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Editor, book lover, birder. Tree hugger, furious Democrat, card-carrying ACLU member. Retired accordionist & PA native. She/her. Favorite words: plinth, fisticuffs, absquatulate. Not favorites: impactful, copacetic, utilize. #Resist #Oppose 🥄
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Despicable.

Science punches back.

Important (and infuriating) 🧵.

This is frightening.

YES.

Preach.

Who knew?

Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves. action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social #books #booksky

Damn it, now they're messing with my suggested reading lists! #booksky #books #readinglists

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Fixed It.

Cool idea.

Book fans! This is fun -- and not always easy. :-) #books #booksky #librarything

Yes.

Harvey Milk would've been 95 today. If.

USA: Devolves into fascism and authoritarianism. PRESS: We will now re-litigate the health of the last president.

What a disgrace.

After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget: -People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000 -People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700 -People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000 This is what class warfare looks like.

"If the president’s executive order were to fully take effect, hundreds of thousands of babies born in the U.S. would be living in the country illegally. They could be deported by the U.S. government and would potentially be stateless, meaning without citizenship in any country."

The GOP’s reconciliation bill is one of the worst environmental bills I’ve ever seen. It guts public input, silences tribal and community voices, slashes environmental protections, and hands sacred and public lands to the lowest bidder with no accountability.

The world has 26 time zones, and that's not a typo.

Nero is playing so beautifully and the crackling fires everywhere keep us all so warm.

"[T]he same party that falsely claims to believe in states’ rights where things like abortion, and voting rights are concerned, is now telling us loudly and clearly that when it comes to law and order the felon in the White House will make the first and final call."

What the actual f***. #books #booksky

Seven minutes well spent. Senator Chris Murphy, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, pulls no punches.