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“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.” Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.

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Whoever made this deserves a medal.

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What is the role of the writer in times like these? At the 2025 #PENGala, we took the opportunity to pose that question to Rita Dove and @jodipicoult.bsky.social. #writers #writing #freedomtowrite

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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

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If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)

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Another legend speaking facts #springsteen

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Trump’s attempted takeover of the LOC may also be a test case to see how susceptible congressional Republicans are to his power grab. If they let him install ideologues throughout the LOC, maybe they’d let him do the same to other indispensable legislative entities.

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Used books are a low-cost way to see if you like what an author has to offer. If you do find you like them, then you can buy their next book new, possibly from the same bookseller. They're also a way to get books no longer in print. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...

submitted 19 days ago • 488 comments

That is in fact what this administration has done.

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Grateful for reminders that Rahm did his own disappearing of people, especially after just now coming across a clip of Rahm being welcomed to The View table as a possible nominee for POTUS. Nope. "Trump, but with 98% less disappearing!" won't work.

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This is why I believe it’s best to run campaigns based on bold, transformational change. You draw swing voters AND inspire new voters to get involved. It’s both good policy and politics!

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Best Chicago controversy of the new Pope is the Cubs trying to lay claim to him and his brother having to speak up to clear up that he's a Sox fan. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/p...

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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

submitted 26 days ago • 455 comments

You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

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Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...

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100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

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Actual good news! Even if some see fairness as a threat, and are now working on absurd "corrective" measures. lithub.com/the-new-cond... #writingcommunity #authors

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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

submitted 36 days ago • 1013 comments

@hcrichardson.bsky.social So powerful, I cried...

submitted 39 days ago • 67 comments

Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom. press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst... #BookstoreDay

submitted 39 days ago • 108 comments

It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books. It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse. www.chron.com/politics/art...

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"Without fear or favor."

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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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Omg. This makes so much sense.

submitted 44 days ago • 168 comments

Holy fuck. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Reminder to self. And anyone else who might need it.

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🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

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Friendly reminder to please add captions to all these great resistance videos for our friends and family in the deaf community (like my parents). We need them, too. And they need us.

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It'd be nice if our everyday crises would ease up while our societal crises reach epic existential proportions.