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Disabled people will be the very first to be hit with supply chain chaos, the very first to start dying. The disability tax has very literally tripled.

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

"At present, no miracle has happened. The WIU Librarians will be gone in under a month, as our layoffs take effect May 14." Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library. It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good. savewiulibrarians.org/message.php

submitted 18 hours ago • 7 comments

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

submitted 17 hours ago • 81 comments

Ok, shit’s bleak for #trans folks, especially in the UK tonight. But still. Today I saw the 1st version of the #zine my community made with @mappingtransjoy.org last month. It is so beautiful, so full of #Joy and love for our trans selves. Existing w/ joy IS resistance right now.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion

submitted 1 day ago • 61 comments

This is phenomenal. When I was an education librarian for a brief moment I relied on ERIC with my research patrons. Losing it entirely would be a tragedy. These folks are doing a huge public service.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Hi elected officials: please use alt text. It’s not good that you don’t.

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

This is tomorrow! If you’re in #Gainesville stop on by! My talk starts at 10am, but there’s stuff all day too! I’m excited to talk about #zines and community #archiving and what I’ve been doing with the Civic Media Center! But do me a favor & wear a mask!

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Part of being #disabled is not being able to keep my house fully clean on my own. But then this turns around and exacerbates my condition by triggering allergies which then trigger asthma, to the point I’m miserable in my own house this week. #NEISVoid

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

HAPPENING NOW: Protests continue outside a courthouse in downtown Milwaukee in support of Judge Hannah Dugan after her arrest today

submitted 16 hours ago • 45 comments

Support your indie bookshop this Indie Bookstore Day (and all year long): ✅ Visit your favorite indie (or two) in person 💓 Start a monthly Libro.fm membership ✅ Thank a bookseller for all they do 💓 Spotlight them on social media ✅ Look for the Libro.fm Golden Ticket 👀

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

The act of sending loved ones little videos and memes and things throughout the day is called “pebbling” because penguins often leave little rocks in the nests of those they care about as a sign of affection. Today is world penguin day, so if someone sends you this post, know you’ve been pebbled ;)

submitted 22 hours ago • 17 comments

The bipeds must obey their leonine god king

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

One of the happiest updates I’ve written since I started following this story. 12 students back in status and maybe more to come. Across the country, students are saying their SEVIS is back. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

Do dog species sleep like this in the wild? ':/

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submitted 15 hours ago • 35 comments

i know there's a lot going on in the us right now but spare a thought for trans people in the UK tonight

submitted 15 hours ago • 11 comments

Transphobes who are obsessed with determining if strangers are transgender are called “transvestigators.” When you see that word, you know that someone is obsessed with other people’s genitals. We used to call such people “perverts.”

submitted 1 day ago • 73 comments

Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.

submitted 1 day ago • 103 comments

"biological sex" is exclusively defined by working back from "whatever the disgusting trannies aren't".

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

Fuck you, Jay, and fuck you, "Bobby," and fuck you too, Marty. May you grifters never be allowed to forget what you tried to do--put autistic people on a register.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Anyone else having issues with Bluesky being slow, timing out, and throwing up an error message (specifically on mobile)? Just started a few minutes ago when I tried to watch Miss Major’s video, so it feels transphobic against me specifically.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

As someone with an X on my passport this is a) not a shock, but b) extremely concerning. Those are legally issued federal & state documents, it should be illegal to refuse to recognize them. Period.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Where’s @schumer.senate.gov and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social ? Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident of NY—your constituent. You weren’t part of the delegation that showed up—so what are you doing to make this right and to stop innocent people from being snatched off NY streets w/out due process?

submitted 1 day ago • 307 comments

RFK Jr wants you to shit your pants.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Something that Sarah Mcbride said about the asymmetry of the Parties being rooted in sexism stuck with me. Everyone treats the GOP like the family patriarch & the Democrats like mothers. Dad gets to yell, bully and be a deadbeat. Mom has to love all the kids, be nurturing, & not seen as hysterical.

submitted 2 days ago • 46 comments

Yes writing emails is a pain so instead of hiding behind an AI to do it for you like a coward you need to simply have the courage of your convictions and stand up for what matters and simply not reply to them like the rest of us

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

TLDR: you can insist all you want that "women = biological women", but you're then going to have to define what "biological women" actually means. That isn't easy, and it's also got some pretty shit implications for a lot of women

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Another of my schools I serve. This is extremely concerning and the way admin is handling it is not great. The seeming randomness of these visa terminations is almost specifically designed to sow fear and uncertainty. Do better UCF admin.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

🇺🇸🎂 The Library of Congress turns 224 today, but its web presence only dates to the 1990s. The #WaybackMachine preserves its evolving online design. Explore the past of your favorite websites ➡️ web.archive.org #LibraryOfCongress #InternetArchive #libraries

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

They were quite clear they were going to do this. Many white people want this.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Do you think trans women are women in a "gender is fake, words mean nothing" way or in a "trans women are women" way.

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

Hey white liberals cheering suffering in red states - You do know many Black and Indigenous Americans live in red states, right? Or are they just collateral damage?

submitted 2 days ago • 125 comments

Meanwhile, Binghe: oh you’re peeing? Cool cool. That means it’s play-time right? So I should wrap all my paws around your leg and bite it? I’m here for you!

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SAA Diversity Committee Statement: "The solution to collective attacks and uncertainty must be collective action and solidarity. We must provide mutual aid to one another and leverage our individual contributions to meet this moment." #archives #archivists #DEI www2.archivists.org/groups/diver...

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We've been asked this a few times & now have an answer! If you're in publishing, but not author you can join Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans! The group is still in development but you can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments