Annie the Book
@anniethebook.bsky.social
Academic librarian, velocireader, cat parent, increasingly pagan.
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“The year? 1066. The place? Hastings. The actors? William and Harold.” lol.
A seventh grader raised his hand during a vocab lesson and asked me, “Why do so many words in English come from Latin?”
My entire life has led up to this moment.
My entire life has led up to this moment.
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“The year? 1066. The place? Hastings. The actors? William and Harold.” lol.
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Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.
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Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
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I talked with Mary Moriarty about this and so much more today in the type of in-depth discussion you're only going to see at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/hennepin-c...
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I talked with Mary Moriarty about this and so much more today in the type of in-depth discussion you're only going to see at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/hennepin-c...
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Related to what I said about this earlier, I’m at the point where when people ding something along these lines I literally feel kind of bad for them. Like oh baby, you don’t have to live this way, you don’t have to lock yourself in a tiny airless room, you can love yourself more than that
I saw a critique of Springsteen's new song, it being too earnest and cringe, and if I could just take a second to introduce you to the entire Bruce Springsteen catalogue we could settle this in a heartbeat.
January 28, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Related to what I said about this earlier, I’m at the point where when people ding something along these lines I literally feel kind of bad for them. Like oh baby, you don’t have to live this way, you don’t have to lock yourself in a tiny airless room, you can love yourself more than that
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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
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I'm curious. At what point will a judge put some of these vile, court-order-ignoring people in contempt, and in actual jail cells?
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I'm curious. At what point will a judge put some of these vile, court-order-ignoring people in contempt, and in actual jail cells?
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![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Feeling frazzled and need a script to call your reps?
This made it super, super easy.
Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill!
Defund ICE and demand accountability!
This made it super, super easy.
Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill!
Defund ICE and demand accountability!
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Feeling frazzled and need a script to call your reps?
This made it super, super easy.
Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill!
Defund ICE and demand accountability!
This made it super, super easy.
Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill!
Defund ICE and demand accountability!
I've been thinking a lot about Stasiland, by Anna Funder, these last months: www.abookishtype.com/2015/04/14/s...
The people of the DDR (East Germany) would learn to keep their real thoughts and feelings to themselves because they didn't know who they could trust.
The people of the DDR (East Germany) would learn to keep their real thoughts and feelings to themselves because they didn't know who they could trust.
Stasiland, by Anna Funder
The statistics tell us that the East German population was the most surveilled population in history. In Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall, Anna Funder tells her readers that there was…
www.abookishtype.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I've been thinking a lot about Stasiland, by Anna Funder, these last months: www.abookishtype.com/2015/04/14/s...
The people of the DDR (East Germany) would learn to keep their real thoughts and feelings to themselves because they didn't know who they could trust.
The people of the DDR (East Germany) would learn to keep their real thoughts and feelings to themselves because they didn't know who they could trust.
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There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
Maine Solidarity Fund
www.mainesolidarity.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
Students at my university are giving me hope.
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Students at my university are giving me hope.
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You are not alone.
Find your community.
Find them in libraries, taverns, and art stores.
Find them in haunted mansions and the ruins of crumbling castles.
Find them in dark mossy forests, shambling in the gloom between trees and under ancient starlight.
Find your community.
Find them in libraries, taverns, and art stores.
Find them in haunted mansions and the ruins of crumbling castles.
Find them in dark mossy forests, shambling in the gloom between trees and under ancient starlight.
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
You are not alone.
Find your community.
Find them in libraries, taverns, and art stores.
Find them in haunted mansions and the ruins of crumbling castles.
Find them in dark mossy forests, shambling in the gloom between trees and under ancient starlight.
Find your community.
Find them in libraries, taverns, and art stores.
Find them in haunted mansions and the ruins of crumbling castles.
Find them in dark mossy forests, shambling in the gloom between trees and under ancient starlight.
Alison Green shares letters she's received from folks in Minneapolis: www.askamanager.org/2026/01/lett...
letters from Minneapolis
Some letters from Minneapolis: For the past several weeks, the Twin Cities, and the state of Minnesota overall, has been under siege by federal agents. My friends and coworkers are scared to leave the...
www.askamanager.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Alison Green shares letters she's received from folks in Minneapolis: www.askamanager.org/2026/01/lett...
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This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
I spent the evening outside the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis, where the feds have been releasing people they detained — often for no discernible reason — into the freezing cold... wearing whatever little clothing they had on at the time they were taken.
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
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You never know what’s going to happen when you spin that wheel. You might win a jackpot, or instead become possessed by the ghost of an ancient gambler. That’s what makes life so exciting.
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
You never know what’s going to happen when you spin that wheel. You might win a jackpot, or instead become possessed by the ghost of an ancient gambler. That’s what makes life so exciting.
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Dissolving DHS, and obviously ICE within it, is imperative. And we also must not lose sight of this additional demand: Close the Camps, Bring Them Home. Ending DHS would end new abductions but we must also address all of those already completed.
January 27, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Dissolving DHS, and obviously ICE within it, is imperative. And we also must not lose sight of this additional demand: Close the Camps, Bring Them Home. Ending DHS would end new abductions but we must also address all of those already completed.
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
Chatting with the nurses during my infusion appointment. They know I’m a librarian, so they were excited to tell me that they have a book club and are reading Wuthering Heights.
Nurse: Everyone in this book is kind of an asshole. Does that get better?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: Everyone in this book is kind of an asshole. Does that get better?
Me: Nope.
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Chatting with the nurses during my infusion appointment. They know I’m a librarian, so they were excited to tell me that they have a book club and are reading Wuthering Heights.
Nurse: Everyone in this book is kind of an asshole. Does that get better?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: Everyone in this book is kind of an asshole. Does that get better?
Me: Nope.
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Firing Bovino but not restoring this baby to his family tells you all you need to know
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Firing Bovino but not restoring this baby to his family tells you all you need to know
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“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Which does not mean backing off, but pushing harder.
All these people need to go to prison, at the least. We learned from Jan 6 that we need to jail everyone right up to the top, or they just come back after being pardoned by the worst president in American history.
All these people need to go to prison, at the least. We learned from Jan 6 that we need to jail everyone right up to the top, or they just come back after being pardoned by the worst president in American history.
Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.
They are losing.
They are losing.
January 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Which does not mean backing off, but pushing harder.
All these people need to go to prison, at the least. We learned from Jan 6 that we need to jail everyone right up to the top, or they just come back after being pardoned by the worst president in American history.
All these people need to go to prison, at the least. We learned from Jan 6 that we need to jail everyone right up to the top, or they just come back after being pardoned by the worst president in American history.