It's not always apathy when Black people aren't freaking out under terror. We've always lived under terror whistling & singing & dancing & making art & good food & loving each other.

Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal "You should promise to do the impossible, because sometimes the impossible was possible, if you could find the right way, and at least you could often extend the limits of the possible. And if you failed, well, it had been impossible."

Check out this eagle-eyed traffic reporter! We spotted this beauty perched over I-35W in Minneapolis 🦅 Want to see road conditions, traffic impacts and some more wildlife? Explore our cameras on 511mn.org today.

Wild how being anti-pedophilia is a partisan issue.

The theme for the state library association's annual conference is "Fired Up & Ready To Go". Think I'll submit a session titled "25 Books You *Should* Burn".

remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures

I think there should be an Oscar for best movie under 100 minutes. Let's incentivize this.

I'm sorry if this sounds radical, but I don't think Dems should be voting to give this deeply unpopular, lawless, fascistic secret police force billions more dollars.

WHEN YOU’RE DONE, I NEED TO USE YOU AS BAIT

Full-text to be posted online soon, but for now I want to say I am so glad we got this into the interpretation: "Libraries are vital community spaces. They may offer a place of refuge in recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family."

So @safety.bsky.app apparently introduced some sort of strike program for violations but….never told us anything about it?? What the hell good is a system like this if you don’t tell us how many strikes for what violations and what strikes ultimately add up to??

They can’t do it because it points out that they themselves are doing nothing to help. Maybe three of them saying Abolish ICE. The rest are talking about retraining and body cams and QR codes.

Th-read

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos

I recently met a widowed 71-year-old woman still working two jobs and living at an extended-stay hotel because even two jobs don't pay her enough to afford rent. This is what "one more year of work" looks like in America.

An important thing to know about Air Force 1 turning back last night due to a "minor electrical issue" is that Donald Trump is a rapist.

When people say “there is no returning to normal”, it’s not meant as doomerism. It’s an invitation to bigger thinking and dreaming. When people say, “this is always what the US was”, it’s not a resignation. It’s a call to action for all of us to imagine beyond the concept of the US as it stands.

It would be nice if @democrats.org @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social leaders stopped acting like Trump isn't an oatmeal-brained lump of criminal avarice slathered in fascism.

every morning I wake up to check and see if it happened. One day it will. 👆🏾

I think everyone could benefit from a little aurora break

It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by. Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

I'm afraid of Americans, too, David!

Everyone’s sharing this “cows use tools” news like they’re harmless creatures. You guys know that cows kill more people than sharks do, right? Right?

Because it’s art about the present, that’s why.

Somebody wrote us just the nicest note about how much they appreciate the library and I'm like 🥹🥹🥹

I think the thing that will prevent a restoration of “normalcy” even when/if Trump & MAGA are in the rearview mirror is literally how many of our key institutions *treat* this era as normal. Media, markets and yes, much of the opposition party are just not reacting like this is a fascist takeover.

RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY. Setting up for today's rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago. About to start. If you're in the Loop, come join us NOW!

This is what you do when you’re running death camps

In some sense we all thought we were going to Union Station only to end up stranded in Vienna Virginia with psychotic bus driver.

i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory

How to get into nature.

*frantically googling* moral arc bent wrong how to fix wikihow diy moral arc fix moral arc technician near me

Gandalf's "a wizard is never late, nor is he early" and Kesha's "Now, the party don't start 'til I walk in" are essentially the same sentiment

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

fuck it let’s just get super weird with it all ‘til it’s over.

Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…

This is a WILD thread—that is still ongoing bsky.app/profile/musi...

C.S. Lewis Black, is that anything

a Kavanaugh Breaking and Entering

Time to watch a Kurosawa movie while petting a cat and drinking tea.

i wish i could still buy things at the prices i used to complain about

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.

This is a good day to eat herring and pickles for lunch.

Dolly Parton and my Governor @jbpritzker.bsky.social share a birthday. Today.