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Four panel comic. 
Panel 1: A little cat is surrounded by lightning bolts. TEXT: Palestine action humiliated you and put paint on a plane Panel 2: The cat is bigger and wearing a red superhero eye mask. The lightning bolts have become flames. TEXT: You continue to aid and abet a genocide. Panel 3: The cat now has a flag cape and the flames reach across the panel behind them. TEXT: Exactly who is terrorising who? Panel 4: The cat's cape is a Palestinian  flag and is shouting "Free Palestine".

Four panel comic. Panel 1: A little cat is surrounded by lightning bolts. TEXT: Palestine action humiliated you and put paint on a plane Panel 2: The cat is bigger and wearing a red superhero eye mask. The lightning bolts have become flames. TEXT: You continue to aid and abet a genocide. Panel 3: The cat now has a flag cape and the flames reach across the panel behind them. TEXT: Exactly who is terrorising who? Panel 4: The cat's cape is a Palestinian flag and is shouting "Free Palestine".

26.06.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Repeating my past recommendation to leave Spotify.

I have recommended leaving them in the past for their exploitation of artists.

Recently, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $700 million in military AI company Helsing. And he is also now their chairman.

27.06.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
watercolor of a magpie waving a magpie-sized pride flag

watercolor of a magpie waving a magpie-sized pride flag

as the month closes out this GAY MAGPIE wishes all you queers a happy pride once again!!!

29.06.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4193    πŸ” 1488    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 13
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Largest Trans Survey Ever: Top Reason Trans People Stop Transitioning Is Transphobia β€œIn almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to β€˜detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community.”

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.

- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.

The latest from S. Baum.

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11.06.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9266    πŸ” 3953    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 144
A digital illustration of a wiggly long black cat holding a wiggly long rainbow pride flag in its mouth. Over the cat’s back, it says β€œlong live Pride” in rainbow colors. The cat wishes everyone who is reading this a very happy Pride month!

A digital illustration of a wiggly long black cat holding a wiggly long rainbow pride flag in its mouth. Over the cat’s back, it says β€œlong live Pride” in rainbow colors. The cat wishes everyone who is reading this a very happy Pride month!

Long live Pride πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ«Ά

[ #cuteart #pridemonth #pride ]

01.06.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8103    πŸ” 2997    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 8

Empire is choosing to commit genocide in Gaza. It is a willful and deliberate decision. It is the government, churches, politicians, universities, non-profits, and individuals, too.

21.05.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop Arming Israel. Free Gaza. Free Palestine.

23.05.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A four panel comic in black ink pen with red, yellow and blue watercolours. 
Panel 1. A cat flies through space holding a key. Text: The atrocities
Panel 2. A cat head comet flies through spaces. Text: That continue to be committed in Gaza
Panel 3. A cat with a star over their head sits at the centre of an ever expanding, layered triangle. Text: And the west bank are unfathomable 
Panel 4. A cat's head with six eyes appears in a space anomaly, stars surround. Text: Free Free Palestine

A four panel comic in black ink pen with red, yellow and blue watercolours. Panel 1. A cat flies through space holding a key. Text: The atrocities Panel 2. A cat head comet flies through spaces. Text: That continue to be committed in Gaza Panel 3. A cat with a star over their head sits at the centre of an ever expanding, layered triangle. Text: And the west bank are unfathomable Panel 4. A cat's head with six eyes appears in a space anomaly, stars surround. Text: Free Free Palestine

04.04.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It is our turn now. For many, this will be the fight of your life. Others have been here before and are willing to still be here again. We are so lucky.

It is our turn now. This is the fight so that we can live. With our entire lives.

31.03.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When we understand that oppressors fear us most when we fight for each other, it becomes easier to fight for liberation with our entire lives.

Recall those, throughout history and now, who fought for us with everything they had, so that we could be alive today.

31.03.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

OK SO, 25% book tariffs are set to go live April 2. this is tricky for a number of reasons but the simplest is that most books are published & warehoused in the US, even those by Canadian authors, so this makes it infinitely more complicated than "Buy Canadian Authors" or slapping on a sticker

19.03.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 580    πŸ” 190    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 45
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A lot of global academic conferencing is centered around the US, and US academic orgs have to be thinking very seriously now. You cannot continue to carry on with in person conferencing as if foreign scholars have no impediments to travel.
I know we like to pretend everything is "normal" again but..

16.03.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1592    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 58
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(Art by Rebecca Gallant)
#banfascistsnotbooks #read #freadom #bannedbooks #skybrarian #πŸ’™πŸ“š

14.03.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Use this full moon eclipse to do some shedding that will help in your digital security and privacy.

Do some digital dusting.

Go through every single app. Log out and delete the ones you don’t need. Tighten up permissions on the ones you want to keep.

Audit those apps.

14.03.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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(Art by Greg Hildebrand)
#skybrarian #πŸ’™πŸ“š

07.03.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This thread!

18.02.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is abhorrent.

Go to the Stonewall page, find the "was this page helpful" form and click no. Then tell them why!

13.02.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hidden figures in queer Black history β€” Stonewall Community Foundation Throughout February, in honor of Black History Month, we’ve been busy on Stonewall’s Instagram highlighting some of the lesser-known figures in queer Black history. These bold individuals lead with br...

#BlackHistoryMonth: Since the National Park Service wants to erase the T from Stonewall, let's spill the T through the Stonewall Community Foundation. The first story here is of Frances Thompson, a trans black activist born in 1840.

14.02.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 450    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

I am spending this Valentine’s Day as I have all past days and will all future days, loving

Trans folks,
Global Majority femmes,
Abolitionists,
Radical queers,
People who fight for collective liberation.

Loving the People.
Loving us.

It’s us. We are the love that will bring our liberation.

14.02.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
Four panel comic. Panel 1. Two goblins looking out of a window. First goblin says: "I love it when the dawn chorus returns. Panel 2. Similar picture. First goblin says: "It feels early this year. Panel 3. Similar picture. Second goblin says "And so much louder!" Panel 4. The goblins' window looks out over a protest march. A Palestinian flag flies in the front. Other placards read 'protect trans kids', 'Be gay. Do crime' and 'women's rights are human rights'. The goblins say "There is a lot to sing fierce about.'

Four panel comic. Panel 1. Two goblins looking out of a window. First goblin says: "I love it when the dawn chorus returns. Panel 2. Similar picture. First goblin says: "It feels early this year. Panel 3. Similar picture. Second goblin says "And so much louder!" Panel 4. The goblins' window looks out over a protest march. A Palestinian flag flies in the front. Other placards read 'protect trans kids', 'Be gay. Do crime' and 'women's rights are human rights'. The goblins say "There is a lot to sing fierce about.'

The sigils of spring

10.02.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The completed layered paper craft scene from
Howl’s Moving Castle of Howl and Sophie flying over the village streets

The completed layered paper craft scene from Howl’s Moving Castle of Howl and Sophie flying over the village streets

DONE!

09.02.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Oppressors try to erase history so that they can repeat it.

07.02.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 283    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Yes, please. The depression and suicide rates among our underrepresented teens is unacceptable. πŸŒˆπŸ’™
#books #booksky #lgbtq πŸ’™πŸ“š #readersofbluesky #reading #bookbans πŸŒˆπŸ“š #teens

04.02.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"

An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"

We're going to make it through this πŸ©·πŸ’™
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

21.01.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 33940    πŸ” 14353    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 76
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Your Library's Hoopla Digital Collections Are Breaking Their Budget If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before.

β€œHoopla, knowing how popular their service was, saw an opportunity to increase prices while keeping their services and offerings the same.”

Book Riot breaks down yet another of Hoopla’s problemsβ€”the cost.

bookriot.com/library-hoop...

04.02.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

This violence against Palestinians and the land is unfathomable. Free Palestine means the people AND the land. The two are always together.

05.02.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A red poster (a screenprint depicting prone bodies?) with the book's title, Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal), with photos of the two presenters

A red poster (a screenprint depicting prone bodies?) with the book's title, Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal), with photos of the two presenters

"Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task?" A virtual book talk with Mohammed El-Kurd and Robin D.G. Kelley on Feb 11 @ 7:30pm ET www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

21.01.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My siblings and I used to have to play a bingo game for historical inaccuracies or just overdone tropes for movies- they definitely turned it into a drinking game lol

01.02.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Advertisement for Canon. Godzilla stands next to a copy machine with paper in his hands.

Advertisement for Canon. Godzilla stands next to a copy machine with paper in his hands.

I sometimes thinking about this Canon ad with Godzilla at a copy machine when I’m feeling sad

28.01.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9092    πŸ” 2987    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 237

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