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Why is it that every time the Supreme Court makes a correct decision I fear they're setting us up for all the bad ones to come.

The data on youth mental health reflects what we all know to be true: we've got to check in with our kids and provide needed support. Children's Mental Health Awareness Week is an opportunity to reach out for help, and to talk to each other and the kids in our lives.

He is insane.

Trump on using military force says "I don't see it with Canada," but "something could happen with Greenland." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g...

Hakeem Jeffries is right: the pressure is working. Republicans are rattled, and the extremist budget cuts are starting to crack. Now is *not* the time to let up. Keep calling, keep posting, keep organizing—because democracy works when we do. 📞📢🔥

Was it suicide?

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LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years 5. The Overstory by Richard Powers 4. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 3. The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon 2. James by Percival Everett 1. 2666 by Roberto Bolano #Booksky 5/6

LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years 10. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 9. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen 8. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 7. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante 6. The Sellout by Paul Beatty #Booksky 5/6

LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years 15. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, ... by Gabrielle Zevin 14. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz 13. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 12. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 11. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides #Booksky 4/6

LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years 20. American Pastoral by Philip Roth 19. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 18. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 17. A Visit by the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 16. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel #Booksky 3/6

LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years 25. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 24. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 23. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 22. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 21. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee #Booksky 2/6

LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years 30. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 29. Milkman by Anna Burns 28.Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 27. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon 26. Underworld by Don DeLillo 25. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr #Booksky 1/6

I don't know who made the L.A. Times' best books of the last 30 years list but whoever did hates me. #booksky

The L.A. Times say Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead is the 13th best book of the past 30 years lol. I couldn't even get past page 50 cuz it was so derivative I was mad at Kingsolver. #booksky

This fuckery with the Department of Defense (and everything else) -- they are building an "army" of yes men and women who will do their bidding no questions asked. Terrifying.

Can confirm. Absolutely awful.

Who needs safe food?

I'll co-sign pretty much anything Tom Robbins has written. #books #booksky

Thoughts on North Woods by Daniel Mason? (Spoiler alert: mine are mixed...)

#booksky #20daybookchallenge #bookchallenge Already done my 20 days but sometimes I can't help but share another

@why.bsky.team Hi, for at least 10 hours I've been unable to access:

“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”

oh wow just heard JuJu Watkins is out. #ncaatournament

BlueSky needs more actual news.

#democrats #messaging

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‪CJ‬ ‪@cjbsky.bsky.social‬ · 21h Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 31/31-gotta stop sometime. #booksky #20daybookchallenge #bookchallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 30/20-something (can't stop!) #booksky #20daybookchallenge #bookchallenge