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Yes! Felt like my family was reflected by a TV family, including body shapes & sizes. Everything they tackled was so relatable. I was crushed when she lost the plot. I see her name & immediatley flash to the anthem crotch grab and... I feel you. Challenging indeed.

Event poster for "So You Want to Support Physical and Digital Safety Workshop" organized by PEN America and Texas Freedom Network, featuring handwritten notes with various messages on a wall.

On Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm EST, join PEN America and the @txfreedomread.bsky.social for a free workshop on digital and physical safety skills for organizers. Sign-up here: pen.org/event/so-you...

Trump Administration Moves to Shutter Library Agency The staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, were put on leave.

The Trump administration on Monday placed the staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, on administrative leave.

Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!

If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org

THIS IS NOT OKAY.

Oh lady. I am having a shit day and seeing his face on my feed this morning... thank you. I miss him so much, too.

For my non-librarian followers, I can't overstate the value of the Institute of Museum & Library Services, a tiny federal agency that punches way above its weight and supports many services we take for granted.

Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.

www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

A screenshot of the filter options on a section of the Shoppers Drug Mart website. The options include Promotions, Shop Canadian, and Show In Stock

Love the Shop Canadian option on the SDM website. I'm still just one of them "damn immigrants" here but so very proud.

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It is incredible to think that Canadians will wake up tomorrow at war with America. It may only be a trade war, but ...

'The United States is Your Enemy' A conversation about fascism as Europe faces the darkness in the west

'Your Enemy' #USpol
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New York Times headline: How Canadians Are Making Their Anger Toward the US Loud and Clear

Quote: “do you know how angry you have to be with the United States to intentionally go out and purchase Canadian-made toothpaste? Because I’m there,” Janel Comeau, a Canadian illustrator and writer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, posted on X.

accidentally got so irritated with the United States that I have been quoted in the New York Times

Lyric that resonated today: "I need a designated driver to my date with the Devil"

Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.

As someone who crosses the border often for personal and professional reasons, I'm VERY concerned about how all of these shenanigans will impact travel. As of last week, negligible. We'll see how this week goes.

Thousands sign petition asking government to remove Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship | CBC News Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship, citing his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly thre...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...

WTAF? How many more have to suffer and/or die while the Dems "sit back and let it happen?" How are we okay with this?

I have in-person work stuff next week. Not looking forward to the crossing. Not one bit. This b.s. could be career-changing & my anxiety is thru the roof already!

A shadow war on libraries Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement

Brilliant!

EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

I am so, so happy to see all the people who are responding to say this helped them feel a little more hopeful today. I am so grateful to see even more people encouraging one another.

Thank you all. Apologies in advance if you followed expecting more heat. I was just posting to encourage my friends

Home schooling today is less religious and more diverse, poll finds Fear of school shootings, bullying and indoctrination helped fuel a pandemic-era boom in home schooling, according to an exclusive Washington Post-Schar School survey.

wapo.st/4h8FYhM

Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...