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Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”

Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans

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Fellow book lovers! There is a better way to buy our books than Amazon. Instead of putting $ in Bezos' pocket, every purchase on @bookshop-org.bsky.social financially supports independent bookstores. You can even select the bookstore you'd like to support.

Justice Dept has dropped charges against mayor Adams....nothing surprises me anymore.

In other news register as a dem by Feb 14 for the June 24 mayoral primary

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Keeping myself motivated sometimes is hard with so much happening around!!! Being kind and giving the time you. Red to yourself is important and when you feel ready give it all again. Life is not about climbing to the top. Life is about stopping to enjoy the view at every stage you are.

Interview: Marti Gould Fuses Theater and Drag in STAGE FRIGHT at The Red Eye NY Host Marti Gould Cummings, an NYC Drag staple, is striving to make theater more accessible to New Yorkers with this free series starring some of Broadway's biggest names, including Adam Pascal, Jimbo,...

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Bartending 2nite #HeadSpace at @redeyeny.com for @getheadero.bsky.social 👅🍆💦

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

#Dark premiered on Netflix 7 years ago today

Freedom To Be Ourselves Rally - Support Trans Rights at the Supreme Court RSVP to commit to attend the Rally for Trans Freedom at SCOTUS.

Equality NY will also be taking buses to DC in support of trans youth and trans healthcare 12/4 - SCOTUS is hearing a case regarding these issues and we must show up and stand up for our trans community

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Transgender and non binary people continue to face unprecedented attacks. We honor and uplift those who have been subjected to violence and those who have been killed. The fight for liberation continues. 🏳️‍⚧️

I’m in a Snorlax phase 😂

Even the Jaguar left the scene before January 2025 😂

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DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK Thinking blocks this connection we have with the divine, causing us to feel stress, frustration, anger, resentment, depression, and all of these negative emotions many of us feel daily. This is why some religions describe hell as a complete separation fromGod. Many attribute the state of non-thinking or flow to a particular activity that we love to do, which creates a misconception that that's the only time we can be in flow. This is only half true. We can be in a state of non-thinking at any point in time as long as we are rooted in the present moment. Only in the present moment can the truth be found. This is why mindfulness instructors, spiritual masters, and even therapists share the importance of meditation, breathing, and being in the present moment. In the Bible, when Moses asks God His name, He replies, "I am." God doesn't say He was or will be, because those don't exist in the now. He simply says, "I am." God, truth, the Uni-verse, freedom, peace, joy, and love (these terms are all synonymous) can only be found, and therefore experienced, in the present. In a state of flow, grounded in the present moment, we are free from the limitations of the ego and can create the most incredible things in the world.

God, truth, the Universe, freedom, peace, joy, and love (…) can only be found (…) in the present.
In a state of flow, grounded in the present moment, we are free from the limitations of the ego and can create the most incredible things in the world.

If you don’t know who Jay Graber is, you will. She’s the woman behind Blue Sky.

Everyone’s talking about it. In just the past week, Bluesky’s user base has exploded, more than doubling to over 16 million as people scramble for an alternative to X, Facebook, and Threads.
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Undocumented Immigrants in US Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report.

“In total, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion, or roughly $9,000 per person, in taxes in 2022, the report shows. While their incomes are usually lower, they’re less likely to claim refunds or earn tax-preferred income”

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It’s always dark before the dawn!

Don’t believe everything you think by Joseph Nguyen

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...

The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.

An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.

So finish the thing.

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