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I just got off work to find that the two worst people in the world are fighting.

…I am intrigued.

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

If you would like to add your name to the over 250 librarians and library workers, who have already signed this joint statement condemning the dismissal of Dr. Carla Hayden, visit docs.google.com/document/d/e... 1/3

"The shuttering of USAID, in other words, ranks with the absolute worst atrocities in the history of the world."

Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."

presidents should get a probationary period and if their approval rating falls below 50% at any point within their first three months in office we get to eject them from the country with a catapult

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

Steve Silberman's groundbreaking book NeuroTribes, which fully debunked any story of an "autism epidemic," is 10 years old this summer. The answer has been out there for a decade. He'd be LIVID about this.

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."

Absolutely obsessed with this late 19th century illustration of the Orion Nebula by Otto Boeddicker.

I worked in a public library. People used to threaten me regularly over DVDs.

Remember when we put up signs that said "The FBI was not here today" so we could take them down when they were and not violate gag orders?

Library directors/boards likely won't go for this but I want signs in any physically empty spaces explicitly saying that they can no longer provide that service bc of government orders. Preferably with calls to action after.

I say this often but Germany was the preeminent research power until 1933 and in 100 since years has never caught up to where it was before the purge of Jews

“Libraries translate .003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 BILLION people each year.” - @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries

Frodo don’t destroy the ring, you’ll just be playing into their hands by reacting at all imho

This. Nothing is more infuriating than the current "We're right in going against your wishes and we're not going to explain why" line they seem to be taking. If you're so right, explain it to people. THAT IS YOUR JOB.

If voicemails are full, you can also email these staffers in Schumer's office: mike_lynch [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov meghan_taira [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov

motherfucker, they fired half of the department of education *yesterday*

Chuck, turn your voicemails back on, you coward. I want to talk.

Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

This bully is not rational. He doesn't leave you alone because you roll over, he takes the praise and money and continues hitting you until you fight back.

I genuinely feel crazy. What alternate dimension trump have these people been watching?

When my car gets stuck in a foot of snow, I get embarrassed. But then I remind myself that I don't drive a cyber truck so there actually isn't 12 people filming me laughing as I try to get it out of 3 inches of snow.

Favorite paragraph from this:

And it was mostly just us weirdos writing fanfic under pseudonyms so the worst that happened is people made sock puppet accounts that pretended to die occasionally. Down right quaint compared to now.

You don’t get to have it both ways… you don’t get to harass and terrorize immigrants … then beg for their labor www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

8th grade kids in Germany have more guts than Dem Senators.

I did this last night. If nothing else it's a little satisfying.

What they mean is that Dems are mad we're trying to make them do things that would make their own lives harder.

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