Niki Barnes

Niki Barnes

@nikiohsbarnes.bsky.social

Book Nerd, media teacher in Michigan, fan of #kidlit 💙 I love romcoms, historical fiction and fantasy books too. I am also a fan of Star Wars, ice hockey and the Lions 🦁!

1,517 Followers 856 Following 137 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 days ago
Photo of ALA Members participating in a 1980 Equal Rights Amendment march in Chicago, holding a blue, white, and yellow flag with "American Library Assn" printed in the middle.

Text over image reads, "ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship. 'Librarianship cannot upgrade itself without upgrading opportunities for women who constitute the majority of the profession.'"

ALA150, American Library Association

Librarianship has long been dominated by women, but that has historically not translated to true equity in other dimensions. ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship was created in 1976 to further the advancement of women within the field.

Read more: https://bit.ly/47kkQmb

#ALA150

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Recording and Documenting Police and Federal Agents The First Amendment protects your right to take photos and videos of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public. This applies to ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and any other government officials. If you're not under arrest, a law enforcement officer needs a warrant to confiscate your device or to view its contents without your consent.

The First Amendment fully protects our right to record ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and other government officials performing their duties in public.

Know your rights while filming, how to protect your digital privacy, and what to do if you're stopped or arrested for recording.

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The federal government is executing American citizens in the middle of the street for exercising their constitutional right to freedom of speech.

This is tyranny. No free people can accept this kind of government. We need to bring an end to the Trump regime.

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If you’re defending kidnapping a five year old, you’re losing

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1 month ago

We all need to multi-task now...

I know for a fact that your elected representatives respond when they get FLOODED with phone calls and emails from their constituents.

Call yours NOW and DON'T LET UP.

Demand they defund ICE.
Demand the FULL release of the #EpsteinFiles.

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Ben Damberg protest volunteer: “None of us want to be doing this — I don’t, but we simply cannot stand by as other Minnesotans are being hurt — we will march, we will protest, & we will do it all peacefully above all else”

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Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers

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If the government executing us in the streets isn’t your red line, then you’ve already decided to endorse it.

There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity.

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1 month ago

Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence

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1 month ago

To repeat: Abolish ICE.

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1 month ago

ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

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NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

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1 month ago

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):

-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.

You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

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1 month ago

You know what’s worse than the image? Actually doing it.

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So let me get this straight. The Justice Department WON’T investigate the shooting of a woman protesting ICE excesses in Minnesota but WILL investigate the Governor and Mayor?

What are you going to charge the Mayor and Governor with? “Felony disagreement?”

Absurd and shameful.

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Georgia mother: My premiums increased 7 times over. It's not just crushing my dream, it has crushed my daughter's dreams. It's crushing so many other families' dreams. Their small businesses are being squeezed...I don't want other people to feel this pain that that my family is carrying right now.

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Please! They’re finding that even though subclade K evades many immune defenses, hospitalizations among children especially are still mostly kids who weren’t vaccinated. theyre finding vaccination still slows community spread and is reducing illness severity. GET VACCINATED.

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1 month ago

The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:

—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.

These will all go to 2026 referendums.

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This is interesting, but it’s unclear to me how it will be enforced, unless state law enforcement is going to start arresting members of ICE.

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Buttigieg: Some say you can’t talk about any of the things that were wrong about America because that must mean you hate America. To me, anytime we talk about something that wrong, it’s because some of the finest moments that brought out the greatest character of this country is how we put it right.

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1 month ago

Historically, America is very good at standing up for what is right. In the Trump era, the right to protest is violently under attack. I will show you a step-by-step guide to safe protesting with @brotherjones.bsky.social and @stacup.bsky.social's Jill Garvey, who runs ICE Watch trainings. #Velshi

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NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.

w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

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Urge Congress: Save Our Stations Act now to prevent more station closures in communities nationwide.

Local public media stations could go dark. 115+ are at risk as funding decisions are being negotiated now. #SaveOurStations: bit.ly/4qm3RaP

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Except if you’re a Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator….

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2 months ago
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

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2 months ago
Two Hanukkiahs and fifteen tea lights for the dead

The light that never goes out (plus candles for the Bondi Beach victims)

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2 months ago

a wealth tax is a winning issue.

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3 months ago

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

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3 months ago
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

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