Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14hI can scarcely imagine a more un-Christian thing than live-streaming an execution for the public. 67922134
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)WIRED @wired.com · 7hBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.buff.lyICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 15308135
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 6hThree years of livestreamed genocide and more than a dozen years of live-documented extrajudicial killings by police and vigilantes have trained you for the coming era of state-sponsored public executions 122688
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 7hNEW: ICE agent in a high-viz vest holding a rifle at the scene of shooting near the Bronx has a history of allegedly lying, using excessive force, and courts have found his arrests unlawful. @dmehro.bsky.social @awinston.bsky.social, @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 19708284
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)mxhrad @mxhrad.bsky.social · 12hThis is why I get pissed when white guys (it’s always white guys) tell me both sides are the same and we shouldn’t vote for Democrats. It must be nice to not be threatened by virulent, Nazi level racism. 1178
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 6hNow THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 7034001004
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 10hSenator Collins pledged to serve 2 terms in Congress and yet, here we are, 30 years later. Let's retire Susan Collins once and for all. 20875203
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 9hIn the same week, the “pro life” party jokes about American cities being bombed and says it wants to live stream executions. 713349
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Elizabeth she/her @eisraeldavis.bsky.social · 15hIt's almost as if these books are designed specifically to develop language, curiosity, and the understanding that we learn in reading and conversation. And I believe this data was only for English language text and conversations in the US. 0101
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16hour dad (ALSO A SOFTWARE ENGINEER BTW, ALVIN!) read to us every night when we were kids it was foundational not just to raising children who read for pleasure and shaping our tastes in books (highly endorse the Narnia-Hobbit-LOTR-Shannara progression), but also in our relationship with our dad!! 342238
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 11hstatic.klipy.comFriday Meme: DAAAAAAAMN ReactionALT: Friday Meme: DAAAAAAAMN Reaction 10990481712
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23hAgain and again russia destroys Ukrainian books. After each strike on a book warehouse, I film how Kyiv bookstores react. Today, my favourite one. In the video: some books by Knygolove, whose warehouse was hit yesterday. The bookstore asks people to support affected publishers by buying a book. 27544174
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15hI love being home. The best people I know live there. And for what we pay monthly to be here, I want to get my money's worth. 561229239
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13ha livestreamed execution is just a lynching 26093161860
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 15hI'm not at NYCC, but THE MURDER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK is making its first public appearance at the Simon Teen table! The ARC drop starts when the doors open on Saturday. 2287
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's really hard to not look around and be utterly disgusted by damn near everything. There's a small number -- WAY too small a number -- of decent people with compassion, intelligence, empathy, and sanity... and everything else is just a raging dumpster fire of hate, ignorance, stupidity, & evil. 96710
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8236142174
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Let books be. Let books represent the beautiful, diverse world we live in and the many (oftentimes difficult) moments of life that readers of all ages experience. Let books serve as windows and mirrors, and let them do their job of saying “Hey, you’re not alone.” 11911
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Privatisation in a nutshell: 1) Steal from us something we own. 2) Sell us back an inferior service 3) Charge us a higher price. The pattern is the same everywhere: royal mail, water, railways, the NHS, public services, council services… 13364163
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. n.pr/4hzvA5Mn.prICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 18483235
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves 982120837
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad. 1154761792
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i am optimistic enough to think that a “blue wave” of some sort is going to happen, but how decisive it is always comes down to people power 121318
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil. 1156136435309
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 07/10/2026This book is 27 years old and just as relevant now as in 1999, because rape culture. It’s also been one of the most frequently banned books in American libraries since it was published, because god forbid young people know they’re not alone and have a voice to speak out against sexual violence. 631692
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Kristin Wilson @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026That’s not how the House works. Come January 3 at noon, there is no Speaker. The Clerk of the House is in charge until a Speaker is elected. Mike Johnson will have exactly as much power as I do. None. 1222539
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026You could and should have stopped with the first paragraph, Mayor. There's 364 other days of the year when you could have condemned Israel's response to this atrocity. But this is like commemorating the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by lecturing us about our invasion of Iraq. 4018128
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump: It took me 9 years to come up with 'Dumocrat.' theres no B. A little change of 2 letters. You get rid of the E, replace it with a U. 183513
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 101141884675
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe 54596171
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Now available! The paperback edition of ON A WING AND A TEAR by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Heartdrum). Ages 8+ Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the 21rst Century (So Far) SCBWI Sid Fleischman Humor Award Honor Book #KidLit @harperkids.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Damn. What an icon. RIPnews.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90. 51338323
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)In Spite of Trump @inspiteoftrump.com · 07/10/2026Not only did the state have their opportunity enact punishment, but they chose to attempt it twice. We've more than reached the Cruel and Unusual bar. 081
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)jerseyduck85.bsky.social @jerseyduck85.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What looks bad is the complete dismissal of Jewish pain on the anniversary of the largest murder of Jews since the Sho'ah. 364 days a year what's happening in Gaza is litigated and twisted. One day to offer kind thoughts, condolences, or at least shutting the fuck up doesn't seem like a lot to ask 2156
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026I agree that they went overboard and have committed war crimes, as Hamas has. Tell me, however, what exactly SHOULD their response have been to over 1,200 Israelis being raped, tortured, murdered & burnt alive, and another 250 being kidnapped? Be specific. I'm all ears. 10182
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just a friendly reminder that your desire to have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder is valid. Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise. 1052471
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This article (and Slade's book) are fan fiction. Trumpism isn't a break from Reaganism, it's the intended result, a gov't by, for, and of corruption, lawlessness, racism, and misogyny. That's why Reaganites with power—Thomas, Alito, Kennedy, McConnell—worked hard to empower and entrench Trumpism. 18626162
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/10/2026Trump wanted to jam more hens into smaller spaces - making it harder for inspectors to access them - and making living conditions for egg laying hens worse. All so businesses could sell cheaper eggs. 14836811207
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl 10649681326
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Trump: "I've had my shot, and still do, at Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Hussein Obama. And I've had plenty of people say, 'Let's go get them.'" 116462120
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Trump says he has a call set up today with Putin for his birthday 131512158
Reposted by Cathy (CHS)American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books 33405268