Was at FSU near the shooting, I don’t have any worlds for how devastated I feel

Working on a presentation for class about Messalina and the importance of evaluating sources of information. Needed some fun so I made a fake gossip magazine cover for my slides based off of the J-14 magazines of yore #homework

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

Wait, so now Americans will suffer “temporary hardship” to “make America great,” but they wouldn’t support temporarily wearing a mask to help reduce the spread of COVID because it “violated our freedom” ? The contradictions just keep piling up.

Yesterday me and my partner spent 30 mins or so laughing about heelys and how heelys were used in the Little Mermaid Musical. No shade to the musical- I haven’t seen it- just enjoying the fact heelys made it from school hallways to the big stage.

What’s horrifying to sit with is that this strategy of telling a big enough lie long enough and repeating it enough until people believe it was a cornerstone for Nazi propaganda, literally. It’s meant to disorient and confuse so people are thrown into survival mode versus allowing critical thinking.

I’ve always joked that a man can never out smart me, but they can out dumb me. They say something so ludicrous and unbelievable that my rational brain reasons with it until it makes sense. And then they actually do the unbelievable thing. Turns out it’s the president’s modus operandi.

Until last year, I never thought I would excitedly browse the non-fiction section. Now I get giddy when I see non-fiction sections have sub sections for more precise subject heading categorization. Do some of them leave me with existential dread? Sure, but I also learn so much!! #booksky

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.

If empathy is a sin then I’ll see you in hell 😘

Finished Careless People, and while it did leave me with a sense of dread over the reckless ignorance & arrogance of so many, I am glad it was published. I hate that a lawsuit is being weaponized against the author,but I am so glad it’s causing so many people to want to read this. #booksky

Early voting is taking place for the special elections in Florida for seats in the U.S. House in the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts. Election Day is on Tuesday, April 1st. Get out and vote for Democratic candidates Gay Valimont and Josh Weil!

I’m almost done with Careless People, and I cannot tell you what is more disturbing: hearing the methods the Trump team used to manipulate political advertising on FB during the 2016 campaign or Zuck’s reaction to the shady tactics. “Careless” is right, also reckless, and insecure . #booksky

Reading “What My Bones Know” by Stephanie Foo, and have cried many times. I was diagnosed with CPTSD in 2020, and since then have felt like I’m at war with myself to just be happy. This book is honest, vulnerable, and powerful. I am so glad this was written. app.thestorygraph.com/books/c7f722...

Who amongst us has not been an issue for national security in the group chat

Librarians in Cincinnati got a shock recently when an overdue book was returned 98 years late. "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on Nov. 23, 1926. (via @917wvxu.bsky.social)

In 2024 the IMLS provided $11,427,660 to Florida, 9 million of which was towards the five year plan to 1) Champion Lifelong Learning, 2)Advance collections access, & 3)Strengthen communities. Trump’s golfing trips in 2025 alone have likely cost over 18 million. Waste, abuse, and fraud indeed.

Reading Careless People feels like finding out there was always a FB Death Star overhead, but it wasn’t part of some elaborate evil galactic takeover. It arose from the whims of a rich, arrogant, insulated group who are just as likely to blow up the Death Star as the planets below. #booksky

I am so stressed about work and school, but that does not stop be from procrastinating by making my very own… Custom kobo screen saver! 🤓 #booksky #kobo

Now all I can imagine is the Burlesque movie but in Silent Hill “In my restless dreams, I see that Burlesque”

As someone who loves libraries & academia, we have got to do better about practicing what we preach. We should be loud about protesting book bans in school libraries , supporting public libraries, & addressing systemic power imbalances in our workplaces, or we’re complicit. #librarysky

Was reading an article about the toxic work dynamics at academic libraries, specifically the division between staff and faculty, and the entire article was like “Communicate more!” 😒 Nothing against the paper, just frustrated that we needed an article to address this problem #libraryschool

Two special elections for congressional seats in Florida could change the balance in the House. Dems have raised a ton of $, but Repubs are still favored to win. Dems need to get EVERY REGISTERED DEM VOTER to the poll & every Republican voter concerned abt social Sec. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Was rewatching Wicked last night (yes I cry during the ball room scene) and was just like “Damn, wonder what it would be like to have an authoritarian power actively erase history and oppress groups to scapegoat their own incompetence” and then I remembered I’m living in America 🙃

There are tons of great indie books out there, and this is truly just the tip of the iceberg. If you’re an author, we encourage you to self-rec in the comments, and/or tag us in posts! We also have an announcement about our indie book database coming soon! 👀 #booksky #transrightsreadathon #trr25

Want to remind everyone of this unreal work of databasing where you can filter books by preference made by @beffynicolereads.bsky.social while you're looking for your #transrightsreadathon reads. 💙📚🌈

If anyone's looking for the mega list of Trans lit for the readathon and just for their own reading here they are! docs.google.com/spreadsheets... docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Last night I viewed @wmarybeard.bsky.social talk “Misleading Lives: The Perils of Ancient Biography” on Zoom, all the way from FL. I read “Emperor of Rome” over break & fell in love with learning more about antiquity. I am so grateful for the opportunities that remote/accessible learning create.

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

Since Sen. Randy Fine’s SB100 in FL wants to ban government “entities” from flying flags with “political viewpoints”, maybe he should fly a white flag since this is surrendering free speech under the guise of hypocritical “neutrality”

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today, local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

The irony of FSU scrubbing words like “woman” from their website when FSU began as a women’s college is beyond words. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are strengths, essential for healthy democracy. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

One can think (as indeed I do) that academics have duties of charity and civility toward one another *and also* think that those duties are defeasible by clear indications of bad faith or lack of charity on the other academic's part.

Hey, everyone! Here are some of my favorite online markets to use instead of Amazon: etrailer.com - DIY products, RV focused bhphotovideo.com - Tech products, Jewish owned chewy.com - everything pets, including prescriptions bookshop.org - buy books, support local bookstores Share yours below!

The Trans Rights Readathon is 21st-31st March! Get your TBR ready! There are a bunch of prompts below. This is a brilliant annual fundraiser event. I will be thinking about how I want to contribute this year. #booksky #queerbooksky #transbooksky #diversebooksky

A really good read on the existing data gaps and bias was “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” It really struck me how much even well-intentioned studies miss important factors in gathering data about women. app.thestorygraph.com/books/681ebf...

Quotes that keep me moving right now: #hadestown

Love is Blind is just micro-dosing polyamory minus any healthy boundaries

On Monday I completely broke. Sobbing, hopeless, full of despair, and I couldn’t imagine getting to Tuesday. I have not felt that in a long time. And yet here I am, on Friday. sad, scared, angry, but alive. That gives me hope. I refuse to let despair take me; they’ll have to do better than that.

There is a lot of very justifiable anger and fear, and I understand the human urge to define an “us” vs “them”. But there are people in red states who are just as scared, angry, and vulnerable, who cannot leave. Please do not let fear harden your heart to forsake others, where you can.

Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org

Jonathan Harris's painting puts me in mind of the idea of "Do not comply in advance," in that: while the current WH occupant and his cronies may be demanding this whitewashing of both history and current events, kindness and decency behooves us to resist that whitewashing where and when we can.

This search engine rules - you can opt out of AI generated results, and when you search you get actual results instead of 10 ads and maybe something relevant.

Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.

Here are some Indigenous Book Recs based on your zodiac. Come join my reader community on Discord for more recs! discord.gg/S6vwHnjfZh