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Although it's not as big as some of the other elections today, I am really proud of my little town for voting in/keeping the best candidates for our local offices.

CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS, NO KINGS

my heart... 😢

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🗣️THIS is the message!!

Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

the very hungry caterpillar superimposed on an illustration of gregor samsa from the metamorphosis as a beetle

one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar

My PCP recommended that I wait in order to be protected over the winter, but should I get it now in case access disappears altogether?

Did they ask her about it in person? Is that legal?

My gut is telling me to get it now while I can but I'm worried I won't be protected through the winter.

My PCP recommended that I wait until late September to get the booster so it would last me through the winter. But now I'm not sure what I should do. My state IS currently offering it at CVS.

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

get her jade

I'm so on board with this.

Yes I love Face Off!

Book display with several titles covered in black paper and labeled "Materials removed from the viewing of minors" along with some flyers for patrons to take.

Cuyahoga Falls Library did this display:

I tried to call both of Governor DeWine's phone numbers today and the mailboxes were full, hopefully with people calling about this. So I had to fill out a contact form.

WHENNNNNNNNN

I've lived under martial law before. Not in the U.S.-in Thailand, after a coup. And I've walked Tiananmen Square, too. So what I'm watching in LA right now? It hits different. Because I've seen how authoritarianism takes hold-and how America's resistance isn't following the script. 1/7 In Thailand, I taught at a private school after the military coup. One of my coworkers had lived through the actual lockdown in Bangkok. He remembered hearing gunfire and realizing: they're killing people in the street. That fear settled into daily life. You complied. You stayed quiet. You survived. 2/7

The man who led the coup? He became a monk-because in Thailand, becoming a monk makes you untouchable. I was literally teaching his grandkids. People worried if the military would come for them, too. That's the weight of real martial law. It changes how you move through the world. 3/7 In China, I visited Tiananmen Square. My Chinese teacher's mother was pregnant with her when she stood in that square. That history was personal. But it was also erased. Because in authoritarian regimes, memory itself becomes dangerous. What we're not allowed to remember gets rewritten. 4/7

So watching protests erupt in LA right now-protesters shutting down freeways, standing off against SWAT, refusing to move-I'm struck by what's different. Yes, there's fear. But there's also volume. America isn't going quiet. And that matters. Because martial law requires submission. It relies on people staying home. It needs us to believe we're outnumbered. But in every major U.S. city right now, people are standing up. Not just resisting. Refusing to disappear. 5/7

They want us to believe there's no choice. But that's a lie authoritarianism always tells. And America-messy, loud, imperfect America-still hasn't bought into that lie. So yes, l'm scared. But I also have something I didn't have in Thailand or China. Thave hope. Not because everything will work out on its own. But because people are choosing to show up. Because we're not done yet. 6/7 Hope isn't a mood. It's a decision. And if you're struggling to find it-borrow mine. I've lived through a coup. I've lived under martial law. And I'm telling you right now: This moment isn't over. We're still writing the ending. 7/7

“hope isn’t a mood. it’s a decision.” (via confettitactics on threads: www.threads.com/@confettitac...)

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Happy Pride!

This whole "Pride collection" is just pathetic.

It's so easy to submit a comment! Took less than 5 minutes for me.

a close up of a person 's face with half black hair and half white hair Alt: a close up of a person 's face with half black hair and half white hair. Sakura from the Wind Breaker anime.

Listen here, Wind Breaker. I watch this show every week to see a group of Good Boys punching things. I do NOT watch this show to ugly cry in my bed at 11 at night! (coughTsubakicough)

Photo of a group of handmade cards on white paper colored with crayons/markers and day things like Thank You and You want thanks with that?

Things feel really dark and heavy rn, so something as small as getting cards from some 3rd graders can make a big difference.

The Latest from the Institute of Museum and Library Services A temporary restraining order halts further dismantling of the only federal agency for libraries, but the 2026 federal budget calls for eliminating the IMLS completely.

A temporary restraining order halts further dismantling of the only federal agency for libraries, but the 2026 federal budget calls for eliminating the IMLS completely.

The latest on the state of the IMLS: bookriot.com/the-latest-f...

Please sign!

The fact that we aren't monitoring it is what scares me.

Thank you for sharing this! What do you think of the 60 Minutes interview about the bird flu? Should we be panicking?