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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My heart is broken, for all of us. 🖤💜🤍💛 🩵🩷🤍🩵🩷

Bookish Oddish @liorbrary.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Does anyone know of people/resources that talk about the loss of/shift in interfaith identity after one faith dies out in the immediate family? As a Jew, I don’t want to celebrate xmas on my own, but today is still a big grief day because it meant a lot to people I love who aren’t around anymore.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

ICYMI: “A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing ‘harmful’ materials to minors.” apnews.com/article/arka...

apnews.com

Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for: 1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 20/11/2024

Today is the 25th Trans Day of Remembrance, a day meant to honor the memory of trans people who were lost to transphobic violence. We remember and mourn for those we’ve lost, and will continue to work towards a world without transphobic violence. buff.ly/3V32DDH

Background is a gradient of the colors of the trans pride flag (pink, white, and blue). Cursive text reads at the top and bottom: mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living. In the middle reads: ASAN commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance. #TDOR. Trans Day of Resilience.

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Bookish Oddish @liorbrary.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Friendly reminder to look at dates on posts here with how people can import old tweets. I got startled by news from 2018 for a moment before noticing the old date!

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I've told this story before on the bird site, but I'll share it here. Ask local candidates for office if they have a library card. In a past job, none of them had library cards, and consequently, and unsurprisingly, kept trying to cut library funding. Ask. Ask if they use the library at all.

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Step 1 for everyone pissed about the results, regardless of why: Stop. Spreading. SARS. Wear a mask.

White glowing text on a starry background. Reads: “piss off a fascist: wear a mask!” with an image of a respirator mask underneath.

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Man, I miss cosplay and cons. Wear a damn face mask in public spaces if you’re able to, so that maybe one day I can go again without risking my life or my QOL.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

First came “No Obamacare.” Then a Trump ally went on CNN to question vaccines. By Saturday, RFK Jr was vowing to remove fluoride from drinking water. Looking at Republicans’ closing message — which has baffled strategists and worried public health.

washingtonpost.com

GOP’s closing election message on health baffles strategists, worries experts

“No Obamacare.” Questioning vaccines. No fluoride in drinking water. They’re all Republican assertions in the final days of the presidential campaign.

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Bookish Oddish @liorbrary.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Justin was only 17 when he was killed. His favorite animal was the squirrel, but he loved all animals & wanted to become a vet. He was a nerd who did academic decathlon & interned at a science museum. He read a lot of fantasy. He played the flute. He was a very caring person (1/2)

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

This is a *great* graphic - very visible, very legible, includes all the right information (in words & in the illustration), and is placed at a good height & distance from the HEPA. Bravo to Coburg Library. (Australia, yes?)

Notice above a HEPA in a library (white print on a black background, with an illustration of a HEPA pulling in & blowing out air) that reads in large letters "Please do not turn off the air purifiers," and in smaller letters below the illustration, "These are installed to improve the air quality in the library and help you stay healthy."

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Tinu deserved so much better. She deserves so much better. I wish so much she didn’t have to spend these last years fighting tooth & nail for care & safety… It makes me incandescently furious & utterly heartbroken. Wear a mask: You are killing people if you can & choose not to.

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Rabbi Sara Zober @rebbesmz.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Hey Jews, you've got a month before the Yamim to get your new COVID shots and stock up on N95s. Please consider wearing a mask to services through November even if it isn't required by your shul. Do your part to keep your rabbis and cantors and everyone else healthy!

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Virpi Flyg @virpiflyg.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

A new study in Helsinki daycares, Finland: air purifiers led to a 30% reduction in children's illnesses. Healthier children = healthier staff and parents = big savings. Bonus: the sound of the air purifier made it easier to get the kids to nap. yle.fi/a/74-20052273

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Ugly Laws are ABSOLUTELY back, & I am furious & depressed AF about it. Disabled people are being disappeared from society & no one cares but us. Plus, cops couldn’t even handle IDing me as disabled at 17 when I used my own personal disabled parking placard— they’ve no right to Dx citizens masking.

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Nancy Cooper Frank @ncooperfrank.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

EVERY LIBRARIAN 😬

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Love how this openly admits that tons of Jewish orgs backed Waltz and this entire article is just made up bullshit to stoke false narratives about Jewish opposition to Dems. Which literally doesn't exist because we are the *largest left-voting religious group in America*.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

VP Harris isn't "childless." She's been a stepmom for 10 years. That "counts." Can we not buy into the Right's narrative that parenting only happens with one's own uterus, by State coercion if needed? Sing it with me: families look like lots of things, and love makes a family.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Disabled and chronically ill people include members of *every marginalized group that exists*. If you are doing activism but not making your spaces accessible. If you are doing activism but not for disability. You are not doing activitism, you are doing exclusion. Happy Disability Pride Month!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/06/2024

Criminalizing a simple, easy, personal tool for public health is absurd and incredibly harmful. Masking whenever, wherever, for whatever reason, should be a completely normal and accepted part of life in a society.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

I don’t get *angry* about the abandonment of COVID precautions that often anymore just because I don’t have the energy to be mad constantly but mask-free healthcare is a disgrace and hopefully will one day be looked back on with the same disdain and disgust as the doctors who drove out Semmelweis.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

🧵 As a former librarian, I'll add: Rich (& middle class) ppl also close libraries bc they can't conceive of the need, aka a failure of empathy. I was *constantly* asked: 1) People still go to libraries? (yes) 2) Isn't everything digitized now? (wow, no, let's examine just how how wrong that is)

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The Streampunks @streampunksrpg.bsky.social · 27/05/2024

YEP! It's that time! Our last fundraiser was over 2 years ago! In that time, we put our community support to good use and made it last! If you have enjoyed Streampunks content and would like to support the community and the next chapter in our story join us THIS SATURDAY!

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

God who keeps faith with those who sleep in the dust, have mercy. Give us the courage to be of service, to end & atone for this evil, for the blood we have spilled & watched being spilled, for the universes forever lost through our action & inaction. [gift link]

nytimes.com

People Leaving Rafah Describe Fearful Flight From Israeli Assaults

‘We feel depressed and so exhausted from repeating the same suffering,’ one mother of 11 said.

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Bookish Oddish @liorbrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

Karrie really needs help! Please donate if you can. Donations through helphopelive are even tax deductible if that is something that you care about!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

ATTN NEW YORKERS The NY Public Library has a plea out for signatures to push the city not to cut their budget and force them to reduce collections, end services, reduce maintenance, and close 2 days a week. It takes mere seconds to sign. They need 50,000. Pleas sign and SHARE WIDELY

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.myatproto.social · 19/04/2024

doctors: correlation doesn't equal causation fat people: so you agree that just because being fat is correlated with certain illnesses, that doesn't mean being fat *causes* those illnesses or that weight loss is the cure doctors: lol no what no #NEISvoid

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 17/04/2024

Friends, if you've been following @michaeldthomas.bsky.social or @lynnemthomas.com you know that their daughter Caitlin is in a bad way. A small group of us have organized a fundraiser to help them be able to be entirely present with Caitlin. Please give them some love & support.

gofund.me

Lynne & Michael Thomas, organized by Mary Robinette Kowal

It has been a long and exhausting road for Caitlin Thomas and her parents, Lynne & Michael… Mary Robinette Kowal needs your support for Lynne & Michael Thomas

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Oh, this is huge. The link to the announcement itself, if you're avoiding The Bad Place: arpa-h.gov/news-and-eve... The big part of this remit: "creating indoor air biosensors to detect airborne biothreats rapidly". That means airborne virus detection.

arpa-h.gov

ARPA-H launches BREATHE to monitor and improve indoor air quality

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) supports transformative research to drive biomedical and health breakthroughs ranging from molecular to societal to provide transformative hea...

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a prednisone hate account @vvictormanuel.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

I’ve come crawling back. It’s a very long story but basically I got abandoned 1000 miles away from home and I’ve been homeless in the last month. I desperately need your help. www.gofundme.com/f/help-get-v...

gofundme.com

Help Get Victor to Safety, organized by Victor Markhoff

My name is Victor. I’m 25 years old, I’m disabled, I’m in the most f***ed position I could b… Victor Markhoff needs your support for Help Get Victor to Safety

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Instagram keeps deleting my comment about ableism in synagogues so I’m just gonna post it here instead. I’m sure people of other denominations can relate to waning access to online services that were only around when the abled needed them.

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Hey, Hey Alma,
I joined a temple during lockdown because it was very accessible with fully remote services and holidays, but these days they are cutting way back on remote participation. I feel like a second class member compared to in-person folks. What are some good options for participating in remote Jewish life now as a person who is at high risk for Covid?
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hey.alma this week's hey alma advice column submission concerns accessibility and what it means to be a covid-conscious jew in 2024. before our team responds, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

erinbiba If your synagogue doesn't require masks and refuses to allow online services then you are
*intentionally* excluding disabled and
immunocompromised people from your community. If you want an inclusive community that welcomes everyone you need to make your community ACCESSIBLE. This is not a difficult or complex conversation. If accessibility could be easily created when abled people needed it during the pandemic then it should remain easy now. Otherwise you're just saying it's only worth it the effort when certain people need it. You can't call yourself an inclusive community if you refuse to do the work to allow everyone to have the same level of access based on their needs.

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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס @tikkunolamunist.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

For every Jew on Planet Earth, there are roughly five Christian Zionists in the USA. AIPAC serves them, not us.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

It is my position, as a librarian, a library board member, and an individual, that NO ONE should be able to see what books another person has checked out and that loan history should be deleted as soon as books are returned. I don't care how young or old someone is.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

The ACA turns 14 today. It’s the only reason I was able to get health insurance for many years of my life. While it isn’t perfect and didn’t go far enough, I think many of its loudest critics from the left these days don’t understand just how bad things were before it

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

NEW: The GOP has put an extremely under-radar measure on Wisconsin's ballot on April 2, in two weeks. Voting groups in the state are warning the language is so vague it may chill their ability to get involved & fill in gaps. boltsmag.org/wisconsin-qu...

boltsmag.org

Ballot Measure May Scare Away the People Who Help Run Wisconsin Elections

A quiet proposal on Wisconsin’s April 2 ballot would restrict who can assist with election tasks. Voting advocates worry it could alienate groups and volunteers needed to run the polls.

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

This is so sad. I think Brolylegs was one of the first disabled streamers I’d seen— it was so awesome to watch him play! May his memory be a blessing. We’re losing so, so many disabled people these last few years it feels like… it’s truly heartbreaking.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/03/2024

Friends in NYC! Please use these forms from our public libraries to tell the mayor not to cut NYC library budgets! Pick your borough and fill out the form! Bronx/Manhattan/Staten Island: www.nypl.org/speakout Brooklyn: www.bklynlibrary.org/standup/cont... Queens: queenslibrary.org/support/take...

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 11/03/2024

For whoever needs to hear it today: taking precautions to avoid catching covid does NOT make you an "anxious" person!! It's not unreasonable to want to keep yourself/others healthy! Anyone who says you're a burden or should "compromise" by putting yourself at risk should go kick rocks for eternity.

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Ramadan Mubarak to all celebrating! ❤️ If you’re able to, please donate eSims through Crips for eSims— organized in part by @SFDirewolf —as eSims have been vital for Palestinians to contact family & friends, & make a huge difference: chuffed.org/project/crip...

chuffed.org

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Make no mistake. Requiring allowing rifling through your personal belongings before you can ride the subway or take a bus is a police state stratagem that will only further tank ridership. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

cbsnews.com

Union boss calls for National Guard, bag checks on Chicago transit system, like in New York

"We know for a fact on the bus, people get on with weapons. ... So a bag check is more than welcome to me," said Keith Hill, president of the CTA's largest worker union.

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Bookish Oddish @liorbrary.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

People who have a better understanding of such things than I, how common is it for a Gregorian calendar leap day to fall in a Hebrew calendar leap month?

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