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Remember, as SNAP is about to end, the standing rule remains firm:

If you see someone stealing diapers or formula no you didn't.

Image of a poem titled "Obligation" comprised of six haikus. Every other haiku is indented. Poem text reads: Obligation that the worst of us are also the loudest ones makes despair easy fools with microphones living vibrant lies to drown out mundane honesty simple dignity will not answer the moment though we wish it would the screaming ocean always in time overthrows the silent sea wall we must make our peace with the tumult and the loss of our quiet lives and embrace the noise of holding truth to the light and making shame count – John Wyatt Greenlee

A poem that's been kicking around my head for a few days

If I'd invented something so iconic I don't know if I could have stayed...(stares at camera) silent all these years.

UPDATE -- students in Georgia who've participated in the Reading Bowl have launched a petition to get answers as to why these 8 books were banned. Please amplify their petition and message, as well as the story here.

Petition: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates.
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

I am obsessed with this guy on Instagram who makes ice cream using different kinds of trees, then he also makes a spoon and bowl out of the same kind of wood, and the whole time he teaches us about that specific kind of tree?? It’s so cool??

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DPHvnfR...

Email to 6th-grade teachers in Leander ISD that reads: Dear 6th Grade ELA Team, I want to share an Important update regarding some of the texts in our book club and whole-class reading collections. In response to new legislation outlined in Senate Bill 12 (89th Legislature), we have conducted a review of titles currently used in secondary ELA instruction. Because SB 12 prohibits specific types of content, several of our resources now require additional review. Effective immediately, please pause the use of the identified texts (linked below) in instruction and assignments until further notice. This step is necessary to ensure our curriculum remains in full compliance with the law. I want to emphasize that these books are not being permanently removed. They are simply on hold while we seek additional guidance from TASB and TEA regarding the implications of SB 12 for instructional resources. Once we receive that guidance, we will provide clear updates about next steps. Additionally, if these books are included in your own personal classroom library, we request that you remove them since personal classroom libraries are considered instructional resources. I know this timing is far from ideal and may present challenges, especially given the thoughtful preparation you have invested in building engaging reading experiences for students. Please know that our commitment to offering students a wide range of meaningful opportunities for choice reading and discussion remains unchanged. Thank you for your flexibility, professionalism, and continued dedication to our students as we navigate this process together. 6th grade ELAR Resources With appreciation,

List of 40 books removed from classes. Includes To Kill a Mockingbird, The House on Mango Street, The Fire Next Time, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and, weirdly, Les Miserables.

I need help getting this CRAZY censorship story out!

Last week, admins in Leander ISD emailed teachers telling them to “pause” use of 40 books relating to “DEI” that had previously been curriculum or choice reading activities.

Included on the list? To Kill a Mockingbird. #bookbans #booksky

Every single report I heard about this case (and I live in Utah, so it's our local news as well as national) made it sound like the Keystone Kops were in charge of the investigation.

"Did you work at the UPS Store on California Ave in Bakersfield? Email: thisonesformimi@gmail.com" Image of two signatures and a UPS Storefront.

I hate asking for help, but I'm desperate.

If you are in California, specifically the Central Valley, please share. I just need to ID one of the people who signed this paper and I can be free of my abuser.

I am exhausted and tired of being scared.

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:

It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives

This is also a good description of grad school.

You don't have to post NSFW yourself for it to negatively affect you. You don't have to, because these bans are not about NSFW content, or protecting kids, or making a site safer to use.

Its ALWAYS about conservatives and agendas to push people back in the closet, and remove dissenters.

It was alive and well when we moved back in 2020 (spent my first 22 here, then 17 elsewhere before coming back). Weirdly coincided with an eruption of drive-thru local coffee chains, so both the faithful and we heathens can indulge our vices on the way to work!

Utahn here--the drive-thru lines at Thirst (and the other dozen or so dirty soda chains within 15 minutes of my house) rival Chick-fil-A's. It is impossible to overstate how much my people love this stuff.

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

Keeping you and your family in my thoughts!

Went to TMNT with my teen yesterday, and it really held up!

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Excellent ICE response guide for academic library workers from the Library Freedom Project. Includes proactive defense prep as well as rapid response. Please RT, library friends. libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/u...

As a queer Scot who has watched Rowling decimate trans safety and rights in my own country, I personally find it deeply offensive to see people claim that they need to keep HP relevant because some queer people still want to read fanfic and buy Etsy stickers.

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Every summer, fate chooses a CEO for the sacrifice. That's the ritual. Picture shows Coldplay cheating CEO, Luigi, OceanGate, and Killer Whales

FB showed me this, and then insta showed me this, and listen, it’s dark, but I’ll allow it

You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions?

3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.

But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

I have been known to bluntly respond to these types of declarations (especially if accompanied by an attitude) with, “Do you have a question you’d like to ask me?”

i absolutely do not agree with recording strangers in public and allowing the internet to doxx them and ruin their lives. that being said, i do find the CEO/HR lady cheating drama very funny, because i am a bad person. two things can be true

If you are a school librarian or teacher doing this, know you are committing educational malpractice.