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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 10/10/2026
“They want us to be afraid. They want us to censor ourselves before they even have a chance to do it. We will not do that. We will confidently put resistance politics out there into the world to go along with the movements of people who are actively trying to fight against these systems.”
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Taking a Stand: PW Talks with Haymarket Books publisher Julie Fain
Left-wing press is celebrating 25 years of publishing books on social and economic justice
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
LET BOOKS BE ACCESSIBLE! Attempts to limit access for the intended audience are acts of censorship. Let's take a look at the harmful myths and misinformation censors use to justify their actions. And find ways to push back! #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Y'all denied her tenure
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.texastribune.org/2026/10/09/k... This grifter shouldn’t be allowed near public office ever again.
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Ken Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips with state-funded security - The Texas Tribune
The Texas attorney general’s use of a taxpayer-funded travel security detail stands out when compared with his predecessor and other state officials, our analysis found.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/09/2026
Video shows waves surging across cracked North Carolina Highway 12 after ocean water spilled over protective sand dunes in the Outer Banks as a nor'easter starts to batter the Mid-Atlantic coast. Read more: cnn.it/3Vd4nx4
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/09/2026
Bonta just handed the American movie and TV sector to two of the most odious creeps to draw breath, surrendering without firing a shot.
thebignewsletter.com
Happy Oligarch Day as Trump-Aligned Billionaires Take Over Hollywood
It’s a good day to be an oligarch. CNN, CBS, HBO, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and a host of other properties will now be under the control of Larry Ellison, who also owns Oracle and TikTok.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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CharleygirlTX @charleygirltx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I didn’t read these but I was a bookseller then and we sold TONS of this series for YEARSSS
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Candice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 21/09/2026
NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital.
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Stopice.net @stopicenet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CONFIRMED - Research Blvd and W Anderson Ln Austin TX 78758 - Man was shot by ICE on Anderson and Research blvd below the 183 MORE INFO: www.stopice.net?alert=1789930691601
Man was shot by ICE on Anderson and Research blvd below the
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYU Langone is paying the government $8.5 million in addition to ceasing gender-affirming care for minors. Cowardly loser shit.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
50 librarians were laid off in Cy-Fair ISD (TX) last year, with only 49 remaining–the new ballot measure to raise taxes for the school this fall doesn't mention librarians being part of what that funding would help cover. www.houstonpress.com/news/will-cy...
houstonpress.com
Will Cy-Fair ISD Bring Back Laid-Off Librarians? - Houston Press
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD parents are supporting a tax increase they say could help restore librarians to every campus.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
inquirer.com
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PabloReports: Donald Trump says we’re in a golden age. Do you agree? Frost: Yeah, if you’re a billionaire, you’re in the golden age. They’re taking all of our money and giving it to them.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've launched a new limited-run podcast. Liberating Lit brings to listeners the advocacy origin stories of the people who have been defending the right to read and championing literature, with the goal to inspire new advocates and refill the cups of those feeling depleted.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump moves to allow ranchers and hunters to kill gray wolves It took tens of thousands of years for nature to create this distinct species of wolves, now on the brink of extinction And with a mere signing of an order to shoot them and with a smile on his face Trump can wipe them out forever
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s wild that in a business that depends so heavily on reputation, you’re seeing a lot of authors on here being hosed by publishers trying to snag all the money from that Anthropic settlement. Publishing, what are you doing.
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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New York City Bans A.I. in Elementary and Middle Schools | New York Times buff.ly/BJQUZAS
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
From building a group that defends the right to read to exploring what's meant by "book censorship," catch up on past book censorship posts. That, plus this week's book censorship news roundup: bookriot.com/14-book-cens...
bookriot.com
14+ Book Censorship Posts to Revisit: Book Censorship News, September 4, 2026
From building a group that defends the right to read to exploring what's meant by "book censorship," catch up on past book censorship posts.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More than 70,000 people are currently in more than 200 concentration camps in the United States. What? You say: We don't have concentration camps in the US. Ah, but we do. Historians define concentration camps as sites of mass civilian detention without trial, based on group identity.
More than 70,000 people are currently in more than 200 concentration camps in the United States.

What? You say: We don't have concentration camps in the US.

Ah, but we do. Historians define concentration camps as sites of mass civilian detention without trial, based on group identity. Our "detention" centers ARE concentration camps.

We need to shut them down.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Other things Henry Ford enjoyed: * Refusing to employ Jewish workers * Exploitng Black workers * Personally financing the printing and distribution of 500,000 copies of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion * Being mentioned as an inspiration in Mein Kampf * Supporting the Ku Klux Klan
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PabloReports: What do you make of Trump saying Americans who oppose data centers are backwards and poor? AOC: I mean, how about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center at Mar-a-Lago, and we’ll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Court Case in Oregon That Could Have Book Censorship Repercussions. SCOTUS is primed to take up a censorship case, and a concerning lawsuit out of Oregon is worth keeping an eye on. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com
The Court Case in Oregon That Could Have Book Censorship Repercussions
SCOTUS is primed to take up a censorship case, and a concerning lawsuit out of Oregon is worth keeping an eye on.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing the Delivery Protection Act, a piece of local legislation which would require Amazon to directly employ their drivers. It could open a lane for drivers to unionize — and is thus seen as an existential threat by Amazon.
jacobin.com
Amazon Is Spending Big Against NYC’s Delivery Protection Act
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing the Delivery Protection Act, a piece of local legislation which would require Amazon to directly employ their drivers. It could open a lane for drivers to unionize — an...
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 31/08/2026
David Byrne performed "Life During Wartime" at the Hollywood Bowl in front of ICE raid footage. His "Who Is the Sky?" tour is becoming a concert film directed by Oscar nominee Brady Corbet, following past films with Jonathan Demme and Spike Lee. This ain't no disco.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is what we’re poisoning Memphis for? 😕 gizmodo.com/grok-not-onl...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Trickle down” economics = geyser up economics The oligarchy is laughing
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
What a system we have here. 😕🇺🇸 www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Great Replacement” theory but it’s Americans demanding that other cultures bow down before our Borg.
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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
the department of war account still has videos of the us military murdering fisherman in their boats up on their account and its still verified
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CharleygirlTX @charleygirltx.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Appealing to the oppressor. Fucking tools.
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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Women’s National Book Association has announced the return of the WNBA Pannell Award for children’s booksellers, which has been on pause since 2020 due to the pandemic and its aftermath buff.ly/ws7rNgg
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CharleygirlTX @charleygirltx.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Enshittification. No longer serving customers, only themselves. Late stage capitalism in action.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 18/08/2026
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has put forward an insurance plan that could protect local police officers who make immigration arrests from potential financial consequences if they are accused of misconduct while on duty.
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US ICE puts forward insurance plan to protect local officers making immigration arrests
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has put forward an insurance plan that could protect local police officers ​who make immigration arrests from potential financial consequences if they ‌are accused of misconduct while on duty.
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Black Dynamite 2 @absoulutezer0.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'd say about 80% of America's current problems stem from the warnings of Black people not being heeded historically. Most white folks NEVER thought this shit could happen to THEIR food, THEIR water, THEIR air, THEIR homes, THEIR healthcare
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CharleygirlTX @charleygirltx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Bill Shein @billshein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Great reporting by @jessecoburn.bsky.social
propublica.org
Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
we will require qr codes on the torture gloves
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Michelle Burnham @curiousmonolith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Why is @caroclaireburke ‘s Yesteryear making everyone crazy? asks @lyzlenz My theory below, involving bowls and marbles, via thoughts on law and physics from @tribelaw.bsky.social (plus a footnote on The Yellow Wallpaper).
michelleburnham.substack.com
Yesteryear Is Set in Idaho, But It Takes Place in Patriarchy
And there is no way out.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Phang: Each and every day after December 19th, 2025 has been a violation of the Epstein files transparency act. Now, to compound the problem for Blanche and the DOJ, you have violations of court orders.
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