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htebazilenna.bsky.social
@htebazilenna.bsky.social
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Lawyer, cat mom. Liberal. Worried about our future. Looking for community. Always anxious. Love Star Trek and Star Wars equally. #PNW #LGBTQ+ #BLM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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htebazilenna.bsky.social
Everyone should be following this artist. She’s amazing!
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Wishing everyone a safe and happy #Junteenth!
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is the logo for We Need Diverse Books, followed by the name of the organization and a subtitle denoting it as a Nonprofit Organization. Body text beneath says, “Follow us to discover & support even more diverse books!” Underneath the body text is a row of four gold icons showing how people can engage with this post by liking, sharing, commenting, and saving. At the bottom of the black background is a bright green bubble containing the handle @WeNeedDiverseBooks.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 Cookbooks that Celebrate African-American Cuisine
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “Celebrate African-American Cuisine.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of cookbooks titles that share recipes tied to Black culture and African-American history. The titles shown are as follows: “The Juneteenth Cookbook” by Alliah L. Agostini & Chef Taffy Elrod, “Flavor + Us” by Rahanna Bisseret Martinez, “Still We Rise” by Erika Council, “Black Food” by Bryant Terry, “My America” by Kwame Onwuachi & Joshua David Stein, and “Sweet Home Café Cookbook”.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 Picture Books Sharing the History of Juneteenth for Families & Children
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “Juneteenth History for Families & Kids.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of picture book titles that explore the history of Juneteenth. The titles shown are as follows: Juneteenth for Mazie” by Floyd Cooper; “Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth” by Tonya Abari & Tabitha Brown; “The History of Juneteenth” by Arlisha Norwood & Sawyer Cloud; “Juneteenth Is” by Natasha Triplett & Daniel J. O’Brien; “They Built Me For Freedom” by Tonya Ellis Duncan & Jenin Mohammed; and “Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free” by Alice Fay Duncan & Ketura A. Bobo.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books that Celebrate Black Imagination and Afro-Futurism
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “Black Imagination and Futurism.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of titles that are sci-fi and fantasy books written by Black authors. The titles shown are as follows: “Lost Ark Dreaming” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, “The Galaxy Game” by Karen Lord, “The Book of Phoenix” by Nnedi Okorafor, “Everfair” by Nisi Shawl, “Rosewater” by Rade Thompson, and “Escaping Exodus” by Nicky Drayden.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 Essay Collections written by Black Authors
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “Essay Collections.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of nonfiction titles that are essay collections written by Black authors. The titles shown are as follows: “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us” by Hanif Abdurraqib, “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Black Love Matters” edited by Jessica P. Pryde, “Quietly Hostile” by Samantha Irby, “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker” by Damon Young, and “A Darker Wilderness” edited by Erin Sharkey.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 Books Written by Black Memoirists
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “Books by Black Memoirists.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of nonfiction titles that are memoirs written by Black authors. The titles shown are as follows: “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” by Sly Stone “There’s Always This Year” by Hanif Abdurraqib “Hunger” by Roxane Gay “Zami: A New Spelling of My Name” by Audre Lorde, and “How We Fight For Our Lives” by Saeed Jones.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 African-American Historical Fiction Books
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “African-American Historical Fiction.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of historical titles that explore African-American History. The titles shown are as follows: “Happy Land” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, “Harlem Rhapsody” by Victoria Christopher Murrary, Junie” by Erin Crosby Eckstine, “All We Were Promised” by Ashton Lattimore, “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon, and “The Unsettled” by Ayana Mathis.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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6 Nonfiction Books on African-American History
Colorful graphic with a black, green, red, and gold pattern along the top and bottom borders. At the center, against a black background is title text that says, “Books on African-American History.” Beneath the title are six thumbnail book cover images of nonfiction titles that explore African-American History. The titles shown are as follows: “Stamped From the Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi, “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones, “How the Word is Passed” by Clint Smith, “Black in Blues” by Imani Perry, “On Juneteenth” by Annette Gordon-Reed, and “Ordinary Notes” by Christina Sharpe.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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meidassiobhanog.bsky.social
ALWAYS 🌈 🌈 🌈
April 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
htebazilenna.bsky.social
Yes. This.
April 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
htebazilenna.bsky.social
So proud of Wisconsin. The state of my law school alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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List of ALL 100 U.S. Senators DC Contact Information:

Alabama
Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124
Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744

Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004

Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235
Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521

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March 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Let the brain drain commence! www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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finallynoelle.bsky.social
Might save a life.
March 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Respect to President Zelens’kyi for going on Fox and saying sensible things at a time when that is rare.
antongerashchenko.bsky.social Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Feb 28
Key points and statements from President Zelenskyy's interview to Fox News:

◾️Ukrainians want peace more than anyone.
◾️Ukrainians need peace through strength, with security guarantees, not just a ceasefire that Putin will violate like he already has done with numerous earlier ceasefires.
March 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
Good on the Democratic Governors for releasing the following statement:

“Democratic governors, along with millions of Americans, stand united with the Ukrainian people.”

LFG people and show we stand with Ukraine & President Zelensky 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

#SlavaUkraini #NAFO
@demgovs.org
In response to today's meeting at the White House in which President Trump and Vice President Vance publicly attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Democratic governors released the following statement in support of President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people: "Donald Trump and JD Vance used the sacred Oval Office to berate President Zelensky for not trusting Vladimir Putin's word. Americans must protect our strong democratic values on the world stage instead of undermining President Zelensky's work to fight for his nation and the freedom of his people after being invaded by Russia. We, along with millions of Americans, stand united with the Ukrainian people."
February 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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shadowkylie.bsky.social
Can anyone RT this.

Looks for new mutual followers. I want to build up my community of people into RPGs, Gaming, Art, writing and readers of Sci Fi & Fantasy Fiction.

I had a great community on Twitter but struggling on here.
February 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
htebazilenna.bsky.social
I stopped watching #msnbc for the most part after the election. Now, with the cancellation of #joy.msnbc.com I’m done completely. #weneedjoy
February 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Octavia Butler was a black female science fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.
February 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM