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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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At Graphic Novel Festival at @dreamersbmore.bsky.social till 5pm! Come say hi Baltimore friends 🧡

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Bless you for keeping the fire lit for kid's literacy!

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

just saw a cottage cheese commercial that shows two teens eating cottage cheese while gaming. it’s possible that i’m out of touch with today’s youth but i don’t know about that one

There should be more love songs for, like, libraries. And cheese. And people who stay calm when bad things happen.

Zohran Walks New York by Millie von Platen https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818504/zohran-walks-new-york-by-millie-von-platen/

At the Brooklyn Book Festival and hey, there’s a picture book about our next mayor.

I know it sounds oversimplified but everything really does come down to the link between money and power and who gets to control who.

this is why we say to not comply in advance. don't just hand it over, and don't just keep running. they don't care which of these you do, so long as you don't fight.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

I'm on the PEN American call encouraging people to submit public comment on the TERRIBLE new visa rule for int'l journalists and students that sure seems like it would place people's jobs and educations at the mercy of Marco Rubio's social media goon squad.

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners - becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.

May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.

This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.

Vaccinate your pets please.

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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

Phoebe and Her Unicorn book 1, extra sparkly new cover

Hi, I’m Dana, I was the first out trans person in syndicated comics, and I draw unicorns and kids really seem to like them. Grownups too sometimes.

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I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators.

Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

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@pbjasa.bsky.social & friends, take note!

Abolish ICE.
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings

In any other context, hearing a disembodied call to prayer coming from thin air would be grounds for a miracle and conversion.

In the context of public service, it was just somebody's phone stuck UNDER a table and INTO one of those sunken outlet things blaring a tinny version of said call.

NEW EPISODE!

President and Publisher of @oni-press.bsky.social Hunter Gorinson is on Comics For You!

And amazing interview and Hunter discusses the generational moment comic books are in right now.

#comics #interview #podcast

A laminator, a laminator! My kingdom for a laminator!

Unfortunately, short of spending a good chunk of change, I'll have to improvise or refresh signage at my current branch for the time being.

Reeling Walz in was spectacular political malpractice.

"We're going to lay off 10% of the company to eliminate redundancies."

Four months later...

"What do you mean we can't do this critical task because the only person who knows how to do it is on annual leave? How is it possible that no else in the company knows how to handle it?"

Big list is big! Gonna look through all this and find some new faves!

Performer at the library I'm stationed in started playing "Time Wrap" and it was a genuine struggle not to do the callbacks in front of children.

I've been asked a non-zero number of times for crime fiction for the YA crowd, so this might fit the bill perfectly!

You Must Protect Anyone Chased by the Fascists "We have to define the politics of opposition."

If you're trying to make sense of what's happening in D.C., orient yourself in this moment, and figure out what to do next, you may want to read my latest piece.