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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Shock gloves in schools? What are we doing? (P.S. Follow the money)

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just canceled my DashPass and sent this email to DoorDash. I encourage you to do the same if you support D.C. home rule. press@doordash.com and ir@doordash.com

Hello,

I’m writing to let you know that I just canceled my DashPass because of DoorDash’s disgraceful campaign against D.C. home rule.

DoorDash is urging Congress to nullify a new D.C. law imposing a 20 percent tax on food-delivery services—not merely by overturning that law, but by prohibiting the District from enacting any new tax without prior congressional approval. That is an extraordinarily sweeping assault on D.C.’s right to govern itself and an odious insult to the District’s residents.

I am especially disgusted by DoorDash’s public claim that it is somehow defending D.C. residents while actively seeking to strip us of our right to govern ourselves through our own democratically elected lawmakers. Please do not pretend that disenfranchising District residents is an act undertaken on our behalf.

I intend to publicize DoorDash’s attack on home rule as widely as possible and urge everyone I know to boycott the company.

Shame on you.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is a Pom-pom crab. No, really 😄 🦀 (Also Boxer crab or Cheerleader crab) The pink structures are actually living sea anemones that the crab holds in its claws for defense and to help mop up food particles. If one anemone is lost, the crab clones another by tearing it in half to regenerate.

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Raffy @rafanelly.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Thank you for continuing in the face of science deniers! I just donated. Everyone should too. givebutter.com/climate-for-...

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Climate.us Launches New Independent Website for Trusted Climate Information

Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Last month two library workers reached out to Public Collectors to ask about making a booklet version of Fobazi Ettarh's essay "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" for a Celebration of Life event. We did, and it is now available for all: halfletterpress.com/vocational-a...

This booklet is a standalone print publication of Fobazi Ettarh’s essay, in which she defined vocational awe as the ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries are inherently good and sacred, and therefore beyond critique. Fobazi first presented on vocational awe at the Identity, Agency, and Culture in Academic Libraries Conference in 2017. Later on, she fleshed out the idea into this essay, which first appeared in the journal In the Library with the Lead Pipe on January 10, 2018. It sparked immediate rippling conversations about dynamics of systemic underresourcing, undercompensation, job creep, and exploitation across the library profession. It was cited more than 500 times in her lifetime, and she presented dozens of invited presentations and keynotes on it. In 2020, she was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker; true to her own values, she voluntarily revoked the award to protest Library Journal’s awarding of a Library of the Year that had been widely protested for hosting an event with a virulently anti-trans organization earlier in the year. In this time, public scholars and intellectuals in fields such as social work, teaching, nursing, and technology began to engage with vocational awe, including Cory Doctorow in Enshittification, Anne Helen Petersen in Culture Study, Simone Stolzoff in The Good Enough Job, and more. At the time of her passing in January 2026, Fobazi was a PhD student at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, furthering her research on vocational awe across domains, with a specific focus on tech work. May her memory politicize us all.

— Anastasia Chiu

The proposal to publish this text as a booklet came from library workers Mimosa Shah and Jorge López-McKnight. With the cooperation of Fobazi’s widow Elena Maris, Public Collectors has designed, printed and published this essay for that celebration, as well as more widespread readership.

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Android should trigger to install an app here, which is native but doesn’t have the same screen control benefits I’m afraid. The web app is essentially equivalent

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Colorblindness Test

A real one: free, with citations. Based on Ishihara and HRR plate methods, validated with the Viénot-Brettel-Mollon dichromacy model.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Vaccines are safe and effective. I’m going to keep saying it, but some people just choose to be ignorant.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Books for Reception children aged 4-5 - 40 exciting texts by Leo Timmers, Nadia Shireen, Steve Weatherill, Katja Gehrmann, Charlotte Mei, Jon Agee & more. *New* - a free wallpaper to download for your classroom PC! #teachertwitter schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...

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Books for Reception children aged 4-5 in EYFS

Reception books for children aged 4-5 in primary school with selection of vibrant texts picked by expert teachers and librarians.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Here are the Chicks performing “Not Ready to Make Nice” on Kimmel last night on the 23rd anniversary of them being right about the Iraq War and getting actually canceled for it: youtu.be/Gc84Qk7f-pg

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The Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 06/06/2026

Recommended read: An interactive piece from BBC News described how the forecasted “super” El Niño could impact global climate and weather in the coming months.

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Prepare for El Niño, UN warns - it could be the strongest in decades - BBC News

Scientists fear the combined effects of El Niño and human-caused climate change could reshape weather around the world

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It’s gardening season! Do your friends and neighbors know about the positive ecological impact we can have by planting native plants?? Help get the conversation started with our Native Plants t shirt! (Modeled by our buddy @wowthanks.bsky.social) Get one at squidfacts.net

A handsome blonde man in Jeffrey Dahmer glasses and absolutely covered in tattoos looks moody with a black T-shirt on, it says plant native plants with a stained glass window with a woman inside surrounded by plants

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Today my little plant stand sold: 8 blue lobelia 10 NY Asters 15 NY ironweed 23 swamp milkweed That’s 56 more native plants going into the neighborhood to feed the bugs LFG.

Sarah sits among her chaotic backyard with lots of
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I support Public Land Order 7923 and urge the BLM to select the No Action Alternative, keeping the 10-mile mineral withdrawal around Chaco Culture National Historical Park fully intact. This sacred landscape holds irreplaceable cultural and archaeological significance.

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

If you are a PhD, PhD candidate, PI, science or math teacher/ instructor/ professor in Los Angeles County, please consider judging at the 76th annual Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair, March 9, 2026 at the Shrine Expo Hall. More info on our website, lascifair.org

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LACSEF | Los Angeles County Science & Engineering Fair 2026

Official LA County Science & Engineering Fair - The 76th LA County Science & Engineering Fair, March 8-9, 2026 at the Shrine Expo Hall in LA

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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LACSEF | Los Angeles County Science & Engineering Fair 2026

Official LA County Science & Engineering Fair - The 76th LA County Science & Engineering Fair, March 8-9, 2026 at the Shrine Expo Hall in LA

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If you’re able, please support this verified GoFundMe for Alex Pretti’s family. And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing it far and wide matters just as much. It’s at $300K and counting.

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Donate to Alex Pretti is an American Hero, organized by Keith Edwards

On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and American citizen wa… Keith Edwards needs your support for Alex Pretti is an American Hero

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 10/01/2026

January is #InternationalBloodDonorMonth. What makes blood types different and which are compatible with which? Learn more with this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2018/01/12/b...

An infographic titled Blood Type Compatibilities explains how antigens and antibodies determine donor-recipient matches.

Eight columns represent blood types (O-, O+, A-, A+, B-, B+, AB-, AB+). Each shows its specific antigens and antibodies, followed by lists of compatible donors and recipients. For example, O- is the universal donor, able to give to all types but only receive from O-. Conversely, AB+ is the universal recipient, able to receive from all types but only donate to AB+.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000) "Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)

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Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Happy Winter Solstice, with a little homemade kombucha!

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🗓️This Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30-4 PM ET in Brooklyn: Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is facilitating a discussion circle focused on the contributions of radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. from 1910-1960. If you're in NYC and interested in joining, register now to join!

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Communiversity Catalog: Black Radical Women in the U.S. 1910–1960: A Study and Discussion Circle — Interrupting Criminalization

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

If a teacher has made a positive difference in your life, let them know. It's one of the most moving ways to help them see that flowers have bloomed in their footsteps. #EduSky

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Go vote. Let your voice be heard like the sound of a thunderclap through the rain.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Parents, PLEASE check your kids’ Halloween candy this year. I just found atoms in this candy bar that were formed during BIG BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS, and many more that were the result of earlier generations of stars exploding as POWERFUL SUPERNOVA. Parents need to know about this dangerous trend!!

A color photo of two Reeses cups with a diagram of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis superimposed over one, and an image of the Crab Nebula superimposed on the other.

"History and Fate of the Universe" cut-out image credit: CPEP / DOE / LBNL / NASA

Crab Nebula image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🎢 ⚛️ 🔭

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Palaeo @palaeosinensis.com · 29/09/2025

I started this project a zillion years ago when I wanted to do a cave art pin set. Since my country is a dumpster fire that's not happening, but I DID finally finish the Megaloceros. #bskynightmarket #paleontology #anthropology #archaeology PaleoPanthera.redbubble.com

A picture advertising the artist's cave art stickers for sale. There is a wild horse inspired by Lascaux cave, a Megaloceros (or Irish elk) inspired by Chauvet cave, and a bison inspired by Altamira cave.

The artist's Redbubble (Where they sell shirts and merch) is written on the page: PaleoPanthera.redbubble.com

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Sign at the yes on 50 in Redono beach.

Sign at a California Pro-50 rally. "Speak now or forever hold your free speech."

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

More people should be talking about this.

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Clare - Little Conkers @littleconkers.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting 1/20 Still Life with a White Jug - Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

Molly Ivins, dressed in a sort of satin blouse with a neckthing that I'm going to call a scarf?. She's smiling with every cell in her body. Beaming radiantly the joy of being righteous and kind at the same time. Her eyes closed almost to a squint, and every pearly white on display. Gods bless you, Molly, you were a hell of a person.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Wordle 1,509 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Paula Ruth @neaptidez.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Unexpected guest for dinner. Seemed keenly interested in my vase of flowers. Moved the flowers to the open front door. She took one last inspection of the hydrangea and exited, only to roost just a few feet from the door. Hope she wasn't too traumatized. #burb

Hummingbird perched on a yellow package of Madras lentils in a kitchen.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It’s that time of year again. Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments! I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 22/07/2025

If you plan to use this resource, consider sharing my wishlist! #ClearTheList All the books are thankfully purchased (😭) but I’ve added a few things after talking to my colleagues/taking inventory of my class. Funds are tight & anything is appreciated! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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Check out my list on Amazon

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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The Senate’s version of the Big Ugly Bill raises taxes on wind & solar energy. This will increase utility bills, kill thousands of jobs, and make our electric grid less reliable. (Oh, + gives handouts to the fossil fuel industry.) Just another reason to stop this horrible bill.

Screenshot from The New York Times titled: "Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power"

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