@kathygman.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Writer. Children’s book and American history lover as well as all things Adirondack.
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
One of my favorites too with that thought provoking twist at the end.
November 17, 1961: Twilight Zone's "The Midnight Sun" airs. Earth slips its orbit, putting it on a collision course with the Sun — and subjecting everyone to unbearable heat.
One of TZ's biggest fan favorites! Written by Rod Serling. Stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde.
One of TZ's biggest fan favorites! Written by Rod Serling. Stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
One of my favorites too with that thought provoking twist at the end.
My favorite short story for this time of year: Playmates by A.M. Burrage. Such a lovely story about seven little girls no longer of this world who befriend one lonely child.
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My favorite short story for this time of year: Playmates by A.M. Burrage. Such a lovely story about seven little girls no longer of this world who befriend one lonely child.
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.
- Autobiographical dictation, 24 January 1906. Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (University of California Press, 2010)
- Autobiographical dictation, 24 January 1906. Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (University of California Press, 2010)
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.
- Autobiographical dictation, 24 January 1906. Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (University of California Press, 2010)
- Autobiographical dictation, 24 January 1906. Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (University of California Press, 2010)
Heartbreaking. The loss will be incalculable for all those young minds and hearts.
The federal government has officially cancelled a Philadelphia School District grant designed to help the system grow a national model for re-opening school libraries with certified school librarians.
Trump administration eliminates grant designed to build back Philadelphia’s school libraries
The news comes as Trump guts multiple federal agencies, including the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, which had awarded Philadelphia schools the grant.
www.inquirer.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Heartbreaking. The loss will be incalculable for all those young minds and hearts.
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The President’s wife is a European immigrant. Both parents of the Secretary of State are Caribbean immigrants. Both parents of the FBI Director and the richest person on the World are African immigrants. And 1/3 of the 320 American Nobel Prizes in science have gone to immigrants.
April 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The President’s wife is a European immigrant. Both parents of the Secretary of State are Caribbean immigrants. Both parents of the FBI Director and the richest person on the World are African immigrants. And 1/3 of the 320 American Nobel Prizes in science have gone to immigrants.
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Be the change! We must prevail, bc too many have perished for our rights, privileges, and the rule of law. #Justice #Equality #HumanRights #DueProcess #CivilLiberties #SocialJustice
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Be the change! We must prevail, bc too many have perished for our rights, privileges, and the rule of law. #Justice #Equality #HumanRights #DueProcess #CivilLiberties #SocialJustice
What an absolute disgrace.
New, from me:
Hegseth is using an K-12 education exec order to purge books about MLK Jr. and Jackie Robinson from the Naval Academy library.
It's not just the whitewashing of US history; he is infantilizing the leaders we expect to go into battle. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/infantiliz...
Hegseth is using an K-12 education exec order to purge books about MLK Jr. and Jackie Robinson from the Naval Academy library.
It's not just the whitewashing of US history; he is infantilizing the leaders we expect to go into battle. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/infantiliz...
Infantilizing the Military
Hegseth is now purging military libraries
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
What an absolute disgrace.
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Everyone should read this.
March 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Everyone should read this.
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If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
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These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. But in hundreds of thousands of ways, you are beacon lights. You are the beginnings of positive change. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-sunday-t...
A Sunday thought
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. But in hundreds of thousands of ways, you are beacon lights. You are the beginnings of positive change. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-sunday-t...
Is that what a Secretary of Education is supposed to do? Willingly destroy an agency she “leads”? What a travesty.
"The first step": Department of Education to lay off half of workforce, McMahon promises "shutdown"
"The first step": Department of Education to lay off half of workforce, McMahon promises "shutdown"
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her end goal is to completely shutter the department
www.salon.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Is that what a Secretary of Education is supposed to do? Willingly destroy an agency she “leads”? What a travesty.
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Teachers Union Sues Over Trump Administration's Deadline to End School Diversity Programs: A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal…
Teachers Union Sues Over Trump Administration's Deadline to End School Diversity Programs
A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money
www.usnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Teachers Union Sues Over Trump Administration's Deadline to End School Diversity Programs: A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal…
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For most folks, democracy is local.
So get out and run for office.
The people are demanding change. Don’t just wonder when that change will happen.
Be that change.
So get out and run for office.
The people are demanding change. Don’t just wonder when that change will happen.
Be that change.
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For most folks, democracy is local.
So get out and run for office.
The people are demanding change. Don’t just wonder when that change will happen.
Be that change.
So get out and run for office.
The people are demanding change. Don’t just wonder when that change will happen.
Be that change.
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A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire."
America is under attack right now.
America is under attack right now.
February 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire."
America is under attack right now.
America is under attack right now.
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When the wreckage and dust of what these people are doing to our country has settled and the people have finally had enough to throw these jackals out of office, we will never forget the people who enabled it, despite their protestations they weren’t willing accomplices. Never.
February 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
When the wreckage and dust of what these people are doing to our country has settled and the people have finally had enough to throw these jackals out of office, we will never forget the people who enabled it, despite their protestations they weren’t willing accomplices. Never.
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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Smacked indeed. A bitter lesson.
For me, the thing that knocked the wind out of me with this election is that I dared to believe America would get it right THIS time, that America was ready for a Woman President.
It hurt having that blind faith in neighbors, friends, and strangers smacked out of me.
Dammit, America. 😞
It hurt having that blind faith in neighbors, friends, and strangers smacked out of me.
Dammit, America. 😞
November 23, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Smacked indeed. A bitter lesson.
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A lot of accounts asking for followers but we follow back everyone who asks no matter how long it takes us!
RT and drop a heart if we still need to get you! 💙
RT and drop a heart if we still need to get you! 💙
November 16, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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