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Rachel
@parksidereads.bsky.social
DMV #LittleFreeLibrary 📚🍉
Lover of children’s lit & unhinged books 🖤
I talk politics & books ⚖️📖
https://msha.ke/parksidereads
If you’re a family struggling with #dyslexia in the school system, this live discussion with Q&A with leading #dyslexiaadvocate is a game changer!
#IEPhelp #SpecialEducation
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The Big Lie | Lorraine Hightower
The truth they don’t want you to know: many children with dyslexia are sitting in classrooms using programs that sound good but don’t deliver what they truly need. In this short presentation, we’ll re...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🚨🚨 13th & Shepherd NW Washington DC ‼️8/14/25
CBP & Secret Service
August 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Why another protest? What is it going to accomplish? Shouldn’t we be [insert alternate tactic] instead?

These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.
The Strategic Logic of the No Kings Protests
By Leah Greenberg, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director
indivisibleteam.medium.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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May 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hooked from the first chapter! 🎧 The Murder Show by Matt Goldman is a gripping blend of crime drama and cold-case mystery. Dan Bittner's narration brings the story to life. A must-listen for thriller fans!
#BookSky 💙📚 #MacAudio2025 #AudiobookReview #SkyReads
May 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#littlefreelibrary love… Filling our up to share some great #weekendreads
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🤞🤞 I’d die, such a good giveaway

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We're giving away this VANISHING WORLD goodie bag to a lucky winner on both Bluesky and Instagram 🍎

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- Follow @grantabooks.bsky.social
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- Leave a comment tagging a friend (more tags = more entries)
- Enter by 2 May

See below for T+Cs.
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
When your @duolingoverde.bsky.social lesson hits a little too close to home… how did it know my dogs name??? #spy #duolingo #mydogsnameisPaco
March 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Trump and Vance are an insult to decency and everything honorable. They pale in comparison to the integrity and courage that President Zelenskyy embodies. They’re not even a shadow of the man he is.
#fucktrump #SlavaUkraini ✊🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
📢 Listen to Your Sister is a must read! 💀Jordan Peele-level social horror. Sibling drama. A plot that never lets up. WTF-worthy twists. Flawless audiobook. It's darkly funny, chaotic, violent, & brilliant. #Gifted by @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #ListenToYourSister #HorrorBooks #ReadDiverse #BookSky
February 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
February 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Admin V shares books that she loves!

Book Recommendations for the Revolution open.substack.com/pub/sonsofli...
Inbox | Substack
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February 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
When are people going to understand this isn’t about saving Americans money.
DOGE and and Trump have gone after and weakened or even halted enforcement at least 11 federal agencies which have been investigating Musk's companies.

The agencies have at least 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints, or enforcement actions into Musk’s six companies.
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
February 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📚 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆𝙎 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿: Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein

Klein explores how America’s growing polarization isn’t accidental, with identity, culture, & politics reinforcing divisions—our political system is designed to keep us divided. #NonfictionReads #MustRead #Politics #America
February 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
👀 My Black Horror #TBR is stacked, my #bookrecs are overflowing, and I took great liberties with the genre—because why limit the terror? Social horror, thrillers, sci-fi… if it haunts, it counts. 📚🔥 What’s on your list?

#BlackHorror #BHM #Booksky #ReadBlackAuthors #HorrorSky #BlackHistoryMonth
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨 This is NOT business as usual. Trump & Musk are consolidating power, gutting critical programs, & defying the Constitution. We need Democrats to stand strong & fight back.
📢 Sign the petition & demand action NOW
#DefendDemocracy #StopTrump #Resist #ProtectOurRights
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Democrats: This isn't business as usual, we need you to fight!
We are in an overwhelming crisis. After just over two weeks in office, the Trump administration has unleashed wave after wave of catastrophic attacks—even going so far as cutting off critical funding ...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.

Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Members of Congress with @beyer.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov now seeking entry at USAID
February 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📢 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

These books are not meant to be aspirational—so let’s keep this ideology the fuck out of our government, yeah?

#FuckTrump #FuckFascism #DystopianBooks #BookRecs #BookBans #Trump #FAFO #Resist #USA #BookCommunity #booksky

📚✊ What books would you add
January 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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The most powerful words you can say right now to these fascist bastards is:

"No, make me."

They cannot actually be everywhere and enforce their fascist policies. They rely on fear to do the job of governing for them. By refusing to comply, you make their means of compliance ineffective.
January 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I couldn’t think of a better book to read today, #inaugurationday #skyreads #horrorbooks too close to #nonfiction | #WakeUpAndOpenYourEyes
January 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Snowstorm in #DC didn’t stop me from restocking our #LittleFreeLibrary! 📚❄️ A recent book raid left us empty, but I’ve got a fresh batch, including Play Games with Me—a playful read-along that’s perfect for little ones.

#SnowDayReads #LFLSteward #BookishAdventures #skyreads
January 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#Trump created the problem by setting the wheels in motion to ban #TikTok in 2020, and now he “solved it” — anyone who believes this was for #us gobbled up his bait… hook, line, & sinker #oligarchy
January 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM