Loud Librarian
@rivlarwriter.bsky.social
Public librarian, cozy gamer, annoying movie viewer. Just a furious woman trying to protect the soft parts of herself. Who else?
🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈
Reposted by Loud Librarian
The American myth of the Lone Hero, a heroic figure who saves the day, as helpless townies stand by, fosters collective inertia, a belief 'we' is weak & ineffectual, but don't worry, 'he' will appear. It's a lie divorced from reality & evolution.
Without a powerful 'us', there is no 'me'.
Without a powerful 'us', there is no 'me'.
March 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The American myth of the Lone Hero, a heroic figure who saves the day, as helpless townies stand by, fosters collective inertia, a belief 'we' is weak & ineffectual, but don't worry, 'he' will appear. It's a lie divorced from reality & evolution.
Without a powerful 'us', there is no 'me'.
Without a powerful 'us', there is no 'me'.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
“Are things worse than they were before Stonewall? Not yet."
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
From Stonewall to now: LGBTQ+ elders on navigating fear in dark times
LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people on taking action, even when they're afraid.
19thnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Are things worse than they were before Stonewall? Not yet."
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg issues a classwide, nationwide temporary restraining order, blocking removal of any noncitizens in U.S. custody who are subject to today's AEA order for the next 14 days.
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
In the Alien Enemies Act-related case in which Chief Judge Boasberg issued a TRO this morning, he is holding his class certification hearing now.
Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump admin from deporting several Venezuelans
The ACLU and Democracy Forward filed suit early Saturday in advance of Trump's expected effort to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. DOJ is appealing the TRO.
www.lawdork.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg issues a classwide, nationwide temporary restraining order, blocking removal of any noncitizens in U.S. custody who are subject to today's AEA order for the next 14 days.
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
Reposted by Loud Librarian
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Finally read @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social's Heavenly Tyrant after my kid has been bugging me to read it for months. It's incredible. For a 10 year old to enjoy an amazing action sci fi story with a lot of political theory that he grasped as such because of the context is amazing.
March 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Finally read @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social's Heavenly Tyrant after my kid has been bugging me to read it for months. It's incredible. For a 10 year old to enjoy an amazing action sci fi story with a lot of political theory that he grasped as such because of the context is amazing.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Some people think getting your books banned is a badge of honor, but it’s not. As I told Ms. Mag: “It’s not a badge of honor to have my creative work denigrated as obscene, especially when that work is about queer people and people of color. It’s offensive to have my work mischaracterized this way.”
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Some people think getting your books banned is a badge of honor, but it’s not. As I told Ms. Mag: “It’s not a badge of honor to have my creative work denigrated as obscene, especially when that work is about queer people and people of color. It’s offensive to have my work mischaracterized this way.”
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Dear cis people,
It's well past the point where this kind of thing will fix everything, but I want you to take note of how easy this is.
These little freaks are soft-handed little babies that will fold like a napkin in the rain.
Light these fools up.
It's well past the point where this kind of thing will fix everything, but I want you to take note of how easy this is.
These little freaks are soft-handed little babies that will fold like a napkin in the rain.
Light these fools up.
Texas Republican Keithself storms out of the meeting he's supposed to be running because a Democrat asked him to treat his colleague Sarah McBride with respect. These people would not last one day as a trans person.
March 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dear cis people,
It's well past the point where this kind of thing will fix everything, but I want you to take note of how easy this is.
These little freaks are soft-handed little babies that will fold like a napkin in the rain.
Light these fools up.
It's well past the point where this kind of thing will fix everything, but I want you to take note of how easy this is.
These little freaks are soft-handed little babies that will fold like a napkin in the rain.
Light these fools up.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP:
Trump tried to fire National Labor Relations Board boardmember Gwynne Wilcox.
She sued to get her job back. And won.
Before walking back into her office today, she told her staff: "The President is not a king. That's the message that will ring loud and clear."
Trump tried to fire National Labor Relations Board boardmember Gwynne Wilcox.
She sued to get her job back. And won.
Before walking back into her office today, she told her staff: "The President is not a king. That's the message that will ring loud and clear."
March 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP:
Trump tried to fire National Labor Relations Board boardmember Gwynne Wilcox.
She sued to get her job back. And won.
Before walking back into her office today, she told her staff: "The President is not a king. That's the message that will ring loud and clear."
Trump tried to fire National Labor Relations Board boardmember Gwynne Wilcox.
She sued to get her job back. And won.
Before walking back into her office today, she told her staff: "The President is not a king. That's the message that will ring loud and clear."
Reposted by Loud Librarian
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
Reposted by Loud Librarian
it's working, keep going
March 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
it's working, keep going
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Do y’all actually want a shot at resisting this administration or do you just want to be right?
Because shaming those who are standing up to their Republican elected officials for not seeing the light sooner is going to make people LESS likely to speak out.
I’m sorry, but it’s true!
Because shaming those who are standing up to their Republican elected officials for not seeing the light sooner is going to make people LESS likely to speak out.
I’m sorry, but it’s true!
March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Do y’all actually want a shot at resisting this administration or do you just want to be right?
Because shaming those who are standing up to their Republican elected officials for not seeing the light sooner is going to make people LESS likely to speak out.
I’m sorry, but it’s true!
Because shaming those who are standing up to their Republican elected officials for not seeing the light sooner is going to make people LESS likely to speak out.
I’m sorry, but it’s true!
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Keep it up. ❤️👊
Tesla stock is down 14% since close of markets last Friday. What happened during that time? One answer: mass protests.
I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action. samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action. samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
The effects of anti-Tesla action
Activists find an effective target for their energy. Also, you're not too late to help.
samwang.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Keep it up. ❤️👊
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Wow, there are currently 86 different planned #TeslaTakedown actions listed at teslatakedown.com. Just incredible how much momentum we've built over just two weeks!
Keeping this momentum growing is critical to the strategy, so find your local event, start one yourself, and bring all your friends!
Keeping this momentum growing is critical to the strategy, so find your local event, start one yourself, and bring all your friends!
Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.
teslatakedown.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Wow, there are currently 86 different planned #TeslaTakedown actions listed at teslatakedown.com. Just incredible how much momentum we've built over just two weeks!
Keeping this momentum growing is critical to the strategy, so find your local event, start one yourself, and bring all your friends!
Keeping this momentum growing is critical to the strategy, so find your local event, start one yourself, and bring all your friends!
Reposted by Loud Librarian
LET'S KEEP IT UP - IT IS WORKING
February 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
LET'S KEEP IT UP - IT IS WORKING
Reposted by Loud Librarian
What's that, you say?
A charming children's book about cats that's also an anticapitalist fable?
In the public domain???
A charming children's book about cats that's also an anticapitalist fable?
In the public domain???
Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s *Millions of Cats* (1928)
The oldest American children's book still in print, Wanda Gág's classic opens onto surprisingly political themes.
publicdomainreview.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What's that, you say?
A charming children's book about cats that's also an anticapitalist fable?
In the public domain???
A charming children's book about cats that's also an anticapitalist fable?
In the public domain???
Reposted by Loud Librarian
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
Reposted by Loud Librarian
The public comment period for changing passports to misgender trans people is open. Please take a moment to let them know that you do not support that change.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on these collections from all interested individuals and organizations....
www.federalregister.gov
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The public comment period for changing passports to misgender trans people is open. Please take a moment to let them know that you do not support that change.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well.
His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel.
Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.
His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel.
Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.
February 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well.
His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel.
Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.
His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel.
Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.
Reposted by Loud Librarian
The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit
February 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit
Reposted by Loud Librarian
all of central Brooklyn is playing a game of Egg The Cybertruck with this one guy who keeps street parking in the hood
February 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
all of central Brooklyn is playing a game of Egg The Cybertruck with this one guy who keeps street parking in the hood
Reposted by Loud Librarian
replacing our next town hall toolkit with a video of this guy 🫡😭
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
replacing our next town hall toolkit with a video of this guy 🫡😭