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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 12h

Illinois folks – The Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities is convening a diverse group of individuals to help guide the development of a statewide awareness campaign focused on teaching disability history in K–12 classrooms. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

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Tara O’Connor @taraocomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!

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This is why Al-generated romance novels make perfect sense. Formulaic fiction doesn't need to be written by hand, so to speak; what difference does it make if a machine "writes" it? There are machine-made clothes & there are custom-made clothes. They appeal to different consumers.

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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 17h

A lot of ‘90s stuff needs to stay way the hell back in the ‘90s, but imo the ‘90s were correct that clear colored plastic is Fun and Cool.

transparently shelled video game systems of a diversity of colors

imac ad with five differently colored shells

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 18h

It’s coming… 🎃

A marker drawing of the “Dancing Pumpkin Guy” in a small Moleskine sketchbook. To the right are two Copic markers.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"

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Cindy Shutts @cindysku.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Teens needs books that will allow then to laugh. They do not just stop liking humor. Give them Wimpy Kid humor for teens.

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Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop is right and not just for children. Books are mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. Reading helps us to be the best version of ourselves.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Utah banned SEVEN more books from all public schools yesterday, bringing the total number of state-sanctioned bans in the state to 44. More than half of those bans happened in 2026.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The kicker is you can tell it would never even dawn on this Republican senator or his staff that a man might want to go to a women’s sporting event. But protect women’s sports or something!

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Anne Kort | The Virtual Paleontologist @virtpaleo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I, like many in the paleontology community, have been devastated to hear about the planned closures for two major museums in the past two weeks. I have seen more coverage of ANSP, so I want to highlight the Sternberg Museum of Fort Hays State University in Kansas. sternberg.fhsu.edu

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Sternberg Museum of Natural History - Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Explore Great Plains natural history at the Sternberg Museum (Hays, KS): fossils, rotating exhibits, educational programs, tours, and camps.

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Aspen Junge @aspenjunge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Sternberg Natural History Museum in Hays, Kansas, is closing due to budget cuts. The Kansas legislature, long hostile towards science education, cut its funding and the university cannot cover the shortfall. This museum has long been my favorite paleontology resource. BOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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Anthony of the Badlands @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I submitted my letter of support for the Sternberg Museum to the Kansas Board of Regents. Let's hope it helps

TEXT: Closing the Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Dear Kansas Board of Regents,
My name is Anthony Maltese, a former Kansas resident from 1990-2004, University of Kansas
graduate, and professional paleontologist specializing in the sea life of ancient Kansas. It has been
recently disclosed that Fort Hays State University intends to close the Sternberg Museum of Natural
History, with likely serious consequences to both its staff and collections. I cannot think of a more
disastrous and short-sighted response to a budget shortfall. Over the past three decades of my
career, I have worked closely with the Sternberg Museum excavating fossils with staff, using the
museum for research, leading field trips for students and professionals, and making replicas of
specimens that educate museum visitors worldwide. The collections housed at the museum are an
irreplaceable record of the history, both modern and ancient, of Kansas and are unique in that they
are housed in the area where they were excavated from.
The collections are so important that I have helped donate many scientifically significant specimens to
the museum, understanding this places them in the public trust for perpetuity. Budget decisions are
difficult; however, the destruction of this extremely valuable institution is not a reasonable solution.
While I no longer reside in Kansas, I think about the Sternberg Museum on a nearly daily basis and
use its holdings to advance our understanding of what came before us. Destroying this vast resource
is absolutely the wrong thing to do to address these problems. Keep the Sternberg Museum.

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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Banned Books Week is coming! Oct. 4–10, we’re celebrating the freedom to read and shining a light on censorship in schools and libraries. Follow along for challenged books, resources, and ways to turn awareness into action. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #ReadFreely

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith deserves an apology for these baseless and FALSE accusations of perjury by my Republican colleague.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

I will vote to send myself out to sea on a barge before I vote for Rahm Emmanuel. Please be serious.

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How can they afford the rent?!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did you think you weren't disposable, babes? You kind always do, don't you.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 29/09/2026

Newspaper layoffs are nothing new, especially at the Kansas City Star, which cut another seven journalists in September. But as local journalism employment continues to decline, communities are losing ways to scrutinize public spending and hold government officials accountable.

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Kansas City Star layoffs left the region with even less government accountability. It may get worse

Newspaper layoffs are nothing new, especially at the Kansas City Star, which cut another seven journalists in September.

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TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is cable

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One hundred percent. Rats from a sinking ship. They see the pendulum swinging back and want to make sure they're not in the flight path. No mercy.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

★ In her “emotionally astute” picture book GOOD BEAR, BAD BEAR, Hyewon Yum presents “a wise celebration of the multifaceted self” buff.ly/t0vU9GC

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your mom trying to remember the name of that podcast

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ringa ringa roses @zyla.top · 28/09/2026

HEY IM BAWKIN HERE

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KE Salisbury @kesalisbury.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't care what anyone says, I like Comic Sans. So.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ayana Grey and John Stephens chatted about their new Gilded Age–set YA novels, ‘Hawk & Sparrow’ and ‘The Age of Fury,’ and why they gravitated toward that historical backdrop in their stories buff.ly/rudZKfI

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is why I don't have a smart fridge. 🫠😬

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The "Fight for Fifteen" movement began in 2012, when the federal minimum wage of $7.25, set in 2009, was already well below a living wage. (This article is from 2014.)

Fast-Food Employees Arrested During Sit-ins.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Democratic politicians caved, once again, and once again grassroots activists were left to clean up the mess of their utter failure to lead. ||| Paramount Merger Delayed As Judge OKs Motion To Block Antitrust Settlement share.google/CMoY00DfVYrp...

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Paramount Merger Delayed As Judge OKs Motion To Block Antitrust Settlement

Just before a hearing expected to sign off on the Paramount-Warner Bros settlement, critics of the deal and the merger won a move to halt it, at least for now

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2026

The Dems keep letting the oligarchs win and buy yo everything. At a certain point, you have to think it's intentional.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The truth is that the most environmentally friendly solution is simply buying less and wearing the clothes you already have as long as you can." This is pretty much the answer to every product. The most sustainable thing is LESS. Trouble is, our economy collapses if folks do that. Maybe it must.

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Gen Z is using ‘polyester’ as an insult. It’s actually a throwback.

Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 22/09/2026

Damn he really is a good mayor

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Coal companies are fighting miners’ federal black lung benefits claims, while the black lung rate surges to a 50-year high. Remember: Trump indefinitely stalled a rule that would limit miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust, which causes black lung. The “pro-worker” president.

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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge

Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Headed to NYU Langone

A large pink hand-lettered sign. The text reads, “Trans lives are not bargaining chips”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.

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Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.

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