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Knitter, reader, retired librarian. Owned by two cats.
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It's time for the Massachusetts legislature to pass An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594/S.2328). Protect librarians + educators from harassment; and protects authors, creators, booksellers, + publishers from economic harm due to censorship. #MassFreedomToRead link in bio. #BannedBooksWeek
October 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's time for the Massachusetts legislature to pass An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594/S.2328). Protect librarians + educators from harassment; and protects authors, creators, booksellers, + publishers from economic harm due to censorship. #MassFreedomToRead link in bio. #BannedBooksWeek
I saw this at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum. It’s a valid question that we all should be asking ourselves.
August 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I saw this at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum. It’s a valid question that we all should be asking ourselves.
"..hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts.."
"And the Union workhouses?…
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
"And the Union workhouses?…
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
July 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"..hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts.."
"And the Union workhouses?…
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
"And the Union workhouses?…
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
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In 2024, Edda Fields-Black of @cmu.edu's Dietrich College Humanities Center published "COMBEE" on Harriet Tubman’s involvement in the Combahee River Raid, the largest rebellion of enslaved people in US history.
Read how we supported her Pulitzer Prize-winning research: bit.ly/4kFtT5O
Read how we supported her Pulitzer Prize-winning research: bit.ly/4kFtT5O
June 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In 2024, Edda Fields-Black of @cmu.edu's Dietrich College Humanities Center published "COMBEE" on Harriet Tubman’s involvement in the Combahee River Raid, the largest rebellion of enslaved people in US history.
Read how we supported her Pulitzer Prize-winning research: bit.ly/4kFtT5O
Read how we supported her Pulitzer Prize-winning research: bit.ly/4kFtT5O
There was a protest in Fairhaven today, but instead of doing that, I took part in the "Town-Wide Cleanup" for Earth Day. I got two big bags of trash, a couple of cardboard boxes, and a large piece of plastic something or other. And if I picked up one Fireball nip bottle, I picked up 50. Gross!
April 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There was a protest in Fairhaven today, but instead of doing that, I took part in the "Town-Wide Cleanup" for Earth Day. I got two big bags of trash, a couple of cardboard boxes, and a large piece of plastic something or other. And if I picked up one Fireball nip bottle, I picked up 50. Gross!
I gave him 6 months to ruin the economy. I guess I was being optimistic. Silly me!
April 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I gave him 6 months to ruin the economy. I guess I was being optimistic. Silly me!
Strom Thurmond is spinning in his grave because a Black man is about to beat his filibuster record. Go, Cory, go!
April 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Strom Thurmond is spinning in his grave because a Black man is about to beat his filibuster record. Go, Cory, go!
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
On a lighter note, you can now take the train from New Bedford to Boston. We have been waiting for over 20 years for this to happen.
March 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On a lighter note, you can now take the train from New Bedford to Boston. We have been waiting for over 20 years for this to happen.
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They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down.
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
March 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down.
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
See this? This is a cat caught red-pawed trying to steal yarn.
February 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
See this? This is a cat caught red-pawed trying to steal yarn.
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Repost if you support Canada, and will buy Canadian goods. As an American, I will support my Canadian friends.
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Repost if you support Canada, and will buy Canadian goods. As an American, I will support my Canadian friends.
We went bird watching today and flicks of Canada geese flew overhead calling out,” Fuck Trump! We’re going back to Canada!”
February 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We went bird watching today and flicks of Canada geese flew overhead calling out,” Fuck Trump! We’re going back to Canada!”
I urge you to put out your Pride flags now and now wait till June.
January 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I urge you to put out your Pride flags now and now wait till June.
I’m re-re-reading Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower’ and dear God was she prescient!
January 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m re-re-reading Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower’ and dear God was she prescient!
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We just passed the Social Security Fairness Act to restore Social Security benefits for millions of Americans including 130,000 public servants in Massachusetts.
December 21, 2024 at 5:21 AM
We just passed the Social Security Fairness Act to restore Social Security benefits for millions of Americans including 130,000 public servants in Massachusetts.
My friend Maggi Peirce, singer and storyteller, has recently passedWay at age 93. Here she is at the Christmas Revels in Cambridge MA SINGIN “Don’t Have Any More, Mrs.Moore"
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Don't Have Any More, Mrs. Moore
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December 8, 2024 at 12:23 AM
My friend Maggi Peirce, singer and storyteller, has recently passedWay at age 93. Here she is at the Christmas Revels in Cambridge MA SINGIN “Don’t Have Any More, Mrs.Moore"
youtu.be/zjmtXXC34l0?...
youtu.be/zjmtXXC34l0?...
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians