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Libraries, the ancient Mediterranean world, and fiber arts.
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Nicholas Grossman
2 days ago
Why convert to Catholicism then say the Pope is wrong about theology? If you want to be Christian without deferring to the Pope, there are many options. Isnāt āthe Pope is wrong, the Church is wrong, Iām interpreting scripture myself and communing directly with Godā why we have Protestants?
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Nicole Bedera
about 1 month ago
We need reparations for ICE victims. Anything short of that is setting the stage for a massive wealth grab from people of color that will re-entrench racial disparities for generations.
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bergmayer
2 months ago
"ICE is law enforcement" -- bullshit. arresting people who were admitted to this country legally because you don't like the policies of the previous administration is not law enforcement, it's a perversion of the law
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Don Moynihan
4 months ago
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didnāt. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
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BERGĪMĪX
5 months ago
The diversity of corn from across the world š½ Photography by Jonas Frei, j.d.frei [IG]
#corn
#diversity
#agro
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5 months ago
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
@greensagainstcovid.bsky.social
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This Physicist Says We Donāt Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/10/31/Physicist-COVID-Seriously-Enough/?s=04&fbclid=IwdGRjcAN2orNjbGNrA3ah0mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe4um8pbzF5kHqY1l5LkSpDK-MIMHl3e6DBZOeR6gtkgxPnLjw6C6sb3x7HGU_aem_3IurJiSK3Xnvi8MAXLj5CA
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Dominique Baker
6 months ago
Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
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Erin Biba
6 months ago
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.
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Dr Seth ThƩvoz
6 months ago
Asbestos. Iām sure that in the Trump administrationās carefully-considered demolition of the East Wing of the White House (a structure largely built in 1942), theyāve remembered to safely remove any asbestos.
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The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compactā. Sign this alumni petition now to tell your school to reject the "Compact" and stand up for campus freedom.
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/si...
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SIGN THE ALUMNI PETITION: Tell your school to reject the federal governmentās āCompactā
The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compactā. This is a time for courage, not capitulation. Sign this alumni petition n...
https://alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/sign-the-alumni-petition-tell-your-school-to-reject-the-federal-government-s-compact?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=cd12403b-7fe5-477b-bd5b-365ca5f1cc8e
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Not mad being the
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6 months ago
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Gilligan had his first play date with Frankie.
#rescuedog
#pugs
7 months ago
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intelligentwat š¹š¹ BRING BACK ÅINK
7 months ago
this is something white people will never understand.
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Welcome Gilligan, our new rescue pug. Heās from Texas, but he enjoyed a hike in the New England woods.
#dogs
7 months ago
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Max Kennerly
7 months ago
To celebrate, get a pizza, which is circle made up of triangles and is <wait for it> a pie.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
7 months ago
This may explain why thereās an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirkās 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.
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Donna Stern
7 months ago
THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything? LEAVING women out of a meeting on WOMENS HEALTH is CRIMINAL.
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Anagram Doe
7 months ago
the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
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LunaLuvgood2020
8 months ago
Itās illegal for a President to rule by Executive Order This is not opinion itās fact Itās a COUP Keep Reposting
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Brendan Nyhan
8 months ago
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.
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Atheist Memes
9 months ago
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#showmeyourknits
knitterās choice. Found my copy of EZās The Opinionated Knitter and finished a
#babysurprisejacket
and booties in record time;
#tomtenjacket
on the needles.
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Alt NIH Bluesky š§Ŗ
9 months ago
We found the people breaking the law and defying the courts: Itās Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
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Present & Correct
9 months ago
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
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Kevin M. Kruse
10 months ago
A lot of this countryās problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default ānormalā but any variation on that as āan identityā that is āpoliticalā
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George Conway āļøšŗšø
10 months ago
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Edge O. Erin
10 months ago
Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...
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Bluesky is dying
Bluesky was invented to create a nicer space than Twitter. The problem is that too few people have joined and most are smug and boring.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bluesky-is-dying/
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Debt Collective š„
10 months ago
The federal government is telling you they cannot afford to house you, feed you, educate you or heal you ā 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.
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Eric Swalwell
10 months ago
Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. Sheās lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
10 months ago
Put this on a billboard.
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God
11 months ago
Itās strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.
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John Skiles Skinner
11 months ago
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: š§µ
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Marisa Kabas
11 months ago
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 everythingās fine.
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Hereās my
#Kallias
cardigan by
@isabellkraemer.bsky.social
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#showmeyourknits
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Colleen T
11 months ago
Man checks out 100 books from Beachwood Library, then burns them in social media post š
www.cleveland.com/community/20...
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Man checks out 100 books from Beachwood Library, then burns them in social media post
A man applied for a card from the Beachwood Library and, over two visits, withdrew 100 books. He later posted two videos, one in which he burned all of the books.
https://www.cleveland.com/community/2025/05/man-checks-out-100-books-from-beachwood-library-then-posts-on-social-media-video-of-those-books-burning.html
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy
12 months ago
pauloffit.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
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An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La)
RFK Jr. is scheduled to testify in front of Senator Cassidyās HELP Committee on May 14. Here is the letter I sent to him on May 1, 2025.
https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-senator-william?r=272lq3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7Grc-eW94G6MrkHKVyMwU9A55l5Sxs10-JlGKGon_PSqPK-XkXz0nTFv7Jaw_aem_15UA2c4afvcZw1HqX-Ghuw&triedRedirect=true
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Joshua J. Friedman
12 months ago
"He is sitting, standing, and lying down at the same time"
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Phil Bildner
about 1 year ago
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.
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Jess Piper
about 1 year ago
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 donāt match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?
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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.
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Ida Bae Wells
about 1 year ago
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.
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Barbara Gordon
about 1 year ago
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
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Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=2CzAyJUB9sorxFLO5KSZ&lang=en
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JP
about 1 year ago
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-...
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What Am I Supposed to Do?
On feeling small in turbulent times
https://johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/what-am-i-supposed-to-do
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Garrett M. Graff
about 1 year ago
One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials donāt appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says āas I heard it ⦠green light.ā š±š¬
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
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Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-thoughts-on-the-most-insane-trump-story-of-all-time
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Trevor Owens
about 1 year ago
This is the best piece of reporting Iāve 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...
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DOGE Descends on the Institute for Museum and Library Services
DOGE employees and a new acting director showed up at the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on Thursday for an intended 'raid'
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doge-imls-institute-museum-library-services-2623286
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LunaLuvgood2020
about 1 year ago
Elon Musk was never appointed by Congress DOGE was not either A President cannot rule by executive orders Itās all illegal This is fact not opinion Keep Reposting
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Todayās calls, if they made any difference.
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Save the Institute of Museum & Library Services ā 5 Calls
On Friday, March 14th, Trump signed an executive order that calls for there elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the ā¦
https://5calls.org/issue/institute-museum-library-services-imls-ala/
about 1 year ago
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