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libro.fm
This February, we saw a 275% increase in new Libro.fm memberships compared to February 2024.

More and more individuals are choosing to support their independent bookshop—and their local communities—over Amazon/Audible. Thank you for supporting your indie with us ❤️
March 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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fladems.bsky.social
🚨ATTENTION

The deadline to register to vote in Florida’s special elections in CD-1 or CD-6 is THIS MONDAY, March 3rd.

These two seats are crucial with a narrow majority in the House.

Double check your status and register to vote at iwillvote.com.
March 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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kateerobert.com
ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?

It's literally called Library Extension.
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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murderbotbot.bsky.social
🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨
February 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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pwcdanica.bsky.social
Today, the Senate of #Virginia passed constitutional amendments for voting rights, reproductive rights and marriage equality.

The first two passed on partyline votes; the latter, on a bipartisan 24-15 vote.

LGBTQIA+ folks: We need to be our own best advocates. We need to help each survive. #valeg
Scoreboard showing the marriage equality constitutional amendment passing the Senate of Virginia 24-15 on January 21, 2025. On the Senate floor today, we passed three constitutional amendments: two on partyline votes for voting rights and reproductive rights and one for marriage equality on a 24-15 vote with three Republicans joining all 21 Democrats in voting “Yea” and one Republican not voting. In the 20 years since the Virginia General Assembly began the process to ban all forms of legal recognition for same-sex couples, public opinion has changed dramatically on this issue. The 2005 General Assembly acted in the wake of the 2004 presidential campaign in which George W. Bush made his opposition to marriage equality the cornerstone of his social issues platform while attacking the Democrats for undermining the “sanctity of marriage” (the Democratic nominee at the time wouldn’t even say he was for marriage equality back then). In 2006, the Virginia constitutional amendment went to the voters and passed 57%-43%. I had spent the prior four years in college just beginning to come out to a handful of friends and learning what it meant to navigate through a country that largely didn’t approve of LGBTQIA+ people. It was so heartbreaking in 2006 to cast my “no” vote as a 22-year-old only to watch my lifelong home community vote against the idea that you should be able to marry the consenting adult of your choosing. Today, things are different. The Republicans gave up fighting this in the Senate. They offered no amendments, saving those for the two other resolutions. Their members who had the four closest elections in 2023 were the ones who either voted yes or didn’t vote at all. I write this as a reminder that LGBTQIA+ Virginians are resilient. The executive orders from the White House yesterday targeting us are truly harmful — yet we’ve overcome so much before. We need to be our own best advocates, and remember to support, check in with and stay alive for each other. It will hurt — but it’s up to us to survive, organize, lead by example and be the change we seek in the world. Warmly, Danica
January 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM