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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This Is Embarrassing And Disturbing… 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇰🇳🇱🇫🇷 Canada, Germany, England, Denmark, Netherlands, and France all have travel advisory warnings for visiting America. Let that sink in.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Book concept: People start finding books in a Little Free Library that were never written or published in this world. Some are exactly what the "borrower" needs. Some are a delight. But some are dangerous. And the Little Free Library just might have a sinister agenda...

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/04/2025

The saviors Easter message:

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Came here to say just this. And relatively coherent. And complete sentences.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I agree. Felt too performative. She's got it naturally.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Same. Pete and AOC--dream ticket.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

PLEASE READ: This teacher in my district is being targeted--FIRST CASE in Fl but this will become national. If you read my pinned story I shared how our district is one of the reddest & most toxic. This is how. The students are fighting for her. Bluesky--please share. www.change.org/p/reinstate-...

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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is high art

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Where is our humanity?

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Larry Hochman @larryhochman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I believe this is why they coined the phrase, “low hanging fruit.”

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Tamara @tamdoe.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Yes Brevard! Even our super red county…the one that birthed Moms for Liberty cofounder, housed the horrible Randy Fine, and home to countless J6 criminals, showed up! @maddow.msnbc.com

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ejm @ejm0.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Other side of the moat, French public broadcaster has been doing alright. I haven't dug into what they're putting out in writing, but they usually move beyond stenography. youtu.be/avEtMcELaPU

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'The most economically illiterate speech I have ever heard', analyst says • FRANCE 24 English

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

She does! In that final thread that’s her painting just last week.❤️😁

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So grandma Ruth, just months after her stroke at 96, painted these so we could test how they do on our libraries. Since then, we've had several painting parties. Inspired by her work, we're planning an artist series where money raised goes to nonprofit of the artist's choice. Stay tuned.💙#art #books

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Grandma had a massive stroke in Aug. We didn't think she'd make it but she's a survivor. It was at her house, as she recovered, where we came up w/the idea of making libraries (she's an avid reader) w/ interchangeable panels so we could have new design and so people could paint their own art. #art

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Growing up with an artist grandma, I took it for granted. It wasn't until I was in my 40's-- yea, 40's--that I realized her true talent. I understood when I attended my first Painting with a Twist & tried to do my own landscape art😂. Here is just some of grandma Ruth's art (she's 96). #art #booksky

Painting of snowy landscape with pond and tree in a valley.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I watched this over and over as a kid. Just loved it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

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ThatGuyYouHate @thatguyyouhate6111.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Better late than never.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you for reading about our journey. I hope you will consider putting a library in your neighborhood. If you can't find a local creator, one that shares your values, please look to us. And please share our message. 💙

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I'm on a mission to get them in every park, apartment complex, and neighborhood in our red town. We have more ideas coming: grants for low-income areas. An artist series to support nonprofit art & humanities organizations. Our 1st artist to donate to this cause--my 96 yr old artist grandma, Ruth. 💙

96 year old Ruth paints 3 panels for the libraries.

96 year old artist, Ruth, paints a landscape scene on a panel for the library.

Front view of the library with books inside and artist Ruth Ceike's art on the side.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

With the efforts to close libraries, ban books, destroy education, ignore science, we see these libraries no longer as a distracting hobby, but as an act of resistance. It feels important. The billboard feature allows a change of messaging. Your library doesn't have to be political, but it can be.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Since starting in December we have installed 12 LIBRARIES around our county. 😊 Last week we opened a shared bank account for this little business. We showed our banker the designs and the custom version he just completed. She looked at my dad and said, "wow, you are a true artist." 🥹 He is.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My dad doesn't think of himself as an artist. But he is. You might not think you're an artist. But artists are more than just their end products, more than what you might think of as a creator. Artists view the world from many perspectives. They "create" empathy. They "build" community.

A landscape painting in the side of the library.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I want to share this: if you're a maker, make things. The value might just be in the process, providing mental relief, or in building community. Sometimes it can be what saves us or sustains us to keep fighting the bigger battles ahead.

Man cleaning paint gun in several buckets.

Two students looking at books at a little library.

A young girl posing in front of a little library.

A young man reading a book from a little library.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

At the fair, tons of like-minded people stopped by our booth. It renewed us, knowing there are so many of us. Dad is in the shop every day now: sketching, measuring, sawing, perfecting. Mom, too. Helping, painting. I'm getting books into the community. Spreading literacy. Making readers where I can.

Closeup of woman painting a library green.

Man in woodshop holding the rough sketch of a library.

Little library by the street with the house it is modeled after in the background.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

In March we had our first craft show in collaboration w/ @helloagainbooks.bsky.social They're an LGBTQ+, woman-owned bookseller & models of positivity. In these tough times, they choose love & support & positivity. They offer a safe space for so many. Please follow and support them!

4 people standing behind a little library

Little library on the sidewalk outside of a bookstore.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We kept going...what if we had blank panels that you could paint? How could we make books, these libraries, even more fun, more personalized? Think Painting with a Twist but with books! Bring a book and paint panels for the library. We did this with friends and at school w/ students. So much FUN. 😁

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We took the idea further & designed our "Novel Idea" library to have interchangeable sides & back panels. So it can act as a mini-billboard, with its changing designs. Think Pride Month, Holidays, Art, Poetry, Science Info, etc. These are just a few. We can even take custom designs & print them!

A sign that reads Women's History Month and has a picture of Rosie the Riveter.

sign with dog in the middle and words reading "Bruce's Library EST 2024" around it.

Sign "if you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours." Dolly Parton

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

So we turned our focus to our hearts & hands; we decided to start making neighborhood libraries. With my love of literature and his carpentry skills it was perfect. We could provide banned books, books of diversity, of science. PLUS my best friend Jen happened to own a printing company BCreative...

Little library, white, with about 20 books inside.

Side angle of little library. Side has an image of books and a quote that reads "The man who does not read has no advantage of the man who cannot read." Mark Twain.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

One night we were talking about the neighborhood library he had made for me the previous year. How much I loved it, how it was always attracting people, even in our very red neighborhood. I know many Trump supporters visited it and took books and shared books. Many non-Trumpers loved it being there.

Little library by the road, dark blue, with door open showing two shelves of books. Words across the top read: take a book, leave a book.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It's FL so we can go on and on, but all this is to say that when Trump was "elected" the second time, we felt, as many others, DEVASTATED. My dad, 75, was sinking, wavering between sadness & rage. Retired, he was consuming too much media. He was feeling totally hopeless & ashamed for our country. 💔

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Two disturbing messages from the course subtly recurred. They were basically: 1. Yea, we had slavery and it was bad but everyone was doing it & many places were worse. 2. Religion is really what the founders wanted because, well, they quoted scripture a lot. So, it belongs in our institutions! 🤡

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Last year, Florida introduced a new Civics Course. To teach it, you could take the 55 hour certification course. I didn't want to teach it, but I DID want to see what it was all about... 🤔 So I took it.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A constant attack on "woke" teachers. DEI weaponized. I teach w/ MAGA teachers whose beliefs are not conducive to this work; who cheer the dismantling of DOE. Censorship, religion in school, prejudice, are becoming acceptable. Denial of science is prevalent. Critical thinking is losing. 😔

Group of about 12 high school students posing for picture in front of class.

Group of about 30 high school students posing for picture in front of class.

Group of 4 high school students posing for picture with their teacher.

Group of 5 high school graduates posing for picture with their teacher.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Over in my world, teaching high school literature has grown more challenging. My district ordered thousands of books pulled from our shelves until "review". They then proceeded to remove teachers and media specialists from the so-called "review committees" and installed political allies.

Stack of about 15 books in a classroom including: The Underground Railroad, Beloved, Maya Angelou poetry.

One shelf of books with a sign in front that reads "Any Book Worth banning is a book worth reading" Above the shelf is The Handmaids Tale.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

When people saw old, white, male construction guy in a pickup, they "assumed" so he put stickers to his truck, wore printed shirts & hats to show otherwise. He lost friends & family over it. Many of you can relate. Losing local elections was hard on him, but when Hillary lost, he got VERY depressed.

Man on a street wearing a shirt that says 98% Scientists Believe and he's holding a sign that says "the oceans are rising." A woman standing next to him has her back turned to the camera and her shirt says "Climate Change is Real"

Man inside home holding sign that say "This is #ourparty STACEY for FDR

White pickup trick with large sign that says Biden/Harris in the back.

An outdoor carport with about 10 large 6 foot political signs for Sanjay Patel.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My dad retired when Trump first ran. He'd never been politically active before but he jumped in completely. Got involved in national & local politics, put his carpentry skills to work, building signs & cleaning up vandalism. He knocked on doors, joined protests, registered voters on streets. 💪

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

DeSantis claims FL is where "woke goes to die." We're the first state to ban CRT. We're an unwelcome place for the LGBTQ+ community and women, POC, immigrants. Currently, they're working to change child labor laws so that 14 year-olds can work overnight shifts. ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our Sheriff, Wayne Ivey, a Trump wannabe, hosts a show: "Wheel of Fugitive" and "Fishing 4 Fugitives" where he makes a game show out of people's lives. Our local school board member AND teacher union Pres. held a joint press conference w/ him IN FRONT OF THE JAIL to talk about school discipline.

Sherriff Wayne Ivey in front of a Spinning, game show type of wheel, that has pictures of "fugitives" on each section.

Screen showing a "fugitive" with his name and stats but posted as if a fish on a fishing expedition. Part of Sherriff Wayne Ivey's Fishing for Fugitives program.

Matt Susin, Anthony Collucci, and Wayne Ivey standing at a microphone at a press conference in front of a barbed wire scene of a jail.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Over the years, MAGA has taken over our county: we had the highest level of Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the co-founder of Moms for Liberty was my school board member. Our neighborhood is inundated with handmade "Let's Go Brandon" banners and "FJB" signs. They put stickers on street signs.🙄

Woman with shirt that reads "moms for Liberty" and has her hands on two stacks of books.

Street sign that says Caution TRUMP Area. Trump has been added as a sticker. Two garbage cans are next to it.

A flag hangs from a tree. The flag is a picture of Trump when he was shot in the ear.

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Lit Inspired @litinspired.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A tale of blue dots treading water in a sea of red. My immediate family consists of my 2 daughters, my parents, & grandma but THIS story is about me & my dad: Randy is a retired carpenter of 50 yrs; I'm a HS literature teacher of 25 yrs. FL has been our home our whole life. (It used to be better).

a man and a woman, about 55 years old, with their arms around two kids. One is graduating and has white cap and gown on. The other kids is a young girl about 10 years old with a blue dress.

Woman two girls on each side. All three looking into the camera, smiling, with arms around each other . The one on the left side has short hair and a white shirt about 22 years old. The woman in the middle is about 45 and the girl on the right has long dark hair and about 16 years old.

Picture of big group of people, outside, gazebo in the back. Wedding couple in center of pic.

Group family photo taken outside with everyone standing around an older couple who are sitting in chairs.

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