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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Anyone ever say to you when you're talking about banned books some version of, "Well if you want the book, just buy it!" The Freedom to Read Project broke down exactly why that argument doesn't stand up to scrutiny:
What the Library Is For and Why “Just Buy the Book” Gets It Exactly Backwards
Libraries exist to guarantee equal access to ideas; telling families to buy books themselves undermines equity, choice, trust, and opportunity.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.

As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.

Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Occasional funky stitching

“Sometimes the only available form of transportation is a leap of faith”

May we be the waiting arms for each other, catching those who leap.

#artquilt #imperfection #slowstitch #quiltsky #embroidery #leapoffaith
January 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Our Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day, because when you have to go spare... do it with precision

#gnuterrypratchett #discworld #thud #vimes #booksky
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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