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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The Ministry of Truth is in the building.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them. So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.

Today the DOE announced plans to dismiss 11 outstanding complaints against book bans, and to eliminate the position of Book Ban Coordinator at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). This distortion of the intended work of the OCR--the protection of civil rights and students' freedoms in our nation's schools--is negligent, grossly un-American, and in direct conflict with freedom of speech, a bedrock right enshrined in the Constitution.

Authors Against Book Bans unequivocally stands against all such attempts at censorship and discrimination. We stand with families, students and educators across the country who exercise free speech every time they open a book, and with the 71% of Americans who are opposed to book bans. Book bans do not protect children; history teaches us that they are a terrifying step toward tyranny.

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

...so-called "attorneys" had "quickly confirmed that books are not being 'banned,' but that school districts, in consultation with parents and community stakeholders, have established commonsense processes by which to evaluate and remove age-inappropriate materials." (Post 6 of A Bunch)

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

From Publisher's Marketplace: ...The department adheres to the deeply rooted American principle that local control over public education best allows parents and teachers alike to assess the educational needs of their children and communities.(Post 5 of A Bunch) #Readfreely #authorsagainstbookbans

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

From Publisher's Marketplace Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor says in the announcement that "the department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education. (Post 4 of A Bunch) #Readfreely #authorsagainstbookbans

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Additionally, the OCR "will no longer employ a 'book ban coordinator' to investigate local school districts and parents working to protect students from obscene content." The release claims it is overturning a "book ban hoax." (3 of A Bunch) #Readfreely #authorsagainstbookbans

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

and "rescinded all department guidance issued under the theory that a school district’s removal of age-inappropriate books from its libraries may violate civil rights laws." (2 of A Bunch). #Readfreely #authorsagainstbookbans

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The freedom to read = the freedom to think. From Publisher's Marketplace: The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has quickly dropped 11 complaints "related to so-called 'book bans'" (1 of A Bunch)

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Is there a "block all" command or something similar? The bots have found me.

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NicDaisy @nicdaisy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

American. Silk wedding dress, 1824. Note the elaboarte 'hem sculpture', popular ain the early 1820s. The trim is a 3D leaf pattern incorporating chiffon which is repeated on the bodice and sleeves . © & collection the Met Museum #FashionHistory

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Words to feed your Self for the new year. “I am whole. I am learning. I am letting go. I am free. I am talented and courageous. I am protecting my joy. I am brave. I am healing. I am loving myself. Unapologetically.” (Alex Elle) from Becca Anderson’s Prayers for Calm.

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NicDaisy @nicdaisy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

England. Possibly painted by Angelica Kauffman. Fan Brise, c.1790-1820. Ivory, pierced , gilt& painted, with medallions containing a group of figures & women. The painting is in the style of Angelica Kauffman collection the V&A Museum #FashionHistory

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Regula Ysewijn @regulaysewijn.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Two historical epiphany cakes from Britain. A ‘Twelfth cake’ for Twelfth Night, made to a 17th century recipe, hiding a dried bean or pea crowning the finder to king and queen for the day. This cake became the Christmas cake we know today. The other ‘Epiphany tart’ from Dorothy Hartley Food in Eng.

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Debbie Nunnja @iamthephoenixfreed.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

It has started a movement. Cartoonists are paying homage to Ann Telnaes. Here are two of them. Ann’s is the final. Steve Brodner, @danboriscreates.bsky.social @anntelnaes.bsky.social

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Sheila O’Malley @sheilakathleen.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Elizabeth Cotten, folk/blues music pioneer, was born on this day in 1895. She taught herself to play the guitar and banjo as a child. She was left-handed but she played a guitar for a right-hander, meaning she played everything upside down. A little thread!

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post

Democracy can't function without a free press

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Scottish wood-engraver and illustrator, Agnes Miller Parker, The Challenge, 1934 #WomensArt

Print in monochrome of a close-up of a crouching hissing angry looking cat with curled tail and mouth open showing sharp teeth

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

This single manuscript page has writing on it spanning over 1400 years. The base text is 6th century and there are notes from the 13th, 15th, 18th and 19th centuries. There are few objects that remained interactive for longer than medieval manuscripts. BNF Latin 2630, f1r

A manuscript page with writing in two columns and numerous marginal notes and scribbles, as well as a red library stamp.

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Jane Austen @janeaustenlit.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Our party went off extremely well. There were many solicitudes, alarms, and vexations beforehand, of course, but at last everything was quite right. #JaneAusten #Letters

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

President Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100. He was a symbol of what is best about America: kindness, compassion, duty and service. He will be missed, most of all by those who long for a return of that kind of country, led by a man with such strength of character.

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Mae West celebrating New Year’s eve 1936

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Scotland, 2023 by contemporary painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt

Painting of an urban scene looking down a snow covered street at night with houses to the left and right and street lights in the distance under an inky blue dark sky

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Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Euphemia Toussaint was freed by her uncle, Pierre Toussaint, a formerly enslaved man from Haiti who became a very successful entrepreneur & philanthropist in New York. She wrote him weekly letters in English & French. This one is from June 20, 1828.

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Terence Towles Canote @mercurie80.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Today in 1901 Marlene Dietrich was born.

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Octavia E. Butler signed this copy of Parable of the Sower for my late mother, Patricia Stephens Due. The power of these Black women inspired me to write an essay after Tr*mp's inauguration in 2017. I've reposted a slightly revised version I hope will bring you hope today. tinyurl.com/mwazxrb4

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Surviving President Tr*mp: Lessons from the 1960s and Octavia E. Butler

I originally wrote this essay to coincide with the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. It deeply grieves me to publish it…

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

All these lists of Best Christmas Movies, and not ONE mentions Lion in Winter.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Unionized Starbucks workers are on strike in: -California -Colorado -Illinois -Massachusetts -New Jersey -New York -Ohio -Oregon -Pennsylvania -Missouri -Texas -Washington The strike could reach “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, according to @sbworkersunited.org.

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Megan Wyreweden @thecreepingmoon.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Lettering samples with ink and gouache 😎

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/12/2024

🪶 This collaboration with @mounty.bsky.social and @evornithology.bsky.social is the best thing I've been involved with in a decade on social media. 🔉 Sound on! 🔉

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/12/2024

Here's your daily dose of union joy, straight from one of our pickets in Denver, CO! 🥰✊🎶

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 20/12/2024

It's taking all my willpower to stay in bed instead of go back down to the pelican feeding grounds, but if I go to pelicans at 630am it'll be hard to get to Starbucks strike at 10am. Alas, working class pelicans must wait. Pelican tax. 🪶

Mouth more open like it's telling a joke

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Zoe Rain @clayandrain.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

up in the clouds 🌙☁️ #beadwork

blue fringe earrings with cloud tops and dentalium shells

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Hand-held fan, ca. 1810, embroidered with cut-steel shapes and sequins. Find more photos of beautiful fans here: regency-explorer.net/beauty-of-fan/

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Point of view: you’re a Double-crested Cormorant coming into land among some grumpy and expressive Brown Pelicans #birds 🪶

Brown black water bird is airborne on the left of a pier, coming in for a landing, but the pier is already hosting six large brown Pelicans, two of whom are opening their beaks in disapproval

In the second shot in the sequence, the Cormorant is still airborne but now overtop the pelicans, who are raising their wings in protest

The Cormorant is not making contact with the wood of the pier but not yet landed, pelicans are still grumping

The Cormorant is scrambling to stay up on the wood, with the pelicans open-pouch yelling at it

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Gorgeous stained glass piece made by my friend @stonkers.bsky.social, inspired by the medieval Old Gaelic poem, Pangur Bán. The poem was written by a monk who would work tirelessly at his studies as his cat, Pangur Bán, faithfully hunted mice. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

A stained glass piece about 2 ft tall and 1 ft wide, depicting a medium haired white cat sitting on top of a stack of large hardcover books, two off white candles glowing nearby. In the background you see tall, arched church windows with a round window above them. The glass set in the windows is a mellow dark blue like the night sky. That in combination with the candles gives the scene a feeling of cozy nighttime.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I took the back roads home from town this afternoon and happened upon this beauty. It was very actively hunting and it was getting dark and cold, so most of my photos are not in focus. Still, just seeing these enormous owls is such a treat. 🌿🪶

A large great gray owl perches on a fence post next to a snowy field. Its intense yellow eyes are bright in the gathering darkness.

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Darcie Wilde @darciewilde.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This came out the year and month I was born?!! I am absurdly delighted to know this.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...

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