It’s crazy when young officers up and down the chain are seeking legal cover so they don’t get sued one day for what could be illegal strikes.

Really? You're gonna make me do this one?

Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.

There you go.

Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Fictionalized account of the true story of a French Navy officer who ignored distress calls from migrants drowning in the English Channel. Publishing April/2026. @marinerbooks.bsky.social

Unlock the secrets of a mystical tome with Codex Regenesis!🔑

An antiquarian bookseller recently vanished under strange circumstances, leaving only a copy of Codex Regenesis behind.

Available everywhere books are sold and at our link: www.chroniclebooks.com/products/cod...

Good People was an outstanding read!

Michigan workers slam Trump policies for layoffs, funding cuts at 7th District panel in Lansing • Michigan Advance “Are we ready to fight for our democracy?” asked Brian Kelly, vice president of a midwestern chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees, to a room of about 50 people on Thursday night ...

“Are we ready to fight for our democracy?” asked Brian Kelly, vice president of a midwestern chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees, to a room of about 50 people on Thursday night at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 5405 hall in Lansing.

Story from @kdailey.bsky.social

#RGGSpeedDating is my kind of speed dating. Learn about books, talk about books, discover new books. #books #publishers #bookclubs #mykindofpeople

Sad to have missed #ewgc today. Had a meeting...that could have been an email.

On my list to read/ponder. Really, I think everyone should read it. "Love Thy Stranger: how the teaching of Jesus transformed the moral conscience of the West by Bart D. Ehrman. Pub 3/24/26 #Christian #love #Jesus
@simonandschuster.bsky.social

Loretta Young and Warren William in EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE (1933)

Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social:
Daytime - Gothic Horror
Primetime - Pre-Code Essentials (TCM Book)
#TCMParty ^JW

A Halloween Scare in Michigan by Eric James. #Halloween #michigan #books

Amish clothesline. Interesting, no? #Amish #Laundry #clothesline #art

A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.

Finished it in one setting.

Another successful weekend getaway with friends. Does your fave store draw pictures so that you can orient yourself? #weekend #upnorth #Michigan #Blacklake #cottage

Young Republicans and their text messages: PO PO Peter Giunta Great. I love Hitler Peter Giunta Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber Joe Maligno Gas chambers don't fit the Joe Maligno Boom - they're dead YR YOUNG REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PEOTLATTON fant n--ga the watermelon people Willam Hendrix "n--ga" and in--guh" Willam Hendrix and kool aid with that? carving watermelons Missouri doesn't like f--s YSYA NYS Luke Mosimen "beaner" and "sp-c Luke Mosiman Id go to the 200 if I wanted to Bobby Walker It they vote for us why would they be gassed? 1488 (shorthand for Hei Hitler) Alex Dwyer Trumps too busy burning the Epstein ties Samuel Douglass She just didn't bathe often Samuel Douglass youre expecond the sew Anne KayKaty When do we bring that side out? Anne KayKaty

“I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” VP J. D. Vance 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.

Oh my. Author/Dr Rana Awdish has written a follow-up to her bestselling memoir In Shock! After her experience with illness, she asks herself what does it mean to truly heal?
Pub 6/16/2026
@macmillanlib.bsky.social @ranaawdish.bsky.social
#medicine #memoir #illness #mustread 📘📚

Just remember that bird never flies so high it doesn't fall. #today #humble

a man in a tuxedo is holding a microphone in his hand ALT: a man in a tuxedo is holding a microphone in his hand

Husband and I were arguing about who was gunna make our taquitos and I said “I made your TWO children from scratch, you can make the FROZEN taquitos”

And he goes: “goddammit, I don’t have any sort of good come back to that”

….then proceeded to get up and make us taquitos 😌😌🫡🫡

Books Save Lives.

Find your courage.
Follow your moral compass.
Do not obey in advance.

Banning books for kids — for all humans — is a form of violence.

Books Save Lives.

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

Not good, not good. B&T are shutting down. They were out vendor for years. #library #vendors #publishing

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I know summer is over but I'm drinking vodka and TJ's lemonade. sublime

How empathy can harm — and how it can help It’s become controversial. Here’s how to really think about it.

Empathy is in a weird place right now. Most of us probably think the ability to place ourselves in someone else’s shoes is a good thing. That’s what compassion is all about right? But a recent trend in conservative Christian circles is calling empathy into question. Some even believe it’s a sin. 👇

“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire
#quotes #empathy #Voltaire #lovethyneighbor

When you demonize and mistreat the immigrant, the poor, the starving, and the marginalized, I'm not interested in hearing about your religious beliefs.

You've already shown me what they are by how you're demonizing and mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the starving, and the marginalized.

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time?

BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

Well… the whole world can now see that the emperor is naked.

How embarrassing.

Well, this is a timely book. A psychologist explores moral injury—the wounds we suffer when our core values are violated by, witnessed, or been compelled to accept—and how to begin to repair it. Publishing April 7, 2026 @harpercollins.bsky.social 📚💙 #booksky