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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #BookSky Are you still figuring out what you're doing for #BannedBooksWeek We'll help! Here's a framework for you:
1 Event or
1 Organization or
1 Person
Here's what we mean...

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Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️‍🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you for sharing this, friend! 🌈💜📚

I'm also thankful to @everylibrary.bsky.social and Gigi Howard of @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for this great conversation with @katherinelocke.bsky.social & me!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX...

#kidlit #BannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans #FReadom #lgbtqia

Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT (10/7) @ 7 PM ET: @katherinelocke.bsky.social with Gigi Howard and Charlotte Sullivan Wild on friendship, love, and identity⁣
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX...

Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

once again encouraging you all to support independent, worker owned, billionaire free News media when and how you are able

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist

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Kyra Freestar @kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 2d

Young people anywhere in the country can check out ebooks and audiobooks from the Seattle Public Library.

www.spl.org/programs-and...

#BannedBooksWeek #BooksUnbanned

Books Unbanned

Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

www.spl.org

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 2d

If you'd like to gain more confidence writing short stories and pitching to markets, I encourage you to apply for my Short Story Cohort. You'll gain camaraderie from other writers, personalized feedback from me, and lots of accountability. Very limited space: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...

Short Story Cohort

WRITING, COACHING, CRITIQUE, and COMMUNITY Join Mary Robinette Kowal for a transformative three-month writing experience, designed to help you learn the craft of short stories while also generating…

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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 2d

Spotted by a reporter on the House side of the Capitol.

Here’s what’s missing!

Picture of a laminate sign on a dark wooden door that says “THE HOUSE IS IN RECESS UNTIL” with a large blank space

Edited photo of sign that says “THE HOUSE IS IN RECESS UNTIL THE GOP REALIZES THEY CONTROL THE SENATE, HOUSE, AND WHITE HOUSE”

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 2d

Wow looked at their replies and that's an insta block. Holy cow

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 2d

Join LBYR authors @katherinelocke.bsky.social, @toddparr.bsky.social, and AJ Sass in EveryLibrary's Banned Book Live events this week! Links to watch the livestreams are in our bio. 🔗

EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

It's Banned Books Week!

Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us

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Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️‍🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 4d

Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek!

I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.

Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit

Sign up here:
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EveryLibrary Live! Banned Books 2025 Calendar

Join EveryLibrary Live! for Banned Books Week Fest 2025, a free online celebration featuring 25+ authors, editors, and advocates in bold conversations about storytelling, censorship, and the freedom t...

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Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️‍🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 4d

I can't wait for this FREE conversation with my SCOTUS Book Club pal @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward of Drinks in the Library!

Oct. 7 @ 7PM Eastern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX...

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@everylibrary.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 4d

🎶Turn the AI off TURN THE AI OFF🎶

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 5d

The GOP is willing to let people lose paychecks and starve and panic to keep this list secret. That's the "pro-life" "America first" party for you.

Call your reps. And at their local offices!! ESPECIALLY if you have GOP reps.

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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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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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 5d

What in the fucking fuck

Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 6d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5d

all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 5d

Hahahahahaha 😅😅 fair point

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 6d

Honestly in some ways this is the epitome of this administration. This is a government of podcasters and TV presenters led by a reality TV star who doesn't actually want to govern, he just wants to create *content*

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 6d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 6d

Me: I went to high school early because I had a particular parking spot I really liked and I wanted to get it.
My sister: You REALLY should have been diagnosed earlier.

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 6d

I messaged her former agent!

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