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This thread is great. Also, think about how many of the book bans in recent years have been driven by one person or a handful of people making themselves a huge nuisance. That power can be harnessed for good, too! This is especially great to remember if you’re retired and have time to spare

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

I do not need the Dems to tell us how bad things are. We already read the news. I need them tell us what they plan to do about it

submitted 28 days ago • 100 comments

i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

submitted 28 days ago • 451 comments

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

submitted 28 days ago • 94 comments

Every safety regulation was written in blood, frequently with a body count higher than one, and it’s not political to put the blame on people who want to “move fast and break things” when they start breaking human lives.

submitted 30 days ago • 46 comments

We say that people don't notice constitutional regime collapse because it comes on too slowly but I'm not sure how much faster it could be happening; we are literally at concentration camps on day 9.

submitted 30 days ago • 330 comments

Great news—support an indie bookstore and get your e-books!

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

ALA Awards, let’s go!!!!! This is my Super Bowl.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Here’s the thing I take from this: we absolutely have to hold our governments to their net zero pledges, and to try to over deliver. 3 C is beyond catastrophic. 2.5 C is devastating. Less than 2 C is still going to lead to heartbreaking results.

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

Mine would have to be HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE by Diana Wynne Jones. It’s got magic and romance, but also family and found family, an old (ish) lady who gives no craps, a vain wizard grad student, and the constant overturning of expectations.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

We’re close to losing Sesame Street, a show that was started to provide free educational media to marginalized kids in our country. That’s not an accident in my opinion and it’s just one more example of how Capitalism robs our society of the sweet and good things we build to care for one another.

submitted 75 days ago • 42 comments

Publishers must not obey in advance. Publishers must protect the right to read and right to write. And protect their right to publish diverse books. Fascists go after books first, then people. We know because they're already doing it here.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

submitted 100 days ago • 980 comments

fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things: 1) "nah, I'm not doing that" 2) "nah, you're not doing that" a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should really start practicing the first one

submitted 104 days ago • 104 comments

I have now read Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky twice—back to back—and I am so completely in love with this book.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Anti-choice activists claimed they were restricting abortion to save kids & the Supreme Court treated those arguments credulously Yet since the Court rescinded the constitutional right to abortion, infant mortality has increased 7% That amounts to over 700 kids ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

submitted 128 days ago • 40 comments

Look I never play this card but I studied German politics and the rise of fascism and this IS THAT. We have arrived at the end game. Not hyperbole or exaggeration this is THE EXACT LANGUAGE. Anyone who has studied this recognizes it like a meteorologist seeing a gathering hurricane

submitted 140 days ago • 95 comments

Site is live, just ordered my free Covid tests!

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

Elder official! I knew I wasn’t going grey for nothing :)

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

Yikes. A pre-purge of Latino Dem voters is underway in TX led by Ken Paxton. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/u...

submitted 186 days ago • 14 comments

Late to the party, but finally saw Everything Everywhere All at Once. I’m going to be thinking about it all night now.

submitted 202 days ago • 1 comment

KidLitForKamala! Thank you to Martha Brockenbrough for leading this initiative. (link in next post) Kid Lit community, on August 11 at 5:30 PT/8:30pm ET, we will meet via Zoom to show our support for Vice President Kamala Harris: This is our moment. This is our time. Please help spread the word.

submitted 214 days ago • 0 comments

We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.

submitted 225 days ago • 9 comments

omgomgomgomgomgmogomgmogomgogmgomgmg YELLING WORKS BULLYING UR GOVT WORKS LET'S GOOOOOO

submitted 246 days ago • 13 comments

super curious how a our consolidated, billionaire-owned news outlets are replacing top editorial leaders with republican sycophants right before a major election

submitted 269 days ago • 6 comments

This cannot be emphasized enough: in healthy democracies, this is absolutely normal. It is in “banana republics” that criminals go into politics to stay out of jail.

submitted 274 days ago • 12 comments

ATTN NEW YORKERS The NY Public Library has a plea out for signatures to push the city not to cut their budget and force them to reduce collections, end services, reduce maintenance, and close 2 days a week. It takes mere seconds to sign. They need 50,000. Pleas sign and SHARE WIDELY

submitted 309 days ago • 17 comments

Yearly reminder that any salad can become a Caesar salad if you just stab it enough

submitted 350 days ago • 0 comments

This is the best film complaint I’ve ever seen

submitted 371 days ago • 115 comments

Because sharing is caring... boosting from that thread: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

submitted 389 days ago • 1 comment

Baking bread for the first time in ages and I cannot handle how good my kitchen smells right now

submitted 410 days ago • 0 comments

Evergreen from @lettersofnote.bsky.social

submitted 425 days ago • 1 comment

Finally saw Boy and the Heron and it was magical and I will be turning it over in my mind for quite some time.

submitted 426 days ago • 0 comments

Love a good Christmas Day hike

submitted 431 days ago • 0 comments

Love not being able to take my kids to the library on Sundays anymore for this

submitted 434 days ago • 20 comments

Welp, woke up to the power in the front half of our apartment being out, so that’s fun. (And yes, we tried the circuit breakers)

submitted 436 days ago • 0 comments