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Emily Drabinski
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edrabinski.bsky.social
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 5h
Disgusting.
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5h
Elon Musk remains at the top of the list with a net worth that has risen nearly 50% to $645bn. ft.trib.al/ARjBBXC

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5h
Elon Musk remains at the top of the list with a net worth that has risen nearly 50% to $645bn. ft.trib.al/ARjBBXC

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davidkaib.bsky.social
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 12h
Some people you defeat, not convince.

Reposted by American Library Association, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Annalee Newitz

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15h
merry Christmas one and all

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Algeria votes to declare French colonization a crime and demands restitution
Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule
abcnews.go.com

edrabinski.bsky.social
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d
Coq au vin for Christmas Eve dinner was a hit! So proud!

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, American Library Association

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d
Most New Yorkers can’t afford childcare.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, American Library Association

mississippifreepress.org
Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1d
Authorities have reported the death of a Nicaraguan immigrant in ICE custody in a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of an immigrant in ICE custody this month.

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Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital
A Nicaraguan man has died in ICE custody at a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of a person in custody this month.
www.mississippifreepress.org

Reposted by American Library Association, Sarah Roberts

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 2d
Now if we could just get people to view US prisons through the same lens they view CECOT.

Reposted by American Library Association, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert C. Richards , and 1 more

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 2d
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.

This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.

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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d
I received a thank you from some library workers for this piece after a Chicago city budget was passed this week without the previously proposed library cuts I described here. Many thanks to everyone who made noise about this issue. There were wins and losses in this budget, but this win matters.
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org

Reposted by American Library Association, Stacy D. VanDeveer

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John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 3d
Don’t fuck with archivists. They are librarians with sociopathic tendencies.

Reposted by Steve Peers, American Library Association, Robert C. Richards , and 1 more

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d
New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Brendan Nyhan, Philip N. Cohen , and 13 more

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Nandita Sharma , and 20 more

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 4d
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 5d
*county

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 5d
Ten years since my father was killed by a left-turning driver while crossing the street in a crosswalk with his sister the morning before the annual family Christmas party. Still a shocking and impossible loss.

The country removed the crosswalk lines after his death. It wasn’t safe to cross there.

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Dan Visel @withhiddennoise.net · 7d
You couldn't actually write in Bangla on a Mac until incredibly late – maybe 2009 is when Apple added support? Bizarre that it's the sixth-most-spoken language in the world and they could just ignore it.

edrabinski.bsky.social
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 7d
Just thanked in the elevator on my way up from putting laundry in the wash “for sending a normal email.”

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 7d
This is mass murder.

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 7d
President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Thursday in a campaign to block minors’ access to gender-affirming care nationwide.
Trump health agency proposes rules to limit gender-affirming care for youth | Alabama Reflector
The proposed regulations, which will next undergo a period of public comments, are certain to draw legal challenges.
ow.ly

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prisonculture.bsky.social
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7d
I had questions about the latest attack(s) on gender affirming care. So grateful for some answers in the latest Beyond Do No Harm newsletter.

mailchi.mp/interrupting...
Proposed Regulations on Gender Affirming Care, Reflecting on 2025, Resistance Lab Jan 12th & more!
mailchi.mp

edrabinski.bsky.social
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 7d
The language learning apps don’t offer Bangla.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 7d
ALA, @bookriot.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @flfreedomread.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social all track different aspects of the movement - no matter how you look at it, book bans are sweeping across the country. Don't miss our joint report: https://bit.ly/4qkTZh5
Text in graphic reads: "Book Bans Wrapped: ALA, Book Riot, Florida Freedom to Read Project, PEN America, and Texas Freedom to Read Project are sounding the alarm: CENSORSHIP IS ON THE RISE" Large stylized "2025" at bottom of image.

edrabinski.bsky.social
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 7d
There is always money for a public conversation, never enough money for food or healthcare or public libraries.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.

It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
Bari Weiss 9 @bariweiss Are we still capable of talking to each other? @CBSNews and @TheFP think so. Introducing: Things That Matter. Debates. Town halls. Live audiences. Hard questions. Debuting in 2026. Brought to you by @BankofAmerica.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7d
People desperately want structural problems of 🇺🇸 politics to be individual-level problems. It's a category error we embrace to avoid having hard conversations about the collapse of the GOP into extremist authoritarianism & the egregiously antidemocratic minoritarianism of our political institutions.

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The Blackstudies Podcast @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social · 7d
End of year podcast with hosts Ashley Newby and John Drabinski reflecting on what the series has so far highlighted re: the nature of Black Studies, the complexity of the field, and the difficult work of doing Black Studies inside institutional frameworks.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski - Department of African American and Africana Studies, University of Maryland
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 12/19/2024 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, American Library Association , and 8 more

paleofuture.bsky.social
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.

It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
Bari Weiss 9 @bariweiss Are we still capable of talking to each other? @CBSNews and @TheFP think so. Introducing: Things That Matter. Debates. Town halls. Live audiences. Hard questions. Debuting in 2026. Brought to you by @BankofAmerica.

Reposted by American Library Association, Rebecca Tushnet

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 8d
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."

A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com

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prisonculture.bsky.social
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8d
Some good news. Thank you Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for sticking to your campaign commitment.

We need NYC residents to pressure the City Council to deliver. Help by sending a letter to your CM: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at a podium with "A NEW ERA" sign, accompanied by a woman, inside a library. A text overlay announces a commitment to allocate 0.5% of New York City's budget to libraries.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 8d
😂