Bee
@pnwbee.bsky.social
Here from the other place. Love books, animals, libraries, yoga, & travel. Used to teach tiny humans, now working with animals.
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Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.
October 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.
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“That would never happen” is what people say when they don’t realize the only reason “that never happens” is because their sense of normalcy relies on invisible systems, held together by people working nonstop to prevent “that”. That’s why the visible “thats” now are so alarming.
June 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“That would never happen” is what people say when they don’t realize the only reason “that never happens” is because their sense of normalcy relies on invisible systems, held together by people working nonstop to prevent “that”. That’s why the visible “thats” now are so alarming.
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Note to media:
“Trump says” is not a story. He says A LOT. He lies a lot. Do some sifting, discerning, contextualizing. Otherwise it’s just stenography. And you’re embarrassing yourselves.
“Trump says” is not a story. He says A LOT. He lies a lot. Do some sifting, discerning, contextualizing. Otherwise it’s just stenography. And you’re embarrassing yourselves.
June 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Note to media:
“Trump says” is not a story. He says A LOT. He lies a lot. Do some sifting, discerning, contextualizing. Otherwise it’s just stenography. And you’re embarrassing yourselves.
“Trump says” is not a story. He says A LOT. He lies a lot. Do some sifting, discerning, contextualizing. Otherwise it’s just stenography. And you’re embarrassing yourselves.
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Dear parents:
You see all this stupidity going around? Please read to your kids. Let them see you reading. Keep books around. Buy them books if you can. Show them how cool the library is. Tell them book banning is bad. Make reading part of their lives. It helps make good people.
You see all this stupidity going around? Please read to your kids. Let them see you reading. Keep books around. Buy them books if you can. Show them how cool the library is. Tell them book banning is bad. Make reading part of their lives. It helps make good people.
June 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Dear parents:
You see all this stupidity going around? Please read to your kids. Let them see you reading. Keep books around. Buy them books if you can. Show them how cool the library is. Tell them book banning is bad. Make reading part of their lives. It helps make good people.
You see all this stupidity going around? Please read to your kids. Let them see you reading. Keep books around. Buy them books if you can. Show them how cool the library is. Tell them book banning is bad. Make reading part of their lives. It helps make good people.
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If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
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Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
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Beauty is my armor
April 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Beauty is my armor
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Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers
April 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers
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Judge Susan Crawford wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, defeating Elon Musk and his $1 million bribery checks.
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk
Liberals will maintain their narrow majority on the court after Crawford’s victory in the first battleground state election of Trump’s second term.
www.nbcnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Judge Susan Crawford wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, defeating Elon Musk and his $1 million bribery checks.
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Man. There are a lot of cynics out there. If what Booker is doing doesn’t bring YOU joy, there’s no need to shit all over everyone else’s appreciation.
April 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Man. There are a lot of cynics out there. If what Booker is doing doesn’t bring YOU joy, there’s no need to shit all over everyone else’s appreciation.
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Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
March 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
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Met police raiding a Quaker meeting house is a raid on a place of worship.
Arresting 6 women for attending a meeting is a raid on our right to assembly.
The media silence is deafening.
Arresting 6 women for attending a meeting is a raid on our right to assembly.
The media silence is deafening.
March 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Met police raiding a Quaker meeting house is a raid on a place of worship.
Arresting 6 women for attending a meeting is a raid on our right to assembly.
The media silence is deafening.
Arresting 6 women for attending a meeting is a raid on our right to assembly.
The media silence is deafening.
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The Electric Slide
DO YOU F*CKING GET IT. 😂
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE
DO YOU F*CKING GET IT. 😂
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE
March 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Electric Slide
DO YOU F*CKING GET IT. 😂
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE
DO YOU F*CKING GET IT. 😂
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE
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It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
March 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
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Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us
March 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and catalogued and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like :) 📚❤️
March 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and catalogued and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like :) 📚❤️
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Why read books that are banned/challenged in school libraries and classrooms?
If bans come to your neighborhood, you will be better prepared to speak up at school board meetings. Many people who challenge books are working off of shared lists and don't read the books in their entirety, if at all.
If bans come to your neighborhood, you will be better prepared to speak up at school board meetings. Many people who challenge books are working off of shared lists and don't read the books in their entirety, if at all.
March 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Why read books that are banned/challenged in school libraries and classrooms?
If bans come to your neighborhood, you will be better prepared to speak up at school board meetings. Many people who challenge books are working off of shared lists and don't read the books in their entirety, if at all.
If bans come to your neighborhood, you will be better prepared to speak up at school board meetings. Many people who challenge books are working off of shared lists and don't read the books in their entirety, if at all.
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In cutthroat cultures, people kiss up and kick down. They protect themselves by currying favor with people in power and exploiting those without it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
March 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In cutthroat cultures, people kiss up and kick down. They protect themselves by currying favor with people in power and exploiting those without it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
In supportive cultures, people speak up and shield down. They protect others who lack power by raising problems to those who have it.
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Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.”
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.
February 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.”
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.
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Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.
February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.
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The most powerful thing you can do in the next chapter is to refuse to let your grief for your past self (“I did it without ANY help or support!”) undermine your desire for those who come after you have better than you had
January 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The most powerful thing you can do in the next chapter is to refuse to let your grief for your past self (“I did it without ANY help or support!”) undermine your desire for those who come after you have better than you had