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Our official statement in response to the wave of anti-trans legislation.
To our trans and nonbinary communities: We see you, we love you, and we side with you.
#TransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful 🏳️⚧️
To our trans and nonbinary communities: We see you, we love you, and we side with you.
#TransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful 🏳️⚧️
Happy #PublicationDay, Nora Neus!💥
24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL, a minute-by-minute account of the #January6 riots through never-before-heard stories of those who were there, is “an especially important document.” — @ala-booklist.bsky.social, ⭐Starred Review buff.ly/alYqeOK
24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL, a minute-by-minute account of the #January6 riots through never-before-heard stories of those who were there, is “an especially important document.” — @ala-booklist.bsky.social, ⭐Starred Review buff.ly/alYqeOK
December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy #PublicationDay, Nora Neus!💥
24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL, a minute-by-minute account of the #January6 riots through never-before-heard stories of those who were there, is “an especially important document.” — @ala-booklist.bsky.social, ⭐Starred Review buff.ly/alYqeOK
24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL, a minute-by-minute account of the #January6 riots through never-before-heard stories of those who were there, is “an especially important document.” — @ala-booklist.bsky.social, ⭐Starred Review buff.ly/alYqeOK
❄️Happy holidays!❄️ We’ll be closed from December 22, 2025 through January 2, 2026.
If you’re buying books during this time, remember that USPS media mail takes 7-10 business days. Also, the Penguin Random House warehouse will be closed from December 23 to December 25 and then on December 31. 1/2
If you’re buying books during this time, remember that USPS media mail takes 7-10 business days. Also, the Penguin Random House warehouse will be closed from December 23 to December 25 and then on December 31. 1/2
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
❄️Happy holidays!❄️ We’ll be closed from December 22, 2025 through January 2, 2026.
If you’re buying books during this time, remember that USPS media mail takes 7-10 business days. Also, the Penguin Random House warehouse will be closed from December 23 to December 25 and then on December 31. 1/2
If you’re buying books during this time, remember that USPS media mail takes 7-10 business days. Also, the Penguin Random House warehouse will be closed from December 23 to December 25 and then on December 31. 1/2
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Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive in 2026!
#PublicDomainDay is nearly here. Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be open to reuse.
Enter our film contest & join our events! All the details ⤵️
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#PublicDomain #event #contest
#PublicDomainDay is nearly here. Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be open to reuse.
Enter our film contest & join our events! All the details ⤵️
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomain #event #contest
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive in 2026!
#PublicDomainDay is nearly here. Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be open to reuse.
Enter our film contest & join our events! All the details ⤵️
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomain #event #contest
#PublicDomainDay is nearly here. Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be open to reuse.
Enter our film contest & join our events! All the details ⤵️
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomain #event #contest
When your author’s book gets the red-carpet treatment on @newyorker.com’s Best Books of 2025 roundup, you happy dance till you drop! 🕺🏼
Huge CONGRATS to @jonathantarleton.bsky.social’s HOMES FOR LIVING! 🎊
Huge CONGRATS to @jonathantarleton.bsky.social’s HOMES FOR LIVING! 🎊
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When your author’s book gets the red-carpet treatment on @newyorker.com’s Best Books of 2025 roundup, you happy dance till you drop! 🕺🏼
Huge CONGRATS to @jonathantarleton.bsky.social’s HOMES FOR LIVING! 🎊
Huge CONGRATS to @jonathantarleton.bsky.social’s HOMES FOR LIVING! 🎊
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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
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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
You won’t want to miss this, LA!
@blaqueword.bsky.social will be at Reparations Club with Tré Melvin to chat about his upcoming book, FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE, on January 27.
Now’s the time to get the early bird discount on tickets! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
@blaqueword.bsky.social will be at Reparations Club with Tré Melvin to chat about his upcoming book, FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE, on January 27.
Now’s the time to get the early bird discount on tickets! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
BOOK EVENT: Forever For The Culture w/ Steven Underwood & Tré Melvin
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Forever For The Culture' by author Steven Underwood in conversation with Tré Melvin
www.eventbrite.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You won’t want to miss this, LA!
@blaqueword.bsky.social will be at Reparations Club with Tré Melvin to chat about his upcoming book, FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE, on January 27.
Now’s the time to get the early bird discount on tickets! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
@blaqueword.bsky.social will be at Reparations Club with Tré Melvin to chat about his upcoming book, FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE, on January 27.
Now’s the time to get the early bird discount on tickets! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event...
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In this week’s Optimizer, I buy an experimental “GLP-3” drug off the gray market after five minutes on TikTok.
The Wellness Wild West is unregulated and people are turning themselves into guinea pigs with unapproved weight loss drugs.
www.theverge.com/column/84640...
The Wellness Wild West is unregulated and people are turning themselves into guinea pigs with unapproved weight loss drugs.
www.theverge.com/column/84640...
The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit with unapproved weight loss drugs
I bought an unapproved, experimental drug in five minutes on TikTok.
www.theverge.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In this week’s Optimizer, I buy an experimental “GLP-3” drug off the gray market after five minutes on TikTok.
The Wellness Wild West is unregulated and people are turning themselves into guinea pigs with unapproved weight loss drugs.
www.theverge.com/column/84640...
The Wellness Wild West is unregulated and people are turning themselves into guinea pigs with unapproved weight loss drugs.
www.theverge.com/column/84640...
This is how you start your Friday.
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is how you start your Friday.
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
Sex ed was fraught even when it first started. Because as @margaretgmyers.bsky.social has noted, its framework was limited to discussion of gender identified at birth and sex between men and women only.
Teaching Sex Education in Schools Is More Fraught Than Ever - EdSurge News
Government policies targeting LGBTQ+ kids and gender self-determination are making sex-ed teachers’ jobs more difficult.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sex ed was fraught even when it first started. Because as @margaretgmyers.bsky.social has noted, its framework was limited to discussion of gender identified at birth and sex between men and women only.
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Are trans athletes anything new? Nope! With this week’s moral panic over trans pool players, I wanted to highlight the 1910s-20s women's billiards world champion, Frances Anderson. Trans women like her have just as much a right to compete - and win - as anyone else.
December 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Are trans athletes anything new? Nope! With this week’s moral panic over trans pool players, I wanted to highlight the 1910s-20s women's billiards world champion, Frances Anderson. Trans women like her have just as much a right to compete - and win - as anyone else.
During the W. Bush years, the American public largely lost trust in the credibility of the media at all levels, according to the Pew Research Center—a shift to which the Iraq coverage almost certainly contributed.
When the press amplified false claims about Iraq, it failed its highest duty — and fueled a war - Poynter
In a post-9/11 climate of fear, newsrooms echoed false claims about weapons of mass destruction, sidelining dissent and helping sell a war
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December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
During the W. Bush years, the American public largely lost trust in the credibility of the media at all levels, according to the Pew Research Center—a shift to which the Iraq coverage almost certainly contributed.
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Missed the speech? Summary:
old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper
ALT: old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper
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December 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Missed the speech? Summary:
There’s a degree of chance that was needed in order to get abortion medications out in the world. And @rebeccakelliher.bsky.social is right: It’s amazing that it even happened. @rewirenewsgroup.com
New Book Outlines Medication Abortion’s Origins—From ‘Chance’ Discovery to Decades of Clinical Tests and Global Approval
“Just Pills” author Rebecca Kelliher discusses the U.S.' abortion fight and what to learn from Latin America’s reproductive justice battle.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There’s a degree of chance that was needed in order to get abortion medications out in the world. And @rebeccakelliher.bsky.social is right: It’s amazing that it even happened. @rewirenewsgroup.com
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"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
These behind-the-scenes stories of Marc Meyer’s current and former restaurant employees give a human face to workers at a time when immigrants are being systemically dehumanized by nativist policies.
The restaurateur chronicling hardships of immigrant staff in US kitchens: ‘These are the stories that make it work’
In Voices from the Kitchen, Marc Meyer pulls the curtain back on the harrowing journeys of the people who run his restaurants
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December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
These behind-the-scenes stories of Marc Meyer’s current and former restaurant employees give a human face to workers at a time when immigrants are being systemically dehumanized by nativist policies.
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"Wherever the agents appear, even when they lean idly, chatting, we see the cold threat of violence and the fragility of freedom. And in the brave crowds who gather to confront them, scrambling their illusion of total control, we see the power of solidarity..."
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
War at Home
A record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance.
hammerandhope.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Wherever the agents appear, even when they lean idly, chatting, we see the cold threat of violence and the fragility of freedom. And in the brave crowds who gather to confront them, scrambling their illusion of total control, we see the power of solidarity..."
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
What is Black excellence for @blaqueword.bsky.social? He’s always been distanced from a sense of excellence because he never bought into the idea of competition. He measures himself for his own ability for growth.
Frank Ocean, First Kisses & George Floyd: Steven Underwood on Becoming in the New Black Digital Renaissance
Podcast Episode · Embracing All of Me · 11/28/2025 · 1h 1m
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December 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What is Black excellence for @blaqueword.bsky.social? He’s always been distanced from a sense of excellence because he never bought into the idea of competition. He measures himself for his own ability for growth.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Defenders of the free speech and freedom of the press both would argue the antidote to gaslighting is vigilance. If we are expected to heal from the divisions that have torn our civic life apart, we must reclaim truth as a common good.
Editorial: Chasing truth
It has become commonplace for readers who do not like or agree with the news we present to claim it as “biased.” The era of “fake news” has seemingly cleared
www.timesargus.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Defenders of the free speech and freedom of the press both would argue the antidote to gaslighting is vigilance. If we are expected to heal from the divisions that have torn our civic life apart, we must reclaim truth as a common good.
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One of the hardest challenges for a small hyperlocal news site is covering a huge breaking story that is also being covered by much larger media outlets — in this case, The Boston Globe. Here's how @brooklinenews.bsky.social is reporting on the killing of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro.
As homicide investigation continues, neighbors, colleagues gather to remember 'extraordinary' Brookline scientist - Brookline.News
Nuno Loureiro was shot and killed at his Gibbs Street home on Monday night.
brookline.news
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One of the hardest challenges for a small hyperlocal news site is covering a huge breaking story that is also being covered by much larger media outlets — in this case, The Boston Globe. Here's how @brooklinenews.bsky.social is reporting on the killing of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro.
The limited-edition of Yaba Blay’s cultural artifact arrives with Most Incredible Studio’s signature collectible packaging, including a custom booklet and keepsake elements, reinforcing the notion that this is not a toy, but a piece of history. 👌🏽
Inaugural Artist In Residence Dr. Yaba Blay and Most Incredible Studio Create 'The BAMBOO,' Elevating Icon to Cultural Artifact
Scholar Dr. Yaba Blay partners with MIS to create The BAMBOO, a LEGO artifact celebrating the cultural currency of Black womanhood.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The limited-edition of Yaba Blay’s cultural artifact arrives with Most Incredible Studio’s signature collectible packaging, including a custom booklet and keepsake elements, reinforcing the notion that this is not a toy, but a piece of history. 👌🏽
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Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, amid each moment of crisis. His insider’s account of Trump 2.0 joins the photography of Christopher Anderson for a portrait of power—and peril.
Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of ‘Vanity Fair’’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredible job” investigating January 6, and how Trump once berated ...
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, amid each moment of crisis. His insider’s account of Trump 2.0 joins the photography of Christopher Anderson for a portrait of power—and peril.
People don’t tend to think of joining a labor union as a form of protest, but it is! It’s a way to bring attention to the cause you’re fighting for in today’s many fights for justice.
A Protest History of the United States
Author Gloria Browne-Marshall talks about her latest work.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
People don’t tend to think of joining a labor union as a form of protest, but it is! It’s a way to bring attention to the cause you’re fighting for in today’s many fights for justice.
Look at the Toronto Sun looking out for Steven Sandor’s LEVELING THE ICE in their hockey book roundup! 🏒 We appreciate you! 🫶🏼
Score a copy or two from Postmedia's annual Christmas hockey book review for 2025
There are many titles to choose from this year, including some unsavoury topics, but you never go wrong with the gift of reading. More.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Look at the Toronto Sun looking out for Steven Sandor’s LEVELING THE ICE in their hockey book roundup! 🏒 We appreciate you! 🫶🏼
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