Nobody does autumn like New England. Hands down. Sorry, we don’t make the rules. #AutumnEquinox

OMG! Congratulations to you both!! 🏆🏆🎉

In MOTHER OF METHADONE, @melodyglenn.bsky.social thought it was important to share her journey as a physical who once had judgment toward people with addiction. She wanted to change people’s minds who still might be in that place.

TAX THEM ALL TAKE ALL OF THEIR MONEY 2% isn’t enough, you crybabies

Digital literacy is more than knowing how to use our devices. @heidsky.bsky.social says it’s about understanding the risks, the power dynamics, recognizing misinformation on all platforms, and knowing who collects our data.

As UUs, we affirm the right to speak conscience freely. Kristen Cox Roby responds to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension in a UU World editorial: bit.ly/4naESW9

Unlike pro-charter education reformers, Kristen Buras actually addresses the repeated, intentional, multi-generational, systematic fiscal neglect of both the schools and the Black community in New Orleans. She does this in WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE.

@georgetakei.bsky.social is the 2025 Honorary Chair of #BannedBooksWeek (Oct 5–11), joined by youth advocate Iris Mogul. Together they’ll spotlight the harms of censorship. https://www.ala.org/news/2025/09/legendary-actorauthoractivist-george-takei-named-honorary-chair-banned-books-week-2025

With meticulous research and expansive compassion, @madameclair08.bsky.social’s TELL HER STORY tells not only of Eleanor Bumpurs’ life, but her legacy, advanced in no small part by Bumpurs’ daughter Mary. #BlackWomenLead @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

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“I have been particularly interested in what anger and rage look like when directed away from the self and toward those social and cultural stories that continue to oppress fat bodies and fat people.”—Breanne Fahs buff.ly/bD9JQuF

Looking forward to reading this!

While some young people received government-funded platitudes about abstinence, other US students got government-funded sex ed and comprehensive care through school-based clinics. This model gained momentum in the 80s. @margaretgmyers.bsky.social

“Like many New Yorkers, she [Eleanor Bumpurs] witnessed the ravages of Reaganomics on working-class and poor people, including her own family.” — @madameclair08.bsky.social

It’s 🏳️🌈COVER REVEAL💪🏽 Friday for @crileysnorton.bsky.social & Darius Bost! A BLACK QUEER HISTORY OF THE US is the first-ever Black history to center queer voices, tracing the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day. Watch this space in January 2026!👀 Cover design: Louis Roe

Don’t underestimate the roles of women in shaping public education. Mothers on both sides of the political spectrum have been the parents who are the most involved in their children's education. @laurapappano.bsky.social

Around this time next year, Yi Wei’s DIARY will be joining the ranks of our other National Poetry Series-winning collections on all the bookshelves. Welcome to the fam, Yi Wei!

Much can happen between now and the midterm elections in November 2026. Whether Trump responds about the Epstein files in a manner that satisfies his voters is a question that could have important political consequences.

Fatness has long been treated as a spectacle that must be surveilled. When THE BIGGEST LOSER was on TV, Breanne Fahs says people seemed to take pleasure in watching fat people suffer. @freeblackgirl.bsky.social

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Ask anyone in the US what their sex ed experience was like, and you’ll get stories that are all over the map. Some didn’t have it at all, some got the scare tactics rendition, and some got the abstinence-only schtick. @margaretgmyers.bsky.social

That’s what we love to see! Billy-Ray Belcourt’s THE IDEA OF AN ENTIRE LIFE on Book Riot’s September queer books roundup! 🤩

On this day in 1923, the NAACP denounced remarks by Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Mayor Joseph Cauffiel, who had threatened Black and Mexican migrants, telling them to leave town or risk violence.

Connect the dots. We can see the attitude of “No Humans Involved” in the way immigrants in this country are being treated right now with Trump’s mass deportation policies. @cherylneely.bsky.social

Participating in this documentary was pure joy, I loved the boss! It’s excellent. Hope you will watch it on PBS.

“Emergency medicine is still critically important. We are the safety net for the entire health care system.” — @melodyglenn.bsky.social

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

What happened to New Orleans schools and school policies post Katrina? Increased funding went to the charter sector, closing long-standing public schools Black communities depended on. @underthetreepod.bsky.social

#tdih 2020: The 1776 Commission was announced at WH Conference on American History. ZEP & 1619 Project attacked. Commission became blueprint for wave of book bans, anti-history laws, & censorship that spread in 2021 & continue today. Defend #FreedomtoLearn www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/17...

How deep does the pretendianism and ethnic fraud rabbit hole go? @dinagw.bsky.social exposes how Indian identity is commodified in this provocative takedown of America’s tribal politics. @publisherswkly.bsky.social

If we want to improve sex ed, it starts by advocating for it in our local communities. It’s also time for us to stop thinking about sex ed as a one-time talk or course. @margaretgmyers.bsky.social

News❗ ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR will soon have a new, updated Israel/Palestine section ❗ Plus a couple of other small tweaks w/court case updates. Print version should update v. soon, ebook (still just $2.99 now!) "now, or tomorrow at the latest"! Thx @beaconpress.bsky.social!

@melodyglenn.bsky.social’s journey to become certified in addiction medicine involved many of the same obstacles Dr. Marie Nyswander confronted decades earlier. This makes her wonder: How much have things really changed? @filtermag.bsky.social

Historians love archives and footnotes—but some stories won’t let go. For me, that was Sigrid Schultz. On Sept. 25, I’ll share her story at the National WWII Museum. Free, in person or online. 🗃️ Register: https://tinyurl.com/3bs4n7m5

Marked by craftsmanship, with the deft hand of a poet and academic, thematic intrigue is weaved throughout Billy-Ray Belcourt’s new poetry collection, THE IDEA OF AN ENTIRE LIFE. And it’s out now!

Jerry Greenfield is resigning from Ben & Jerry's after nearly 50 years at the iconic ice cream company he co-founded with childhood friend Ben Cohen. Greenfield said in a resignation letter that parent company Unilever had worked to silence the founders from speaking out on social issues.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM was published 67 years ago on #TDIH. When the Montgomery bus boycott began, many in the white community thought Rosa Parks was “planted” by the NAACP.

Across the country, ordinary Americans are being fired for expressing their opinions about Charlie Kirk’s killing. Read more about why this is a moment very much akin to the Red Scares of the 20th century: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/8uypM5

Women in the arts are often underrepresented and underpaid. @sgriest.bsky.social went on a 10-year journey to ask them how and why they choose the artist’s path despite the odds. @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

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🚨GIVEAWAY ALERT!🚨 @terencekeel.bsky.social’s THE CORONER’S SILENCE uncovers how the current system of death investigation operates as a mechanism of obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths. Enter our Goodreads giveaway by 10/11 for a chance to win a copy!

A little excerpt from my book, THE FIGHT FOR SEX ED, on why I think public schools are so important and interesting, and powerful.

According to Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, protest is a defining part of the US story because we as a nation were born out of protest. And from that foundation comes the fight for rights through the ages.

‘The disenfranchised men of the manosphere disdain women, and yet women continue to be asked to feel pity and concern for them.’ Emily Witt (@embits.bsky.social) on Andrew Tate, incels and online masculinity: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“Until his death, Dobson insisted that homosexuality and women’s autonomy were willful rejections of God’s will, ones that both the family and the state must stamp out.”—Sara Moslener @religiondispatches.org

This remains to be seen

Happy #PublicationDay, Steven Sandor! 🏒 LEVELING THE ICE, a deep dive into the institutional racism and prejudice in the sport of hockey that persists across all levels—and how it will impact the future of the sport, “is a book that needed to be written.” — @kevinsheahockey.bsky.social

Judith Butler responds to Berkeley's sending names: "When Universities Become Informants: A Practice from the McCarthy Era Makes an Ugly Return" www.chronicle.com/article/when...

Happy #PublicationDay, Achy Obejas! 🥳 THE BOY KINGDOM/EL REINO DE LOS VARONES is the newest volume in our Raised Voices poetry series. Her brilliant bilingual meditation on being a queer mother to 2 sons is “heart-bending.” — @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social