Babs

Babs

@babs816.bsky.social

Book lover, traveler, nerd. She/her

436 Followers 838 Following 25 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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Missourians on probation and parole can't vote. Their rights might be restored The state House has approved legislation that would allow more than 53,000 people supervised by the state to vote.

If the Missouri Senate approves the bill, more than 53,000 Missourians would have their voting rights restored.

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Iran Resources This resource list was produced in March 2026, less than one week after the US and Zionist entity launched attacks against Iran — manufactured through lies, orientalist propaganda, sanctions, regime-c...

Weaving our Worlds has compiled resources and diverse left perspectives from and on Iran. Rather than reduce Iran to various intra-left ideological debates, these provide analysis based in the context, specificity and history.

www.weavingourworlds.ca/iran-resourc...

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I’m holding my copy of MYTHOPEDIA by Adrienne Mayor

If you love myths and love reading about the natural world, I highly recommend MYTHOPEDIA by Adrienne Mayor. Organized A to Z, it explores natural phenomena all over the world and related the myths and folklore.

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a cartoon drawing of david and moira from schitt's creek. david is wearing an apron and standing over a pot with a whisk in one hand and a saucy spoon in another. moira is holding a recipe card. they are annoyed. 

david: "what does "fold in the cheese mean?"
moira: "you FOLD it in."
David: I- I understand that, but how? HOW do you fold it?"

oh my god, i’m crushed. catherine o’hara you queen

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One of the best actors of her generation. Easily one of the best comedians of all time. As much Catherine O’Hara as we got, it was nowhere near enough.

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2 months ago

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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

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Cover is red, with title "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives," ed. David M. Gides and Joan Braune, Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. Image in center is a black and white image from a statue. One figure's hands are shown holding a cross, and the other figure's hand is resting on the hilt of a sword.

So happy that "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives" is now out in print! With 19 contributors, the book addresses definitions of CN; historical development; intersections with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia; and practical ways to address the problem.

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A poster with a dark green background framing a black-and-white portrait of a bearded man wearing glasses and looking to his left. Text in light green across the poster reads:

WORKSHOPS4SUDAN
PALESTINE & INDIA AT THE DAWN OF DECOLONIZATION.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 03 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM [EST]
VIRTUAL [VIA ZOOM]

ESMAT
ELHALABY

THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF DECOLONIZATION AND SOLIDARITY

ESMAT ELHALABY IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR OF
PARTING GIFTS OF EMPIRE: PALESTINE AND INDIA AT THE DAWN OF DECOLONIZATION

WORKSHOPS4SUDAN

PHOTO: MARKO KOVACEVIC

Next week’s workshop from
@sdnsolidarity.bsky.social sounds amazing: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization with Esmat Elhalaby, a discussion moderated by Neelofer Qadir, on his new book on the intellectual history of decolonization and solidarity
Sign up: chuffed.org/project/work...

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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

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In times of uncertainty, independent bookstores are a constant — and we’re thankful for them today and every day. 🧡

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White person: *several racist sentences*

Black person: "That was racist as fuck"

Other White Person: "Surely, they were being ironic."

Don't wake up and use any of your days on earth being an OWP. Please.

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Last chance to get a 2026 calendar!

Sunday is the last day to order your copy of Sojourners for Justice Press's 2026 Calendar. It's beautiful and supports the work of our press: 1wr6j.mjt.lu/nl3/cXQBv1BR...

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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.

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To paraphrase an acquaintance of mine "when it comes down to a fight between two shitty people, I'm rooting for the fight and I want both of them to lose."

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I really need everyone in power at the DNC to not get distracted by this and to just embrace Let Them Fight.

You do not have to hand it to the Jewish Space Laser Lady. Ever.

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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

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Want to see a three-legged dog chase her tail?

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Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...

Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List

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3 months ago
A gray notebook with the quote “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” by Gwendolyn Brooks, placed on a colorful abstract patterned surface.

These usually sell out fast and they make great holiday gifts. You are also supporting a woman-owned small business too. www.blackbirdletterpress.com/limited-edit...

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XKCD meaning of auroras cartoon, showing "normal" at poles, "cool and exciting" in temperate zone, "someone should go check on our satellites" in subtropics, and "A bunch of open questions in Solar-Terrestrial physics are about to be answered" at the tropics

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

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4 months ago

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Trees grow naturally in the forest and chainsaws are also not a hoax"...Dr. Marshall Shepherd

One of my "go to" responses to the woefully simplistic retort that climate changes naturally only.

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“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.

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