Libby Ball
@libbyball.bsky.social
Cosmic explorer circulating at the library, and helping people connect with their stories. Look for me in nonfiction books.
Amazing stories change us, and I’ve lived a few of them.
Wearing FloMask because COVID is airborne and also circulating.
Amazing stories change us, and I’ve lived a few of them.
Wearing FloMask because COVID is airborne and also circulating.
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An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 AM
An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
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Check out what your library has to offer. Besides books, mine offers access to Kanopy (movie streaming), DVDs (I watched the Tale of Princess Kaguya earlier tonight), and many other services, like language learning. And they really need our support now.
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Check out what your library has to offer. Besides books, mine offers access to Kanopy (movie streaming), DVDs (I watched the Tale of Princess Kaguya earlier tonight), and many other services, like language learning. And they really need our support now.
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just building this awful camp system is a crime against humanity imo
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 AM
just building this awful camp system is a crime against humanity imo
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I speak to so many people who think they haven’t caught COVID but don’t mask or test. It might be that a few of you didn’t but it’s far more likely most of you had asymptomatic COVID. Between 40-49% catch asymptomatic infections but it’s not a cold. Mild doesn’t necessarily equate 🧵
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I speak to so many people who think they haven’t caught COVID but don’t mask or test. It might be that a few of you didn’t but it’s far more likely most of you had asymptomatic COVID. Between 40-49% catch asymptomatic infections but it’s not a cold. Mild doesn’t necessarily equate 🧵
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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The DHS funding deadline is six days away and we can’t settle for empty reforms with the regime’s death squads.
Demand that Democrats hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
Demand that Democrats hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The DHS funding deadline is six days away and we can’t settle for empty reforms with the regime’s death squads.
Demand that Democrats hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
Demand that Democrats hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation.
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We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Tom Hanks also masks.
‘I’ve had Covid enough in my life. I don’t need to do that again’
www.youtube.com/shorts/tQzh8...
‘I’ve had Covid enough in my life. I don’t need to do that again’
www.youtube.com/shorts/tQzh8...
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he still wears a mask on the subway
YouTube video by Lucky Tran
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Tom Hanks also masks.
‘I’ve had Covid enough in my life. I don’t need to do that again’
www.youtube.com/shorts/tQzh8...
‘I’ve had Covid enough in my life. I don’t need to do that again’
www.youtube.com/shorts/tQzh8...
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THIS is exactly why I mask in every indoor space I do not control & do other (unmasked) things only in spaces I can control or mitigate. It’s literally the only way I have to protect myself from Long Covid Russian roulette.
Asymptomatic infection is occurring in up to 49% of cases of COVID. Asymptomatic does not necessarily equate to mild outcomes. This is why testing was important and because you can transmit via airborne route to a lot of folks in a shared air space. Many of whom might go into suffer serious outcomes
I see so many posts with folks saying they don’t get COVID. Sadly the risks of asymptomatic infections have been forgotten. This is why we had testing. Please read about asymptomatic COVID. Infections still carry post infection risks and can infect others. ada.com/covid/asympt...
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
THIS is exactly why I mask in every indoor space I do not control & do other (unmasked) things only in spaces I can control or mitigate. It’s literally the only way I have to protect myself from Long Covid Russian roulette.
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It’s been 8 days and we still don’t know the names of the men who murdered Alex Pretti.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
February 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s been 8 days and we still don’t know the names of the men who murdered Alex Pretti.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
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Warm air masses in the atmosphere rise upward, causing cooler air from neighboring areas, sometimes from the arctic, to rush in. This is how atmospheric heat powers storms. In other words, global warming causes colder, more intense winter storms. www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxo...
Exxon's Own Models Predicted Global Warming--It Ignored Them
Scientists working for the oil giant Exxon in the 1970s and 1980s estimated temperature increases with remarkable accuracy. Those findings could now be used as evidence in climate litigation
www.scientificamerican.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Warm air masses in the atmosphere rise upward, causing cooler air from neighboring areas, sometimes from the arctic, to rush in. This is how atmospheric heat powers storms. In other words, global warming causes colder, more intense winter storms. www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxo...
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4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
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Portland City Council member
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Portland City Council member
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Open letter to our Senators:
Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow.
We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow.
We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
January 31, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Open letter to our Senators:
Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow.
We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow.
We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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This is a funny looking deescalation. Sure looks like they're ramping up their capacity to arrest, detain, deport, and terrorize Americans exercising their constitutional rights. Should Senate Dems give the regime the benefit of the doubt and agree to more funding for DHS?
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This is a funny looking deescalation. Sure looks like they're ramping up their capacity to arrest, detain, deport, and terrorize Americans exercising their constitutional rights. Should Senate Dems give the regime the benefit of the doubt and agree to more funding for DHS?
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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“.. It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about,” said one of the nurses .. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
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January 31, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“.. It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about,” said one of the nurses .. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
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We live in a world where a convicted child rapist and sex trafficker is treated better in prison than the children who’ve been detained by ICE.
Ghislaine Maxwell gets to be in a cushy minimum security facility …
5 year old Liam Ramos is locked up in a camp where kids are screaming “let us out”.
Ghislaine Maxwell gets to be in a cushy minimum security facility …
5 year old Liam Ramos is locked up in a camp where kids are screaming “let us out”.
January 30, 2026 at 11:41 PM
We live in a world where a convicted child rapist and sex trafficker is treated better in prison than the children who’ve been detained by ICE.
Ghislaine Maxwell gets to be in a cushy minimum security facility …
5 year old Liam Ramos is locked up in a camp where kids are screaming “let us out”.
Ghislaine Maxwell gets to be in a cushy minimum security facility …
5 year old Liam Ramos is locked up in a camp where kids are screaming “let us out”.