Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄 @bookgnome.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I would like to thank @tkingfisher.com for restoring this librarians ability to read novels. 1181
Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄 @bookgnome.bsky.social · 08/02/2026This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...sign.moveon.orgStop New ICE Detention Centers in PennsylvaniaThe Department of Homeland Security has plans to open 23 detention centers nationwide. We recently learned that two of them would be in warehouses DHS purchased in Pennsylvania, in Berks and Schuylkil... 011
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 19/01/2026read @sulliview.bsky.social --> margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/with-democ...margaretsullivan.substack.comWith democracy in free fall, the media must (finally) wake upPlus: a piece of heartening news amid the barrage of horrors 627271
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Gisele Navarro @ichbingisele.bsky.social · 15/10/2025“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fans tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.” 🔗 futurism.com/artificial-i... 185
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Gisele Navarro @ichbingisele.bsky.social · 07/11/2025"AI is a direct attack on the way we verify information: AI both creates fake sources and obscures its actual sources. That is the opposite of what librarians do, and teachers do, and scientists do, and experts do." 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-is-superc... 16023
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I know a lot of people (cough Millennials) feel like they need to START a thing, START a food bank, build a little free food pantry. My friends, my loves, my dears. Don't start. JOIN. These exist. They have community ties! They have some funding! Accountability! Regulations! 1764246
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact: TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded. 491952987
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Here is a piece I wrote for the Kansas City Star. I’d love for you to read it and share it. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...kansascity.comYoung Republican group chat shows JD Vance’s double standard on ‘kids’ | OpinionTo the vice president, men — like the one who worked for Kansas AG Kris Kobach — are men until they do something stupid. Women are women from conception. A new guest commentary from Jess Piper: 39677249
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/10/2025It does somehow sum everything up neatly. Trashy vulgarian unilaterally decides to tear up an iconic American building as though it’s one of his tacky private clubs, rather than a national monument he has very temporarily (and foolishly) been permitted to inhabit. 151418347
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Matt Van Horn @mattvanhorn.com · 21/10/2025See also: news.artnet.com/art-world/do...news.artnet.comWhen Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet NewsRead an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.' 1022978
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/10/2025In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months. 22676111352
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Saw the Try Guys do a ghost hunt at a historic asylum & Zac’s comments about ghost stories & ableism had me thinking about a fav @nursingclio.bsky.social article, “ghosts are scary, disabled people are not” 🗃️ www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AWJ8KN/tiktok.comLet’s talk #disability #history and #haunted asylums this spooky season #historytok #disabilitytiktok @The Try Guys @Zach Kornfeld @Project Fear @Sam and Colby TikTok video by PhDRachel 0306
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/10/2025Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered. levernews.com/book 572122693
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it. These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay. 1552807799
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄TRex @rccola668.bsky.social · 20/10/2025*Attention all who did not hit the streets* "When courts protect protesters' First Amendment rights, they enable the very public mobilization that can, in turn, defend judicial independence. When judges block unconstitutional detention schemes, they preserve the space for democratic organizing." 0287
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University. 310135475568
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/10/2025My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.data4democracy.substack.comThe New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy. 431047347
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 08/10/2025Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.newrepublic.comThe Case for the Forever ShutdownSenate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate. 351284402
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social · 17/10/2025This from @kristenarnett.bsky.social's latest "Am I the Literary Asshole" is going to every single artist I know who has even ever been tempted by the machine: lithub.com/am-i-the-lit... 0299
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A few AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, but none have been approved. Here are the fundamental issues of AI drug discovery, and what the future might look like. 💊buff.lyAI Was Supposed To Discover New Drugs. Where Are They?While some AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, none of them have been approved. Why has it been harder than experts thought? 2517
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/10/2025A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.... 367131536447
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 13/10/2025In Blasphemous, your character is wearing a tall pointy hat called a capirote that actually exists irl Notably, the KKK appropriated it *because* it was a Catholic symbol and they hated Catholics. They thought it was funny, a fun joke like calling each other wizards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capiroteen.wikipedia.orgCapirote - Wikipedia 215625
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social · 12/10/2025I’m currently building an HIV and STI education website for AMERICAN COLLEGE WOMEN and have more links to Planned Parenthood Canada than I ever envisioned when I started this 2 years ago. 0116
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Posting with alt text 19376
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2025As librarians, we hold more power than we think. It's why bigots go after us and our collections. Use that power to help those who benefit the most from it. Orwell doesn't get anything from more attention but a midlist marginalized author benefits greatly from it. If nothing else, be efficient. 27313
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most. 12887323
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2025“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 698138507436
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Last week, PEN America released its fourth annual report on the state of book banning and censorship in America, and I learned that Last Night at the Telegraph Club was the fourth most banned book in schools during the 2024-25 school year. How do I feel about it? www.malindalo.com/blog/2025/10...malindalo.comTelegraph Club is the 4th most banned book in America — Malinda LoLast week, PEN America released its fourth annual report on the state of book banning and censorship in America, and I learned that Last Night at the Telegraph Club was the fourth most banned book... 44225
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Drift0r @drift0r.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Imagine paying $1,800+ for a smart refrigerator only to have it deliver advertisements based on your personal data. Anytime you're not using the screen, it's showing you advertisements #technology 2919253
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Buddy your state ranks dead last in education quality nationwide maybe focus on literacy and arithmetic firsttheguardian.comOklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killingConservative youth group chapters will counter ‘woke indoctrination’, says Ryan Walters 39425
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act. 17366057317514
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Gay Breakfast @ Nekocon @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Great way to find your local nonprofits. 14622
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves. Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is... 4256711525
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Gay Breakfast @ Nekocon @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Canceling subs is just a start. Put the expendable $$ towards: 🧑💼ACLU, Lambda Legal 🏳️⚧️Your local Trans nonprofits 🏳️🌈 Supporting queer artists under the crosshairs of censorship. Every little bit helps more of the community outlast this regime. 2324194
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Trans people are under attack by an administration looking for scapegoats. Besides this list of organizations, donate to individual trans folks asking for help and contact your reps to tell them you won't support anyone who doesn't support trans rights. www.them.us/story/orgs-f...them.usHow to Support Trans People in All 50 StatesA curated list of 100 organizations supporting trans rights and livelihood to which you can donate. 3662489
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Everything is really scary and chaotic for Trans individuals right now. Regardless of whatever lies and fear that is spread, we know that the world is better with Trans people in it. You are all worth fighting for, and we will continue to advocate for your rights and your safety. 627271379
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Gay Breakfast @ Nekocon @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025👀 Do you want your own ✨🌈🐈⬛Chaotic Queer Cat?🌈🐈⬛✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/gay...kickstarter.comComing soon: Chaotic QueerPlush, Dice, Pins, and more in 12+ flags! 7782215
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/09/2025The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control. It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding. 11059261683
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025This is the biggest story in America right now. Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year Steaks up 16.6% Apples up 9.6% Bananas, 6.6%. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...axios.comGrocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs biteOn the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices. 11130061411
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Bomb threats against the Maryland General Assembly. Bomb threats against the Michigan lieutenant governor and his family. Bomb threats against 5 HBCUs. Two arrests for violent assaults in Idaho. In 24 hours. All Democratic or left-leaning victims. All suspected MAGA perpetrators. 12533041380
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/09/2025Oh whilst we're on the subject of political violence, it seems appropriate that today is 9/11. Because Gitmo? Extraordinary rendition? Black sites? Abu Ghraib? The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan? The way this country treated Muslim and Arab people after 9/11? All political violence. 9866239
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 10/09/2025“So what if he disagreed with you, he didn’t deserve to die” But he thought I did. This isn’t disagreement. It’s someone who was not only opposed to my existence but was called a good and faithful servant by the church for doing it. I don’t have to mourn that. And asking me to is violence too. 5045771259
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 11/09/2025“Charlie Kirk was a father” So was Eric Garner. So was Philando Castile, who was shot and killed in front of his daughter. Being successful at procreating does not exempt you from being a white supremacist. This isn’t hard to understand. I feel like I’m going insane. 151137354
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The conversation we’re not ready to have yet is that having empathy for a white supremacist is part of what upholds white supremacy. And by that measure alone, it fails to be empathy at all. 7607266
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his work: demean Black people and advocate for genocide in the name of Jesus.” -Gavin “The Fighter We Need” Newsom What are we doing here, y’all? 129222
Reposted by Book_Gnome (she/they)💀🌈🦄hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The fact that HBCU’s are being targeted right now despite initial reporting that Charlie Kirk’s shooter was white should tell you that people like me talking about Charlie Kirk ain’t the problem. We can never be polite enough. These people just want us dead. Respectability politics saves no one. 313830
![You need to stop putting your work into these platforms, immediately.
[HIGHLIGHTED]I could get up on a high horse and give you a million reasons why you should not ever, under any circumstances be doing this when it comes to the greater collective (theft of others work and effort and time, the fact that it depletes our natural resources). But I only need tell you that you are ruining your chance at creative happiness. It’s ruining your brain. I know this because it’s making you bleed joy.[END HIGHLIGHTING]
Your letter troubled me, friend. I worry that you have decided to just let go of all thought and let a computer think for you. That’s not what writing and passion and creativity is about. It’s not art. You do not need generative AI to give you story ideas. You do not need a robot to tell you whether your work is good. Only you can do that. Stop roadblocking your own writing life.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qwscvjsncjpibfnzmkoqvif/bafkreihwvqoxydedzbg3uvf5dz6a5hsaquykpyxt5huhkineb2wzu5zt7e)
