The diversity of corn from across the world 🌽 Photography by Jonas Frei, j.d.frei [IG] #corn #diversity #agro #food

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social

Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people

Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds). Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled. These numbers WILL get worse. If you can help you will save lives.

Asbestos. I’m sure that in the Trump administration’s carefully-considered demolition of the East Wing of the White House (a structure largely built in 1942), they’ve remembered to safely remove any asbestos.

The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compact”. Sign this alumni petition now to tell your school to reject the "Compact" and stand up for campus freedom. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/si...

Not mad being the #SaturdayLibrarian today.

Gilligan had his first play date with Frankie. #rescuedog #pugs

this is something white people will never understand.

Welcome Gilligan, our new rescue pug. He’s from Texas, but he enjoyed a hike in the New England woods. #dogs

To celebrate, get a pizza, which is circle made up of triangles and is <wait for it> a pie.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything? LEAVING women out of a meeting on WOMENS HEALTH is CRIMINAL.

the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people

It’s illegal for a President to rule by Executive Order This is not opinion it’s fact It’s a COUP Keep Reposting

1. You can't trust XXX. 2. The public doesn't trust XXX. 3. Because the public does not trust XXX, we must not do XXX. 4. Repeat.

#showmeyourknits knitter’s choice. Found my copy of EZ’s The Opinionated Knitter and finished a #babysurprisejacket and booties in record time; #tomtenjacket on the needles.

We found the people breaking the law and defying the courts: It’s Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.

Caring for stationery in hot weather, a brief guide: - pop pencils in a jar of cool water to prevent wilting - lie erasers somewhere dark, under a damp cloth - vintage stamps will curl, pop into an envelope & under a book - paperclips warping? Refrigerate. - bury wax crayons, note location

A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”

Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

The federal government is telling you they cannot afford to house you, feed you, educate you or heal you — but that they do have enough resources and scale to criminalize, assault, deport and incarcerate your neighbors simply going to work or taking their kids to graduation.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Put this on a billboard.

It’s strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

we have a secretary of -transportation making it more dangerous to travel -education making kids stupider -defense making us more vulnerable to attacks -homeland security making us feel less secure than ever -health and human services trying to spread illness everything’s fine.

Here’s my #Kallias cardigan by @isabellkraemer.bsky.social for this week’s #showmeyourknits. Such a fun knit!

Man checks out 100 books from Beachwood Library, then burns them in social media post 📚 www.cleveland.com/community/20...

Good thread

"He is sitting, standing, and lying down at the same time"

Fraternal twins🧶

Banning books is not about books. Banning books is about the erasure of stories. Banning books is about the erasure of identities. Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism. Silence is complicity. Resist this regime. Resist this regime of monstrous evildoers.

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Coptic socks, 4th-6th c CE (Common Era), not knit, but some kind of stretchy fabric formed with stacked loops. In the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Firenze.

When I was a kid, I never could quite grasp how the Dark Ages happened, how a society would *choose* to walk away from science and knowledge. Probably with the help of a bunch of liberals who were quiet when the targets were minority groups or thinkers who made them uncomfortable.

Hi, #bluesky: As you know, nearly all staff at the (IMLS) was placed on administrative leave and, as a result, all processing of grants has been suspended. W/in weeks libraries will feel the loss of these funds. PLEASE CALL YOUR REPS. #booksky #skybrarians

I woke Papi up from his long nap to answer a letter from a concerned reader who says they feel scared and small in the wake of everything these days johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...

One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...

This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

Elon Musk was never appointed by Congress DOGE was not either A President cannot rule by executive orders It’s all illegal This is fact not opinion Keep Reposting

Today’s calls, if they made any difference. 5calls.org/issue/instit...

This isn’t just anti-DEI, removing people they think were celebrated only because of their color or gender. It is saying that no matter how truly important one’s achievements, if you aren’t a white male you don’t matter. www.axios.com/local/salt-l...

Here are some actionable items you can do to help #SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries. 1. Both call and write your reps. Tell them stories how your library helps your community. Remind them that the ROI on libraries is 4-5 dollars for every tax dollar spent. 2. Sign this petition. 3. Tell your friends.

Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones. Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.

Well, now I’m just sobbing. Thank you Laura Gilpin. You are missed.