Maryl Randel

Halfway through season 3… 😳

Spooky Book Giveaway James Rhoads students love to read spooky books! I will be doing a Fall/themed Spooky book giveaway on October 29th and am still in need of more books to give away. I am able to order books for as low...

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Judge strikes down parts of a Florida law used to ban school library books The 2023 law prompted educators to pull classic literature, popular novels and even children’s picture books from school shelves.

“It’s a complete knockout. There’s not a single issue that the court did not side with the plaintiffs on.”

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If you are arrested during a protest or action against ICE or CPD in Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.

(This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)

NEW YORK TIMES (2020): U.S. DEATHS NEAR 100,000, AN INCALCULABLE LOSS

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”

Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel? Pope Francis, who Nick Ripatrazone called our “most literary pope”, died this Sunday. Pope Francis, who despite the faults of his institution, was an admirable man who stood for the poor and the op…

@jamesfolta.com Dan Brownifies the final meeting between Pope Francis and J.D. Vance.

This was part of the $250M election donation deal.

Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!

The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.

Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health "This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…

⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈

⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.

As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“

#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth

Library Internet Access Is 'World-Changing' for Millions, but the Money Could Disappear Local libraries are helping to bridge the broadband gap by getting communities online. But federal funding is under threat.

Thanks to federal programs like E-Rate, communities have built life-changing broadband networks—with libraries at the center. But that future is now under threat.
Join us in the fight to protect E-Rate and federal library funding—because no one should be left offline.
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Bird with gray-blue feathers flies low over a lake, its reflection on the water.

The golden hour working its magic.

#🪶
#birds
#greatblueheron
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism"

"That theory has been debunked"

"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"

Good day to remember that DOGE has already lost the US government at least half a trillion dollars this year alone. And likely more.

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: April 2025 Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: • focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having kids log page numbers, etc), and... • couple reading with col...

Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress.

You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!

Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!

#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.

As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.

Let's talk about the so-called Save Act.

Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a VOTER SUPPRESSION bill.

#HandsOffHerVote

The SAVE Act would be the first voter suppression bill ever passed by Congress. Lawmakers should be protecting the freedom to vote — not restricting it. We urge Congress to reject the SAVE Act. 5/

BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/

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The true "writer beware" scam.

I also dreamed of turning my love of writing into a potentially lucrative career. But even without rampant pirating, the chances of getting paid fairly for what amounts to a lot of work is close to zero.

The comments are worth reading.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

I have a book on procrastination that has sat on my nightstand for at least 6 years, unopened. 🤦🏻‍♀️

A graphic entitled Queer Muslim Books, featuring a background with a rainbow motif. There are six book covers on the graphic. The books are: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib; Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H; Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar; Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi; DeadEndia by Hamish Steele; and Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed.

Eid Mubarak! Ramadan is ending, and Eid al-Fitr is beginning, and we’re celebrating with a modest list of queer books with Muslim characters. You can read this post as a text post by visiting our webpage: duckprintspress.com/2025/03/29/c...

YES.

Writing is thinking.

Drawing is seeing.

If let a machine write or draw for you, you think and see less.

WOW! 😍😍😍

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.

About #ED #Layoffs
Here are examples of what will now happen to anyone who seeks education or training beyond high school.

1. You will face much higher prices no matter where you go, including community college.

2. It will be far harder to get grants and scholarships or even work-study to help.

3. If you have to take loans, they will be much harder to pay back.

4. You will learn less thanks to declines in support for classroom learning and services that help.

5. If you get to college, you’ll be much more likely to drop out in debt without a credential of any kind.

Without the federal government’s active support of higher education, regular people lose access. And this is exactly what Trump wants— to discourage you from doing anything other than leaving meek lives run by billionaires.

#RealCollege

Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics The US Education Department said it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school.

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