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Emily Drabinski

@edrabinski.bsky.social

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14h

Vicky doesn't allow for quote posting but I think people forget during BLM protests a teenager killed protesters and was not only not convicted but raised a hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing it.

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 17h

Met my new tiny little baby nephew for the first time today. When he thunked his little head against my chest and then he settled in! 🥰

Reposted by American Library Association, Lisa Diedrich

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

Ruth Wilson Gilmore's definition of racism gets at why it's not something that can be ignored: "the state-sanctioned and/or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death". --- THE PREMATURE DEATH part is not something that can be "ignored"

Reposted by American Library Association, Robert C. Richards, Elizabeth Stevenson

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.

Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.

More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.

www.washingtonpost.com

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

My kid is happy when he leaves his element. Spent hours in the Boise foothills today, he loves it out here in a way I can’t access as an adult survivor of here. A complicated and happy holiday.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I should write an essay about organizing titled "All Those Boring Meetings Paid Off."

Reposted by Amir Attaran, American Library Association

Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 1d

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I see the Panthers are being invoked. I like to remind people about what the U.S. government and local police forces did to the BPP. This recent book is useful. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Police Against the Movement

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century...

press.princeton.edu

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

Shit. Active shooter at the Shoshone County Courthouse. Awful.

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

What happens to people who fly in airplanes is of paramount importance.

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

Report from watching network news at my mom’s house in Boise: restocking and return fees are a really big deal. Huge news. I’ve heard this story four times in the last half hour.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Love Island

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

Telluride ski patrol workers are on strike. Support their strike fund as they fight for a thriving wage in a resort economy.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-tellu...

Donate to Support the Telluride Ski Patrol, organized by Rachel Landis

We have been humbled and amazed by the support we’ve received from the community so far… Rachel Landis needs your support for Support the Telluride Ski Patrol

www.gofundme.com

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d

100%!

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d

Disgusting.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Elon Musk remains at the top of the list with a net worth that has risen nearly 50% to $645bn. ft.trib.al/ARjBBXC

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Elon Musk remains at the top of the list with a net worth that has risen nearly 50% to $645bn. ft.trib.al/ARjBBXC

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 2d

Some people you defeat, not convince.

Reposted by American Library Association, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Annalee Newitz

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

merry Christmas one and all

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Algeria votes to declare French colonization a crime and demands restitution

Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule

abcnews.go.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 22 more Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law, Gavin A. Schmidt, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, American Library Association, Daniel W. Drezner, Rebecca Tushnet, Aaron Sojourner, Michael Zimmer, Jacob T. Levy, Scott A. Imberman, Samantha Brennan, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow, Sam Kamin, Olivier Mannoni, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Aidan O’Sullivan, Jeannette Sutton, Virginia Sapiro, Ernesto Castañeda, Jesse R. Lasky

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

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 3d

Coq au vin for Christmas Eve dinner was a hit! So proud!

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, American Library Association, Cathy N. Davidson

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

Most New Yorkers can’t afford childcare.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, American Library Association

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 3d

Authorities have reported the death of a Nicaraguan immigrant in ICE custody in a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of an immigrant in ICE custody this month.

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Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital

A Nicaraguan man has died in ICE custody at a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of a person in custody this month.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Reposted by American Library Association, Sarah Roberts

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 4d

Now if we could just get people to view US prisons through the same lens they view CECOT.

Reposted by American Library Association, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert C. Richards , and 1 more American Library Association, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert C. Richards, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.

This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.

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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban

A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.

www.ms.now

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

I received a thank you from some library workers for this piece after a Chicago city budget was passed this week without the previously proposed library cuts I described here. Many thanks to everyone who made noise about this issue. There were wins and losses in this budget, but this win matters.

You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries

“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

organizingmythoughts.org

Reposted by American Library Association, Stacy D. VanDeveer

John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t fuck with archivists. They are librarians with sociopathic tendencies.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...

Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...

Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

www.404media.co