Stephanie Lynn
@stephles.bsky.social
Just your average Jewish, Sicilian-American, Turkish-speaking librarian...
Obviously.
The coolest people I know spend their time at the library. They read books about them too.
8 Books About the Quiet Power of Libraries and Museums - Electric Literature
To understand a society, consider how it records its knowledge
buff.ly
July 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Obviously.
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Any piece of legislation that targets its citizens and especially its most vulnerable communities, is actually not beautiful.
June 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Any piece of legislation that targets its citizens and especially its most vulnerable communities, is actually not beautiful.
Just finished a beautiful 4 week class with @lisabastoni.bsky.social. She introduced us to neurographic art, and followed up with this article.
While creating one, I was finally able to let go of inhibitions and just... enjoy. It was so freeing and calming.
theartofeducation.edu/2024/06/jun-...
While creating one, I was finally able to let go of inhibitions and just... enjoy. It was so freeing and calming.
theartofeducation.edu/2024/06/jun-...
How to Use Neurographic Art to Encourage a Calm and Focused Mind
How to Use Neurographic Art to Encourage a Calm and Focused Mind Studio Practices % %
theartofeducation.edu
June 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Just finished a beautiful 4 week class with @lisabastoni.bsky.social. She introduced us to neurographic art, and followed up with this article.
While creating one, I was finally able to let go of inhibitions and just... enjoy. It was so freeing and calming.
theartofeducation.edu/2024/06/jun-...
While creating one, I was finally able to let go of inhibitions and just... enjoy. It was so freeing and calming.
theartofeducation.edu/2024/06/jun-...
MA Peeps - Click on the "Proposed Federal SNAP Cuts" to urge our US Senators and Reps to protect #SNAP. It's easy, the letter is already written for you! And please share. #protectsnap #foodsecurity
www.foodbankwma.org/get-involved...
www.foodbankwma.org/get-involved...
Take Action | The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
www.foodbankwma.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
MA Peeps - Click on the "Proposed Federal SNAP Cuts" to urge our US Senators and Reps to protect #SNAP. It's easy, the letter is already written for you! And please share. #protectsnap #foodsecurity
www.foodbankwma.org/get-involved...
www.foodbankwma.org/get-involved...
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A lil closeup if a painting I’m working on!
February 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A lil closeup if a painting I’m working on!
This 100%. I was just thinking about it the other day. ICE agents consciously chose this work.
No one forced ICE agents to pick that career path.
They chose to be in a field that ruins lives, hurts people and tears families apart.
They chose to be in a field that ruins lives, hurts people and tears families apart.
February 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This 100%. I was just thinking about it the other day. ICE agents consciously chose this work.
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Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
Trump is blowing up the Constitution and dismantling democracy before our eyes.
Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.
It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.
It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid
In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
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In 1933, Nazis issued a decree that required Germans to snitch on anyone who spoke against the party, its leaders, or the Govt.
In 2025, MAGAs force federal employees to snitch on anyone who does "DEI in disguise," or suffer "adverse consequences."
My analysis:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-go...
In 2025, MAGAs force federal employees to snitch on anyone who does "DEI in disguise," or suffer "adverse consequences."
My analysis:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-go...
Federal Government Bans DEIA—Requires Employees to Snitch On Each Other
Sharing a confidential memo sent to me by multiple Federal Employees, one that demonstrates how heavily this White House is leaning into fascism
www.qasimrashid.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In 1933, Nazis issued a decree that required Germans to snitch on anyone who spoke against the party, its leaders, or the Govt.
In 2025, MAGAs force federal employees to snitch on anyone who does "DEI in disguise," or suffer "adverse consequences."
My analysis:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-go...
In 2025, MAGAs force federal employees to snitch on anyone who does "DEI in disguise," or suffer "adverse consequences."
My analysis:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-go...
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Today we inaugurate our courage as power hopes to inaugurate our cowardice. Courage is not the absence of danger but the strength to do what’s right in the face of it, as has been said. We can begin amassing the strength to be antiracist in dangerously racist times. 1/2
January 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today we inaugurate our courage as power hopes to inaugurate our cowardice. Courage is not the absence of danger but the strength to do what’s right in the face of it, as has been said. We can begin amassing the strength to be antiracist in dangerously racist times. 1/2
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We can be courageous today. I’ll be finishing a book for young readers and a book for adults that are coming out this year. Do you today, with courage for us. Courage is the fuel of resistance, the building block of a new world. 2/2
January 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We can be courageous today. I’ll be finishing a book for young readers and a book for adults that are coming out this year. Do you today, with courage for us. Courage is the fuel of resistance, the building block of a new world. 2/2
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GOP: Reduce the debt!
Repeal Trump’s $2.1T billionaire tax cuts?
GOP: NO—extend them!
End Corp welfare?
GOP: NO—expand it!
Reduce military budget?
GOP: NO—increase it!
So reduce the debt how?
GOP: Cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, & aid for California wildfires
Repeal Trump’s $2.1T billionaire tax cuts?
GOP: NO—extend them!
End Corp welfare?
GOP: NO—expand it!
Reduce military budget?
GOP: NO—increase it!
So reduce the debt how?
GOP: Cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, & aid for California wildfires
January 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
GOP: Reduce the debt!
Repeal Trump’s $2.1T billionaire tax cuts?
GOP: NO—extend them!
End Corp welfare?
GOP: NO—expand it!
Reduce military budget?
GOP: NO—increase it!
So reduce the debt how?
GOP: Cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, & aid for California wildfires
Repeal Trump’s $2.1T billionaire tax cuts?
GOP: NO—extend them!
End Corp welfare?
GOP: NO—expand it!
Reduce military budget?
GOP: NO—increase it!
So reduce the debt how?
GOP: Cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, & aid for California wildfires
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Feels undercounted
The Lancet reports that every year at least 68,000 people die preventable deaths due to a lack of healthcare—1 every 7.7 min
Meaning, since the UnitedHealth CEO's death on 12/4, at least 4862 people have died preventable deaths due to the for profit health exploitation system
Outrageous & barbaric
Meaning, since the UnitedHealth CEO's death on 12/4, at least 4862 people have died preventable deaths due to the for profit health exploitation system
Outrageous & barbaric
December 30, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Feels undercounted
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Biden should test the limits of Presidential immunity and force SCOTUS to issue rulings limiting Presidential powers. Get that precedent on the books now. Don't let Trump be the test case, BE the test case yourself. You know SCOTUS won't limit him, but they will limit you, & thus him. DO SOMETHING.
December 3, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Biden should test the limits of Presidential immunity and force SCOTUS to issue rulings limiting Presidential powers. Get that precedent on the books now. Don't let Trump be the test case, BE the test case yourself. You know SCOTUS won't limit him, but they will limit you, & thus him. DO SOMETHING.
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Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
November 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
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Portraits by Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) reveal the connectedness of bodies, psychological landscapes, landforms, and built environments.
The Emotional Architecture of Swoon’s Intimate Block Prints
Portraits by Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) reveal the connectedness of bodies, psychological landscapes, landforms, and built environments.
hyperallergic.com
December 11, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Portraits by Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) reveal the connectedness of bodies, psychological landscapes, landforms, and built environments.
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The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
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The Helix Nebula captured by NASA'S Hubble space telescope
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The Helix Nebula captured by NASA'S Hubble space telescope
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Joy as a force of resistance, with a Nick Cave song and a Lisel Mueller poem (read by Nick Cave)
The Paradox of Joy, with a Nick Cave Song and a Lisel Mueller Poem
In this world heavy with robust reasons for despair, joy is a stubborn courage we must not surrender, a fulcrum of personal power we must not yield to cynicism, blame, or any other costume of helpl…
www.themarginalian.org
November 21, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Joy as a force of resistance, with a Nick Cave song and a Lisel Mueller poem (read by Nick Cave)