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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃

You're not allowed to have imposter syndrome ever again. Because some of the most fuckwitted incompetent people are running the country and they think they're *better than you* May this thought defeat your inner imposter syndrome.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.

It's Banned Books Week. I'll be spending this evening at the School Committee meeting, speaking out against violence & manufactured outrage over a Civics teacher's pride flag & a state-approved lesson designed to foster community-building & respect for all. While I wait, I'll be re-reading 1984.

Looking for someplace other than Disney to get your #animation fix? It just so happens that #KnightsofGuinevere (from Owl House creator #DanaTerrace, now with #GlitchProductions) debuts tonight on YouTube. #Indieanimators are everywhere (including in my attic).

ABC just ripped Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. This comes just hours after the FCC Chair threatened ABC and Disney. And weeks after Colbert was cancelled. This isn’t freedom of speech. This is MAGA overreach.

There are many reasons most of us can't leave...& many reasons many of us don't want to. It took them decades to get us to July 3, 2025. There are more of us than there are of them, so let's keep on going. Resistance begins in your mind.

No, Toad. You can’t do that…look what happens when you pull the covers over your head. Please get up and help us clean up this mess.

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

Hey there. Just a reminder that art is resistance. If art didn't matter--if it didn't scream the truth--they wouldn't spend so much time and effort trying to steal and devalue it.

(1/3) Trump is using the the US Army's 250th as a fig-leaf for his Orange Juche birthday parade. Also happening that day is, of course, No More Kings, Pride events in some places, and, of course, some assholes attacking immigrants and some not-assholes defending them. Let's all celebrate someone

It's just a week away! Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology. We'll have readings, cool prizes, and a Q & A session. RSVP using the QR code below or the url at the top of Wendy's linktree (in bio) so you can get the Zoom link.

May the Fourth be with you...now more than ever!

Farewell Jill Sobule. You were a fantastic singer and musician…one of my absolute favorites! Your quirky lyrics and style will always remind me to be true to myself

Darth Vader: And now your highness, we will learn the location of your rebel base. Interrogation droid enters, but it's playing the Niamos Club Mix. Princess Leia: *dancing* Oh yeah, this is my JAM! Darth Vader: Shit, wrong droid. #Andor

You're invited to Table for 7 Press's online LAUNCH PARTY! Join us as we celebrate TONIGHT'S SPECIALS, our first connected anthology. We'll have readings, prizes, and a Q & A session. Join us Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm. RSVP using the link in Wendy's linktree (in bio)

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace told a constituent “fuck you” after he asked if she will do a town hall this year

US women deserve better

Hi, friend! It's Transgender Day of Visibility and I'm so glad you're here! Have a seat--can I get you a snack? You are always in my heart and I love you just as you are!

“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government. “…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do. “They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.

We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We’ve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com

Do NOT drop this story. Keep hitting it hard. They could have killed our pilots.

How to delete your 23andMe data 1 Log in to your account 2 Go to "settings" 3 Scroll to "23andMe data" 4 Click "view" 5 Scroll to "delete data" 6 Click "permanently delete data" 7 Confirm your request

I've only got one book out there (so far), and I'm self-published, but it's been scraped by LibGen, too. I guess this lends further legitimacy to my authordom? I mean, I'd want to steal my tone, voice, and style, too--I think it's kick-ass--but honestly, this sucks. 1/

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

Today is World Poetry Day! I started my writing life as a poet, and I've always been especially drawn to free verse. It's also what I most often write, when I write poetry.

🗞️ @19thnews.org answers "Is my passport that has an updated gender marker still valid?" and many other questions 19thnews.org/2025/03/safe...

On St. Patrick's Day 15 years ago, we brought Maisie home. Happy welcome-home day, little beagle! You're as stubborn as ever, and we wouldn't have it any other way

Happy book birthday to @katemessner.com's History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment!

Trans rights are human rights

Uses the word "proudly" in the first sentence. Says it is the "first arrest of many to come" in the second sentence. If you think this ends with "Hamas Students" you are not paying attention

When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations. When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

Might save a life.

it's pub day for BANNED TOGETHER, a YA anthology of banned-book authors edited by ashley hope perez published by holiday house ✨️📚 holidayhouse.com/book/banned-...

What a photo. Green must be the start of something, not the end.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

RESPECT to AL GREENE

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I guess it’s clear to me that a big chunk of the country didn’t read the same books I did as a kid, the ones that went out of their way to say that it’s bad to be a shitass bully

If you are already subscribed to our daily writing sprints, there is no charge for this event, but it is also open to anyone who would like to join in ($25). If you'd like to register, message me here, or reach me at tebbetts.chris at gmail dot com for payment details. Thanks!

Read what you want, and how you want, #ReadWhatYouWant

My friend @sarahdarerlittman.bsky.social has written a very personal, very brave post about the sheer cruelty and idiocy of "RFK Jr's extreme and dangerous ideas"