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Ilene Frank

@ifrank.bsky.social
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I'm a reference librarian at a community college and UoPeople.edu and an instructor at UMGC.edu and I'm an excellent lurker

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages. granta.com/contributor/...
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Emmasrandomthoughts 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌹 @countessemilia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/arab
socialjusticebooks.org
Arabs and Arab Americans
Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.
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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
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Middle Grade Books featuring Muslim Characters — a staff-created list from Arapahoe Libraries
A list of books for middle grade readers featuring characters who practice Islam.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pre Sunrise calm and quiet, all is well here on the northwest corner of Lake Michigan this Saturday morning. #906Life #PureMichigan
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🌮 Alacrity's Ghost @alacritysshadow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Clean air is now a “burden.” Trump’s EPA announced it will reconsider smog-control requirements for parts of Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott pushed for relief. This comes as Abbott declared a diesel price “disaster” and separately requested waivers for cleaner diesel standards.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Josh Helfgott: CE handcuffed a nurse in front of her 3-year-old son on their way to Disneyland—even though a judge already ruled she could NOT be sent back to Indonesia. After 15 days behind bars, a federal magistrate just ordered her FREE.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Insanity 😡
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A group of interfaith leaders in California is marching 96 miles from an ICE processing center in the Mojave Desert to Downtown L.A. to protest ICE and demand a shutdown of "all detention centers."
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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inthelou.bsky.social @inthelou.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Show us the Epstein files now!
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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I bought a six-pack of donuts when a guy next to me said, "You shouldn't eat donuts." I replied, "My grandparents parents lived to be 100." He asked, "Did they eat donuts?" I shot back, "No, they minded their own fkn business."
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I bought a bar of chocolate on Monday, it’s now Friday and I still haven’t eaten it. For someone who works from home let me tell you that is remarkable (and worrying).
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's not even funny what kind of loss I will absorb if I have to create an account to do business with you. I will walk away from a winning lottery ticket, I promise you.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing news! MLB has dropped its proposal for a baseball game in Grand Teton National Park! Thank you to everyone who pushed back and stood up for our parks!
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
77 Candles 🎂 today for the legendary portraitist — ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Californians are still rebuilding and recovering after the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. I'm glad FEMA has finally heeded to our calls to release urgently needed financial assistance through the Disaster Case Management Program.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
This feels too on the nose. Has the script writing this season just become lazy?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
A historic milestone for New York’s youngest learners: Universal 2-K is here. Our two-year-olds are ready to learn, explore and build a strong foundation from day one. This is what it looks like when we invest in our kids.
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The Look Book Goes to the First Day of Preschool
The city’s universal-2K program launched September 10 as an inaugural class of 2-year-olds joined Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I knew this would last only a couple days. Pathetic.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion of mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry. In Paris, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), an aggressive, day-biting nuisance, is now everywhere. So excited to get Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in Paris.
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Scientists explore new ways to target mosquitoes as warming climate expands threat
It doesn't have sharp teeth or claws, but the mosquito kills more people than any other animal on earth. As the climate warms, mosquito season is lasting longer, giving them more time to spread danger...
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“All watched over by machines of loving grace” by Richard Brautigan, written in 1967.
All WATCHED OVER BY MACHWES OF LoViNg GRACE
by Richard Brautigan
I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computors live together in mutually programmatic harmony 
I like to think (right now, please!)
of a cybernetic
forest
filled with pines and electronics where deer stroll peacefully past computors
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms

I like to think! (it'has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labor and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, 
and all watched over by machines of loving grace.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026
"china is charging their cars in less time than it takes you to fill up your F-150" is the kind of banal jingoism i always assumed would get us finally kicking it up a notch on serious infrastructure buildout but we were a lot more directly addicted to gasoline in addition to racism than i thought
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/09/2026
New Yorkers, a storm is arriving today. Don't travel if you don't have to. Never drive or walk through floodwater. Call 911 if you are in danger, and report nonemergency issues to 311. Look out for one another and stay safe.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cookies have very few vitamins. That’s why you have to eat so many of them.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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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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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Axon cameras. More like, ax me before you turn on those cameras, am I right??
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not your imagination, groceries ARE much more expensive 😡👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm excited to announce the relaunch of my UC Berkeley class “Wealth and Poverty.” Starting today (and every Monday), you’ll be able to take a new lesson in the course. Join me and Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse for a live “watch-along” of the first class! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE NOW: LIVE “Wealth and Poverty” first class watch-a-long!
Robert Reich on Substack
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East Traveler @easttraveler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The U.S. House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025, and the Senate followed with its approval on November 19, 2025. As of today (September 21, 2026), it has been 307 days since the House vote (and 306 days since the Senate vote and subsequent signing into law). #DOJSucks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 22/09/2026
pilot apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1895
pilot apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1895
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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fascinating thread!
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Dot Porter @leoba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
*bangs pots and pans* NEW SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CATALOGING JOB JUST DROPPED (and it's at the University of Rochester, which is pretty great) rochester.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UR_Sta...
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Special Collections Metadata Librarian
As a community, the University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better. Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, ...
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Holy shit I just saw a post about a company that is making washers and dryers with knobs and buttons. No screens, no shitzillion settings, no annoying little electronic song when it’s done. Could it be? They’re realizing we don’t need our laundry machines to post to Twitter or send faxes?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
On September 17th, we filled our 200,000th pothole. See something that needs fixing in NYC? Call 311, tag @nyc311.bsky.social or go to portal.311.nyc.gov.
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alias goes here @meanoldbitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You don’t have to wait until mid-life to have a crisis. Crash out now, you deserve it.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 17/09/2026
My goodness: www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you have a kid in college, the meningococcal vaccine is so important. This disease spreads in dorms and can kill healthy young adults overnight.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Record heatwaves bring Britain’s second-best butterfly season in 16 years
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Record heatwaves bring Britain’s second-best butterfly season in 16 years
Volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and moths, with painted ladies up 335% on last year The recording-breaking heat of 2026 delivered the second-best British butterfly season of the past 16 years, according to the Big Butterfly Count. The largest insect count in the world, in which more than 100,000 volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and day-flying moths, confirmed what many people experienced – a noticeable profusion of butterflies during the five-heatwave summer. Continue reading...
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