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Ruth

@duckduckf.bsky.social

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Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 18h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

yes, and not ok to post false info. there’s enough of that already

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

she blocked me

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

we only talked about Brown vs Board because I decided to do a paper on it

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

my friend has kids in southern IL schools. As far as i can tell they don’t even have anything vaguely like history or social studies

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Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

or maybe it would be better to just stay away from Amz altogether

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

I know. really just asking to remind folks it has no source

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

source?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

#BannedBooksWeek is the perfect time to add a challenged book (or two) to your shelf. We’re partnering with @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social to offer you 20% off select challenged titles from now until October 19: bookshop.org/info/banned-...

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Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

why are you using a misleading old picture for this?

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 1d

30 Poems in November! - a literary fundraiser to support Center for New Americans’ free English classes for immigrants, refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers. Run this year by @nerissafranklin.bsky.social novel writer/songwriter

30 Poems in November | Center for New Americans

30 Poems in November! 30 Poems in November! is a literary fundraiser to support Center for New Americans’ free English classes for immigrants, refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers. Writers write a p...

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

Ellison's CBS brought on the two editors that got NYT to publish Tom Cotton's 2020 op-ed calling for soldiers to shoot protesters in the streets. Hard to find a clearer editorial throughline than "anyone protesting murder by the state should be killed for it."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 3d

I haven’t heard of publishers paying for anything except the biggest of authors in years

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 3d

oh that’s just lovely

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 3d

Culture wars? I would classify two in that list as human rights cases

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 3d

Are any Democrats talking about how, with the government shutdown and whatnot, Stephen Miller and Trump threatening to send National Guard into American cities means pulling people away from their jobs to terrorize their neighbors…for free?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 5d

yeah, I think you’re right. I just filed it 🤷🏽‍♀️

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 5d

What do they mean by “unique ID” on the claim form? they don’t mention it in the FAQ

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 5d

ummm i don’t get it?

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 5d

💕

Ruth @duckduckf.bsky.social · 5d

Me too