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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 27d

OUT TODAY! You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder! RIGHT NOW! You can buy it! They'll let you have it!

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The Creeping Hand Murder - Maureen Johnson

This is not a novel. This is a casefile. Have you ever thought you could solve a murder if you were given all the evidence? Well, this is your chance. YOU are the detective.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

gene kelly is antifa

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

If you see these men doing any policing of/interacting with protesters at Broadview, please send us a message

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Some of the Illinois Department of Corrections SORT team we saw at the Broadview ICE protests Friday and Saturday.

five cops with large seven point stars and SORT patches, militarized gear

SORT officer sullivan in olive gear with arm patch he is eating a snack and looking at his phone

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 14h

UPDATE -- students in Georgia who've participated in the Reading Bowl have launched a petition to get answers as to why these 8 books were banned. Please amplify their petition and message, as well as the story here.

Petition: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

Image of a book with flowers on it. It's a flier from the Wheeler High School Reading Bowl team saying "Fight Book Banning." Under the image it says "We want open minds, not closed books," and asks people to sign their petition: https://www.change.org/p/ensure-transparency-and-change-in-georgia-high-school-hrrb-book-banning-process?recruited_by_id=1a6e97a0-a854-11f0-aa25-fd089d14a993&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 14h

you get it

Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 14h

Dan pick up the phone we can talk this out

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 15h

dan

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 15h

hi dan

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 15h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 16h

*stares out to sea*

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 16h

You eat jar sauce

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 18h

On today's dubious holiday, reread our report from the anti-Columbus protest this summer:

Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already
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Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already

Mamdani fans propose some other Italians to venerate instead of Columbus

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · May 28

A digital homage/ripoff of Magritte’s painting ‘The Treachery of Images’. An image of a brown and black tobacco pipe with a curved stem sits isolated on a plain tan field. Below the pipe in black cursive handwriting is the phrase ‘Peut-être que cela arrivera aujourd'hui’ which I sincerely hope is an adequate French translation of ‘Maybe it will happen today’

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1d

an elderly woman wearing glasses and a hat with the word ' henehe ' written below her

ALT: an elderly woman wearing glasses and a hat with the word ' henehe ' written below her

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1d

ready to watch this any day, any hour

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1d

"We've not had any progress to move supplies into Gaza ... and this is absolutely critical in controlling the spread of famine," our Juliette Touma tells @reuters.com

UNRWA is still waiting for the green light from the Israeli authorities to bring aid into #Gaza.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 2d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

ICE Whistles packed and ready to go.

If you want to make your own kits, the Pisen Arts & Community House has PDFs you can download and links to whistles (though often sold out, so get creative) linktr.ee/pilsenartsco...

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 2d

what a beautiful dream

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Grayson (he/him) @graysongoal.bsky.social · 3d

Happy world mental health day

A photo of a skeleton (who is on fire) holding a sword. Text on the image says:
state of the world? bad
mental health? also bad
but still, we charge forward

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 2d

*hisses*

Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 2d

THIS. THIS. This is what we've been waiting for. A candidate who is talking abut the specifics of Queer history in NYC and advocating a plan to immediately protect trans persons. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

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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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 2d

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning

Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Michael Belfiore @michaelbelfiore.bsky.social · 3d

Worth the subscription. @katmabu.bsky.social is bringing the fight that the incumbents don't have in them. We need more like her.

"She's betting that voters, above all else, want a brawler."

Yes.

www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.

www.wired.com

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