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PNW school library person. Cats, cardigans-you get it. But absolutely no shushing on my watch
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ASISTA needs your help more than ever. ASISTA is the charity I've been telling you about that helps persons without documentation who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. Here is a FREE thing you can do! Vote for ASISTA at #P4A2025! projectforawesome.com/watch?v=a1w7...

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Yesterday, in the midst of everything that's happening in the world, this review of my Geisel-winning book Charlie & Mouse popped up in an alert... This is not the first time this has happened & it won't be the last. Compared to the backlash some of my dearest friends face, this is nothing... BUT.

As a model of obstruction, I would like to introduce the Senate to a classroom of teenagers who have seen a bee

“Carpenter’s self-actualized pop-princess trajectory,” writes Andi Zeisler, “has collided with a real-world turn to regressive beliefs about who women can and cannot be.”

I wrote about vaudeville icons, sex-positivity in a world of smugly empowered sexism, and looking at Sabrina Carpenter through backlash-tinted glasses.

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K-pop and K-dramas. Sit down and get comfortable. Maybe grab your favorite beverage. I will talk your ear off.

Woke up thinking about how, when #JimmyCarter lost his 2nd run for president, he must have felt pretty powerless. & about how, in that moment, instead of giving into despondency, he found the work he *could* do, & in doing so, became even more powerful. That feels useful as we head into 2025...

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Hey, I'm going to ask your help in raising an achievable amount of money to help an organization (the head of which I have known since the age of 8) stay open. They assist immigrant survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. It's called ASISTA, and they need money urgently: shorturl.at/O12lB

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The way the beat drops as he starts running? Perfect

Are we introducing? I'm Laurel. I write books for kids & occasionally poems/essays for adults. I live in ATL but miss Baltimore. Jewish. Political. Tired. Mom. Trying to talk less & listen more. I love live music, fairy tales, spare poems, spicy food, cats, travel. Here are some of my books.

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I need your help. Just retweet this if you have no time. On Oct 1st, I crashed to the kitchen tile floor and crushed a pyrex glass measuring cup beneath me in an accident that broke my back in 2 places (L1, and L2.) 1/7

New from me at @flaminghydra.com: Jeff Bezos Thinks Washington Post Readers Are Idiots flaminghydra.com/jeff-bezos-t...

We still doing unfunny jokes? My ex-husband/devoted co-parent died and all I got was 50,000 comic books, several dozen skateboard decks, and two vintage muscle cars that don’t run! But seriously folks, it’s the worst. If you can donate or share it would make my day gofund.me/ae8e79e4

anyone know any good medical malpractice attorneys in CA? asking for a friend :)

It came across my dash just now. I know the law... :). www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,795,975!

i really need your help sharing this. yes you! it takes two seconds to boost and could literally be saving me from suffering. this is vital to my medical care. please🙏

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DC/Maryland/Delaware pals, can you help? My heart is shattering for this sweet pup. www.facebook.com/share/p/zSm7...

I made this gofundme to help a dear friend keep her house. If she doesn't pay the first advance in threes days her house will be seized. If you have the resources please consider helping. If you can, please share widely. This is heartbreaking. 🙏 gofund.me/8705ee2c

Ok, I'm trying to shift over to bluesky & would like to have an actual conversation here. Want to chat? My question: In 18 months I'll have an empty nest, & part of me wants to leave the city I've built a life in for 20 years (ATL), to move home (to Baltimore). Have you done this? How did it go?