women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.

Would read this short story

“What the film reinforced for me is that these professionals—whose ethical framework compels them to defend intellectual freedom, resist censorship, and support the free flow of ideas—are now being targeted precisely because they uphold the values the First Amendment was written to protect.”

if you have ever taken photos of pigeons that are unique looking would you be willing to share them with me?

Finally got my Election Recap posted! The summary? Voters hate book banners. It’s an established pattern, even in red states like Texas. Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...

Top 5 film genres: -this woman sure is an asshole -boy, this person just keeps on murderin people huh -these neurodivergent children are on an ADVENTURE -these women/girls say they're friends but I don't think that's true -is that a ghost???

Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon

A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender. All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.” And I’ve thought about that every day since.

“It’s not fascism until its control is total and fear of it is ruling your life” is a take designed to keep you from fighting until it’s too late. Hope this helps.

Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.

Today was Palestinian Independence Day. As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does. Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.

Is there a German word for the thing when someone has added you to their close friends on IG and you're like. You shouldn't have actually

I don't think she's using the metric you assume, I think she's speaking from experience as a First Lady & reacting to the sum total of how America reacts to the idea of women having agency over their own bodies, finances, and futures. The stats on sexual assault, domestic violence, & femicide.

Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

my daughter had an accident this am so my son made this to commemorate

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

"What's happening here is evil."

Both male and female horses have eyelashes. Unicorns don't exist so this can't be scientifically verified. Valiant use of taxpayer money to micromanage the acceptable eyelash representation of fictional animals.

I’m a knitter and web designer, and I learned Swift so I could make a ruler and row counting app for my projects. It’s called Fiber Friend and I’m proud of it 🥰 fiberfriend.app

This thread is a MUST READ. Nothing I have read since 2021 better captures the complete insanity of the “parents rights” book-banning movement than the need to protect kids from unicorn eyelashes.

@authorsabb.bsky.social is officially a nonprofit! Please consider donating!

"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"

SMASH that donation button!!! This group does really amazing, vital work!!!

The joy of finally getting through the nonprofit registration process is SO REAL! Congrats to AABB! Thank them for all the work they're doing to protect ALL OF US by making a donation today.

I donated today! It's been so meaningful to be part of @authorsabb.bsky.social, you don't need to donate to be a member and support this work, but if you can, it's very appreciated 📚💕👏

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...

yesss!!!!!!!!!!

You can donate to #AuthorsAgainstBookBans through Zelle!

CONGRATULATIONS to one of the most amazing, dedicated groups out there working to keep books in schools and libraries and bookstores. Academic author-friends: Highly recommend joining! Get informed and connected. Lots of ways to get involved. Oh, and kick them some $$$ if you love books!

Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations! For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE. Imagine what we could do with $$$ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/

What is Take Back The Classroom? A deep dive into the project making its way into right-wing circles, aiding in book bans nationwide. Who is behind it? How does it work? How are they recruiting new cult members? Know before it reaches your library. bookriot.com/what-is-take...

It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO (and they HAVE been in this era of book bans) (defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it) (because it does)

What's going on in Florida re: communism and education is wild, they're really bringing back McCarthyism (with the added bonus of not being able to talk about McCarthyism)

Do we have _Squad_ by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social at Berkeley Public Library? Why yes, yes we do!

I asked Fatma if she had any photos of Lolo and she said she was shy to share them (which I told her was fine) but then sent me this sweet one to share ❤️

Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"

In the last few days, there's been a lot of fearful chatter about how "ICE NOW HAS THE CAPABILITIES TO HACK INTO ANY PHONE" with Paragon Systems Graphite spyware. This isn't an accurate assessment of how the spyware works and who is at risk, so at LFP we made some graphics to help folks understand.

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You have about 24 more hours to bid on a set of signed books and stickers from me, or any of the other 280+ items in this year's Peacetober Art Auction! This fundraiser will help support 25 Palestinian family campaigns in Gaza: www.32auctions.com/organization...

"BUT BILL CLINTON IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES" okay man arrest him too

Alaska Fall of Freedom Event-Anchorage-area folks, join us to read or listen to our favorite banned books! Sat., Nov. 22, 6:30-8:00 pm at The Writer's Block co-hosted by the Alaska chapter of Authors Against Book Bans and The Writer's Block Bookstore and Café @authorsabb.bsky.social #FallOfFreedom

Imagine what an actual opposition party could do right now.

omg and IT HAD TO BE HIM made Kirkus's best romance of 2025 as well??

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We have some good neighbors.

I studied studio art in college (it's what my degree is in) and I haven't painted for probably a decade and today I decided to try again and it's... listen when people say if you don't use it you lose it were telling the truth

If this is just to promote their new books I am going to be so bummed and ALSO Someone write the fake romance turned real romance of this situation for me pls thanks

Somebody asked for a source for my allegation that ClaimsHero is deceptively luring authors on social media. Source 1: MY EYEBALLS, I’ve seen the ads. Source 2, an article from Law360, needs a login. I took a picture of a PDF and I’m sorry in advance but I simply cannot type all this into alt-text.