Librarybarb
@librarybarb.bsky.social
The full gamut of humanity can be in found stories. If you think someone is less than you, you haven’t heard their story. Posting any instances of people standing up for others.
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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There's little that's more relatable than watching someone in a bookstore negotiate with themselves over a fat stack of books
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There's little that's more relatable than watching someone in a bookstore negotiate with themselves over a fat stack of books
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I love how Real ID was so necessary for security they could punt its implementation for literal years, it’s still not fully adopted because states don’t have the capacity to do all the appointments, now it’s a $45 surcharge if you don’t have it but it also doesn’t count for anything if you do
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I love how Real ID was so necessary for security they could punt its implementation for literal years, it’s still not fully adopted because states don’t have the capacity to do all the appointments, now it’s a $45 surcharge if you don’t have it but it also doesn’t count for anything if you do
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"Stripping people of their ability to easily access comprehensive, high-quality health care insurance and instead trying to trick them into thinking a $1,000 voucher will actually pay for anything is a gesture of huge contempt…”
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/busines...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/busines...
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Stripping people of their ability to easily access comprehensive, high-quality health care insurance and instead trying to trick them into thinking a $1,000 voucher will actually pay for anything is a gesture of huge contempt…”
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/busines...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/busines...
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports released over the last several days. #Canada
www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge
Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports releas...
www.theenergymix.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports released over the last several days. #Canada
www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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@debbiedingell.house.gov voted to honor this person and his life’s work.
Yes, go to the funeral because a child of God with the potential for redemption died & you want to pray for him.
But why elevate and honor someone whose behavior was so the opposite of Christ’s teaching?
Yes, go to the funeral because a child of God with the potential for redemption died & you want to pray for him.
But why elevate and honor someone whose behavior was so the opposite of Christ’s teaching?
December 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@debbiedingell.house.gov voted to honor this person and his life’s work.
Yes, go to the funeral because a child of God with the potential for redemption died & you want to pray for him.
But why elevate and honor someone whose behavior was so the opposite of Christ’s teaching?
Yes, go to the funeral because a child of God with the potential for redemption died & you want to pray for him.
But why elevate and honor someone whose behavior was so the opposite of Christ’s teaching?
Standardized tests drive this-not teachers, nor parents, nor students, nor CC. Bush’s NCLB, textbook/testing cos own this! “By the time teachers get through their required curriculums and prep students for exams, they often have little or no time left to guide classes through a whole book”
You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Standardized tests drive this-not teachers, nor parents, nor students, nor CC. Bush’s NCLB, textbook/testing cos own this! “By the time teachers get through their required curriculums and prep students for exams, they often have little or no time left to guide classes through a whole book”
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Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
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Mail time. I've finally taken the plunge & got myself a Brandon Sanderson #novel. I figured a stand-alone was the best starting point & Tress of the Emerald Sea is highly recommended. Will be high on my TBR for next year
#Booksky 📚💙 #books #reading #fantasy #paperbacks #bookshelves
#Booksky 📚💙 #books #reading #fantasy #paperbacks #bookshelves
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Mail time. I've finally taken the plunge & got myself a Brandon Sanderson #novel. I figured a stand-alone was the best starting point & Tress of the Emerald Sea is highly recommended. Will be high on my TBR for next year
#Booksky 📚💙 #books #reading #fantasy #paperbacks #bookshelves
#Booksky 📚💙 #books #reading #fantasy #paperbacks #bookshelves
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men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
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Everyone: Can you make your service functional and useable please
Every platform out there: No ❤️ but we added an AI chatbot
Every platform out there: No ❤️ but we added an AI chatbot
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Everyone: Can you make your service functional and useable please
Every platform out there: No ❤️ but we added an AI chatbot
Every platform out there: No ❤️ but we added an AI chatbot
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The EU triggers emergency powers (under Art 122) to permanently immobilize Russian assets to help rebuild what Russia destroyed.
This is European sovereignty in action.
This is European sovereignty in action.
EU agrees to indefinitely immobilise €210 billion of Russian assets
The EU has decided to keep the assets of the Russian Central Bank immobilised for the foreseeable future. The ban, which is based on a provision for economic emergencies, pushes back against external ...
www.euronews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The EU triggers emergency powers (under Art 122) to permanently immobilize Russian assets to help rebuild what Russia destroyed.
This is European sovereignty in action.
This is European sovereignty in action.
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I think it should be the TOP job and mission of the DNC to make sure not a single GOP held seat goes uncontested in 2026. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I think it should be the TOP job and mission of the DNC to make sure not a single GOP held seat goes uncontested in 2026. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
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Why do Republicans hate Americans so much?
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Why do Republicans hate Americans so much?
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I had to run errands and do dr appointments all morning, so it was a delight to listen to the Code Name Verity audiobook while out and about. One of my fave reads (I always use the first pages as an example of How To Write The Perfect Opening) and the narrator does an incredible job.
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I had to run errands and do dr appointments all morning, so it was a delight to listen to the Code Name Verity audiobook while out and about. One of my fave reads (I always use the first pages as an example of How To Write The Perfect Opening) and the narrator does an incredible job.
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how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
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still early days but the gop gerrymandering project relied on the usual democratic sad sack response of "ok, we'll take it" and instead the party (for a change) pushed back some and it is backfiring.
now, do that for literally everything else.
now, do that for literally everything else.
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
still early days but the gop gerrymandering project relied on the usual democratic sad sack response of "ok, we'll take it" and instead the party (for a change) pushed back some and it is backfiring.
now, do that for literally everything else.
now, do that for literally everything else.
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Workers deserve some more bucks out of Starbucks.
Starbucks workers' union takes month-long strike to more cities
Hundreds of Starbucks' baristas walked off the job in 34 U.S. cities on Thursday, escalating a month-long strike as their union tries to push the coffee chain towards its first-ever labor contract.
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Workers deserve some more bucks out of Starbucks.