🪷Book Junky
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School librarian, bookseller, dachshund mom.
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🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
Chilling Details About The Human Experiments At Holmesburg Prison - Grunge
Here are just a few chilling details about the human experiments that took place at Holmesburg Prison. These trials often had lasting effects for prisoners.
www.grunge.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
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Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
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I made an interactive map! This is a look at the effects Tx book-banning laws have had just *since the end of last school year*. I made it because it's easy to hear a shocking story about a book ban and then forget it and lose the larger picture.
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Mapping Texas Book Bans SY 25-26 - Google My Maps
Mapping Texas Book Bans SY 25-26
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January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I made an interactive map! This is a look at the effects Tx book-banning laws have had just *since the end of last school year*. I made it because it's easy to hear a shocking story about a book ban and then forget it and lose the larger picture.
www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
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Something we all need to think about this year: People lie. I don’t believe 3/4 of the bios of people here. Sorry, I don’t. I believe they’re trolls who claim to be something they’re not. You all are too trusting & that’s going to hurt us this fall.
January 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Something we all need to think about this year: People lie. I don’t believe 3/4 of the bios of people here. Sorry, I don’t. I believe they’re trolls who claim to be something they’re not. You all are too trusting & that’s going to hurt us this fall.
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
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I guess some folks are comfortable with strange white men breaking into daycare centers in a country where white men are disproportionately mass killers.
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I guess some folks are comfortable with strange white men breaking into daycare centers in a country where white men are disproportionately mass killers.
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"What I think is lacking is, was there even an attempt made to try to verify the accuracy of what he was saying, or did they simply take him at his word?" says University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley about a recent video made accusing Somali-owned day care centers of fraud.
Here’s what to know about a viral YouTube video about fraud in Minnesota
University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley says the new viral video is flashy, but absent of facts to back up its claims — and its lack of transparency could be considered deceptive.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"What I think is lacking is, was there even an attempt made to try to verify the accuracy of what he was saying, or did they simply take him at his word?" says University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley about a recent video made accusing Somali-owned day care centers of fraud.
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Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
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I say his gently, but…
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I say his gently, but…
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
My college German professor, to me:
“Fräulein, you haff a vunderfull accent, you chust don’t know vut you’re talkink about.”
“Fräulein, you haff a vunderfull accent, you chust don’t know vut you’re talkink about.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My college German professor, to me:
“Fräulein, you haff a vunderfull accent, you chust don’t know vut you’re talkink about.”
“Fräulein, you haff a vunderfull accent, you chust don’t know vut you’re talkink about.”
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Public discourse on this subject has utterly failed to direct citizens' attention to the actual problem, which is that a commercial industry is assaulting education. So every week we get another thoughtless op-ed on blue books or the death of the college essay, etc etc.
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Public discourse on this subject has utterly failed to direct citizens' attention to the actual problem, which is that a commercial industry is assaulting education. So every week we get another thoughtless op-ed on blue books or the death of the college essay, etc etc.
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Yep. That’s your dog
December 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yep. That’s your dog
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"We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger. If people think that my danger makes them safe, we are in trouble." James Baldwin.
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger. If people think that my danger makes them safe, we are in trouble." James Baldwin.
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This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
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The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Professional research librarian here: You should not be using genAI in any serious research. We are currently dealing with a lot of extra work because of all the hallucinated genAI papers that have seeped into every database's backdoor via the citations. GenAI and LLMs are a scourge to research.
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Professional research librarian here: You should not be using genAI in any serious research. We are currently dealing with a lot of extra work because of all the hallucinated genAI papers that have seeped into every database's backdoor via the citations. GenAI and LLMs are a scourge to research.
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I wouldn't give a fuck how many billionaires there were if everyone had what they need and the massive income inequality gap disintegrated.
The issue isn't that some have too much. It's that tens of millions have NOTHING and are one average personal crisis away from homelessness & starvation.
The issue isn't that some have too much. It's that tens of millions have NOTHING and are one average personal crisis away from homelessness & starvation.
December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I wouldn't give a fuck how many billionaires there were if everyone had what they need and the massive income inequality gap disintegrated.
The issue isn't that some have too much. It's that tens of millions have NOTHING and are one average personal crisis away from homelessness & starvation.
The issue isn't that some have too much. It's that tens of millions have NOTHING and are one average personal crisis away from homelessness & starvation.
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The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
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In Illinois, ICE agents have been documented swapping license plates to hide their identity. Under Illinois law, this constitutes a Class A misdemeanor.
The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.
The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
In Illinois, ICE agents have been documented swapping license plates to hide their identity. Under Illinois law, this constitutes a Class A misdemeanor.
The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.
The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM