Emily Drabinski

Quick question: is there a kidlit and YA feed on Bluesky yet? I know that folks were a bit wary of moving here at first... I miss kidlit Twitter and YA Twitter!

So psyched for next season already!

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@claudiaeberger.bsky.social in better news, NEW HAT!

85 Democrats voting to condemn socialism in November 2025. That’s wild to me. Like, why are you doing that.

this guy constantly manages to do shit like this and displace it in the media and discourse with something that goes with a laugh track somehow

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for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era

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"As a tabletop RPG gamer who loves rules, I volunteer to chair the bylaws committee."

Faculty advisor for our student chapter is my favorite service role!!

THIS is why Zohran asked for the meeting.

extreme lols!

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“It joins four others — the Inwood and Sunset Park libraries, which are done, and the New Utrecht library in Bensonhurst and the Bloomingdale Library in the Upper West Side that are just beginning the redevelopment process.”

GSLIS Fall 2025 Newsletter Post date: Nov 19, 2025

Catch up on the fall semester at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social Graduate School of Library and Information Studies!

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“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page "The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."

New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:

“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”

“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”

The discharge nurse noticed they hadn’t prescribed antibiotics following my bilateral mastectomy. Made a call, surgeon was like oh yeah totally please send her home with antibiotics of course, my mistake. Essential professional members of any care team, absolutely.

The Department of Education, led by the wife of a former head of the WWE, has declared nursing to no longer be a professional degree.

It’s a war on so called women dominated professions

It’s also devastating for the disability community

We need nurses

They’re an invaluable part of the care team

More mayors on the picket line pls.

Turning the corner on my first semester as department chair and wow that was a doozy! Solidarity with everybody else trying to run a show while the state works overtime to bring down the curtain.

this guy was right five years ago

'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers | Common Dreams "Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not w...

"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”

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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.

It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

My incoming mayor!!!!

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less." She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards. They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it. This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil. The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option. "We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents. "We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

More Perfect Union on Instagram: "Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks’ largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, beans, pap... A group of Starbucks workers have blocked the largest distribution center in the world, disrupting supply chain operations for the entire northeast. The blockade is part of an ongoing labor dispute ov...

did a little report on yesterday’s Starbucks strike action for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social!

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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

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In better news, trip booked to Camelback Ranch! Is it spring training yet??? #DodgerFilter