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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence). Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat. Hello?

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Next Saturday!!! Meet The Misfits, me and @dansantat.bsky.social in person at Barnes & Noble in Montclair, CA -- OOF!!! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #booksigning #Misfits #KidLit

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

To hell with Trump and Musk. Our grandparents and great grandparents and half a billion Americans didn't die defeating fascism, just so that we could allow a felon-rapist mobster and an unelected racist billionaire bring it here without opposition. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

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It's Time to Pick a Hill Worth Dying On

If your eyes are clear and open right now you can see it, can’t you?

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Celebrating Black History 💕

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A happy surprise. These two groups use public libraries the most. 🥰

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

“It hasn't even been 24 hours and one of Trump's first actions was to rescind Biden's Executive Order 14084, titled ‘Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services.’ 😡 Biden's E.O. broadly aimed to support the nation's creative and cultural economy…” -EveryLibrary

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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 07/01/2025

“We reaffirm our commitment to defending cartoonists & their right to create without fear. A society without the freedom to laugh, question, or criticize is no society at all.” Marking the Charlie Hebdo attack 10yrs on, with visuals from @anntelnaes.bsky.social cartoonistsrights.org/10th-anniver...

Extract from a longer cartion strip by Ann Telnaes (recently resigned from The Washington Post) concerning the decade since the terror attack at offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, Paris on Jan. 7th 2015.

Under the caption “Some people think the solution is to limit what cartoonists may draw” a group of large, intimidating black-clad figures crowd over a small cartoonist at a drawing table. One bully points a finger and tells the cartoonist “Watch it.” while they sweat with a wide-eyed, scared expression.

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God @thegodshow.com · 28/12/2024

Greenland has universal healthcare, gender equality, and clean energy. Can they take over the USA instead?

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Sandy Hook Promise. Let’s remember our sweet little angels. Let’s never stop fighting for them. 💕

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Let’s repeat the good parts of history to change the bad.

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

“Schools and libraries both provide critical services for our society and have a heavy influence on literacy…ensure students engage with their public library to expand access to many educational programs they can take advantage of long after graduation.” -Marjeta Bejdo, early-childhood educator

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, and Tyson hopes you all are safe from Black Friday stampedes.

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

“Families play an important role in helping children develop fluency in reading. Research has found that, for struggling or non-fluent readers in particular, parent-led reading interventions and support at home increase a student’s reading fluency.”

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We have to continue to strengthen our libraries. They are integral to our communities. 📚 🧸 💙

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What Toy Libraries Do

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Be sure to check out the BROWN SUGAR BABY board books by @kllewis.bsky.social. Great for the holidays. Great for baby showers. Great all the time! And if you do end up purchasing one or all three, please support a local independent bookseller, now more than ever! #NCTE24

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“You can never get enough books into the hands of enough children.” -Dolly

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

At the risk of reading too much into Bluesky’s success at the moment, I do think it’s a signal that people don’t want to be surrounded by bots and manipulated algorithms AI can only go so far. We want human connection.

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

“Because they are so very powerful.”

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“Suddenly book bans and other forms of censorship in schools and libraries are ascendant across the country, led by organized groups and politicians. Last year saw a record-breaking 1,269 efforts to censor books and resources nationwide, nearly twice as many as in 2021 (ALA),”

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I don’t know if we can survive these California “winters.” 😆 “It’s cold, Mama. Are you sure you turned the heater up?”

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Dr. K @katekaynak.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

“Elon Musk made sure to design his version of Twitter to be an unpleasant, dull place. Why choose an awful room run by the worst guy you’ve ever met when there’s an alternative where cool people are hanging out, telling jokes, creating their own goofy lore, and engaging on issues they care about?”

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Bluesky feels more like old Twitter than X does

As more users flee X, a clearer, sunnier social media age is dawning.

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Writers, I wrote this for you ❤️ reviseandshine.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...

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How Do We Write After the Election?

November 2024: Revision Reflections

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

“‘That’s why gatherings like this are important,’ she said. ‘Most people are not aware of what is happening. These extremists, if we don’t show up, we are handing everything over to them. The thing about extremists is they are dedicated whereas the more reasonable majority is falling short…’”

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Shannon Delany @shannondelany.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

When 2 girls couldn't reach powerful WWII enemies, they crafted a honey trap for others, leading too-willing Nazi soldiers into nearby woods with the promise of some "action." But the action they found guaranteed the soldiers never returned. THAT is resistance, or so my thesis research taught me.

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Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

“It’s nicer here, Mama.”

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