N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I WON MARIOKART FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER AND IT WAS A KNOCKOUT GAME! @Level One Game Pub Ottawa, ON. 000
Reposted by N. LaRocqueFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/05/2026I just think it’s really funny when people who make hating Bluesky 80% of their personality also spend vast amounts of the time allocated to their one wild and precious life on Bluesky. When I start hating something, I stop doing it. Which is why I left Twitter. 271003106
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Can someone please explain why there isn’t by this, the year of our dumpster fire 2026, a decent way to reheat French fries? We value all of the wrong things in this late stage capitalist hellscape. 100
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026This (and the fact that I always enjoy @jayasaxena.com’s writing) is why I just subscribed to @weareravenous.com I can’t wait for their official launch. 0162
Reposted by N. LaRocqueAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Simple information about what the SAVE Act would actually do to American voters. Tens of millions would lose their right to vote unless they spend lots of $$$ and jump through bureaucratic hoops before November. 21038792969
Reposted by N. LaRocqueMaia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661! 241313436
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026They come for one of us, they come for all of us. Support Trans folks trying to relocate out of Kansas: tcpipeline.orgtcpipeline.orgTrans Continental PipelineQueer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado 000
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026People of the internet, a question: What, in your mind, is the difference between kindness and niceness? Tagging several writers who are very important to me to jump start the conversation. @theferocity.bsky.social @courtneymilan.com @scalzi.com @pronounced-ing.bsky.social 111748
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026A former coworker of mine just found out that her 6 m/o was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. While trying to find relief for her ailing child, her husband was accused of unsubstantiated child abuse by a major children’s hospital. This family lives paycheck to paycheck. 121
Reposted by N. LaRocqueHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 31/01/2026mprnews.orgSt. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting residentThe police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police... 77231
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Mayo Clinic: it is a 15 minute walk from this location to the Hilton building. Me: MAKE THAT 7 MINUTES MFERS!!!! What a week. 010
Reposted by N. LaRocqueJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.comWoman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidenceMarimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en... 4652451848
Reposted by N. LaRocqueMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW. 12373301744
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This evening, I have arrived in Rochester, MN for a visit to Mayo. Here is my contribution to the beautification of my hotel. #abolishice #resist 170
Reposted by N. LaRocqueBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/01/2026they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted. 356165882776
Reposted by N. LaRocqueUAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 09/01/2026ICE has detained 4 Oglala Lakota men in Minneapolis. Story here: rapidcitypost.com/four-oglala-... and tribal president's statement below. 5296222
Reposted by N. LaRocqueSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 08/01/2026If being disrespectful to black women is a means to your supposed antifascist end, fuck you and your revolution. How you treat people is who you are. 31629282
Reposted by N. LaRocqueThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/01/2026“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.” 903199297074
Reposted by N. LaRocquekelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Folks, that is 21 STATES who want to revoke your First Amendment Rights to use public and public school libraries. Nearly half the states in the US want to dismantle YOUR RIGHTS. You need to be giving a shit. No one will save us but us. No one else is coming. 24618
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025ALL OF THIS. It’s really hard to purchase books for teens of ALL AGES AND INTERESTS lately as a Librarian. 030
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025IT IS FINALLY TIME! @mattielubchansky.com @jayasaxena.com 060
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Got back from an amazing vacation at 10:30 PM last night. Knew there wouldn’t be time to defrost traditional Thanksgiving stuff. So baked potato bar and bake from frozen pie for all. 000
Reposted by N. LaRocqueBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs... 2620891393
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Well it’s October and I have a road trip coming up this weekend which means it’s time for my annual reread of probably my favorite audiobook of all time: The Gates by John Connolly. If you have a library card and your library gives you access to the Hoopla app you can listen to it any time! 250
Reposted by N. LaRocqueNBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/09/2025Over a two-year period, prosecutors across 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, with most of the charges originating in states with near or total abortion bans, according to a new report released Tuesday.nbcnews.comNew study finds more than 400 pregnancy-related prosecutions after Roe's fallMost of the cases involved allegations of substance use during pregnancy, a nonprofit legal group found. 37565443
Reposted by N. LaRocqueDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence. 984032981
Reposted by N. LaRocquecollectivided @collectivided.bsky.social · 22/09/2025"the guy audibly dying into the microphone?" "yeah, the health secretary" 315411
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I am a seasonal reader and someone who rereads for comfort. Time for an Indian Lake trilogy reread. Cuz if Jade Daniels can be a badass, so can I. #jadedanielsismyfinalgirl @sgj.bsky.social #booksky 010
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 10/09/20251/2 You. All. Reading an advance audiobook copy of Tiffany D. Jackson’s The Scammer and it has me alllll on edge like when I read Grown for the first time. The two biggest pieces of ick thus far? #booksky 100
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Let’s get this effin’ vacation started. @effinbirds.com 62535
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Looks like an important animal fact that @theferocity.bsky.social needs to know. 120
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025First bike in almost 20 years. Hubs got one too. And that means our entire family can ride together. ❤️ 040
Reposted by N. LaRocquekelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Between June 10 and June 16, there were FOUR bomb threats sent to public libraries across the US. That this doesn't make wider news–the ongoing targeting of public libraries with bomb threats–is mind-boggling. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...buttondown.comOne Week, Four Library Bomb ThreatsBomb threats at libraries have become a far too common occurrence. In the summer of 2023–two years into an unrelenting attack on public librarians, as well... 4156103
Reposted by N. LaRocqueAshley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I just keep looking at my phone and saying “oh my God” like Bob from Bob’s Burgers. 14621112
Reposted by N. LaRocquekelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025How about some neutral-leaning-good news? Brooklyn Public Library is making funding available for libraries across the US who want to develop freedom to read programming for young people. It's open to any library, with a note that small and rural libraries are especially encouraged to apply. 421684
Reposted by N. LaRocqueLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10/06/2025The fascism is not a distraction from the funding of the fascism. They’re the same thing. 8866167
Reposted by N. LaRocqueTracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social · 07/06/2025#haiku #HaikuSaturday above an empty basin watermarks ring granite cliffs Inspired by: www.bbc.com/news/world-u... The article is old. The problem is not.bbc.comLake Mead: Largest US reservoir dips to record lowLake Mead along the Arizona-Nevada border is a major water supply source for some 20 million people. 5285
Reposted by N. LaRocqueLeah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders. 057691407
Reposted by N. LaRocque🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason 4983842220
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025As a Librarian, I can’t tell you how amazing this thread is. Transparency is so. Freaking. IMPORTANT. Dang. Go get a @libro.fm account. Get your dollars out of Bezos’s pocket. 120
Reposted by N. LaRocqueAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2025It’s called taxing the rich, buddy. 714242054763
Reposted by N. LaRocqueAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/05/2025Who wore cognitive dissonance/complete detachment from their populous' suffering better? 881963530
N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Immediately did a double take when I saw this ad since I am reading an advance copy of @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social ‘s The Listeners. IYKYK 000
Reposted by N. LaRocqueBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 21/05/2025When it comes to the latest economic research on assistance to the poor, says @kedseconomist.com, Congress is like a toddler with their hands over their earsbloomberg.comThe GOP Tax Bill Ignores Decades of Economic ResearchAssistance to the poor should be seen less as spending on people and more as investment in people. 61877340
Reposted by N. LaRocquejs-atkins.bsky.social @js-atkins.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I'm hoping you and other commentators are going to say something about this. So far there's been almost nothing from those with the biggest voices. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...justsecurity.orgA Terrible IdeaDean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders 410844