jackiehaha.bsky.social
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Documents bearing witness to the lives of enslaved people in Aruba are now recognized by UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. These documents are preserved at Aruba's National Archives & National Library, and are accessible at the Internet Archive. Learn more: blog.archive.org/2025/04/15/a...
April 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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the growing opposition to nsfw in art and writing communities is not only an uncomfortable bellweather for the social climate, but also personally isolating. excising nudity, humanity, desire from art is antithetical to art making. it prioritizes marketability over the marginalized.
April 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I can’t even look at the news today but this is about where I’m at.

Artist credit: Liberal Jane
January 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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It all feels like a family with a genuinely abusive family member choosing to just carry on with the holiday traditions, hoping to create normalcy through sheer will and denial.
January 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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As the U.S. shifts into a volatile political landscape targeting critical thinking, I want to share an important reminder to the #booksky community:

The only way to preserve literature is by collecting physical copies.

I know, Kindle users, it sucks—but your digital copy can be deleted any time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I used to love reading dystopian fiction in high school.

Reaaaaally not enjoying living through dystopian reality as an adult.
January 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM