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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

You have to improve your portrait of God John Ashbery

WE HESITATE

The days to come are a watershed.
You have to improve your portrait of God
To make it plain. It is on the list,
You and your bodies are on the line.

The new past now unfurls like a great somber hope
Above the treeline, like a giant’s hand
Placed tentatively on the hurrying clouds.
The basins come to be full and complex

But it is not enough. Concern and embarrassment
Grow rank. Once they have come home there is no cursing.
Fires disturb the evening. No one can hear the story.
Or sometimes people just forget

Like a child. It took me months
To get that discipline banned, and what is the use,
To ban that? You remain a sane, yet sophisticated, person:
Rooted in twilight, dreaming, a piece of traffic.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Jasmine Crockett speaks for me (and multitudes, and oy, WATCH THE VIDEO!)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/02/2025

1. We are seeing a massive amount of overcompliance with Trump EOs. Nonprofits across the board are erasing transgender people from their websites. Mira Lazine reports on several that have made the decision to do so in her latest piece. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Several Nonprofits Overcomply With Trump EOs, Erase Trans People From Websites

Organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of America, the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children are among dozens erasing trans people.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thinking about June Jordan’s “I must become a menace to my enemies” as I start my week…#poetry

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This + so many universities early compliance is freaking me out big time.

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Pause, and read... • Ellen Bass •

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

Resist List

They want us to think we’re alone. We are not.
The Resistance is Everywhere.
Hopescroll through stories of people’s noncooperation against Trump’s coup.
Jump to databases of noncooperation or trackers of ligitation and impact.
Follow our social media accounts to stay updated.

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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Banned/challenged books are often difficult reads with jarring content, but we can't shield ourselves nor our children from the realities of the world forever - it's better to build empathy and understanding through books, especially by reading books by/about marginalized people.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

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SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

YouTube video by tennesseejed93

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Chani Nicholas @chaninicholas.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

WELCOME PISCES SEASON! DREAMSCAPES! FLOW STATES! DERAILING EVERY CONVERSATION AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! TMI AS AN EXTREME SPORT! WHAT IS TIME! TFW EVERYTHING! GHOSTING IF THE VIBES ARE OFF! LIFE IS SHORT AND RIDICULOUS! ECLIPSES ARE NIGH! COUP THE COUP! CALL YOUR REPS! BOYCOTTS! GENERAL STRIKES! HAVE FUN!

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 13/02/2025

Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do… We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘

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Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest

Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I keep thinking about how before I got my current job I worked at a title I school where there was an incredibly understaffed special education program. In the program was a student whose behavior would regularly cause us to go on a soft lock down in our classrooms 🧵

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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

. "We need to have this meeting at this tree..." —June Jordan #blackhistorymonth #poetry #poem

CALLING ON ALL SILENT MINORITIES

HEY
C'MON
COME OUT
WHEREVER YOU ARE
WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING
AT THIS TREE
AIN' EVEN BEEN
PLANTED
YET

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Do y’all think the White House is about to be full of unvaccinated people who are going to get each other sick OR do they all secretly get vaccinated?

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m working on focusing on the things I can control. So, I taught my students how to make zines. Who knows, maybe they’ll need to spread the word about something one day. Many of them chose to write about their opinions related to book banning.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8/20

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I think I’m going to take some time to look through my pedagogy books today while my students work. Maybe I’ll post some highlights. For the teachers here, what are some of your favorite books about teaching? #teachersky #academicsky

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Dropped the ball with this but coming back to it! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 7/20

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Earth pregnant

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Doug Mills is one of the greatest to ever do it.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Talking about book banning with my students this week as we are about to read the most controversial part of our shared novel. Hoping it’s impactful because I just get fired up and emotional every time I dig into this topic

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Kendrick turned a diss track into a Grammy and a Superbowl halftime show it is literally impossible to top that might as well tear down mt Rushmore and put up 4 Kendricks

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Marge X Walsh @margaretsherryxvx.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Trans literature (especially indie) is transgressing artificial limits many won’t even acknowledge exist and will inspire, thrill, or maybe reflect something back at you. You really owe it to yourself to read these wonderful authors.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I really need some joy right now. What fun/lighthearted accounts are you following here? #joysky #sillysky ? Do you exist?

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 6/20

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 5/20

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/01/2025

Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students. This is how you refuse to comply.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025

On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

May the thing with feathers perching in our souls have sharp teeth and bone-crushing jaws.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

One of the worst parts of the E.O. from yesterday is the choice to specifically say 19 instead of the typical age barrier of 18. I can’t stop thinking of all the trans youth I’ve worked with where a mantra has been to just make it to 18. I worry about how this might push them over the edge.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I was not ready for Jess Williamson’s poetry this early in the morning. This songgggg 😭

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #766: Writing is a community. Participate in it if you can. Engage with other writers. Lift them up, and they’ll do the same. Try to go it alone, or treat other writers as rivals, and you’re more likely to sink than swim.

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Sage (he/they) @sagemitchell.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge