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I’m so happy 😭 We still have a lot to handle but this is a step in the right direction!

How Zohran Mamdani rose from Queens lawmaker to mayor of New York The former foreclosure prevention counselor and one-time rapper becomes the city's first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage -- not to mention its youngest mayor in more than a century.

Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage — not to mention its youngest mayor in more than a century. https://to.pbs.org/4hJnohz

After Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended, a key question is: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech? At issue in the Kimmel case is how much influence the FCC can bring to bear under its statutory authority and First Amendment protections for free speech.

At issue in the Jimmy Kimmel case is how much influence the FCC can bring to bear under its statutory authority and First Amendment protections for free speech. (via @politifact.bsky.social ) https://to.pbs.org/46o0ZBm

Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you

You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.

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While I love the new fairy assets, fairies were not fully explored and this is just talking about CAS assets. The ears could have been more interesting & variety. Proper bat / demon type wings please! More flower crowns (we got 1, ONE!), circlets and hair accessories! Cc fae are cooler …

I'm so pleased to learn that my poetry prompts will be distributed for free—through the Prison Books Program—to tens of thousands of incarcerated people who have requested resources to help them write poetry.

The yearly pay at the federal minimum wage:

$15,080

The average yearly cost of a 1 bedroom apartment in the United States:

$17,340

We need living wages and lower housing costs. This is not sustainable.

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Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries.

The Trump administration has placed roughly 80% of the agency's staff on administrative leave.

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5 places Trump has targeted for tariffs even though they have few or no exports The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have touched rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic, tiny tropical islands and a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was...

The Heard and McDonald Islands in the remote Antarctic, which together form another Australian territory — this one uninhabited — is on the Trump administration's list and subject to 10% tariffs. to.pbs.org/3FUqhxk

Dreaming of spring gardening? Bees and other pollinators like a variety of flowers For those thinking ahead to spring gardening, a biologist explains what to focus on when designing a garden with pollinators in mind and what not to worry about.

To design a garden that supports the greatest number and diversity of pollinators, don’t worry about what your neighbors are doing or not doing. Just focus on planting different kinds of flowers – and lots of them.

Same old, same old.

The liars vilified Hillary Clinton for nonexistent classified info on her server.

They shared absolutely classified info on a group chat with a reporter & lie & say it’s fine.

If you vote for them you’re nuts.

ICE does patently illegal shit,

because no one is holding them accountable.

Good lord what a bunch of liars and incompetents. Also, as an aside. who sets their disappearing messages to 4 weeks if they want to avoid accountability? Also, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social is a badass.

Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.

www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.

If amending the constitution does not remove it from view on the White House website, why is there a 404 page error when clicking on The Constitution?! 😟

Friendly reminder that if you buy a book on Kindle, you're only paying for the rights to read, not own. If a book truly gets banned, it will be taken away from digital platforms like Kindle, nook, etc. Consider getting physical copies of banned (or other) books!

READ BANNED BOOKS

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin