Reposted by Laura RubyTyler King @tyleraking.com · 56mIt’s Banned Books Week. Find an event or other ways to take actions and get involved: Events: bannedbooksweek.org/events/ Action: bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-... 053
Reposted by Laura RubySusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 125311170
Reposted by Laura RubyPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 22hYes! And if you can't donate, find local actions you can take ilovelibraries.org/fight-censor... Learn more about attending local school board & library meetings here: uniteagainstbookbans.org/guide-to-att... Also, consider running for school board!ilovelibraries.orgFight Censorship - I Love LibrariesFight Censorship Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. The American Library Association (ALA) documented... 14126
Reposted by Laura RubyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.orgRFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker MerckRFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics. 26700271
Reposted by Laura RubyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have never heard of any newsrooms with alarming practices like those described in this thread. If you have, I’d like to hear from you. Contact in bio. 121365308
Reposted by Laura RubyRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit 465142432845
Reposted by Laura RubyHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 02/10/2026In these strange and fragile times, where we are increasingly forced to consider the limits of humanity's timeline, it's important that we sometimes cast our minds toward things that are extraordinarily cute. hellgatenyc.com/baby-snow-le... 2294
Reposted by Laura RubyLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Vaccines don’t cause autism. But vaccines can help prevent it. This study found an increase in autism rates among babies born with rubella, who were infected by their moms during pregnancy. Vaccinating against rubella with the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) prevents infection. 28147
Reposted by Laura RubyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence. 4035461246
Reposted by Laura RubyMachine Gun Netiquette @nodurians.bsky.social · 28/09/2026look, this type of communist talk may go over just fine in Kentucky, but good luck trying it in Washington state 122099317
Reposted by Laura RubyMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.” 291201269
Reposted by Laura RubyJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being 202714413
Reposted by Laura RubyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Please say this again... 132462
Reposted by Laura RubyVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026even the corruption is racist 03211
Reposted by Laura RubyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So what Duckworth actually said was worse than that short clip I saw... www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmYs...youtube.comWhat should Democrats do if they win?YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 2127787
Reposted by Laura RubyRachel Ernst @rachelernst.myatproto.social · 22/09/2026The people who are arguing that bookstores can just take the place of public and school libraries have never seen the children's section. The reason there is a 40-50 book limit for most patrons is kids books. The sheer volume that kids read through is beyond most adults' understanding. 1433294
Reposted by Laura RubyHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026hey just curious where did the “protect women athletes” crowd get off to 21277400
Reposted by Laura RubyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...newrepublic.comMAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to GoThe “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales. 373185782
Reposted by Laura RubyMother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026Jaw-dropping documents from our lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” motherjones.comAI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening. 4359214
Reposted by Laura RubyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful. 47271663221
Reposted by Laura RubyNora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happening within the same 72 hours that Trump banned media from the White House — alarm bells as we hurl towards the midterms with near-daily reminders that the group of men controlling our govt & media & tech grows smaller as they glom onto power & wield increasingly authoritarian tactics. 522892
Reposted by Laura Rubyyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 21/09/2026donald trump: i love this guy more than literally all my relatives and wives mamdani: this is the first time in my life that i can't make myself smile 151045132
Reposted by Laura Rubykelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Episode Two of my limited-run podcast Liberating Lit lands tomorrow. Catch up with episode one, featuring @tasslyn.bsky.social, today. Grab it on the podcast website or whever you tune into your pods: www.liberatinglit.com/episodes/epi...liberatinglit.comEpisode One: Tasslyn Magnusson — Liberating LitDr. Tasslyn Magnusson has been tracking book bans since 2021. But her work is much more than simply counting–it’s helping motivate other people nationwide to get to work protecting the right to read. ... 185
Reposted by Laura RubyPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is just disappearing people. This would’ve been the stuff of conspiracy theory a decade ago and now it’s in the AP. 311963
Reposted by Laura Rubydarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026trump loves being on tv his whole deal is being on the tv 32102773
Reposted by Laura RubyJessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026News broke this afternoon that Bonta and Paramount are in settlement talks. All of the sources are anonymous. Which is really … something. The Wall Street Journal and Deadline have slightly conflicting reports on timing. If I were advising the state AGs, this is what I’d say: 224054
Reposted by Laura RubyCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8527291074
Reposted by Laura RubyFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026I'm really glad that Code Switch included this part of my interview, because I think these are the points that so often get lost in the discussion of trans panic and why the WNBA might be an ideal target for those anti-trans groups to latch onto. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n... 9840327
Reposted by Laura RubyNate Bowling @natebowling.com · 20/09/2026This should be the biggest political scandal of our times. It's literally Robinhood in reverse, robbing working people and lining the pockets of the rich. 620593
Reposted by Laura RubyKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11996991921
Reposted by Laura RubyNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN 15173072446
Reposted by Laura Ruby🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886342302
Reposted by Laura RubyKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trump gutting our national parks for his vanity projects. Officials pulled at least $67 million from park visitor fees and put it toward projects Trump favors in Washington. Hundreds of needed repairs in national parks could stall this year without funding. www.rawstory.com/trump-nation...rawstory.com'Catastrophic' cost of Trump's gluttonous gilding exposed in bombshell NYT reportPresident Donald Trump's gluttonous hunger to gild Washington, D.C has left America's national parks in dire turmoil, according to experts sounding the alarm.Trump has cut national park staff across t... 19523320
Reposted by Laura Rubyc-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thread: I represent children in ORR custody. At Thurs' juvenile court hearing, I sat stunned as a young, female DHS attorney argued, one-by-one, that the judge should order each child deported, without a hearing. What she was arguing shocked the conscience. These were children. My one client is... 59356
Reposted by Laura RubyTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability. 91321417
Reposted by Laura RubyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is straight out of Handmaids Tale. A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle. Don’t comply? You lose a grade. There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies. 118286943766
Reposted by Laura RubyTheodore Kim @theodore-kim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As always, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social ’s analysis of the “AIs gone rogue” bullshit is spot on. “Why do the powerful leaders of A.I. want us to panic? Because panic sells the idea that A.I. is ungovernable.” They show their unseriousness when “[n]one of them are enthusiastic about accountability."nytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think (Gift Article)The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with. 18736
Reposted by Laura Ruby👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163493178
Reposted by Laura RubyHistorian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026They are obsessed with knowing what’s going on in everyone’s pants. Tim Walz was right. They’re weird. This is weird stuff. 16622
Reposted by Laura RubyPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ICE activity has been picking up again in Chicago A LOT. If you were previously involved with ICE watch efforts, now is a good time to reengage. I’m going to start wearing a whistle again. 3769366
Reposted by Laura RubySanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Tonight! Hands around the Kennedy Center is Friday 6:30-8:00pm. 10501191
Reposted by Laura RubyThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 69129202820
Reposted by Laura RubyPablo Nepomnaschy @pablonep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not new, and not discovered...still great news. I offer a, perhaps, more accurate, less colonizing, title: "Western scientists describe a felid known to local communities as Tilcayo. It is the first description of its kind in over a century" 8827399
Reposted by Laura RubyBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...ballsandstrikes.orgA Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter FraudHis conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds. 408104922655
Reposted by Laura RubyJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 401523709