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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Cops in the mornin’, cops in the evenin’, cops at suppertiiiiiiime.

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Join DSA today! dsausa.org/join

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 10/06/2025

$45 million could provide more than 10 million school lunches, enough to feed 56,000 hungry kids – whose only warm meal each day could be at school – for an entire year.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This week is #nationallibraryweek and today is #nlwd2025. Pop in to your local library to say hello to the staff, bring them treats if you can, but a simple “thank you” will make anyone’s day.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Trump's Education Department gave states/schools 10 days to certify they were banning DEI on Thursday or risk losing Title I funding. New York State (and Chicago) have said no. Here's a script you can use to encourage your state/local education leaders/politicians to do the same.

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Trump is Holding School Funding Hostage - Language for Calls

Title I funding is crucial for helping provide a better education to kids who go to school in low-income areas, and it's helped keep 180,000 more teachers on the job nationwide. Now Trump is trying to...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run

The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 09/03/2025

Let me take this one step further. As a social contract, the law applies between persons. When a society revokes your personhood, or uses the law to do so, not only is that law immoral, but you have a moral obligation not to follow the commands of that law.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

2. The role of occupying forces, the military, and police is to solely protect the state. These soldiers/police “stand there projecting the violent underpinning of political power.” 3. “Survival [of empire] is not clean.” (5)

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Other important ideas, especially in light of the horrific dehumanization of people who have immigrated to the U.S. from the Global South, are 1. “The hierarchy of immigration” - the designation of “expat” is usually “reserved for white Westerners who leave the homes for another country…” (4)

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

And this is why I smile with my whole heart when I hear young children speaking a language other than English with their parents or elders. It’s a reclamation of humanity. (3)

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is why my mom didn’t want to teach me how to speak Korean in the late 70s/early 80s. This is why my whole name does not acknowledge my mother or her part of my lineage. (2)

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

19 pages in of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. Every paragraph is a poem. “In truth, I lean away from the faraway side of my daughter’s lineage on her behalf because for more than forty years I’ve seen what carrying that weight means.” (1)

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Just when I think I have my shit together, the #lexaprowithdrawal reminds me that I have forgotten to take my meds for the last three days. Oops. #iykyk

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

But this section from Chapter 41? The holding of breath. A glimpse into Mr. Mack's personality. The building of tension. Another held breath. Then how Lavalle breaks that tension? Beautiful doesn't begin to do it justice.

Wait.
But the caution of the others only fueled Mr. Mack's brashness.
One more step and his foot passed through the doorway.
Then Mr. Mack lost his balance. He fell, headfirst, into the shadows. He didn't even yelp when he fell.
Mr. Mack was there and then he wasn't.
Everyone, all nine of them, just stood there, dumbstruck.
Wally Gambino was the first to break the silence.
He laughed.
And not a little laugh, either. A real gut-buster. He had to let go of the Haint's hand. He leaned forward with his hands on his thighs for balance. And he kept on laughing.
"Old boy took a lump," Wally shouted.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Finished reading The Devil in Silver by @victorlavalle.bsky.social last night. Tbh, it took me 93% of the book for the genius narrative style to click (that's on me), but once it did? Damn! LeClair the Rat got me there. (1/2)

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

#tbt One of the best #valentinesday cards/gifts from students because of the inspo after we read Between Shades of Gray by @rutasepetys.bsky.social The punniness was *chef's kiss*. AND some kids went to meet the author for her Salt to the Sea book release & got me a signed copy? Top tier moment.

RUTA SEPETYS
between
shades of gray

Handwritten:
For Mrs. Lenandon -
I am so grateful to you!
Author's signature

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Are we being Punk'd? I feel like we're being long-game Punk'd.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This article beautifully captures Kendrick Lamar's performance and what it means for black folks and the rest of us. Want to be clear that the meaning isn't the same for everyone, so if you're not seeing it, then that's on you.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#otd 2 yrs ago Lucky Boi literally walked into my life. He meandered into the backyard and jumped into my lap when I bent down to give him some snacks. We hung out together all day. He came back the next day and then the next. On that 3rd day I knew he had adopted me. Who's the lucky one?

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

#otd when I made a crap-ton of #macarons for my French II students. Three of them did an "unboxing" video + review and it was amazing. I wish I had that video.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"If you feel despair, if you feel defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you. Give them nothing without a fight."

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

4. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 4/5 stars. I wish that the impact of Western settlers on indigenous communities would have been explored more deeply, but it was more of an aside than anything. If you're interested in THAT type of story, I suggest reading Isabel Cañas.

MEXICAN
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GOTHIC
*Masterful!.. a gloriously moody adventure, spooky. smart, and wry.
VICTOR LAVALLE
author of The Changeling
Silvia Moreno- Garcia
Author of Gods of Jade and Shadow

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

3. Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez. 4.75/5 stars. There were a few eye rolls on my part with the description of Whit's emotions via tense shoulders or what his lips/eyes were doing, but overall this was an enjoyable duology.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

2. What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez. 4.75/5 stars. The writing may not be elegant 100% of the time, but the story was excellent and fast paced. Ends with a major cliff hanger, so you might want to have the 2nd book on deck.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Books I read: January 2025 1. We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim 5 stars. "Claiming that a human woman was a dakini...was not a casual offense. It implied there was something wrong with her-even if she was merely widowed, single, or too smart for her own good." 1st in series. Can't wait for the next!

TARA SIM
WE SHALL BES MONSTERS
Horror is not the monsters you face but the ones you create.

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Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I submitted my #resignation on Friday, basically stating that I would rather withdraw my talent and skill from a compassion-less organization than transfer to another branch. I got transferred to another branch to finish out my two weeks. 😅

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Holy fucking shit we knew this was coming. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Presidential Actions – The White House

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Congratulations, Democrats. The TikTok ban was initiated by Trump, passed through the House and Senate along bipartisan lines, yet because President Biden signed the bill into law, Democrats allowed Trump to be the hero on this, politically. Absolute malpractice by leadership.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Types of people I don’t want #bookrecs from Part 2: People who are saying “what are all the people going to do now that #TikTok’s banned? Get a job?” or any variation of that. It’s obvious that you: a)missed the whole damn point b)are intentionally obtuse

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 16/01/2025

Imagine still believing that America is the land of the free when they’re doing this to a journalist at a press conference

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Not gonna lie, I used #chatgpt for the first time yesterday to help me write a “scathing resignation letter” & it did not disappoint. As a writer, getting started was always the most difficult part of the process, so while I didn’t use the suggested body, the intro and conclusion were def helpful.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My co-worker/manager came to work hacking and sniffling on Monday. She’s been giving me the silent treatment because I put on my mask as soon as I realized she was ill, but bitch I haven’t been sick since 2020 because I masked & got the jabs & I’m not about to catch whatever Disney disease she has.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I have some things I want to organize that I think will need at least the Gram to help gain traction. I’m a little grumpy about it, but it is what it is.

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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Me yesterday: Fuck Zuckerberg. I’m out! Me today:

Two panel drawing. Top panel is a drawing of a man throwing papers in the air with the caption: “Fuck this shit.”
The bottom panel is a man picking up papers with the caption: “Just kidding I need these.”

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