sturmhaus
@sturmhaus.bsky.social
public library manager dedicated to reducing service barriers and expanding access | FIRST Robotics parent and volunteer | married with kids and a Husky pup | views expressed are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer | she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Stopped reading NYT on purpose a year ago and my life has improved measurably lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Stopped reading NYT on purpose a year ago and my life has improved measurably lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
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Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
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I don't understand why this isn't absolutely blowing up. A whole public library system shutting down branches to remove books because the Tennessee Secretary of State believes that Executive Orders are above the Constitution.
The Tennessee Secretary of State handed public library boards that are eager to ban LGBTQ+ books–and particularly trans books–from their collections the biggest permission slip last week.
Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books.
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Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books.
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Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don't understand why this isn't absolutely blowing up. A whole public library system shutting down branches to remove books because the Tennessee Secretary of State believes that Executive Orders are above the Constitution.
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
Bookmark this:
The Find Food Illinois Community Food Map
eat-move-save.extension.illinois.edu#food-finder
updated and supported by the Illinois Extension office.
The Find Food Illinois Community Food Map
eat-move-save.extension.illinois.edu#food-finder
updated and supported by the Illinois Extension office.
| Eat. Move. Save. | UIUC
eat-move-save.extension.illinois.edu
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Bookmark this:
The Find Food Illinois Community Food Map
eat-move-save.extension.illinois.edu#food-finder
updated and supported by the Illinois Extension office.
The Find Food Illinois Community Food Map
eat-move-save.extension.illinois.edu#food-finder
updated and supported by the Illinois Extension office.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
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hell yes — wE muST mOVe To thE ceNTer no fuck you we’re digging in
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
hell yes — wE muST mOVe To thE ceNTer no fuck you we’re digging in
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have been cutting back on the sauce lately (caffeine), and am being rewarded today with a pounding headache
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
have been cutting back on the sauce lately (caffeine), and am being rewarded today with a pounding headache
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
Take Back the Classroom
www.takebacktheclassroom.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
It's really bad, folks. I don't see how this isn't the headline for every newscast and newspaper in the country.
Over the weekend there were violent clashes between federal agents, witnesses and protesters. Locals say the festivities were muted this year, and fear more violence is in store for the city. n.pr/3LGy0Sr
In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence
Over the weekend there were violent clashes between federal agents, witnesses and protesters. Locals say the festivities were muted this year, and fear more violence is in store for the city.
n.pr
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's really bad, folks. I don't see how this isn't the headline for every newscast and newspaper in the country.
I don’t understand why this isn’t ALL the news everywhere.
A man was hospitalized and remains under federal custody after being arrested by federal immigration agents in suburban Melrose Park on Sunday morning, his family told the Tribune.
Man hospitalized after violent federal immigration arrest in Melrose Park, family says
Videos shared on social media show man struggling on the ground while a federal agent keeps him in a headlock.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I don’t understand why this isn’t ALL the news everywhere.
I thought it was 8pm.
When I checked the clock it was 5:15.
Sigh.
When I checked the clock it was 5:15.
Sigh.
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I thought it was 8pm.
When I checked the clock it was 5:15.
Sigh.
When I checked the clock it was 5:15.
Sigh.
J wore his “shamelessly hopeful bears fan” tshirt from Raygun while traveling last week. He flew in and out of Cleveland, and said he’s never gotten so many compliments on a shirt before in his life.
“I need one of those for the Browns,” someone told him.
“I need one of those for the Browns,” someone told him.
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
J wore his “shamelessly hopeful bears fan” tshirt from Raygun while traveling last week. He flew in and out of Cleveland, and said he’s never gotten so many compliments on a shirt before in his life.
“I need one of those for the Browns,” someone told him.
“I need one of those for the Browns,” someone told him.
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The Trump admin. has justified cuts on fiscal grounds: The federal budget deficit is massive; the Social Security retirement system could soon become insolvent.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Trump admin. has justified cuts on fiscal grounds: The federal budget deficit is massive; the Social Security retirement system could soon become insolvent.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
I just saw Snow White’s 7 dwarves walking down the street 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I just saw Snow White’s 7 dwarves walking down the street 🎃👻
I am amazed at how many high school seniors make weather a high priority in their college search. Just saw another post in a paying-for-college group on FB where the parent said, "we could look in states X, Y or Z but they don't like cold weather."
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I am amazed at how many high school seniors make weather a high priority in their college search. Just saw another post in a paying-for-college group on FB where the parent said, "we could look in states X, Y or Z but they don't like cold weather."
I feel like throwing up.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I feel like throwing up.
The pup’s had an upset stomach for a week or two. Today we started the bland chicken-and-rice diet routine. She ate all the chicken and only some of the rice.
Might be a long couple of days until she’s feeling better.
Might be a long couple of days until she’s feeling better.
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The pup’s had an upset stomach for a week or two. Today we started the bland chicken-and-rice diet routine. She ate all the chicken and only some of the rice.
Might be a long couple of days until she’s feeling better.
Might be a long couple of days until she’s feeling better.