Our government functions like a rich nuclear family with an abusive dad. You don’t even have to look too deeply to see it. It’s After-School Special shit.

This also means avoiding picture books (written predominately by whyte authors) that prioritize anthropomorphizing animals as 'diversity' rather than actually just using diverse humans in the book.

I have read everyday for 600 days! As a curriculum specialist, I enjoy reading across the scaffolded reading environment. This means I prioritize picture books that humanize individuals and communities that are often dehumanized in USA media. #books #booksky #reading #reader

As a trans individual who was attacked by right wing Christian conservatives in '06-'08, this rhetoric is nothing new. I was accused of "teaching transgenderism" to high school students when actually I was educating everyone around me (even adults) about my humanity. #transman #transgender #queer

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

I read 756 #books in 2025. Nearly 500 of those books I accessed through my local library. My most read author of 2025 was Carole Boston Weatherford. I am looking forward to sharing more book thoughts in 2026. #booksky #reading #reader #queerreader #disabledreader

Today is one of those days where I’m struck anew by how *bad* the internet has gotten. It’s almost unusable. Clouds, apps, advertising — nothing is where it should be and it’s nigh impossible sometimes to do basic tasks online.

I finished Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin. This text made me think about Kamela Harris's 107 Days and the picture book Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott by Brie Spangler and Joyce Scott with illustrations by Melissa Sweet. #reading #booksky #feminism #disability

Entering 2026 only using @thestorygraph.com #books #reading

Remote work/education is one of the biggest disability accommodations we’ve had and yet people dunk on it as “ruining socialisation”. Because enduring micro aggressions, not being able to go to the bathroom when you want and 💯 attendance awards are all super helpful for child development etc.

Merry Christmas to me, just preordered @mychal3ts.bsky.social upcoming picture book from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social along with Tell Me a Story: Fantastic Children's Books from the Library of Congress & Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes) #books #reading #queer

Living that unique moment of existence that really f*cks with jkrowling's mind. Trans man bleeding. Oh my! It's what happens when it takes months to get my T from the pharmacy. It's not out of stock or banned (yet), but it's also not in my hands? Idk. Living as trans under fascism. #transman #queer

Betty Reid Soskin, who served as the country's oldest National Park Service ranger, has died at the age of 104. Soskin’s family announced her death on Facebook, saying she died peacefully at her home in Richmond, California. “She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave," the statement read.

@theferocity.bsky.social I listened to the episode of #vibecheckpod with your sharing of Caesar's passing. I was heartbroken for you. The love you hold for that precious fur baby is priceless. Thank you for sharing your love.

Finished We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat. Phenomenal text exploring the cultural and historical relevance of the indigenous Nations. Coyote lineages, parental figures present and absent, and current state of indigenous communities. #booksky #books #reading

Started listening to Vibe Check pod, from the beginning. Every time @theferocity.bsky.social recommends a book, I immediately place that book on my Libby app hold shelf. Grateful for a library system that has these incredibly eye opening texts.

Minutes ago today the Trump regime abruptly cancelled citizenship ceremonies for several immigrants in Boston. THEY CANCELLED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES. These immigrants followed every rule & did everything right—Trump banned them anyway. All are from Black & brown majority nations. This Is Fascism.

Not acknowledging World AIDS Day and engaging in COVID revisionism are straight from the eugenics playbook. One of the most effective ways of making people invisible is by erasing their history.

2025 Must Read: Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman. #books #reading #mustread

A geometric abstract art piece I finished. Acrylic on canvas. #artist #queerart #disabledartist #art #abstractart

Me all week, whispering to my audiobook: "Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good."

Trump’s comments are vile. I am just as angry at the media outlets that bothsided Jamal’s murder, wrote puff pieces for MBS (Atlantic). And, the Washington Post opinion page that dismantled the platform that Jamal wrote for, ended the fellowship in his name, and purged its human rights writers.

This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States. transnewsinitiative.org

Alice Wong changes the way I viewed disability at large, and my disabled body specifically. Wong's memoir, The Year of the Tiger is the first audiobook that radically transformed what I knew an audiobook should be. May her tireless advocacy sustain the next generation of disabled activists #disabled

I think I am a geometric abstract artist.

My October reading summary, thanks to @thestorygraph.com app 89 books 3,476 pages 218.03 hours listened 52% fiction 48% nonfiction #booksky #reading #books

Finding Joy is hard. I'm taking an art class this November. We just finished the first class. Looking forward to completing the artwork.

Less than 200 signatures away from 5000 for this Change . org petition calling on the United States to recognize Palestinian Statehood and self-determination. Takes 5 seconds. Easy action item. Sign. Boost. Raise your voice. bit.ly/4nEUKjT

If we don't understand our US history, we are ignorant to the screaming dog whistles used daily by this administration.

The single most important behavioral pattern I created is reading picture books. This one routine is the foundational skill in my mental health toolbox. As a person with a visual disability, the highest reading level I can consistently physically read is picture books. Everything else must be audio

An extremely timely site to help you find free or reduced-cost food, housing, supplies, transportation, financial assistance, health care, education, employment resources, legal support, and more: findhelp.org

When the capital city's high school still, in 2025, puts on a yearly 'variety show' rooted in olio and minstrel shows, without providing any foundation racial education, and reactively changes language and optics. 1968ish finally stopped black-face/2020 stopped using the word minstrel Chizzle Wizzle

Recent reads: Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment by Rachel Herzing & Justin Piché Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot #booksky #reading

As l told the @theweekendprime.bsky.social panel the attack on public schools using anti-trans politics is part of a bottom up attack on democracy in attempt to undermine the nations 13,000 school boards.

Today, my Mom would have turned 62. I read picture books in her memory. She gave me my love of reading and libraries. The world has changed so much in the short time since her passing. I wish I could read some picture books with her.

“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic. We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”

“America First” means: •$20B to Argentina to screw American farmers •$38B to Israel for genocide •$??B to Qatar for new Air Force base in Idaho Meanwhile—US Service members stand in food lines because Trump’s government shutdown has them furloughed without pay. So much winning! Are we great yet?🤔

September Reading Round Up, thanks @thestorygraph.com #booksky #reading

If I can sum up 500 days of reading .... I would add, I try really hard to prioritize Black, Trans, disabled women authors and authors who include them in the work.

Remember: •1 million seconds is about 11 days •1 billion seconds is about 32 years •Musk now controls $500B and 500B seconds is about 16,000 years. Billionaires are the only minority destroying our country. Abolish billionaires. Invest in working people. Save our democracy.

I am so happy for all of us that Reading Rainbow is returning! Friends, YOU all did this! 😂🤣 We're flying twice as high, butterflies in the sky! 🦋🌌 Make sure to follow the rainbow! 📚🌈 www.readingrainbow.org

The US military is only 50% white (and it's 15% female) so Hegseth launched an attack on the majority of troops.

Hi! Today I hit my 500th day in a row of some form of reading! Honestly, it's the most effective form of mental health treatment, for me. #booksky #reading #storygraph @thestorygraph.com

Two civil rights attorneys who had spoken out against the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken enforcement of the Fair Housing Act were dismissed from their posts. Their work enforcing the Fair Housing Act (a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights) involved investigating and prosecuting landlords,

A few recent reads. The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women Magic by Lindsay Stewart Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Hawai'i by Sara Kehaulani Goo #reading #booksky

It's not fascist to call fascists fascist. It's not "dehumanizing" to say that terrorizing entire groups of people - which ICE does - is evil. No executive order can change these facts. However, people *can* mess things up for fascists by standing up for community and truth. Like this.

"When a child’s inward turmoil is expressed as distraction, disobedience or fighting with other students, many schools punish the behavior without ever exploring the root causes. There is too much discipline and very little empathy," writes Danny Munoz.

Adults are now prohibited from "doxing" minors per LD 537. Doxing means publishing private or identifying information about them online... after Rep. L. Libby was censured for [doxing] a HS athlete

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.