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Literacy is activism. Reading is a political act. Books are tools for liberation.

LET'S GO EVERYONE!! MONDAY IS THE DAY!! REPOST ATTEND!! LETS DO IT National "Not My President's Day" protests at your local state capital and city halls. This Feb. 17th, 2025. 12pm your time zone. imgur.com/gallery/AJkl...

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

@aoc.bsky.social We’d like your help organizing a March on Washington to ensure protester safety and secure permits. We’re aiming for a Saturday at least two weeks out to allow for travel planning.

If you are a public servant, or know one, this may be useful. A new organization, the Public Service Alliance, is offering advice on privacy and cybersecurity, physical safety, access to legal counsel and more. thepublicservicealliance.com/introducing-...

Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎

NIH grants & money has been stopped. Hundreds of laboratories around the country that do fundamental research on vital aspects of our health have stopped. No new PHD students. Cancer & all medical research has stopped. This is a major collapse . Call GOP Senators- Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121.

HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Pete Buttigieg is seriously considering running for Senate in Michigan after Gretchen Whitmer says she wouldn’t run for the open seat. Smash that RT if you agree Secretary Buttigieg would make a FANTASTIC Senator!! 💙💙

Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)

Wow! Did not know there were AI chatbots claiming to be nurses. This is pretty scary. I hope more states follow…

☀️🌎🩵Climate things you can do today to make yourself feel a little better: - Drink tap water - Wear something out of the laundry hamper - Oil your bicycle chain - Take a thing made of / wrapped in plastic out of your grocery cart When we can't move forward we can still face the right direction

Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

🚨🚨🚨 Cities where trump intends on conducting mass deportation scheduled as soon as Tuesday. Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Miami, NYC, Denver and San Antonio.

In Burbank this morning, I met a couple who told me they still didn’t know if their house was still standing. We looked it up online and got the good news together. It was still there. If you don’t know the status of your home, you can find it here: recovery.lacounty.gov

Another impersonator account popped up that is NOT us. Can you please help by reposting this and reporting them? 🙏💙 bsky.app/profile/call...

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Sunrises and sunsets.

River pools on a summer day.

River pools on a summer day.

Just now in presser on SoCal wildfires, FEMA Regional Administrator advises for those affected please register for assistance these ways: * Go to disasterassistance.gov * Download the FEMA app * Call (800) 621-3362

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees: bit.ly/LAaid

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

A colorful gift from mother nature right now—