Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent 12870482089
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now. 22573621385
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I have not been sharing pictures from my bird cameras lately, because I have not been filling them much due to the season. I still look- and today it looks like my grape vines might actually be a monster. 000
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I just guaranteed that my area will get heavy rains tonight. I just watered my veggie garden. You are welcome. 000
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Dropped of my youngest for their junior prom. Wanted my car rather than dad’s Charger because she wanted to be dropped of in the Mystery Machine. 000
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Went to look at a litter of kittens. We get first dibs on two- so of course we chose the two fluffiest. Come June we will have two more fur babies. 011
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n... 44178852663
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I am generally not a fan of live action adaptations. However, the One Piece adaptation on Netflix (seasons 1&2) have brought my teens and I so much joy. It is so well done. 000
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 07/03/2026My neighborhood is currently occupied by a large mixed flock of birds. We have spotted two kinds or sparrows, house finches, grackles, starlings, mourning doves, cowbirds, red wing blackbirds, blue jays and cardinals. They are all hanging out together and moving in waves. Cool, but a bit scary. 000
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Watched the Muppets last night. It brought so much joy to my house. I am so glad it is back 000
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.social50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 30/10/2025propublica.orgMore Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near... 83645320
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 20/10/2025Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out. 588262177594
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans. U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties. Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed. This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda. It was always about cruelty.chicago.suntimes.comMassive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid. 27356022489
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2025They’re baaack. 🤣 Repairs and all… 779273007132
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor." 9903572212715
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialLaurie Voss @seldo.com · 29/09/2025My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening. 8242241043
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2025Republicans control the shutdown. Top to bottom. For example, construction of Trump's ballroom will continue as "essential" during the shutdown. But the stuff that helps you will not. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...abcnews.go.comGovernment shutdown updates: 'I don't think it's going to be that long of a shutdown', Vance saysVice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long. 14528891220
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialilovelibraries.bsky.social @ilovelibraries.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Beloved librarian @mychal3ts.bsky.social will take the helm as host of the reboot of 'Reading Rainbow' when it returns this Saturday, October 4! 🤩🌈 Read more: bit.ly/3WelbAT 116546
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 25/09/2025A damp Thursday morning selection of #birds and friend. 081
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2025You can be mad at Jim Comey for what he did to HRC in 2016 and also decry any potential indictment as bullshit. You can do both. 506120861971
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2025The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here? 17965695119242
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I haven't had time to read up on the latest shooting, but I'm going to post my incredibly radical position that a shooting is bad no matter who did it and no matter who was shot. Stop trying to crack the code of a shooter's motives and focus on the one thing they all have in common -- the guns. 26397171887
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I have been slacking with my daily #bird pictures. But, I am back and the rain is not slowing my visitors down. 091
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances." 16014155710547
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAlt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 23/09/2025Obviously, there's no scientific link between Tylenol and autism. These political statements harm pregnant people and those with autism. RFKj's entire rhetoric around autism is anti-science and stigmatizing. It's not based in reality. Don't let their pseudoscience fool you. 65315
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialPhantasmagoria @jamielnathan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Reminder: You don’t need to report your activism on social media. Some accounts are being highly critical of what they see/don’t see happening. You don’t owe them anything. Focus on what you can do and let them yell into the void. 216645
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 22/09/2025THEY DON’T CARE: 1. That Tom Homan took $50,000 bags of cash 2. That their party is protecting all the Epstein pedophiles. 3. That no one is safe from gun violence anywhere. WHAT THEY DO CARE ABOUT: 1. Punishing innocent brown people for crimes they did not commit. 1093182953
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 19/09/2025Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution. 363180825716
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening. It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president 8103707410145
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialDana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires. 680330617500
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2025CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance. Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna. See how this works? 30956002021
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 18/09/2025Disney learned nothing from Andor. 20496431731
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power. The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power. Both sides are not remotely the same. 148108602876
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2025BREAKING: ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. Trump’s FCC chair earlier appeared on MAGA propagandist Benny Johnson’s show and threatened to revoke ABC’s broadcast license if they didn’t take action against him. 72227441203
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2025JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless." CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!" 952127634214
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialBrian @brianwithaneye.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Three HBCUs have had to lock down their campuses today. What about THIS political violence? Where's the condemnation from the right and from the media? 7792242
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning 15039071354
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Thursday morning #birds and friend were already very busy at the feeders today. 060
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialGeneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The GOP doesn't care about kids. They take away their food, healthcare, vaccines, and education. They protect pedophiles and traffickers. Hundreds and hundreds of kids are killed by guns each year and they just shrug but lose their minds when a far right MAGA adult is murdered. 094
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialNeugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Unclench your jaw. Relax your brow. Go get a drink of water. See if you've taken your meds Eat something. Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing. Because you do. You're a wonderful person. And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through 09327
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/09/2025Can we claim to have a functional Constitution (or Congress) if a public university instructor who teaches that gender and sexuality are spectrums can be fired simply because a student says that "according to our president, there’s only two genders"? www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...insidehighered.comTexas A&M Professor and Administrators Out After Viral VideoVideo circulated by Texas state representative shows student accusing English professor of teaching material related to gender identity and violating Trump’s executive orders. State officials pressure... 0328
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 10/09/2025It is busy on the #bird feeders this Wednesday morning 030
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Monday #birds are enjoying the humidity drop 020
bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Sunday #birds are still a little damp, and a upset that I did not refill this morning while it was pouring 050
Reposted by @bookbabe76.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Just spoke with my CDC sources. They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports. Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy. RFK Jr. must resign now! 428119455328