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Sitting at the nexus of disability, critical disability justice, accessibility, and libraries. Punk ass book jockey and associate professor, UWO. She/her
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.

I said hi to Tommy Chong at a coffeeshop

Me: Gosh, my eating has been all over the place and I feel a bit like a potato. I am going to start eating better. My brain: yeah we could do that, but our cortisol levels are super high so we're going to have a cookie and a peanut butter cup for breaky instead.

We feed you. They hunt us.

Absolutely right.

Good morning

I'ma tell you all what I tell my clients. You feel bad because it is bad. You are unmotivated to go to work because the world is on fire & the government is sending people to kidnap children and adults & maiming people who try to stop them. You are having a normal reaction to obscene circumstances.

not sure if we're meant to take in devastating and horrible news from every part of this planet 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

im torn between: `well, yeah` and `same`

they never miss

Library workers–have you already experienced pushback, censorship, or attacks on your plans for Pride 2025? I'm again collecting those stories for an article in mid-July. I'll share this link throughout June as well. Details in the form, w/ previous stories. tinyurl.com/pride-in-libraries-25

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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

inset 'I'm in danger' meme "Having more on your plate than you could reasonably do, known as time poverty in the literature, has actually been shown to increase the risk of depression and anxiety in employees."

I'm so tired, so angry, and the air is poison today so i cant leave the house.

Here is an otter learning to get your day off to the right start.

don't sell your library to venture capital, folks. “the county will provide a facility...furniture... equipment, collections, supplies, records, files and data used... for major capital repairs, emergency systems and structural maintenance, including HVAC, roofing, plumbing, and electrical systems

i dont like not being able to see my bestie today bc the other day someone was coughing, sniffling, and sneezing behind me during a conference and not wearing a mask and i forgot my mask in my room.

Fun new books!

Visiting Halifax for the CAIS conference and I have found the queerest, most antifa coffee shop in existence with a 'everyone masks on sunday' policy and there is a curated vintage store upstairs. I may never leave. Glitter Bean Cafe

spam the shit out of this fear mongering survey

well, shit

And the we can read Where the Red Fern Grows!