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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 6h

If you're thinking about RSVPing to No Kings to help with the crowd counts...don't. Do this instead

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 1d

Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.

We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.

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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 9h

Do you know if your state representatives support the right to read legislation? If so have they made any public statements? Seems like they should

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 10h

A great example of how to support an indie bookstore! Shop early & tell the world about it

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 10h

Success! I just found holiday presents for three different friends at @portersqbooks.bsky.social - two books, one art print.

I love being able to knock out a big chunk of my holiday shopping while just poking around one of my favorite bookstores!

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15h

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

Massachusett

Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

...some one, some the other, some both!

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

Over and over again I think if people in power showed a fraction of the courage of random people trying to protect their neighbors this fight would already be over

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 1d

Federal agents deployed tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors blocked an immigration arrest.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/13/f...

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

Front endpapers a map of NYC before, back end papers map of NYC after

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

Liz. Liz. LIZ!

Deluxe edition of The Power Broker

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone on my SkyLine in Georgia? Got some info and a quick action for you👇

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

A Georgia Reading Bowl, a competition designed to motivate young readers has removed titles from the competition, including a book about book bans. Read about it here and... bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Storytelling is a source of power. Sharing stories changes minds, guides actions, creates connections, & builds community. Reading lists share stories, of course, but also can be an act of storytelling themselves. So here is a reading list & story for #IndigenousPeoplesDay...

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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an author or illustrator living in Massachusetts & want to help pass right to read legislation here? Join Authors Against Book Bans and then connect with the Massachusetts chapter. You'll have access to a discord with tons of resources & get newsletters with action items, info, & more.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors…

docs.google.com

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just a very small part of this but it still feels great!

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey! Thank you, so much to the folks at Ignyte! We love this because fighting books really & truly is a practice of inclusion & equity. Really meaningful to be recognized this way. Good work team!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2d

And the Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre goes to @authorsabb.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Oct 9

oh is it monday

A two panel screenshot from The Good Place where Janet is speaking to Chidi while Michael stands behind her.

In the first panel she's holding up a finger, grinning, and saying, "Fun fact: Columbus in the Bad Place"

In the second panel she's saying, "Because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide."

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 2d

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 4d

Spanish "How to Report ICE" zines now available:

#Chicago
#Florida
#LosAngeles
#Marin County, CA
#Massachusetts
#NewYork
#Philadelphia
#Portland
#Sacramento, CA
#SanFrancisco
#SanDiego

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Zines en Español - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Good evening #BookSky Well, #BannedBooksWeek may be wrapping up but the fight for the right to read continues. Here's a quick thread of things you can do all year to help...

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 3d

Like, there is some dude getting ready for a hinge date who spent his week zip-tying children

Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 3d

There is a 0% chance there is a conspiracy but it is a damn odd coincidence that we are seeing this surge in Dramione novels at the exact moment when 1000s of white dudes are kidnapping people or protecting kidnappers or just generally doing Nazi shit while also demanding for affection from women

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 3d

There is a 0% chance there is a conspiracy but it is a damn odd coincidence that we are seeing this surge in Dramione novels at the exact moment when 1000s of white dudes are kidnapping people or protecting kidnappers or just generally doing Nazi shit while also demanding for affection from women

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, obviously one is me, but I'm really digging it!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 3d

We just need you to know that a number of people besides booksellers here have bought Schattenfroh. That number is 1, but it's still a number of people. portersquarebooks.com/book/9781646...

portersquarebooks.com

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 3d

I know, I know but it will always be shocking to me how much of the media let a party that frequently says "Hollywood elites" & uses Sorosn as a boogeyman leverage any kind of claim to fight antisemitism

Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 4d

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 4d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

you guys if you only listen to me once this year: this is the book

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 4d

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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