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Blogger. Educator. Librarian. Growing things and telling gma jokes.
None of us is free until all of us is free.
blogs: Pearl's & Ruby's https://pearlsandrubys.slj.com/
Black Cotton Reviews https://blackcottonreviewers.com/
Blogger. Educator. Librarian. Growing things and telling gma jokes.
None of us is free until all of us is free.
blogs: Pearl's & Ruby's https://pearlsandrubys.slj.com/
Black Cotton Reviews https://blackcottonreviewers.com/
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meditation with june jordan’s Moving Towards Home, and the brilliance of dandelions
May 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
meditation with june jordan’s Moving Towards Home, and the brilliance of dandelions
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#kidlit Book of the Day: Top Chef (Miles Lewis #6) #chapterbook #fiction by #formerstudent Kelly Starling Lyons with @penguinkids asuen.com/top-chef/ 📚👍
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#kidlit Book of the Day: Top Chef (Miles Lewis #6) #chapterbook #fiction by #formerstudent Kelly Starling Lyons with @penguinkids asuen.com/top-chef/ 📚👍
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Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
book review: Truth Is: A Novel in Verse by Hannah V. Sawyerr. Abrams/Amulet, 2025
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/11/28/r...
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review: Truth Is: A Novel in Verse
Hannah Sawyerr's second novel, Truth Is, is a pro choice novel where Truth finds her voice and learns how to step up, speak out, and make positive choices for herself.
pearlsandrubys.slj.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
book review: Truth Is: A Novel in Verse by Hannah V. Sawyerr. Abrams/Amulet, 2025
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/11/28/r...
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is getting a special edition from Lit Pins!
10% of profits will be donated to Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home, and there will be sprayed edges, a redesigned dust jacket, and more~
There are a limited amount available so preorder!
litpinsandco.com/collections/...
10% of profits will be donated to Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home, and there will be sprayed edges, a redesigned dust jacket, and more~
There are a limited amount available so preorder!
litpinsandco.com/collections/...
An Arcane Inheritance Signed Special Edition - PREORDER
Have you ever had a sense of deja vu? Meet Ellory Morgan in Kamilah's Cole's dark academia and see as memories unravel in this dark academia with a twist.
litpinsandco.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is getting a special edition from Lit Pins!
10% of profits will be donated to Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home, and there will be sprayed edges, a redesigned dust jacket, and more~
There are a limited amount available so preorder!
litpinsandco.com/collections/...
10% of profits will be donated to Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home, and there will be sprayed edges, a redesigned dust jacket, and more~
There are a limited amount available so preorder!
litpinsandco.com/collections/...
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'Tis the Season!
If you pre-order volume 2 of the feminist slasher series THE MATRON now, you can pick up volume 1, which makes a KILLER Christmas present.
Remember: the family that slays together, stays together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipi...
If you pre-order volume 2 of the feminist slasher series THE MATRON now, you can pick up volume 1, which makes a KILLER Christmas present.
Remember: the family that slays together, stays together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipi...
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
'Tis the Season!
If you pre-order volume 2 of the feminist slasher series THE MATRON now, you can pick up volume 1, which makes a KILLER Christmas present.
Remember: the family that slays together, stays together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipi...
If you pre-order volume 2 of the feminist slasher series THE MATRON now, you can pick up volume 1, which makes a KILLER Christmas present.
Remember: the family that slays together, stays together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipi...
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📣 Future library pros, this one’s on us. ALA Student Members attend #ALAVirtual26 for free. Hear real talk from the field, connect with future colleagues, and renew your energy for what’s ahead.
Not a Student Member yet? Now’s a great time to join. https://www.ala.org/virtual-event
Not a Student Member yet? Now’s a great time to join. https://www.ala.org/virtual-event
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
📣 Future library pros, this one’s on us. ALA Student Members attend #ALAVirtual26 for free. Hear real talk from the field, connect with future colleagues, and renew your energy for what’s ahead.
Not a Student Member yet? Now’s a great time to join. https://www.ala.org/virtual-event
Not a Student Member yet? Now’s a great time to join. https://www.ala.org/virtual-event
The turkeys hadn’t stopped by my apt in months. I wonder what happened to them. They are in a no hunting area
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The turkeys hadn’t stopped by my apt in months. I wonder what happened to them. They are in a no hunting area
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If you're a #hiphop lover or lyricist appreciator and haven't heard the PTI Challenge, go listen-some of the ILLest emcee's dropping bars on social media www.instagram.com/p/DRcrtWfD61...
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you're a #hiphop lover or lyricist appreciator and haven't heard the PTI Challenge, go listen-some of the ILLest emcee's dropping bars on social media www.instagram.com/p/DRcrtWfD61...
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Inspiration board 47 - Film, Books, Art, Politics, and more work.robdontstop.com/inspiration-... #inspiration #inspiring
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Inspiration board 47 - Film, Books, Art, Politics, and more work.robdontstop.com/inspiration-... #inspiration #inspiring
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The mass media may not be covering it, that doesn't mean this isn't real.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The mass media may not be covering it, that doesn't mean this isn't real.
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Nourrir les #oiseaux de son jardin en hiver
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
Nourrir les oiseaux de son jardin en hiver
La LPO vous livre ses conseils pour aider les oiseaux à faire face à cette période difficile.
www.lpo.fr
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Nourrir les #oiseaux de son jardin en hiver
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
Article de 2021, toujours d’actualité
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
#Nature #Biodiversité #FauneSauvage
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November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My review of #nationalbookaward winner for Youth Literature, The Teacher of Nomad Land
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/28/r...
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review: The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War Two Story
Nayeri is good at engaging setting, and these devices works especially well in a story about land.
pearlsandrubys.slj.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My review of #nationalbookaward winner for Youth Literature, The Teacher of Nomad Land
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/28/r...
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/28/r...
review: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride. #YA #NationalBookAward #novelinverse #AfricanAmerican
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/11/19/r...
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/11/19/r...
review: The Leaving Room
In typical McBride fashion, the lines and verses evoke a story that is more shadow play than structure.
pearlsandrubys.slj.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
review: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride. #YA #NationalBookAward #novelinverse #AfricanAmerican
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/11/19/r...
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/11/19/r...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
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America giving more value and money to masked gestapo who kidnap people off the streets in broad daylight than… heroic firefighters
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
America giving more value and money to masked gestapo who kidnap people off the streets in broad daylight than… heroic firefighters