bookmaven.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

submitted 5 hours ago • 27 comments

Til Death Do Us Bard was a pretty standard fantasy romance. I wouldn't say it stands out, but was enjoyable since that was what I was in the mood for.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

There have been a lot of folks with such expertise recently removed from their career positions who now have a lot of free time on their hands.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I loved this one. It was hard to put down and therefore led to slightly later nights than I planned. The conflict between Rita's culture/family and her abilities and how she tries to navigate them were as compelling as the crimes being solved. The sequel has been added to my never ending TBR.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Peg and Rose Play the Ponies worked for me. But I am also rewatching The Golden Girls, so older women living their lives on their own terms is my current jam.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I rather enjoyed this sweet and light novella centered around a misunderstanding, and the main character's insecurities.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

So I liked this book, but I don't entirely agree with all their conclusions. I have read too much about civilizations to see cities in the same way. They seem to be positing that the residents of cities are sedentary, but that does not seem super accurate to me.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Hi. The 1st Amendment is a real Constitutional thing we should be protecting. Free speech. Free press. Free religion.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

After a 6 hour school board meeting with record-turnout in person and online, our supporters showed up globally & locally to save us school librarians from being removed! Thank you to everyone who helped get the message out about our urgent situation. #schoollibraries

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

I listened to Chumbawamba constantly when I was protesting 2011. Time to break out those songs again.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

“We’ll never rest again until every Nazi dies.” youtu.be/OLkPwxcIji0?...

submitted 7 days ago • 53 comments

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

submitted 10 days ago • 807 comments

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

submitted 12 days ago • 535 comments

Venting: I know it's asked completely innocently and I do not begrudge those who ask it, but of all vaccine-related questions I get, the one that really frustrates me is when people ask why children get so many vaccines. I know this comes from a genuine position of concern- but the framing...

submitted 12 days ago • 21 comments

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

submitted 14 days ago • 853 comments

A Black man with 13 kids by six different women wouldn’t be allowed near the White House much less allowed to run the shadow government.

submitted 14 days ago • 87 comments

Lewis Carroll collection given to his Oxford college in surprise US donation

submitted 15 days ago • 11 comments

If we (library workers) have to use programs with AI crammed in, we should at least investigate how the AI was trained & if it was created with pirated & stolen material we should try to disable the AI & register a protest with the program creators as well as look for more ethical alternatives

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.

submitted 20 days ago • 567 comments

Time for lunch! I find the five minutes while it cooks is perfect for leaving angry messages with my senators.

submitted 21 days ago • 54 comments

"This work is too important to die."

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

Daily task: ❌❌BOYCOTT AMAZON! ❌❌ This is a tough one I know but here are some other options! ✅ Costco.com ✅ Famers markets ✅ Thrivemarket.com ✅ CVS.com ✅ Trader Joe's ✅ Ulta.com ✅ Poshmark.com ✅ NewEgg.com ✅ Ikea.com Art by @trilemma.bsky.social - love it! 💙 Please SHARE‼️‼️ #fuckjeffbezos 🖕

submitted 21 days ago • 803 comments

She speaks truth.

submitted 22 days ago • 1238 comments

They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

submitted 24 days ago • 1399 comments

WOW! @booker.senate.gov NAILED IT! "There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent."

submitted 24 days ago • 245 comments

NEW: It's not just coders. DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials. We have new names: www.propublica.org/article/elon...

submitted 24 days ago • 94 comments

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

submitted 26 days ago • 810 comments

1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.

submitted 36 days ago • 35 comments

The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like. static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...

submitted 37 days ago • 310 comments

Wow.

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

Just violate Trump's mandates like you do speed limits. I know most of you are perfectly capable of seeing a speed limit and just saying, "Nah. I'm not going to do that."

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 40 days ago • 1840 comments

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

submitted 40 days ago • 333 comments

Data is mounting that the shingles vaccine is protective against dementia. It's not definitive, but it's interesting. In addition, the effect is more pronounced for women. vajenda.substack.com/p/is-the-shi...

submitted 42 days ago • 44 comments

Be aghast at booking banning. Let folks who would ban books be looked at askance like the creeps they are. bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

I discovered the world of climate comedy thanks to @maxboykoff.bsky.social & @mattywin.bsky.social - and it is so therapeutic! I’d love to curate a starter pack on climate & humour, but I only have 3 accounts, with @belinaraffy.bsky.social. Baba Brinkman + Chuck Nice aren’t here. Suggestions? 🧵

submitted 44 days ago • 49 comments

I find ignorant people offensive. #supportlibraries #fightforthefirst #benicetothelibrarians.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Why is there more outrage about fare evasion on public transit than about motorists who use fake or mangled plates to avoid tolls?

submitted 48 days ago • 22 comments

Why is the media like this?

submitted 51 days ago • 1819 comments

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

submitted 50 days ago • 301 comments

Truly, I have enjoyed everything I have read by Lois McMaster Bujold. I suspect she could write a compelling user manual. I can certainly recommend her latest, Demon Daughter in the Penric and Desdemona series.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes, I just want a light murder mystery. Peg and Rose are a hoot. I had just read an article about a con-artist before starting this one, so I also had fun finding parallels between the fictional one and the one in the article.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments