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Hotel fireplace

Hotel fireplace

All tucked in with my fireplace on...

15.11.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I AM A WINNER!!!

15.11.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU!!!!

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This thread is a MUST READ. Nothing I have read since 2021 better captures the complete insanity of the β€œparents rights” book-banning movement than the need to protect kids from unicorn eyelashes.

15.11.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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snoopy and woodstock are standing in the water with the words `` love you '' on the bottom . Alt: snoopy and woodstock are standing in the water with the words `` love you '' on the bottom .

Goodnight, friends.

I had a quiet, lovely 10th anniversary with my beautiful wife. We ate too much, shared a bottle of bubbly, watched two favorite movies, danced to Bowie's Heroes, and enjoyed the sun.

Life is short. Celebrate the people who bring you joy.

I love you.

15.11.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

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Post from reddit's economy subreddit, titled "900,000 white Americans have lost their jobs since 2020 per Bloomberg." Under this is an infographic that says "Corporate American pledged to hire more people of color. It actually did. The year after Black Lives Matter protest, the S&P 100 added more than 300,000 jobs - 94% when to people of color." Beneath this is a graph titled "Change in employment since Feb 2020." The bar graph shows -904k for White, +2m for Hispanic, +700k for Black, +882K for Asian, +4m for All Workers.

Post from reddit's economy subreddit, titled "900,000 white Americans have lost their jobs since 2020 per Bloomberg." Under this is an infographic that says "Corporate American pledged to hire more people of color. It actually did. The year after Black Lives Matter protest, the S&P 100 added more than 300,000 jobs - 94% when to people of color." Beneath this is a graph titled "Change in employment since Feb 2020." The bar graph shows -904k for White, +2m for Hispanic, +700k for Black, +882K for Asian, +4m for All Workers.

I haven't dug into the sources, so I might be off base, but this seems like an #InfoLit lesson -

The upper infographic & lower graphic seem to be completely unrelated.

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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15.11.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
i wanna unmeet so many people

i wanna unmeet so many people

Ngl there are a few people I’ve met on here too whom this applies

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❀️

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We have the newest casualty of the β€œparents rights," movement in Texas! And we can thank Sen. Angela Paxton’s β€œparental rights” school library bill (SB 13) for keeping Texas kids safe from Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn in Southlake, TX (Carroll ISD). @shannonhale.bsky.social

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πŸ«‚

15.11.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"

Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.

When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.

15.11.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7

I DID

15.11.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BEIGNETS!!!

15.11.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Facebook post by the New York Times. The post reads: 

A reader asked: "I keep noticing that many women in the news now have long hair. Can you explain why? Is this a trend or something more permanent?"

There is a photo of Demi Moore with the caption: Why Do So Many Women Have Long. Hair Now?

A Facebook post by the New York Times. The post reads: A reader asked: "I keep noticing that many women in the news now have long hair. Can you explain why? Is this a trend or something more permanent?" There is a photo of Demi Moore with the caption: Why Do So Many Women Have Long. Hair Now?

BECAUSE HE CAN’T PULL MY HAIR IF I HAVE A SHORT BOB, NYT

15.11.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Dessert menu!

Dessert menu!

I LOVE BEIGNETS!!!!!!

15.11.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Um, hell yes!

A company wants to sell you their output, but doesn't want to be responsible for that output? We'd laugh out loud if it was a physical product. So why should we accept it for a digital product?

#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

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Steven Smith Teamaker - The Finest Name in Tea Since 1949 Uncommonly delicious black teas, green teas, and herbal infusions; imported directly from friends and blended and packed in Portland, OR with artistry and care.

Steven Smith Teamaker - The Finest Name in Tea Since 1949 share.google/xZftNGRfAokb...

15.11.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

6? 7?

15.11.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a cat named β€œPedro Pspspscal” who is a two-year-old male and very handsome with his white and grey fur

A photo of a cat named β€œPedro Pspspscal” who is a two-year-old male and very handsome with his white and grey fur

The perfect cat name doesn’t exiβ€”

14.11.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why, thank yiu!

14.11.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The joy of finally getting through the nonprofit registration process is SO REAL!

Congrats to AABB!

Thank them for all the work they're doing to protect ALL OF US by making a donation today.

14.11.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Authors Against Book Bans (AABB) Make a donation to Authors Against Book Bans (AABB)

The EveryLibrary Institute powers the donation portal for Authors Against Book Bans (AABB). Donate today. www.everylibraryinstitute.org/aabb_donate?...

14.11.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Northern Cardinal bird with yellow body, orange beak, gray face, and orange and black comb standing on the orange ledge of a bird feeder

Northern Cardinal bird with yellow body, orange beak, gray face, and orange and black comb standing on the orange ledge of a bird feeder

Today’s Northern Cardinal asks, β€œDoes this hairdo make my butt look fat?”

14.11.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Comments are golden.

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A picture of Baptist minister Michael Woolf, staring with steely eyes into the camera, flat to the ground as he is arrested for protesting at the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago

A picture of Baptist minister Michael Woolf, staring with steely eyes into the camera, flat to the ground as he is arrested for protesting at the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago

Screencap of a Guardian article about Epstein and Weinstein pal and business partner Michael Wolff

Screencap of a Guardian article about Epstein and Weinstein pal and business partner Michael Wolff

Inside the news are two Michael Wolves:

14.11.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
you weren't mine, but
you mattered

i don't have the right 
to miss you--
not really.
you weren't never mine
to lose,
never mind to hold.
but still, 
some part of me tugs
at your memory 
like a loose thread
I forgot to tie.

it's strange, loving someone
without a place to put that love.
carrying it around
like a secret
that aches quietly 
against my ribs

you weren't mine.
but you mattered.

you weren't mine, but you mattered i don't have the right to miss you-- not really. you weren't never mine to lose, never mind to hold. but still, some part of me tugs at your memory like a loose thread I forgot to tie. it's strange, loving someone without a place to put that love. carrying it around like a secret that aches quietly against my ribs you weren't mine. but you mattered.

Poem by Eric Wilson

14.11.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indiana Republican senators reject Trump's redistricting push; won't convene in December β€’ Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana Senate Republicans have rejected President Donald Trump’s push for congressional redistricting.

Here's our final story today: Indiana Republican senators reject Trump's redistricting push

indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/14/i...

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Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition Dig deeper into one of the most banned books in America with this annotated edition of Maia Kobabe’s seminal autobiographical work.In 2014, Maia Ko...

Y'all

The proofs of this

It looks absolutely amazing

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Gender...

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Exhibit at University Collections at McCalla highlights IU Athletics Called β€œOutfitting IU Athletics: Hoosier Champions,” the exhibit chronicles Big Ten and national championships and individual accomplishments by Hoosier athletes.

www.ipm.org/news/2025-11...

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