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K. Larson

@kareninabook.bsky.social
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My work is helping children find and understand books. I am unable to describe myself in a brief, clever, or amusing way.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19h
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.
LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good idea
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am celebrating by sending angry postcards to my elected officials and reading picture books at work.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 01/10/2026
“As the cold season begins, it is not only important to get the COVID and flu vaccinations, but high-risk populations should get pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus immunizations, as well,” physician Jessica L. Jones writes in an op-ed.
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Voices: Cold and flu season is coming. Vaccines keep my patients — and my family — safe.
“As the cold season begins, it is not only important to get the COVID and flu vaccinations, but high-risk populations should get pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus immunizations, as well,” physician Jessica L. Jones writes in an op-ed.
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Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump uses pocket rescissions to cancel education funding The Trump administration has canceled nearly $100 million in education funding through a mechanism known as "pocket rescissions," which is widely seen as illegal. buff.ly/H7d9ySf
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Trump, Bucking Congress Yet Again, Cancels $100 Million for Education
A "pocket rescission" hits programs for migratory farmworkers and college-level language instruction.
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just saw an early Janeane Garofalo set. I wish her well. Really. She's alright.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FYI It is parents/guardians and students who need to take legal action against school book bans. They are infringing on your right to a complete education and your free speech rights. It is not your librarian/teacher/administrator who is having their rights violated.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I believe a President should be impeached every time they commit an impeachable act
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I bet even rich people are paying more for things. I bet people who are comfortable are paying more for things. I bet people who are just making it are paying more for things. I bet poor people are paying more for things.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true, that's what makes it both funny and sad.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
People should be concerned if their favorite news source DIDN’T get kicked out of the White House
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That’s what democrats can do right now. Say - pardons will be ignored, private assets seized, companies dissolved.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I printed this and posted it above my desk. I'd change only the last line to "I am the FUCK YOUR FEELINGS - EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE ON THE LINE left".
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Decades fall away, as if they never existed when your (70s rodeo queen) name is Balls and your horse is called Woody (current local news story in Utah).
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am now of the age where I can appreciate Glenn Miller but if you cut my hair with that in mind I will (not kick your ass) let it grow out for a month and find someone else.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/09/2026
Make sure you’re registered and have everything you need to cast your ballot by November 3 at aclu.org/vote_2026
Tan graphic reading "Happy National Voter Registration Day! Need help registering in your state? We've got you covered." At the bottom there is an ACLU logo and it reads Defending Our Vote.
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Mandalorian needs a label maker.
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Worked, gardened, took care of pets, chatted,...should sleep well tonight.
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The Clear Cider @theclearcider.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump won’t even give a fallen military family their father’s death benefits, you think he’s going to give you $5000 ?!
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Chelsea Cristene Bock @chelseacristene.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It feels deeply, uniquely American for us to freak out over the potentiality of AI destroying us all in a Matrix-esque fantasy while shrugging our shoulders at all the individual users it has driven to suicide.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Conservatives on the Supreme Court have been diluting Americans’ votes for decades. Let’s dilute theirs. Expand the court in 2029.
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no one (spooky👻) @gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
did you know that men’s rights don’t change state to state? it’s only women and children who have different rights in shithole states
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/09/2026
"The Commerce Department, quietly cut language banning political interference from the department's scientific integrity policy, NPR has learned." www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Also, if we can't trust Google with basic facts, how can we trust them with all of our personal information?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/08/2026
Automatic license plate readers threaten everyone's privacy — no matter which company's cameras are tracking us.
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They’re not Flock, but SLC’s license plate readers pose civil rights challenges of their own, key group says
Salt Lake City's cameras might not be Flock, but one civil liberties group says the devices raise similar worries of "mass surveillance."
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NPR @npr.org · 01/09/2026
The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth? n.pr/4qP9DCO
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Whatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopened
The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth?
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 30/08/2026
well i for one am really excited for the next democratic president to undo all the gaping chasms in american civil society through the sheer strength of his civility
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anyone seriously claiming the military won’t make payroll is just trying to extort you
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 28/08/2026
Letter: Attend meetings. Submit comments. Challenge zoning changes. Organize. Contact legislators. When it comes to data centers, Utahns can still shape what happens next.
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Letter: Utah cannot afford to be overrun by rich data center developers
Letter: Attend meetings. Submit comments. Challenge zoning changes. Organize. Contact legislators. When it comes to data centers, Utahns can still shape what happens next.
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
WHAT?!? "The states have agreed not to sue Meta under existing child safety laws over its retention and use of children’s data."
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K. Larson @kareninabook.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am reaching a whole new understanding of our current position. All the characters in Flannery O'Conner's short stories grew up and their grandchildren voted for Turnip.
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Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 26/08/2026
remember: its not a data center its a surveillance data processing complex
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DavidP @davidp-p.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In the US we are losing a war of choice, our military, our economy and our environment are deteriorating and people cannot afford housing or healthcare and our POTUS and congress are concerned with ballrooms, renaming things, and what bathroom people use We need leadership not hatred and stupidity
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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