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

Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey

Soft Censorship of Diverse Books

WNDB is collecting information on the soft censorship of diverse books across the US. Have you witnessed soft censorship in your community? Please share your experiences below. Your response can be…

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 5d

Stanford is prosecuting 11 pro-Palestine protesters on felony vandalism charges & demanding $300K+ in restitution. Consider signing this petition to drop the charges: actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...

Unsurprising although disgusting to see my alma mater on the wrong side of genocide.

Support the Stanford 12! Drop the charges on students!

We, students, faculty, community members, and concerned organizations, demand that the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office drop the felony charges brought against twelve Stanford University ...

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 6d

There’s another youngish man who while not without problems

Is a progressive

Had his life cracked like an egg

A really great package with good policies grounded in his district….

He’s about to become Mayor of NYC ….

Why aren’t we looking for more of him

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Dally, Plain & Simple @stonedocto.bsky.social · 6d

ok this one's gonna ruffle feathers but:

EVERY nation is unethical and problematic actually because they ALL "legally" traffic infants to the wealthy and intentionally, sometimes violently, muddy the waters for adoptees.

sorry not sorry. 😀👍

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 6d

All day I’m seeing people say Nazi tattoos on gov reps are fine, meanwhile every brown person in the states has to worry about their tattoos getting them kidnapped and sent to CECOT.

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 7d

Administrative burden is real. Today was dealing w health insurance to get my migraine RX & trying to get it all done before a migraine set in & I was incapable of navigating the mess. If you don’t have the capacity for the cognitive load this shit takes you’re fucked before you even start.

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 8d

Ok-or we could just admit white supremacy makes zero sense and stop blaming it on mental illness.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 8d

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

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It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 7d

Everything good goes back to the “All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change.” Butler quote.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8d

During Thanksgiving and holidays, people want to do food drives where they collect canned goods etc... and I really would love to offer that food banks need MONEY so if you can collect and donate MONEY please do that. They can then use those funds to purchase what's needed AT DISCOUNTS.

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 8d

What did I just see?

CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 9d

The goddamned Hero’s Journey has fucked is but good.

CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 9d

Ugh Discover feed: Read this and thought they were talking about the pre-k child nextdoor. Like seriously? You move their trash bc a 4 year old doesn’t say hi to you and is scared of your dogs. Is this an AITA post?
I know I got it wrong but it was bleak and that’s why I’m going back to bed now.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 9d

My neighbour of four years has not once said hello to me & moans about my dog & me to their friends very loudly. I now move their bin at night to where the binmen can't see it, then move it back, still full, on my early morning dog walk.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 10d

We've had a number of requests, so we are *extending* our registration deadline to October 20th for our 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means ALL Carceral Spaces: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/a...

Live captioning, ASL/Spanish interpretation, large print materials provided.

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background: "ABOLITION MEANS *ALL* CARCERAL SPACES." Below this are a grey box and an outline box, each with black text: "A two-day virtual convening of abolitionist organizers and others working to interrupt criminalization in the context of care. Register by October 20." "October 28-29: 1-6:30 PM ET / 12-5:30 PM CT / 11 AM-4:30 PM MT / 10AM-3:30 PM PT each day." Small text at the bottom: "Live captioning, Spanish and ASL interpretation, and large print visual materials will be provided."An image of a chain breaking atop a blue circle is in the upper right corner, and small logos for Interrupting Criminalization, the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange are in the top left.

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background: "LA ABOLICIÓN SIGNIFICA QUE TODOS LOS ESPACIOS CARCELARIOS " Below this are a grey box and an outline box, each with black text: "un encuentro virtual de dos días con organizadores abolicionistas y otras personas que trabajan para interrumpir la criminalización en el contexto del cuidado. Regístrese antes del 20 de otubre." "Octubre 28-29: 1-6:30 PM hora del este / 12-5:30 PM hora central / 11 AM – 4:30 PM hora de las montañas / 10 AM – 3:30 PM hora del pacífico, cada día." Small text at the bottom: "El encuentro contará con subtítulos en vivo, interpretación al español y lenguaje de señas estadounidense y materiales visuales en letra grande."An image of a chain breaking atop a blue circle is in the upper right corner, and small logos for Interrupting Criminalization, the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange are in the top left.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

The programs will continue to receive grant funding, but only for one year.

“It is still a disruption to families,’’ Lisa McConachie of the Oregon DeafBlind Project said. “It creates this mistrust, that you are gone and back and gone and back.”

Education Dept. Reverses Decision to Halt Funds for Deafblind Student Programs

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 11d

And they've already deleted him again.

This is fucking violence.

meave (sumud, sister) @meave.nyc · 12d

if you haven't rediscovered our brother mohamed ahmed, he's @mazraeat-saghira.bsky.social ("small farm"? but i'm ignorant). he's doing his best not to lose 3 accounts in 2 weeks, so please go say hi and show him some love. he's also having health issues due to constant stress 😭
bit.ly/help-mohamed

a photo by instagram user Abdel.Rahim.Khatib, taken on 18 December 2018. The sun is rising and the sky is yellow, darkening into deep, golden mustard. at the bottom of the photo, two shepherds, their flock, and donkey are silhouetted as they walk north.

the caption (which I deleted) said: "#Palestinian #shepherds with the #cattle at #sunrise near the #Israel-#Gaza #border, #east of #Rafah #town in the #southern #Gaza #Strip, on #November 30, 2018. #Photo by Abdel Rahim Khatib"

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Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · 10d

Please donate and boost.

“WESTERN ALASKA
DISASTER RELIEF
Alaska's Western coastal communities are experiencing devastating impacts from
Typhoon Halong, with families displaced and villages facing severe flooding and loss.
ONLINE FUNDRAISER:
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate online. All funds raised will go directly to communities.
QUYANA CAKNEQ - QUYANAQPAK - QAGAASAKUNG - TAIKUU
- MAHSÌ CHO - GUNALCHÈESH - HAW'AA - THANK YOU”

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

This, and I say this in all seriousness, is the best we can hope for at this point. I want it yesterday.

CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

Of course Donald Miller loved it. It probably showed at every noun-named church in the country.

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

Agreed - even when I did that kind of stuff for our library it was the one of the first things that was cut due to capacity and staffing.

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

I mean I have as much nostalgia for drawers full of cards (🩷zettelkasten/card catalogs) as the next person but this is not ok. We are not ok.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11d

“And then it came, the realization that—at least in my mind—79 years old was so young for a famous rich white woman in America like Diane Keaton and that 78 years old was practically a miracle for a black trans woman like Miss Major.”

Diane Keaton, Miss Major, D'Angelo...

Who gets to live a "long" life in America?

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

This is so important esp if most of your life the only ‘feedback’ you got was when you were doing something wrong or was generally negative. Not that this was this student but I think a lot of sincere mentorship means countering old narratives & helping people see themselves/craft in new ways.

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

Womp womp

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

Is AnswerLand still going in CA. I know OR has had issues with fully supporting it (mostly volunteer supported) bc funding. If I could pick any library job aside from cataloging I’d totally do text, phone, or zoom reference help. Sadly those don’t get enough funding (along with everything else).

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CtrlAltRtreat @ctrlaltrtreat.bsky.social · 11d

He hosts a Brit quiz show (sort of?) and has the most annoying laugh. It feels like he’s a weird doll where you pull the string and it comes out exactly the same every time. I try not to think about it because I’m afraid my brain will dub over every chime/bell/ring/alert sound in my with it.

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