Should I share with my HS students?!

Just finished “Once There Were Wolves” by Charlotte McConaghy. Love how she combines nature and science with gritty family/relationship drama and a mysterious death or two. This one is set in Scotland. Not quite as good as Wild Dark Shore but enjoyable #booksky

Do yourself a favor and watch this.

🚨BREAKING: According to exclusive research by Democracy Docket, the Supreme Court’s ruling will likely derail at least 28 pro-voting lawsuits that aim to stop state legislatures from drawing electoral maps that dilute the voting power of racial minorities. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

But to be fair, goldfish are smarter than Trump supporters so…

Is this illegal?

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I love this Republican strategy of constantly talking about building a golden ballroom while ordinary Americans go without. It's as if Marie Antoinette cackled at starving peasants about eating cake from her gilded carriage *every* day until the guillotine finally silenced her tone-deaf snideness.

Pot, meet kettle. Trump regularly refers to others as radical lunatics, low IQ people, sick, scum, terrorists. If MAGA wants a change in tone, they need to start with themselves.

Melania Trump whining about Jimmy Kimmel’s “hateful and violent rhetoric” is about as hypocritical as it gets. Clean up your own house, Mrs. Trump.

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A room full of the most powerful people in politics and media presumed they were being attacked by an active shooter. They dove under tables and texted loved ones. They feared for their lives. And somehow, not a damn thing will be done by them to push for gun reform tomorrow morning. America.

Meanwhile, back in the real world . . . You were found to be a rapist by a unanimous jury, Donald.

Every single word of this. From @djrothkopf.bsky.social:

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

Anyone suggesting we should stop accurately pointing out factual ways that the president is wrecking this country on a daily basis, or expressing an opinion about that, because of something a random nut does is espousing a profoundly un-American concept that I completely reject.

Just a reminder that past motives for assassination attempts have included: "because the ghost of William McKinley told me to," "to save the trees" and "to impress Jodie Foster."

Happy Miss Congeniality Day to all who celebrate!

School break staycation & I’ve watched 2 amazing shows that couldn’t be more different. Shrinking is a funny, moving, dive into grief & trauma. DTF St Louis is a darker, often cringey, powerful look at male loneliness. DTF has a lot of sex/nudity but is much more than just a love triangle mystery

Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting

Texas Tech should change its name to Texas HVAC Repair School if they don't want any of that commie book learnin' to get in the way of their glide course to a glorified trade school certificate.

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

In my Stop the Presses newsletter, I gave my advice: Cancel the damn dinner.

A man and his 3 children are caretakers of a remote island, which houses a research lab and precious seed vault. But when rising sea levels threaten their existence, people begin to make desperate choices. Beautifully written in alternating POVs, it’s about family, the climate crisis, grief #booksky

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

(Reassuringly) No, see, this is like Vietnam

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

The list of 2025's most challenged books was release this morning as part of ALA's State of America's Libraries Report. Of the 4,235 unique titles that were challenged or banned in 2025, these were the top 11 most frequently targeted for censorship: https://bit.ly/3TE4cHi #NationalLibraryWeek

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace. Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time Saturday, joining preschoolers at a child care center for a book reading and singalong. Source: Emma G. Fitzsimmons / NYT

“Trump talks too much.” Truer words have never been spoken

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This inventive, moving book examines the ripple effects of our choices by imagining the story of an abused woman and her 2 children in three different ways. The reader gets pieces of each version in a series of timeline jumps. It was a little tricky to follow but worth it.TW domestic abuse #booksky

“I’ve been using ChatGPT to help with cooking for a while now, so I didn’t think too much of it when the ingredients list included a bottle filled with gasoline and a cloth wick,” said the alleged attacker

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You can understand Trump's confusion here, as his exposure to "Christians" has mostly been a collection of grasping televangelists and other assorted religious conmen who regularly gather to lay their hands on him and call him the chosen instrument of God as the cameras roll.

May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.

A troubled girl from a wealthy family goes missing from summer camp, years after her brother disappeared there and was never found. It’s a mystery that focuses on family dynamics, excesses of the rich, the legacy of grief, secrets and lies. One plot hole bugged me but a good read overall #bluesky

A bit of humor for you to brighten your day.

First flower in my garden, black and white to convey the drama of it!

Trump is done. He needs to be removed from office. He’s compromised, unwell, and unfit. Call your Republican reps and tell them it’s time. He’s an albatross. Cut him loose.

Nothing left to say Billions feel this way .

This is not an exaggeration, it's exactly what happened.

Trump and the official White House rapid response account are saying that CNN is broadcasting a fraudulent statement by the Islamic Republic but it’s not. CNN is broadcasting an official regime statement that humiliates Trump. The statement is not fraudulent, it’s authentic.

Ceasefire off to a great start Trump on social media screeching about how CNN must be criminally prosecuted for the reporting below Americans still not understanding that this psychopath would *10 times out of 10* kill 20+ million rather than admit he got his ass handed to him

In a sane world, in a world of accountability, the man who incited a deadly insurrection five years ago never would have been able to hold public office again. That reckless, abusive man needs to be removed from office. Now.