Julie&
@himissjulie.bsky.social
Storyteller, librarian, raging against the dying of the light. Sisko is my favorite Captain and Dorothy is my favorite Golden Girl. I'll always say the thing no one else will say because I cannot help myself. I need a cookie.
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Look. Whenever I hear "Think of the children" coming from people my automatic reaction is that someone is trying to manipulate me into supporting them in something sketchy.
You can't look at how this government funds children or children services and thinks it gives a fuck about them.
You can't look at how this government funds children or children services and thinks it gives a fuck about them.
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Look. Whenever I hear "Think of the children" coming from people my automatic reaction is that someone is trying to manipulate me into supporting them in something sketchy.
You can't look at how this government funds children or children services and thinks it gives a fuck about them.
You can't look at how this government funds children or children services and thinks it gives a fuck about them.
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After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
Now, Starbucks is lifting a cap on the CEO's use of a private jet to commute from California to Seattle.
It's been four years since Starbucks stores began unionizing and workers still don't have a contract.
Now, Starbucks is lifting a cap on the CEO's use of a private jet to commute from California to Seattle.
It's been four years since Starbucks stores began unionizing and workers still don't have a contract.
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
Now, Starbucks is lifting a cap on the CEO's use of a private jet to commute from California to Seattle.
It's been four years since Starbucks stores began unionizing and workers still don't have a contract.
Now, Starbucks is lifting a cap on the CEO's use of a private jet to commute from California to Seattle.
It's been four years since Starbucks stores began unionizing and workers still don't have a contract.
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what is with these people and dogs?
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
what is with these people and dogs?
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
I could really go for a musical about 1950/60s lesbians featuring Lesley Gore songs right about now.
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I could really go for a musical about 1950/60s lesbians featuring Lesley Gore songs right about now.
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I’m very comfortable and cozy on the D-list, being known mostly by children and bisexual librarians, but every now and then I think it would be fun to be famous just for one or two reasons, and this is never more true than when I remember The Muppet Show
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I’m very comfortable and cozy on the D-list, being known mostly by children and bisexual librarians, but every now and then I think it would be fun to be famous just for one or two reasons, and this is never more true than when I remember The Muppet Show
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Those who work with students currently enrolled in grades 9–12 who reside in Chicago or one of its surrounding counties (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or Will) and love writing--enter the 2025 Randal Albers Young Writers Awards: chicagoliteraryhof.org/randy_albers...
2025 Randall Albers Young Writers Awards Winners
Randall Albers Young Writers Award
chicagoliteraryhof.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Those who work with students currently enrolled in grades 9–12 who reside in Chicago or one of its surrounding counties (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or Will) and love writing--enter the 2025 Randal Albers Young Writers Awards: chicagoliteraryhof.org/randy_albers...
Libraries.
i think it sucks that online spaces really dont have safe spaces for kids. BUT we need more public spaces for children, especially ones that dont cost money
children deserve offline spaces and community
parks arent enough, give them a government mandated laser tag pit or smth
children deserve offline spaces and community
parks arent enough, give them a government mandated laser tag pit or smth
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Libraries.
This morning is for crying at every Bad Bunny video I see.
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This morning is for crying at every Bad Bunny video I see.
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Celebrate Black History Month by bringing your own folding chair to a meeting (Shirley Chisholm) and then beat someone with it when they do a racism (Montgomery brawl). #BlackHistory
February 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Celebrate Black History Month by bringing your own folding chair to a meeting (Shirley Chisholm) and then beat someone with it when they do a racism (Montgomery brawl). #BlackHistory
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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What began as a slow trickle of propaganda has become an all-out flood of it.
How and where the regime has taken over IMLS to fuel their priorities at the expense of taxpayers, civilian federal workers, and public goods.
How and where the regime has taken over IMLS to fuel their priorities at the expense of taxpayers, civilian federal workers, and public goods.
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
What began as a slow trickle of propaganda has become an all-out flood of it.
How and where the regime has taken over IMLS to fuel their priorities at the expense of taxpayers, civilian federal workers, and public goods.
How and where the regime has taken over IMLS to fuel their priorities at the expense of taxpayers, civilian federal workers, and public goods.
Is it true that for websites to be ada compliant that they cannot link to any site that is NOT ada compliant? And it’s up to the linking organization to confirm that the site they’re linking to is ada compliant???
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Is it true that for websites to be ada compliant that they cannot link to any site that is NOT ada compliant? And it’s up to the linking organization to confirm that the site they’re linking to is ada compliant???
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
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Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old boy abducted by immigration agents in Minneapolis last week, is now in poor health after being sent to languish in a Texas facility with “absolutely abysmal” conditions, according to his family.
Abducted 5-Year-Old in Texas ICE Jail Now Sick Amid “Abysmal” Conditions
Liam Conejo Ramos “has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever, and he no longer wants to eat,” his mother said.
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old boy abducted by immigration agents in Minneapolis last week, is now in poor health after being sent to languish in a Texas facility with “absolutely abysmal” conditions, according to his family.
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A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
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"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
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ALERT!
South Carolina wants to do away with the requirement that chief librarians have a degree in librarianship. This is yet another partisan bill directly targeting professionalization, education, and certification of librarians.
legiscan.com/SC/text/S070...
South Carolina wants to do away with the requirement that chief librarians have a degree in librarianship. This is yet another partisan bill directly targeting professionalization, education, and certification of librarians.
legiscan.com/SC/text/S070...
South Carolina S0707 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly
Bill Text (2026-01-13) County library and staff qualifications [Referred to Committee on Judiciary]
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January 28, 2026 at 10:27 PM
ALERT!
South Carolina wants to do away with the requirement that chief librarians have a degree in librarianship. This is yet another partisan bill directly targeting professionalization, education, and certification of librarians.
legiscan.com/SC/text/S070...
South Carolina wants to do away with the requirement that chief librarians have a degree in librarianship. This is yet another partisan bill directly targeting professionalization, education, and certification of librarians.
legiscan.com/SC/text/S070...
Lately I keep thinking of this scene from Cymbeline where the Queen is going to practice using poisons on “lesser” creatures who don’t matter and the court doctor Cornelius replies with concern, “Your Highness/from this practice shall but make hard your heart.”
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Lately I keep thinking of this scene from Cymbeline where the Queen is going to practice using poisons on “lesser” creatures who don’t matter and the court doctor Cornelius replies with concern, “Your Highness/from this practice shall but make hard your heart.”