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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 56m

This made me laugh out loud!

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 1h

Hero

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

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

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 2h

[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 · 1h

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 · 3h

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 · 4d

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 · 6h

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 · 13d

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 · 14h

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 · 15h

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 · 14h

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 · 15h

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 · 19h

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.

51st.news

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 19h

We stand with workers.

Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 20h

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

givebutter.com

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 1d

For the sake of humanity, let’s hope this will be a lasting and permanent ceasefire. While this is a hopeful step, we must demand accountability for every war crime committed during this genocide and continue to call for an end to the occupation.

apnews.com/article/egyp...

Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

apnews.com

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

Are you a Californian? Have you called? Do it today!

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 2d

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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

If you need some more shots of joy go watch the post game videos of David Ortiz just absolutely loving every minute of the Yankees loss while sitting next to Jeter and A-Rod. Glorious!

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

This.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

If we had responded to Covid by normalizing masking, providing respirators in healthcare & adopting clean air standards…we could have beaten the virus.

We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.

We would all be healthier.

I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.

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

Speaking of things bringing joy!

Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 1d

The Parents Television Council has gone bankrupt.

Good riddance to this group of publicity hungry, pear-clutching, self-appointed guardians. Just a group of ultra-conservative censors hiding behind children
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

A one-time 'conservative superstar' in California just went bankrupt

Seth MacFarlane said its criticism was "like getting hate mail from Hitler."

www.sfgate.com

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

Frog is bringing me such joy.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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

Despite what a judge in Florida says, this is a gross violation of Floridians’ 1st Amendment rights.

Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 1d

Without an ounce of shame, our Education Commissioner let everyone know that judging a book by its cover is not only totally acceptable down here in FL, it’s expected.

Oh, and a judge here has ruled that this isn’t an infringement of First Amendment rights because we don’t have them in the library.

Screenshot of a post by Florida’s Education Commissioner accusing Hillsborough County School District of providing access to an “inappropriate” book based solely on the cover.

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

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