Today I am exploring library of congress subject headings related to Israel and Palestine and it is *so* fascinating 🤓#librarystudent

The collapse and devastation of Sudan is designed by the UAE, backed by all the usual suspects.

The focus on Mamdani's age and "generational change" is downplaying that he won because of his progressive, anti-billionaire, anti-imperialist, and anti-elitist stances.

There are still a lot of hard times ahead, but remember this moment and what it means: We can win.

#kingmanPark protests and kiddos are represented in here

Applications Open for 2026 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries Contact @libcomix.bsky.social with any questions! #libcomix 📚 www.ala.org/news/2025/10...

My friend @annygaul.bsky.social has a book coming out all about the tomato in Egypt! Learn more about the book, her zine giveaway, recipes, and how to purchase.

Soybean farmer: All of agriculture is struggling right now. Every farmer's going to lose about $100 an acre. As a consequence of that, John Deere is laying off people. Rural America is hurting right now.

New to me: @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social now has a tool library! www.dclibrary.org/using-the-li...

4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]: 1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]? 2. Who's already doing work around this injustice? 3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them? 4. How can I be constructive?

It’s pub day for my romance novel about tearing down fascism! Thank you to everyone who helped it get out into the world! Launch event tonight at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, Wed @peoplesbooktakoma.com, Thurs NYC & then Boston/Philly @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Great turnout tonight for @keyachatterjee.bsky.social’s book launch: The Revolution will not be rated G. At @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social Our world needs more activist romance novels like this (+inspired by Beverly Jenkins!!!) please!

Today, October 14 2025::Isr eli forces turn Palestinian homes in the West Bank into military barracks Source: english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know. findmeatherapist.org

"Every day I wake up, I feel like I am in a mental obstacle course." New data shows evictions in D.C. have surged past pre-pandemic levels, fueled by shrinking aid, high rents, and weakened tenant protections. In partnership with @streetsensedc.bsky.social and the Investigative Reporting Workshop:

and you can also donate books to teachers from their wishlists! support Title 1 schools and buy a classroom some books from our local indie bookstore Teacher wishlists here: www.eastcitybookshop.com/schools-and-...

DC! buy some 📚 at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social this weekend and support Eliot Hine Middle School! Buy a book online or in the store and say you are with Eliot Hine (**you must say Eliot Hine**) and 20% goes back to our school shop by Monday October 12!

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

Tonight!

BREAKING: Israeli forces have opened fire on a young Palestinian man near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, reports our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/72upo8

It’s #BannedBooksWeek and @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social will be hosting the famed Banned Wagon this Weds 10/8, 3-7pm. They will showcase a selection of 30 banned books and distribute free copies (while supplies last). Take action, save our stories, and preserve First Amendment rights!

Decoding Dyslexia DC was shining at today’s literacy event at @planetworddc.bsky.social museum!

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Nobody actually thought they would stop bombing Gaza. Come on.

‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown @19thnews.org "This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’” 19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...

When DC retires the #DCstreetcar, what are the chances it will replace it with protected bike lanes?

The accounts of D.C. kids losing their parents to ICE detentions, parents facing deportation, unsure when or if they'll see their children again... there really are no words. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Hire more librarians

Mapping Segregation in Washington DC via DCLA Wed October 8 - 6:30 to 8 pm Learn the history of housing segregation in DC, discuss the Mapping Segregation project, and how you, librarians and educators can use this tool. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Birdsong by Julie Flett is one of my absolute favorite books. I love it so much. My daughter used to love it when I read it to her. It's about a sweet relationship between a girl and her elderly neighbor.

*very important + useful* topic in our Decoding Dyslexia DC October meeting: Reading Goals for IEPs w/ the brilliant Laurie Maloney Wed October 8 at 7pm online IEP goals for reading shouldn’t feel like guesswork. Join us for clarity, strategy and a ready-to-use list! mailchi.mp/14911cdb26c2...

Tonight!

I love @microcosm.bsky.social 's zine highlight for today! The Autism Handbook - A #autism primer by an autistic person (co-written with a trusted therapist)! It looks so pretty too 😍https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/9928

I loved this interview with @heykellyjensen.bsky.social about libraries, democratizing knowledge, why smutty romance is possibly the next frontier of book bans, and more

Nominate your favorite librarian 😍 ilovelibraries.org/love-my-libr...

Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'

The world is a mess - and so is my city - but at least my university's virtual interlibrary loan came through for me tonight. Woot woot.

this is a very sharp piece on why it makes no sense to run universities as if they are businesses. They're not businesses. www.afr.com/work-and-car...

This. Read the whole thing. It is all connected.

Last night, a judge ordered recently-released Palestinian activist and former @columbiasipa.bsky.social student Mahmoud Khalil deported Tonight at 6 at Busboys and Poets, I’ll be the first to speak with Khalil since the ruling. We will talk about Columbia, cancellation, and free speech.

I don’t know who in #DC needs to hear this, but I got my #covid shot quickly w/o RX at a Hyattsville CVS today. The pharmacist encouraged me to bring in my kids for their shots too I couldn’t schedule them online (!!!) so I thought it wasn’t available yet BUT IT IS #fuRFKjr

This was published almost a year ago, but is more important than ever. DC needs The 51st! Become a member today: 51st.news/dc-deserves-...

“…Neighbors don’t want something that is replicating mistakes of the past… an overemphasis on vehicle traffic and pollution was one of [those] issues.” Thank you @wtopnews.bsky.social for covering this. wtop.com/dc/2025/09/r...

As others have pointed out, the idea that we can control their behavior by modeling respectability (cooperating with the compulsory grief around Kirk, for example, and not saying truthful/angry things about him) is akin to an abused person's belief that they can control the abuse by being perfect.

Saving! Maybe relevant to your book @keyachatterjee.bsky.social ?

BREAKING: At least 59 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, medical sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kz2du2

Video of the Women's March "Mass Call: Military & Police Occupation" with DC and Chicago organizers NeeNee Taylor and Kelly Hayes. I give a short presentation on how crime data is being used and note many are too preoccupied with the data and are losing the plot. www.youtube.com/live/7Obe2Cy...

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.