Ashley Larsen
@loudestlibrarian.bsky.social
Librarian. Ukulele enthusiast. Insomniac
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“Justice Brett Kavanaugh does not seem happy that his name has become synonymous with racist immigration enforcement.” slate.com/news-and-pol...
Brett Kavanaugh Is Trying to Walk Back “Kavanaugh Stops.” Too Late.
It appears the justice has some regrets.
slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Justice Brett Kavanaugh does not seem happy that his name has become synonymous with racist immigration enforcement.” slate.com/news-and-pol...
I was just struck by this definition of a Windigo (a human turned cannibalistic monster) in the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer.
December 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was just struck by this definition of a Windigo (a human turned cannibalistic monster) in the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer.
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Postmarks used to be determined by the day you dropped something off at the Post Office.
However, under Trump’s USPS postmarks are now only issued once your mail hits a sorting facility days later (or if you stand in line to get a stamp).
This affects, ballots, bills, healthcare, rent, etc.
However, under Trump’s USPS postmarks are now only issued once your mail hits a sorting facility days later (or if you stand in line to get a stamp).
This affects, ballots, bills, healthcare, rent, etc.
Here’s an NPR explainer from Oct on the Post Office’s proposed changes to its definition of postmarks. *These changes went into effect on Dec. 24.* So, if you want to prove that you mailed a ballot (or sent a check) in by a certain date, it needs to be hand-stamped by a clerk. tinyurl.com/3bdu28ne
Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off
Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.
tinyurl.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Postmarks used to be determined by the day you dropped something off at the Post Office.
However, under Trump’s USPS postmarks are now only issued once your mail hits a sorting facility days later (or if you stand in line to get a stamp).
This affects, ballots, bills, healthcare, rent, etc.
However, under Trump’s USPS postmarks are now only issued once your mail hits a sorting facility days later (or if you stand in line to get a stamp).
This affects, ballots, bills, healthcare, rent, etc.
A library patron once wrote a complaint saying, "That librarian's storytime is so loud, you could hear it in San Francisco." Which is only about ten miles away, but still...
Explain your username: am demon, am girl...
Explain your username: my name is Frith, and according to @janereplygirl.bsky.social I am the most Normal about nuns 📿🙏🏼
December 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A library patron once wrote a complaint saying, "That librarian's storytime is so loud, you could hear it in San Francisco." Which is only about ten miles away, but still...
Check out this garbage can shell-ebration in honor of #invertefest!
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Check out this garbage can shell-ebration in honor of #invertefest!
I got bitten by one of these at work today. It was on the floor under the craft cabinet and had one of its mandibles stuck in a blue seed bead. It didn't appreciate my attempts to help. To be fair, I was the one who spilled a box of seed beads earlier this year, so I suppose it was my fault.
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I got bitten by one of these at work today. It was on the floor under the craft cabinet and had one of its mandibles stuck in a blue seed bead. It didn't appreciate my attempts to help. To be fair, I was the one who spilled a box of seed beads earlier this year, so I suppose it was my fault.
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Some good news to end the year on. The Supreme Court today blocked Trump from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to Trump’s executive power. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump
December 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some good news to end the year on. The Supreme Court today blocked Trump from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to Trump’s executive power. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
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No document will protect you. All they have to do is take it from you and "lose" it; take it from you and say you never gave it to them; claim it's fake ⬇️; make a new rule that you need ANOTHER document. Citizenship is a made-up status that governments decide the rules for. No one is free until all.
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No document will protect you. All they have to do is take it from you and "lose" it; take it from you and say you never gave it to them; claim it's fake ⬇️; make a new rule that you need ANOTHER document. Citizenship is a made-up status that governments decide the rules for. No one is free until all.
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a lot of powerful forces are coming after life-saving healthcare for trans kids in america. if you don’t realize how enthusiastic an enabler of that part of trump’s project 2025 the new york times was, this is an excellent thread.
stop giving NYT your money & time.
stop giving NYT your money & time.
How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
a lot of powerful forces are coming after life-saving healthcare for trans kids in america. if you don’t realize how enthusiastic an enabler of that part of trump’s project 2025 the new york times was, this is an excellent thread.
stop giving NYT your money & time.
stop giving NYT your money & time.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
Please call your Senators!
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Please call your Senators!
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Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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The executive order from January already took away medications (hormone therapy, puberty blockers, oral contraceptives for gender affirming uses). The only things that our local pediatric gender care clinic can still do for minors is counseling.
RFKj wants to get rid of counseling.
RFKj wants to get rid of counseling.
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The executive order from January already took away medications (hormone therapy, puberty blockers, oral contraceptives for gender affirming uses). The only things that our local pediatric gender care clinic can still do for minors is counseling.
RFKj wants to get rid of counseling.
RFKj wants to get rid of counseling.
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Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
1/3
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
1/3
Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’
Two bills, one passing House, mark first time Congress votes over national care bans and escalation of anti-trans rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
1/3
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
1/3
Monsters.
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Monsters.
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Republicans voting against the felony national trans youth healthcare ban were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Gabe Evans (CO), Michael Lawler (NY), Mike Kennedy (UT).
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Republicans voting against the felony national trans youth healthcare ban were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Gabe Evans (CO), Michael Lawler (NY), Mike Kennedy (UT).
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
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Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
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This is just five minutes. Please watch this and share it with anyone you think might be moved by it. And then call your US rep and tell them to vote AGAINST all of the anti-trans bills Republicans are pushing this week. Find your rep at reps.fyi
the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
Rep Sarah McBride on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by David Steinglass
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is just five minutes. Please watch this and share it with anyone you think might be moved by it. And then call your US rep and tell them to vote AGAINST all of the anti-trans bills Republicans are pushing this week. Find your rep at reps.fyi
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Lmaoooo
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Lmaoooo