Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceDiana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026the hill we climb. If only we dare. It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit, it’s the past we step into and how we repair it. – Amanda Gorman 05512
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceTX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let books be inspiring. Let books be thought- provoking. Let books be strange. Let books be funny. Let books be childlike. Let books BE. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social 0159
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/10/2026Someone reached out and told me that emily bell is talking shit about me on her discord, and lemme just make it clear: I do not give a shit. She is less than relevant. 529613
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Its funny because one of the main gripes animating the right has been people reading books they don’t agree with. 4633
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrenceandré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026jess mf'n fishlock 211614
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrencealexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026do NOT take an iced coffee to a job interview!!! qualified candidates bring a cooler of gatorade to dump on the interviewer 18914114
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Man, I really wish AI would hurry up and leave me behind like it keeps promising. Just fuck off already. 24710
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceLaird Barron @lairdbarron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I worked in a factory years ago. Hundreds and hundreds of employees over time... Immigrants, as a group, were the most honest, reliable, hard working people to come through those doors. Fuck Trump. Fuck Miller. Fuck Musk. 57114
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceNFL Daily News @insidenflnews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026JSN 82-YARD TD 09419
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceFights🏳️⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you care about #trans rights and have the money to spare, please consider donations to the Kawaguchi O'Connor Initiative They are an organization helping internally displaced trans refugees in #Seattle led by s trans women of color They can use your help www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...zeffy.comSave Trans Lives - The KOI General FundFor KOI, a lot of our work starts from the basic fact that none of us makes it alone. Many trans folks are being pushed out of their home states by laws and… 08587
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/09/2026Digression but I grew up in one of those evangelical churches where we had a lot of Conversations about Harry Potter Is The Devil and I am regularly so mad about them turning out right 1027318
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Feels like universities might also want to wait to liquidate hundreds of years of educational practice before transforming themselves into single-corporation stewarded data centers.cbsnews.comAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "For too long the industry lied" about AI risksThe head of the artificial intelligence company calls the exponential rate of AI developments a "warning sign," with risks for humanity, and says, "We need to slow down." He talks with "Sunday Morning... 12383117
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrencejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance 357155512731
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 11/09/2026Shabbat shalom and Shana Tovah! May you find light and warmth, and to those celebrating, a sweet new year. 0596
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026the key political point underneath the Epstein files if you ask me (the key moral point of course being what is in the files!) 442183
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrencejen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 11/09/2026I think that if we're going to Never Forget 9/11, we also should Never Forget all the racism that came after, which includes the creation of ICE 626672
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi... 46579493380
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceEJ's Mom @harleyzgrrl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026See ball, get ball. #Seahawks #Jobe 011
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceRadio Clash 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🎶 @fettwalp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I have not tired yet of watching this moment. #GoHawks 011
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6461302289
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceMelody Simpson @melodysimpson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Did you know... Between 2015-2026 (to date), only 73 YA books by Black Authors appeared on the NYT Bestsellers List. 13 Black YA Authors debuted between 2015-2019. 29 debuted 2020-2026. That's 69% of Black YA Authors who debuted in or after 2020. More stats at melanininya.com/nyt-hardcover 054
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceKerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Almost let the day pass without posting this one! 104534851
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 04/09/20264 Americans died at Benghazi and we got a decade of Republican hearings about it 3495133
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceThat Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 04/09/2026“He should have apologized and I would have gone away, but he didn’t. He messed with the wrong librarian.” For the librarians. #Invictus Thank you, @deecherrywriter.bsky.social and @antigravitymag.bsky.social! @la-cac.org @everylibrary.bsky.social antigravitymagazine.com/feature/aman...antigravitymagazine.comAmanda Jones and The Battle of the Bans - ANTIGRAVITY MagazineIn 2022, Livingston Parish librarian Amanda Jones spoke out against book banning attempts in her parish’s library system, saying, “Censoring and relocating books and displays is harmful to our communi... 414770
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026Since I've heard from several Kensington authors who got emails from the Anthropic settlement administrator re: Kensington claiming 100% of the payout on their books, I contacted CEO Steven Zacharius. He responded that Anthropic is aware of this issue & per Kensington's counsel, is correcting it. 912140
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5951231738
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org 17452363
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay. 1307
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceNerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Seeing Dolly and Kermit sing together will bring the feels 😭nerdist.comDolly and Kermit Singing "Everyday People" Brings the Feels 0224
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrences. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/08/2026If data centers are so great, why hide behind an NDA?npr.orgNDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakersNondisclosure agreements covered up negotiations between a tech company and several local and state officials, surprising local residents. It's a tactic used around the country in data center deals. 07621
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 29/08/2026Maybe it will happen tomorrow 0133
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/08/202640 kids, separated from their parents, and held in detention by our government, despite committing no crimes. Those were the cases I sat in on today in immigration court. (1/2) 12590231
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceDanielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 25/08/2026nba players are some bitches for not saying anything about the extreme harassment the wnba is dealing with right now 1344088610
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238555776
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceBrendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If anything this has even holier connotations now 3649177
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121515978
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceSchool Library Journal @slj.com · 25/08/2026We are all mourning Dolly Parton, whose legacy includes Imagination Library, which has provided hundreds of millions of books to kids around the world. Have a Dolly or Imagination Library story to share? Drop into the replies and let's talk about her impact on literacy. #EduSky #TLSky #Skybrarians 38922
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceKJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy 34104282557
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063894411012
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrencelibrarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Probably is aligned closely with their etiology of sin. Sin is a foreign contaminant that is from elsewhere. Modern evangelicals tend to have a belief that with proper preparation, the contamination can be minimized. 2255
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceAbby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital - including Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who worked for @apnews.com and others - no one has been held accountable Via Sam Mednick: apnews.com/article/isra...apnews.comA year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital, no one has been held accountableA year after Israeli strikes on a Gaza hospital killed 22 Palestinians, there are still major questions about the rationale for the attack. 03313
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrencePaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 24/08/2026Bouie is 100% correct here. The goal for Democrats should be to grind the Trump administration to a halt and prompt Trump officials to abandon their posts in humiliation and despair. 201365247
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 23/08/2026In my opinion, a failure to understand the white-hot rage so many people feel about ICE's campaign of terror and oppression is what has taken some establishment Dems by surprise in their primaries. Abolish ICE and Nuremberg 2.0 is basically the floor for what the Dem electorate is demanding. 241415303
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceLP @likkitp.ynyaproductions.com · 23/08/2026Reign road point 🤝 Sounders road point 0242
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrencePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”notus.orgJudge to Baby: File an Asylum ApplicationThe 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation. 20530081584
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceMad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Harp posted “FIGHT FOR TRUMP” more than 150 times on January 6. Her Twitter account was suspended, but it’s unclear when and by whom: Twitter or her. “Sycophant” doesn't quite cover all the crazy. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.cnn.com/2026/08/22/p...cnn.comDeleted tweets show now-Trump aide Natalie Harp’s zealous support on Jan. 6 | CNN PoliticsYears before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she posted more than 150 tweets demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021. 801162495
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceDavid Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/202621 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history. 14042911477
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceLeila Green Little @ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026THIS! ⬇️ Texas librarians and advocates, please understand this and communicate it to your administrators and school boards if they’re pushing to censor books. 22519
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceTaulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It sure looks like the press outright lied about, or wildly misrepresented, the facts about this man's life for clicks and elevated a dipshit white supremacist who really, actually, should not be in the academy. 033
Reposted by Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT LawrenceYolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026YES!! 091