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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Two trans women were the first friends I made when I started going to gay clubs in college. They took this baby lesbian under their arms and made sure I was safe, comfortable, and included.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Congresswoman Ansari is (correctly) highlighting the connection between Trump’s reckless governing and this tragedy. x.com/yassaminansa...

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We have to take aviation safety more seriously in the United States, and it has to be bipartisan.
These Trump actions are unacceptable and have deadly consequences for Americans.
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On his second day in office, Donald Trump:
1. Fired the head of the Transportation Security Administration...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Any holiday not about straight white Christian men will be "paused."

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Jennifer Goodland @libraryjenn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests. We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason. ALSO.

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Have you heard of ReadOUT?Here’s why you won’t want to miss it! 🏳️‍🌈 Support Queer Voices Show love to LGBTQ+ authors. Get a book signed or chat about their work. 🤝 Connect with Queer book lovers in a safe, welcoming space. When: Feb 14-16, 2025 - Gulfport, FL or Online outartsandculture.org/readout

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The Earl of Orkney 💙 @earloforkney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Thanks! @bryceoakley.bsky.social I will be ordering cookies, Thin Mints anyone?

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This highly educated, empathetic woman could have been our President, instead we have a man child trying to rename the Gulf of Mexico. 🫠

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The Lesbian Review @thelesbianreview.com · 20/01/2025

TLR Con 2025– The Ultimate Sapphic Fiction Event! Join us for two days of fun, insightful discussions TLR is known for great events, don’t miss it. March 15–16 Get your tickets here buff.ly/40n1RDh #SapphicFiction #TLRCon

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Get your Tickets for TLR CON 2025. This virtual event is a celebration of sapphic fiction and includes panels with authors

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Okay bookish friends, tickets for GCLS have been bought. Who else is going to Albany in July?! 🤗🏳️‍🌈📚@goldencrownls.bsky.social

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If you cant afford art, or cant draw or whatever yourself, USE PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES NOT AI.

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Bryce Oakley | sapphic romance writer @bryceoakley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I have a new book out in the world! It’s a second-chance, opposites attract sapphic romance called One Last Run — mybook.to/onelastrun

An image of a book cover for Bryce Oakley’s One Last Run with descriptors of what’s inside: Yearning! So much yearning! Skiing, but in a fun way. “This is a bad idea, but…” Only one hot tub. Opposites attract. Second chance. Peter Pan inspired.

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

A Cheery Queery Christmas book! 🎄 Okay, this was exactly what I wanted in a Sapphic Christmas romance. Full disclosure, I am a sucker for angst, particularly the second chance variety. This was my favorite Ashley Herring Blake book to date. #bookrec #wlwbook #sapphicbook

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Ice Queen Sapphic romances are getting me through my post-election book depression. Have you read any of these? Tell me who your favorite ice queen is 😏 #bookrecs #sapphicbooks #books

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The documentary IN HER WORDS: 20TH-CENTURY LESBIAN FICTION, by our very own founder & trailblazing writer Marianne K. Martin—and cohorts Lisa Marie Evans & Cheryl Pletcher—was recently featured in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Click to read this spotlight on their film: loom.ly/aZd0rrU

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Brooke T. Sample @brookesample.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians. www.nj.com/politics/202...

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N.J. just struck a blow against banning books

It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."

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A. L. Brooks @albrookswriter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you love a sapphic holiday romance you really need to bookmark this list! 🎄😍

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

New eReader acquired. Upside to losing my Kindle, I get to put new stickers on the cover. #books #booklover #queerbooks #sapphicbooks

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Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This is the truth. 📚💙👏 PS. Memes wanted. Send memes! #MemeTime #SharingIsCaring

Meme that reads: as long as a lady has a book with her, she will always have company .. and a weapon.” The meme is illustrated with an image of a white lady in Victorian attire holding a book.

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

In other sad news, I lost my Kindle on my trip to England. I had the Paperwhite edition, but before I buy a new one (and be locked in to Amazon again) I was hoping to get some feedback. What eReader do you have? Do you like it? #booklover #ereader #bookrec

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Jamie Rose @jamiegeeksout.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Been thinking about this @kristenzimmer.bsky.social poem since I read it over the weekend. Wake up every day and declare war.

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Oddgirlsmedia @oddgirlsmedia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Listening to one of my favorite audiobooks, because the world, but this is still one of the funniest confession scenes I have ever read. “And you understand me.” “Ah no, I don’t think so.” I’ve never understood anything less in my life. #lgbtqbooks #sapphicbooks

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