracking repeating wracking coughs. She stopped coughing into her elbow hours ago. A cold or flu or covid.
June 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On a transcontinental flight, window seat. The aisle seats of my row & the row directly opposite are filled with 2 suffering people. Serious wet wracking repeating wracking coughs. She stopped coughing into her elbow hours ago. A cold or flu or covid.
As comedian Nate Bargatze says…
June 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
As comedian Nate Bargatze says…
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UPDATE:
"The executive order and the SAVE Act try to make it more difficult for American voters, particularly women voters, to participate in our elections, but the League hasn't and will not back down.”-Marcia Johnson, Chief Counsel for the LWV
Work with us! @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
"The executive order and the SAVE Act try to make it more difficult for American voters, particularly women voters, to participate in our elections, but the League hasn't and will not back down.”-Marcia Johnson, Chief Counsel for the LWV
Work with us! @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
UPDATE:
"The executive order and the SAVE Act try to make it more difficult for American voters, particularly women voters, to participate in our elections, but the League hasn't and will not back down.”-Marcia Johnson, Chief Counsel for the LWV
Work with us! @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
"The executive order and the SAVE Act try to make it more difficult for American voters, particularly women voters, to participate in our elections, but the League hasn't and will not back down.”-Marcia Johnson, Chief Counsel for the LWV
Work with us! @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Any indication of Ukrainian patriotism became an invitation for abuse, incl speaking Ukrainian, having pro-Ukraine tattoos or refusing to acknowledge Russia’s annexation of Crimea.”
Trump proposes US recognition of Crimea as Russian.
#Complicit #Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Trump proposes US recognition of Crimea as Russian.
#Complicit #Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
She tried to expose Russia’s brutal detention system — and ended up dead
A consortium of international journalists continued the work of Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was investigating reports of torture and detention of Ukrainian civilians in occupied Ukraine.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Any indication of Ukrainian patriotism became an invitation for abuse, incl speaking Ukrainian, having pro-Ukraine tattoos or refusing to acknowledge Russia’s annexation of Crimea.”
Trump proposes US recognition of Crimea as Russian.
#Complicit #Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Trump proposes US recognition of Crimea as Russian.
#Complicit #Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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And here we are.
🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
April 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And here we are.
@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com @davidfrum.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
US Congress switchboard: 202-224-3121
White House switchboard: 202-456-1414
White House Comments Line: 202-456-1111
Scribble down what you want to say first.
Be cool, use your chest voice.
Speak up.
White House switchboard: 202-456-1414
White House Comments Line: 202-456-1111
Scribble down what you want to say first.
Be cool, use your chest voice.
Speak up.
Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
February 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
US Congress switchboard: 202-224-3121
White House switchboard: 202-456-1414
White House Comments Line: 202-456-1111
Scribble down what you want to say first.
Be cool, use your chest voice.
Speak up.
White House switchboard: 202-456-1414
White House Comments Line: 202-456-1111
Scribble down what you want to say first.
Be cool, use your chest voice.
Speak up.
Library book & media selection is a professional practice.
One source for selectors (actual job title) is an adjudicated annual award (eg adults, PEN/Bellwether & Booker; kids, Jane Addams & Newbery)
Not to romanticize…there’s a reason why “library science” is not what Rep. Tom Massie prolly thinks
One source for selectors (actual job title) is an adjudicated annual award (eg adults, PEN/Bellwether & Booker; kids, Jane Addams & Newbery)
Not to romanticize…there’s a reason why “library science” is not what Rep. Tom Massie prolly thinks
"Our libraries and bookstores are critical spaces for learning, exploration, and connection. By striking down these provisions, the court has safeguarded the right of every Arkansan to access ideas and information without fear of censorship or prosecution."
Arkansas can't jail librarians for giving kids 'harmful' books
Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed "harmful to minors" were
reason.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Library book & media selection is a professional practice.
One source for selectors (actual job title) is an adjudicated annual award (eg adults, PEN/Bellwether & Booker; kids, Jane Addams & Newbery)
Not to romanticize…there’s a reason why “library science” is not what Rep. Tom Massie prolly thinks
One source for selectors (actual job title) is an adjudicated annual award (eg adults, PEN/Bellwether & Booker; kids, Jane Addams & Newbery)
Not to romanticize…there’s a reason why “library science” is not what Rep. Tom Massie prolly thinks
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Please arm yourself with knowledge. Birthright citizenship is not a policy choice it is a constitutional imperative (14th Amendment). It can no more be signed away by Executive Order than the First Amendment.
Now that attacking birthright citizenship has become a Day 1 project for the incoming Trump admin, I dug out this rather comprehensive piece I wrote in 2011. It includes the source of Sen. Lindsay Graham’s emergence as the pitch man on this issue. politicalresearch.org/2011/03/01/c...
The Conservative Attack on Birthright Citizenship
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
politicalresearch.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Please arm yourself with knowledge. Birthright citizenship is not a policy choice it is a constitutional imperative (14th Amendment). It can no more be signed away by Executive Order than the First Amendment.
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NEW POEM #153: "Making the Best of It" by Martha Silano (@marthasilano.bsky.social)
"Today I learned Keats was only five feet tall. A compact corpse, / says Di Suess in “Romantic Poetry,” shorter than Prince, / which I so love knowing..."
stonecirclereview.com/making-the-b...
#Poem #Poetry
"Today I learned Keats was only five feet tall. A compact corpse, / says Di Suess in “Romantic Poetry,” shorter than Prince, / which I so love knowing..."
stonecirclereview.com/making-the-b...
#Poem #Poetry
August 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM
NEW POEM #153: "Making the Best of It" by Martha Silano (@marthasilano.bsky.social)
"Today I learned Keats was only five feet tall. A compact corpse, / says Di Suess in “Romantic Poetry,” shorter than Prince, / which I so love knowing..."
stonecirclereview.com/making-the-b...
#Poem #Poetry
"Today I learned Keats was only five feet tall. A compact corpse, / says Di Suess in “Romantic Poetry,” shorter than Prince, / which I so love knowing..."
stonecirclereview.com/making-the-b...
#Poem #Poetry
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I’m reading more “takes” about how we got here. And they all begin and end with Trump and myopically refuse to see what’s right in front of us. Oh, America. We may be fully lost, but we need to face why. So, I’m reposting my take. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Why Are We Here?
A Dispatch from the Nadir
open.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM
I’m reading more “takes” about how we got here. And they all begin and end with Trump and myopically refuse to see what’s right in front of us. Oh, America. We may be fully lost, but we need to face why. So, I’m reposting my take. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...