Lisa Krok
@readonthebeach.bsky.social
Author Novels in Verse for Teens (Bloomsbury LU), library manager, reviewer for SLJ & Booklist, moderator, and presenter. Swiftie. Reese-aholic. My TBR will one day collapse and this is how I will die. Personal acct my opinions.
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Lisa Krok
@readonthebeach.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello new followers! Still figuring this platform out, but I imagine we are all in it together. 💕
If you sent me a dm in the past month or so, I cannot access it. Ohio now requires age verification for messaging here. I am being asked for both SS# AND credit card # to verify. Not happening. @bsky.app surely there is a better way to keep kids safe. No other app has requested SS and credit card#.
a man with a surprised look on his face and the words oh that 's not gonna happen
ALT: a man with a surprised look on his face and the words oh that 's not gonna happen
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you sent me a dm in the past month or so, I cannot access it. Ohio now requires age verification for messaging here. I am being asked for both SS# AND credit card # to verify. Not happening. @bsky.app surely there is a better way to keep kids safe. No other app has requested SS and credit card#.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
He can't spell incompetent...how about impotent?
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
He can't spell incompetent...how about impotent?
Home sick today feeling pretty crappy but this delivery just made me smile🧡💚 #IProtectTheFamily
#JesusWasAnImmigrant
#JesusWasAnImmigrant
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Home sick today feeling pretty crappy but this delivery just made me smile🧡💚 #IProtectTheFamily
#JesusWasAnImmigrant
#JesusWasAnImmigrant
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So… that’s fun, I guess. Victims don’t need justice if the people hurting them are more powerful. They also don’t need justice when there are immigrants to terrorize and torture.
“Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children…have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown…hampering their pursuit of child predators…efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
The Department of Deportation
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So… that’s fun, I guess. Victims don’t need justice if the people hurting them are more powerful. They also don’t need justice when there are immigrants to terrorize and torture.
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If you worked with teenagers would would never doubt that a 15 year old is a child. Also, I love how a minor teenage girl is an adult to these people, but the Young Republicans (all between 18 and about 35) were just kids saying stupid shit.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you worked with teenagers would would never doubt that a 15 year old is a child. Also, I love how a minor teenage girl is an adult to these people, but the Young Republicans (all between 18 and about 35) were just kids saying stupid shit.
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
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No one has asked for this cut.
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Restore Chicago Library’s Collections Budget
No one has asked for this cut. Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No one has asked for this cut.
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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Trump's mental decline appears to be accelerating. So why isn’t the media reporting on it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-why-isnt-the-media-reporting-dec
Office Hours: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's dramatic mental decline?
He's showing even more signs of dementia, but the media is mum
robertreich.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Trump's mental decline appears to be accelerating. So why isn’t the media reporting on it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-why-isnt-the-media-reporting-dec
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Normal isn't coming back so get off your knees and fight back - what they have planned for us is far worse than anything they've already done.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Normal isn't coming back so get off your knees and fight back - what they have planned for us is far worse than anything they've already done.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
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It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
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Math is hard.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Math is hard.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
As usual, 1 of only 2 masks boarding the plane. 🤷🏼♀️
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As usual, 1 of only 2 masks boarding the plane. 🤷🏼♀️
Spoke too soon. Flight is delayed🙃
I am flying today, just in time before the reductions/delays tomorrow. Coming home will be 😬.
a yellow and red sign that says delay cancel
ALT: a yellow and red sign that says delay cancel
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Spoke too soon. Flight is delayed🙃
You’ll shoot your eye out: CLE airport edition. Fun fact: the house in The Christmas Story is right here in Cleveland (parts of the movie were filmed here). You can tour the house and take a photo with the infamous leg lamp! FRA-JEE-LAY. It’s a major award!
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You’ll shoot your eye out: CLE airport edition. Fun fact: the house in The Christmas Story is right here in Cleveland (parts of the movie were filmed here). You can tour the house and take a photo with the infamous leg lamp! FRA-JEE-LAY. It’s a major award!
I am flying today, just in time before the reductions/delays tomorrow. Coming home will be 😬.
a yellow and red sign that says delay cancel
ALT: a yellow and red sign that says delay cancel
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I am flying today, just in time before the reductions/delays tomorrow. Coming home will be 😬.
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I just think that if you’re okay with people — adults, children, the elderly — starving, your soul is destined for dark places bc you are an evil person.
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I just think that if you’re okay with people — adults, children, the elderly — starving, your soul is destined for dark places bc you are an evil person.
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Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info.
M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily.
They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.
M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily.
They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info.
M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily.
They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.
M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily.
They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.
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We live in an era where *every single claim* needs to be verified. This example is a very easy one to suss out.
Information and digital literacy skills are crucial.
Information and digital literacy skills are crucial.
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We live in an era where *every single claim* needs to be verified. This example is a very easy one to suss out.
Information and digital literacy skills are crucial.
Information and digital literacy skills are crucial.
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“According to Gaza’s media office, since the ceasefire, Israeli forces have killed nearly a hundred Palestinians in Gaza.” www.newyorker.com/news/essay/t...
There Is No Peace in Gaza
Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“According to Gaza’s media office, since the ceasefire, Israeli forces have killed nearly a hundred Palestinians in Gaza.” www.newyorker.com/news/essay/t...