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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

submitted 2 days ago • 584 comments

It’s time to eat the rich, and I, for one, am ravenous

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🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

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MAGA lauds power-hungry grifters seeking to grow their fortune & create a world of haves & have-nots. I have news for them, germs do not discriminate; measles & bird flu affect rich & poor alike, John Q Public shares the same airspace as Billionaires in private jets & climate change affects everyone

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We need a work requirement for the Missouri GOP. They plagiarize bills, scroll on their phones all day, disrespect the voters, work 90 days a year, and walk away with taxpayer-funded healthcare and a state pension.

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Hear, hear Governor Pritzker💙 Americans, please heed his words. A nation of 330+ million people cannot survive w/o a competent, principled & functional Government. The only people benefitting from this administration are Billionaires. Our great Democracy will be tossed into the dustbin of history.

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So Mitch McConnell won't be seeking re-election next year. Good riddance. He and Merrick Garland share much of the blame for this neo-fascistic second Trump term.

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The Great Horned in early morning after a night out hunting... #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

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The question is, whether or not we have enough good people who are willing to push back and to move together across lines of politics and religion and race and nation of origin and orientation—and to declare our interdependence from fascism. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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Trump wants you to forget that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator during his first week in office. Don’t forget.

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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

submitted 3 days ago • 1211 comments

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 4 days ago • 1926 comments

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Planes didn't crash when this guy ran things.

submitted 5 days ago • 555 comments

Your friendly neighborhood librarian here...buy physical copies of your favorite books, especially challenged or banned books. Preferably from small local merchants. That's all; carry on. #Read #BookSky #Resist 📚

submitted 6 days ago • 139 comments

I'm in. February 28, 2025!

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Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

submitted 6 days ago • 827 comments

from today's post — please read the whole thing, thanks! link is here: bit.ly/41irHtM

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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...

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Knowledge is power…

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Wow, this is outrageous! DOGE claims they found fraud where 150 year olds were receiving Social Security! What a joke these incompetent, inexperienced folks running this department are! #BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga

submitted 6 days ago • 455 comments

This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.

submitted 6 days ago • 716 comments

If corporations replace the workforce with AI, how will the economy run in its current configuration? For these CEOs and executives, the bottom line seems to be the only thing that matters. What about people having jobs and money? We will need UBI.

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The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC. Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices. @rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 7 days ago • 1478 comments

Richest guy in the world is doing this

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Walking the dog. Like I do every day. She pooped. Like she does every day. I picked it up with a little baggie. Like I do every day. But today, instead of waiting to toss the bag of fresh, steaming dogshit in a trash can at home, I left it on the hood of a double-parked Cybertruck. Where it belongs.

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Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

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Egg prices are now at record highs with price increases showing no sign of slowing down anytime soon

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If I were the richest guy in the world I would simply not do this with your tax dollars.

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Canada has never been more united

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