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Midwest librarian who cross-stitches. Person of faiths. I claim to enjoy some sports. She/her
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Treatment for trans kids cannot wait for adulthood. Adolescent changes in the body are permanent and irreversible. The pain of dysmorphia kills. No medical professional treats kids casually, no family seeks treatment casually. Treatment is safe, effective and is a conservative course of action.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Treatment for trans kids cannot wait for adulthood. Adolescent changes in the body are permanent and irreversible. The pain of dysmorphia kills. No medical professional treats kids casually, no family seeks treatment casually. Treatment is safe, effective and is a conservative course of action.
People have the power!
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
People have the power!
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Parks and Rec isn't a hill to die on, but one thing it gets right is this whole government thing rests on the shoulders of people you will never know, caring a lot about jobs you've never heard of, fighting challenges thrown at them from every angle just to make life a little better for everyone.
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Parks and Rec isn't a hill to die on, but one thing it gets right is this whole government thing rests on the shoulders of people you will never know, caring a lot about jobs you've never heard of, fighting challenges thrown at them from every angle just to make life a little better for everyone.
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Looking for new baseball books this fall? Check out the new edition of the SABR Bookshelf, with dozens of recently released books on all aspects of the game: sabr.org/sabr-bookshe...
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Looking for new baseball books this fall? Check out the new edition of the SABR Bookshelf, with dozens of recently released books on all aspects of the game: sabr.org/sabr-bookshe...
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Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
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Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
“Listening to Old Voices” from Stolen Moments is a song I hadn’t noticed before.
Listening to John Hiatt hits differently in my 50s than it did in my 20s.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Listening to Old Voices” from Stolen Moments is a song I hadn’t noticed before.
Listening to John Hiatt hits differently in my 50s than it did in my 20s.
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Listening to John Hiatt hits differently in my 50s than it did in my 20s.
This game in the 2016 Series would have killed me.
Wait, the game is still going?
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This game in the 2016 Series would have killed me.
Wait, the game is still going?
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Wait, the game is still going?
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These guys get $50k signing bonuses.
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
October 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
These guys get $50k signing bonuses.
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.
They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.
They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.
Abolish ICE
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Thank you, Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you, Chicago.
Shout out to my fellow #Saturdaylibrarian!
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Shout out to my fellow #Saturdaylibrarian!
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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It's good for baseball that there's an old dude named "Pat Murphy" managing a team. Over the next couple of decades every other manager is gonna be a 37 year-old ex-catcher named "Austin" so we should cherish our old guys named "Pat Murphy" as long as we can.
October 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's good for baseball that there's an old dude named "Pat Murphy" managing a team. Over the next couple of decades every other manager is gonna be a 37 year-old ex-catcher named "Austin" so we should cherish our old guys named "Pat Murphy" as long as we can.
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The thing about this story: It is, in fact, a hyper-local story, and focuses on hyper-local figures and activists.
Except it also involves comments from the Archbishop of Chicago.
And from a U.S. Senator.
And from Pope Leo himself, who is, of course, a native Chicagoan.
They're all involved.
Except it also involves comments from the Archbishop of Chicago.
And from a U.S. Senator.
And from Pope Leo himself, who is, of course, a native Chicagoan.
They're all involved.
NEW: As ICE presence increases in Chicago — home to the third-largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. — Catholics and allies are pushing back.
Over the weekend, a priest warned parishioners to leave Mass carefully.
Locals formed a human chain to protect them from ICE. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...
Over the weekend, a priest warned parishioners to leave Mass carefully.
Locals formed a human chain to protect them from ICE. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...
As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest
(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.
religionnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The thing about this story: It is, in fact, a hyper-local story, and focuses on hyper-local figures and activists.
Except it also involves comments from the Archbishop of Chicago.
And from a U.S. Senator.
And from Pope Leo himself, who is, of course, a native Chicagoan.
They're all involved.
Except it also involves comments from the Archbishop of Chicago.
And from a U.S. Senator.
And from Pope Leo himself, who is, of course, a native Chicagoan.
They're all involved.
Cal Raleigh looks like he should play for the White Sox.
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cal Raleigh looks like he should play for the White Sox.
Weird to see a relatively quiet playoff crowd.
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Weird to see a relatively quiet playoff crowd.
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Keeping the world safe from *checks notes* rideshare drivers
ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance
October 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Keeping the world safe from *checks notes* rideshare drivers
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This is the most beautiful and heartbreaking action by these bystanders.
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is the most beautiful and heartbreaking action by these bystanders.