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sports and culture libraries and Disney ISU and USC reading freely Keynoter The Librarian Linkover podcast Maybelle Blair "If you're gonna do something, do it." 🎢Got a fistful of friends that'll stand up for me.🎢 Location may vary. I start in Illinois.

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If this doesn’t radicalize you against billionaires and their lackeys, I don’t know what will

06.08.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 584    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

How do they manage to smuggle these things into the arena? One time at a Sky game I was told my clear bag was too big.

06.08.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

According to the WaPo, the assault -- which the right is claiming was committed by eight African American gang members who were carjacking a helpless woman -- came from a single 15-year-old boy and a girl who was with him.

No mention of the damsel in distress that Sir Big Balls allegedly saved.

06.08.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 608    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 8

Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart. Historic fiction about 1 of the 1stfemale sheriffs. 7 books in the series. Not series but books I loved: Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor. Three Bargains by Tania Malik. Musical Mozinskis by Susan Petrone. Woman Could Fly by Megan Giddings. #librariancurated

06.08.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

had Biden randomly wandered on the White House roof shouting at reporters about nuclear weapons, Jake Tapper would drop everything to pitch a new series of books and Hannity would anchor ongoing special coverage until 2029

but when Trump does it it's just Trump being Trump!

05.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9054    πŸ” 2216    πŸ’¬ 340    πŸ“Œ 122
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Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama administration review of 2016 election Past probes, including two conducted by Republicans, found no such crimes. Democrats have accused Bondi of trying to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Bondi’s order to open grand jury investigation of Obama is absurd. Besides statute of limitations and presidential immunity problems, it will be a stretch to show a then-confidential investigation interfered with the 2016 election. THIS is lawfare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

05.08.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 823    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 20

These people are criminals who need to be arrested & prosecuted for committing unprecented constitutional crimes & violating every single privacy & security clearance law that applies to actual federal employees. We simply cannot let them just walk away & pretend they were just following orders.

05.08.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Braille libraries offer community. What happens when funding cuts close them? Braille and talking book libraries are a lifeline for people who are blind. But budget cuts mean these services face an uncertain future. How are staff working to help patrons stay connected to readin...

Braille libraries and library services for the blind and print-disabled are vital sources of community across the country.

Cuts to federal funding could curtail their work: www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries

31.07.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

With no pushback from either interviewer. Why would anyone tune into this stuff.

05.08.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pagliuca Reached Deal for Sun, WNBA Commish Never Presented to BOG Multiple sources tell FOS the $325 million offer made by a group led by Steve Pagliuca was accepted by the Mohegan Tribe and presented to Cathy Engelbert in July.

BREAKING: The $325 million offer made by a group led by Steve Pagliuca was accepted by the Mohegan Tribe and presented to Cathy Engelbert in July.

It was never presented to the WNBA Board of Governors for a vote.

frontofficesports.com/pagliuca-off...

05.08.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

He sure does. Someone needs to pony up. The WNBA would not let a cheap owner stop them. #womanup

05.08.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll throw in the World Cup and Olympics.

05.08.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

popular anti-fascism as taxpayer revolt...might have some legs

05.08.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10430    πŸ” 2158    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 82

This a million times.

05.08.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every story on Trump and gov’t stats should reference his felony conviction for falsifying business records. Seems relevant.

04.08.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

I also can't stop thinking about it. The people who don't follow sports are going to read this and think it's accurate. It's all bad but the dumbest thing might be that players went easy on Jordan.

04.08.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She added, leaning forward, "And this time, we mean it, Mister!"

04.08.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record sale of WNBA’s Sun adds fuel to the league’s smoldering contract dispute The $325 million sale of the Connecticut Sun will only intensifyΒ WNBA players’ demands for a bigger slice of revenues in the ongoingΒ CBA negotiations.

WNBA teams now sell for 9 figures. That's because the audience is loving the players on the floor. Yet players are making... 10% of the league's revenues? There's a math problem here that goes beyond equity, & it doesn't bode well, writes @annkillion.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annki...

04.08.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I usually catch @jimacosta.bsky.social 's show at some point most days, but I'm skipping this one.

04.08.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today in life under "competitive" authoritarianism

04.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Before you see a hundred or so posts saying that Texas has issued arrest warrants for the absent Dem legislators, you should be aware that they are civil warrants issued by the House that are not effective outside the state

www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/t...

04.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6482    πŸ” 1980    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 122

β€œGhislaine, if you’re listening…”

04.08.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 681    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 4
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The world is shitty...but enjoy this video of Puck reacting to a video.

Sound on!

04.08.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to subscribe to The Guardian.

04.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every line in this is inaccurate. It's stunning. Men who don't follow women's sports should stick to whatever it is they do. Looks like just found quotes from somewhere. Very amateur piece.

04.08.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As the first woman to make it through The Citadel, she could have made a positive difference for women in SC. She chose to go down a different path. What a missed opportunity.

04.08.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I never really understand stories about people who work for X number of weeks or months with no pay. You miss one payday of mine? I'm out.

04.08.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This! If one more 20 something lectures me about the Clinton administration....

04.08.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NYT: Trump Declines to Back Away From 'You Don't Have to Vote Again' Line
The former president, in an interview on Fox News, declined to back away from his comments and repeated his argument that if hes elected,
"the country will be fixed" and their votes won't be needed.

NYT: Trump Declines to Back Away From 'You Don't Have to Vote Again' Line The former president, in an interview on Fox News, declined to back away from his comments and repeated his argument that if hes elected, "the country will be fixed" and their votes won't be needed.

Greg Abbott is promising to remove anyone from the TX legislature who is not present tomorrow.

Texas will be the blueprint for 2028. This is the real coup. This is their plan to ensure there are never any free and fair elections ever again.

This is Trump keeping his promise

04.08.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes it's good to have a billionaire governor.

04.08.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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