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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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The rising tide of hot-planet fascism is no match for the two or three poems I write per year

For Booksky 📚

✅ Bookshop.org: every purchase supports local independent bookstores.

❌ Kindle: owned by Amazon.

✅ Public Libraries: (cannot recommend this enough!!) free audiobooks, apps, media (like NYT), books, ebooks, and more.

People, buckle up tight.

You're going to see a barrage of awful in the coming hours. Those of you who thought TikTok was your most pressing issue are in for a very RUDE awakening.

Check on your loved ones, SAVE your money.

For guidance, seek a Black elder.. there are plenty who survived Jim Crow.

On the plus side, punk music is gonna be SO good for the next 4 years

Some book recs for Inauguration Day:

- Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
- Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
- Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba
- Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
- I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom
- How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong

#booksky

Now's the time to stock up on your banned books!
Remember:
- physical media is best (because unless you own the PDF/Epub, Amazon can take it from you!)
- Shop local, thrift stores, used bookstores, or independent sellers
- Thriftbooks is not owned by Amazon and supports independent bookstores.

For Booksky 📚

❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.

✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!

❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.

✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.

One thing before tomorrow:

Use your local libraries.

Get your card.

Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.

Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).

Attend promoted activities.

Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.

Tell your kids that libraries are good.

They are.

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Stoneybatter

#FungiFriends #photography #mushrooms

Tufted titmouse hangs on bottom of bird feeder.

#addBirder #birds

Good morning! This is your reminder to support your local library! Get your card and see what resources you have access to from programs and events to seed libraries, maker spaces and digital resources. Libraries are more than *just* books. (Although books are very lovely!)

sinkhole

sinkhole

greetings from the gay village’s sudden gaping hole!

*TW*
separated my "dad" from my mom at the age of 13 while he was beating her face with a rake handle. (there were numerous other abusive moments, but this is the only time i ever felt strong in. i have the appease/flight response, so this was insane to me. walked out w a bloody nose, mum was okay.)

"Dad": Do you believe in God?
Me, 15: No, I'm agnostic.
"Dad": You're going to Hell.
Me: How can I go somewhere I don't believe exists?

embarrassment isn't real ! do the things you enjoy ! ignore other people's opinions !

what’s your favorite easy life quality improvements that for some reason aren’t well-known

I hope #booksky will encourage people going to libraries and supporting local book shops. I didn't see a lot of that on #booktok and think we should cultivated that here.

Photo of the four books mentioned in the post lined up on a dark blue woven rug.

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule:

Jan 2025: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Feb 2025: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
March 2025: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
April 2025: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, et al.

Link to feed in replies. #BookTok #BookSky

Please join us.

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how it felt scrolling on tiktok until there were no more videos left