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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 53m

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 55m

Dude, you need help.

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 55m

It really has. Every day another is another wtf day.

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 58m

WTAF is wrong with Fetterman? It has to be more than just the stroke.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 2h

My brother's getting his knee replaced today. We are no longer kids, my brother and I.

Black and white photo of a little boy on a tricycle with a little girl standing on the back holding onto the boy.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 3h

The possibility of frost tonight? Yes, please! Bring on Fall!
🍁🍂🎃🍂🍁

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t even know Habeas. He was a coffee boy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 13h

Blew through the first 4 seasons of Slow Horses, and I'm about to start season 5. But I read Roddy has a bigger part this season, and...ugh... I don't know if I can stand it.😒 He's just SO annoying.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 19h

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 20h

Tiana Clark's 'Scorched Earth' on the longlist for the #NationalBookAward. Let's go!!

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 21h

Evangelical gossip starts with "I'm just telling you this so you can pray about it."

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 23h

True🥵

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 23h

Google photos reminding me of 2020 when my friends looked forward to every time I shared a new picture of my great-niece because she was a gorgeous little pudgy baby who sparked joy in dark times.🥰

A round faced baby girl wearing a red bow in her brown hair and pursing her lips while looking directly into the camera.

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

Netflix "Famous Last Words" is a great concept—an interview with an icon to be aired only after that icon dies—but I wish they'd used someone who's a better interviewer than Brad Falchuk.

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Marianne Worthington @mworthington.bsky.social · 1d

So thrilled that Kathleen Driskell is featured on The Slowdown Show this morning. Her poem is from her new collection, Goat-Footed Gods, first published in Still: The Journal last year. www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...

1369: Six Hours Lost, Land Between the Lakes by Kathleen Driskell

Today’s poem is Six Hours Lost, Land Between the Lakes by Kathleen Driskell.

www.slowdownshow.org

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

"The whole practice of prize-giving is silly, so why not get silly with it?"
www.the-berliner.com/books/how-to...

How to figure out who will win the Nobel Prize for Literature - The Berliner

Caring about the Nobel Prize in literature is cool. Betting on the outcome is even cooler.

www.the-berliner.com

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

I love that Jane Goodall drinks whiskey at the start of her "Famous Last Words" interview.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

He's basically that annoying as hell kid I taught who has no idea why everyone thinks he's so fucking annoying. I'm sick of you already, Adam.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

I'm always looking for light these days... Tonight I found it at Urban Artifact where Cincinnati poets showed up and made some good noise. I bought a book by @benkline.bsky.social so I could bring some light home. And my beer had a little light in it, too!💛

Photo looking down into a glass of beer in which a little foam has formed the shape of a heart.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom's an evil motherfucker.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Fruney @fruney.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe someone should investigate if Wells Fargo asked ICE to evict the occupants for them.

therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...

Inside real estate fight that led to South Shore immigration raid

City of Chicago inspected the troubled 130-unit apartment complex two weeks before massive federal operation on Chicago’s South Side.

therealdeal.com

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Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 1d

"her memory is a cloud she can't hold..."

Lots of feels with this poem for my mum. Sent with love for anyone with a parent or loved one with Alzheimer's/dementia. It's a journey.

(And thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and Rick Barot for sharing this one. It means a lot.)

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

I do not know what possessed me to use blank verse to revise this poem I was having trouble writing, but... I think it worked! It has several little narratives inside a larger one, and that blank verse container worked best to shape it all into something coherent.

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 2d

I keep wondering what he's thinking!!

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 2d

www.kcra.com/article/heli...

Helicopter crash shuts down traffic on Highway 50, injuries reported

Crews are responding to a helicopter crash on Highway 50 on Monday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

www.kcra.com

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