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• Get a library card
• Use your library card
• Support indie booksellers
• Read banned books
• Read diverse authors
• Resist
• Repeat

#booksky #resist
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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House Democrats just picked someone who is literally dying for ranking member of a powerful watchdog committee as Trump comes into office
Dying Congressman to Head Oversight
The gerontocracy wins again
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
December 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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i love you libraries i love you museums i love you botanical gardens i love you public parks i love you art galleries
December 13, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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legacy news: Why would someone do this brazen shooting

shooter’s statement: I did it because America’s healthcare industry is inhumane

legacy news: Perhaps it was video games?

shooter’s statement: I am literally citing sources about corporate greed

legacy news: I guess we’ll just never know
December 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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i want what they have
December 11, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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Do not despair about the Supreme Court. I know it feels daunting but you are not as powerless as you think. Check out some concrete steps you can take (and learn a little bit of history) in the guide I just cranked out, "What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court."
What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court
What You Can Do About a Garbage Supreme Court By Chad M. Topaz, @chadtopaz.bsky.social Drafted: December 4, 2024 Strategic Note: It’s important to check if there are existing groups working toward si...
docs.google.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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star wars did give us a slur for robots (clankers) but i don’t use it bc i don’t want to have to look a robot in the eye in fifty years and be like “you don’t understand it was a different time…”
December 3, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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media (and also the rest of the world) suffered so tremendously when picture quality got too good and they stopped letting ugly and weird looking people be in movies and on tv
December 2, 2024 at 2:06 PM
ominous, but i’ll take the encouragement!
December 3, 2024 at 5:18 AM