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Our local animal shelter is holding a photo contest fundraiser and you can vote for Francie for only a dollar! If she wins she gets a little plaque bearing her name and life motto in their lobby for one year so it would be nice representation for FIV+ cats. www.gogophotocontest.com/hsccfabfelin...

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"I was the last director of the federal agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, just scheduled for serious reduction or elimination by the Trump administration." www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

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Ok, thanks for letting me know?

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Cory Booker presented a $500K check for #Lucy the Elephant. It means nothing now. 🔗 inquirer.com/politics/new...

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I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered 🔗 www.404media.co/i-tested-the...

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It's #Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year! ☀️🎊 I have nothing interesting to post, so I'm just re-sharing this Kinnareemimus, I suppose. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Millions of Americans don’t speak English. Now they won’t be warned before weather disasters. grist.org/equity/natio...

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Think the bsky update fixed my image/alt text error that I've been getting the last two weeks! Here's some flowers!

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Brilliant. "...a voice claiming to be Zuckerberg says that 'it’s normal to feel uncomfortable or even violated as we forcefully insert AI into every facet of your conscious experience. And I just want to assure you, you don’t need to worry because there’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop it.'"

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This is great. But my question is, why does target seem to be the main/only focus? What's happening with Walmart, Amazon and all the other corporations that caved?

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Teachers & librarians! Want me to lead your kids in some poetry workshops this spring? There's still time to sign up for my free virtual author in residence program! It includes 4 on-demand virtual poetry workshops & an invitation to a live Zoom author visit with Q&A on April 22nd!

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Working on the porch of the condo today & keep getting distracted because the neighbor is chasing an iguana around with a shovel. (He says it ate his flowers. The iguana has thus far plead the 5th.) Thrice now, it has raced past with neighbor in hot pursuit.

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Easter Buns of Europe. Scanned from The Food Almanac Vol 3, by Miranda York. Illustrations by jordanamylee.com

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FIND THE GOLDEN TICKET 🎫 Join us in celebrating Indie Bookstore Day (U.S.) and Canadian Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. Almost 800 indies across the U.S. and Canada will be hiding a single Golden Ticket in their store on Bookstore Day—each worth 12 Libro audiobook credits 👀 ⏬

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Onion blues. I'm making a little series of veggie paintings (3 probably?) to hang in our kitchen, this is the first one. Watercolor and gouache on paper. #art #illustration #onion #crying

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We await the letter from the HOA.

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Well shit! Censorship brain worms have made the leap across the Atlantic

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Unelected billionaire Elon Musk should not be acting as co-president of the United States and making $8 million a day from government contracts while he’s at it. My new bill would crack down on conflicts of interest for Elon Musk and all Special Government Employees.

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Trump's physical again claims he is 6'3". Yea, that's bullshit.

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Here’s the live feed for the hearing to loosen our Texas gun laws. I know many advocates who worked hard on their testimonies and will be there speaking up for gun safety. Thank you to all of them and to everyone calling their reps—keep going. #txlege house.texas.gov/videos/21702

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These Grunling wallpapers are now a free addon to every pledge for the Gruling card game :) ✨ Hope you like them, let me know which one could be your lockscreen favorite! #illustration #wallpaper #phonewallpaper #gameart #cuteart #fantasyart #veggie #boardgame #cardgame

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listen to the laughter in the room bsky.app/profile/nikk...

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BREAKING via AP Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

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Celebrate the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King with the 2025 John Steptoe New Talent winners! Join us on Thursday, April 24 at 3pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET for a virtual event honoring emerging voices in writing and illustration. Register here: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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L is for the Statue of LIBERTY - inspiration, symbol, promise, #GraphicNovel by Julian Voloj and Jorg Hartmann. Recommended at booksyalove.com?p=14711. @nobrowpress @atozchallenge.bsky.social #AtoZChallenge

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Have you ever had an innocent response to a post, and thought that it was a reaction to another post? As a result you feel confused, or possibly angry? Then you read your post and realise what's going on? It can be quite a relief.

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As Tennessee loses HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS to DOGE cuts, @GovBillLee’s office “sidestepped questions re: Tennesseeans who have lost their jobs and impacts to programs (like infant mortality) — saying Tennessee is a "willing partner” Politics over people. www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

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“So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.” 🧪

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NEW: Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local leaders. By @tophersanders.bsky.social

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A fascinating collection of questions and answers—about courtship, marriage, love, and sex—from a seventeenth-century periodical Acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize–finalist Mary Beth Norton's “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” is out April 22. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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The hell if I know

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In the name of reducing fentanyl overdoses, Trump has gone to the extreme—levied tariffs, listed cartels as terrorist groups, and weighed drone strikes in Mexico. But these proclamations gloss over a glaring reality: The admin is decimating funding for treatment and overdose prevention programs.

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all our work and achievement would be undone, but - and hear me out here - we would get to live for a li'l while as a li'l egg qwantz.com/index.php?co...

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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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#tRump, who boasts he was at 9/11 helping responders, & #Lutnick, who lost most of his staff in the World Trade Center, END services to 9/11 victims through Health & Human Services #HHS under #RFKjr. Yes, he wants to kill you, your family, & America. youtu.be/s6AyBlF3XSw?...

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Paging @gmtminus7.bsky.social though you'd like to see upokohue art. They're beautiful!

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Absolutely fine with this kind of technology being used for the kind of mass data crunching and pattern recognition that would be impossible for humans. That's what it's for: automating tedium.

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it’s with joy in my heart that i announce this wonderful medieval cat plush! the perfect companion to fight dragons and discover new adventures! ⚔️ remember, this is a limited edition plushie available only this month get yours here: www.makeship.com/products/med...

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Couldn’t be bothered to actually think about policy

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Logging doesn’t prevent wildfires, but Trump is trying it anyway. The Agriculture Department is opening more than 112 million acres of federal forests to logging in a misguided bid to prevent fires and boost timber production. grist.org/wildfires/lo... #Wildfire #Logging #Forests #Trees #Climate

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Preparing ID documents, fleeing abroad, and medical backup plans. "We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Families are in survival mode as the Trump White House uses the full weight of the federal government to go after trans kids. These are their stories.

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Boris Epshteyn—indicted Trump election conspirator and not actually a member of the government—is personally negotiating Trump's Big Law shakedowns, per WSJ

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The reason why Bluesky is left-leaning is that Elon Musk took Twitter and turned it into a right-wing cesspool. Not sure what all the hand-wringing is about.

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I had to finally set a hard boundary with a family member around their "concern for my health" and discussion of my weight. But this is another excellent option!

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In case you missed: ALA Sues Trump Administration Over Dismantling of IMLS

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We read this at our Seder.

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1. The Trump administration claims that a program to protect rural Alabamans from raw sewage is racist so it is canceling the program as part of its crackdown on "DEI" According to a press release, this is about treating "every individual with dignity and respect." 🤔

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How can you help protect Texas higher ed? ✅Email your senator at link below to oppose SB 37. ☎️ Follow up with a phone call. 👀Watch here for amendments we are working on and support them. 🗣️Spread the word! 🚢 We need all hands on deck!

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🔔Contact your Texas Senator through the link below! We expect the Texas Senate to vote on Senate Bill 37 on Tuesday. This bill mandates a state takeover of all public institutions of higher education. Ask your senator to vote NO! secure.everyaction.com/wJsYTW_hD0e_...

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