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Today in digital authoritarianism prepping: downloading all my Kindle books (I know -- why did I buy 500 kindle books over the past decade? because I was a fool!) and all my Google docs (it's time to go back to my old friend, Open Office).

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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

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Curious how quickly the swine are implementing Project 2025? Be curious no longer!! It's all being tracked right here: www.project2025.observer #bluecrew #proudblue #resist #project2025

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Banned/challenged books are often difficult reads with jarring content, but we can't shield ourselves nor our children from the realities of the world forever - it's better to build empathy and understanding through books, especially by reading books by/about marginalized people.

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I was really hoping the screenshots of the White House twitter were fake 🫠

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Okay Delta Airlines thanks for keeping your head 🫶 #GulfOfMexico

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NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.

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Bookstores and libraries are NOT sworn enemies. We are two sides of the same coin, a pretty great coin. A coin that supports literacy, community events, and access to books. You can support either or both without guilt! #booksky #booksellermusings #indiebookstore

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?

submitted 9 days ago • 193 comments

Happy 20th birthday to the web site that changed my life and made the Project for Awesome possible. The #p4a is a bit younger than youtube--but only a bit. We're currently in our 19th year. Support great charities like Save the Children and Partners in Health: projectforawesome.com

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I really can’t decide which of these two to read next 😬 I’ve heard such great things about both #booksky

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Hopefully this judgement will be honored by the Trump administration and aid will begin to flow again. It's worth repeating: The President of the U.S. does not decide where or how our tax money is spent. That is Congress's job. That's why Trump keeps losing in court. apnews.com/article/usai...

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Bookclub read, definitely not something I’d usually read but I did really enjoy it. I loved all of the ways the characters’ lives connected ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ #booksky

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Going forward, I'm calling all bodies of water Gulf of Mexico. Long Island Sound? Gulf of Mexico. Lake Placid? Gulf of Mexico. Chattahoochee River? Gulf of Mexico. My half-full tumbler of Perrier? Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 10 days ago • 53 comments

If I’ve learned one thing in the past 6 months, it’s that my family consumes far fewer eggs than most.

submitted 11 days ago • 368 comments

⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.

submitted 11 days ago • 281 comments

Why does Siri ask for my location every time I ask something? Like babes I’m just asking you how to spell a word

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I have read all of John Green's books he wrote by himself and this book has been sitting on my shelf for years. I'm so glad I finally picked it up and read it! It was a heartwarming story with a lot of great lessons along the way #booksky

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Go birds go birds, and, I can’t emphasize this enough, go birds 🦅

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Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

submitted 14 days ago • 582 comments

Over the last few months, a range of skinny styles, including pants and jeans, have cropped up on fashion runways, influencer videos and Google search trends, indicating the divisive garment could soon be a closet staple again. nbcnews.to/4jU7Pof

submitted 14 days ago • 58 comments

RFK Jr. is the human embodiment of a broken clock is right twice a day and that really makes him so much more dangerous.

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I really made a lifting playlist of songs we listened to while lifting in college and then it never changed

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Why does Port give you weird dreams? @hankgreen.bsky.social I feel like you might know the answer to this

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Library kids become library adults for sure even if it takes a little while. I used to go with my parents and my grandparents and every time I go now it makes me so happy 🥰

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The USA has had two major plane crashes in the last 4 days. The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years. ‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades. So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?

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Just finished this duology and it was a very cozy fantasy read. First one is “For the Wolf” by Hannah Witten #booksky

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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

submitted 21 days ago • 4939 comments

If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.

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In my culture taking out one noise cancelling airpod is a sign of respect

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I want to use libraries all the time but I also want to write in books when I read them, what a conundrum #booksky

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Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban. Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.

submitted 23 days ago • 926 comments

I’m still stuck on the baby chicks in a blender situation 2025 has already jumped the shark

submitted 25 days ago • 203 comments

Autism advocates say they are fearful that if RFK Jr. is confirmed, it could undermine years of progress in unlinking autism and vaccines, while potentially diverting research dollars to a theory already discredited by hundreds of studies worldwide.

submitted 25 days ago • 48 comments

Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.

submitted 25 days ago • 399 comments

Somebody somewhere Needs flowers today

submitted 25 days ago • 83 comments

Kind of sucks that we didn't at least get a Roaring Twenties before what's about to come

submitted 25 days ago • 494 comments

If you haven’t read Orwell’s 1984, I suggest you do while you still can.

submitted 26 days ago • 98 comments

Regardless of what was done or not done, the World knows he's a felon.

submitted 26 days ago • 11 comments

I think that nutritional labels should include a "What if I ate the whole damn thing" section.

submitted 26 days ago • 74 comments