Rachel Jones
@rvljonesing.bsky.social
Writer & Librarian. Should know better by now.
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Rachel Jones
@rvljonesing.bsky.social
· Aug 7
Post 5 is up at Portfire. Yeehaw! portfire.org/.../i-cant-w...
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Our spring iteration of the Cross-Reference Coalition will focus on 🔎SEARCH + DISCOVERY💡 We'll work tgthr to design a scavenger hunt, map, or field guide that encourages defiantly-anti-AI exploration of NYC's knwldg resources + cultural heritage.
We'll distribute our call for apps early next week!
We'll distribute our call for apps early next week!
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our spring iteration of the Cross-Reference Coalition will focus on 🔎SEARCH + DISCOVERY💡 We'll work tgthr to design a scavenger hunt, map, or field guide that encourages defiantly-anti-AI exploration of NYC's knwldg resources + cultural heritage.
We'll distribute our call for apps early next week!
We'll distribute our call for apps early next week!
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
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about that...
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
about that...
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And then he shoves all his chips into the pot.
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
And then he shoves all his chips into the pot.
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In the American South, writes Elizabeth Broadbent, "[t]he past is our wound, and the past is our anchor." Here are five Southern Gothic stories that explore generational trauma and inescapable connections to the past.
Five Southern Gothic Books about Generational Trauma That You (Probably) Haven’t Read - Reactor
Families grappling with ancestral sin and the crimes of the past
reactormag.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In the American South, writes Elizabeth Broadbent, "[t]he past is our wound, and the past is our anchor." Here are five Southern Gothic stories that explore generational trauma and inescapable connections to the past.
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Want to organize around NYC public libraries to secure stable & expanded funding? NYC Public Library Action Network’s next meeting is this Sunday Nov 16 from 2 to 4:15 pm in Brooklyn. If interested, email info@nycplan.org.
More about our work here: nycplan.org
More about our work here: nycplan.org
NYC Public Library Action Network
Send our letter to all the mayoral candidates demanding increased funding for our public libraries! Fill out this Google Form and we’ll follow up with a how-to guide on meeting with your City Council…
nycplan.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Want to organize around NYC public libraries to secure stable & expanded funding? NYC Public Library Action Network’s next meeting is this Sunday Nov 16 from 2 to 4:15 pm in Brooklyn. If interested, email info@nycplan.org.
More about our work here: nycplan.org
More about our work here: nycplan.org
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Damn we are ruled by completely irredeemable sociopaths:
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Damn we are ruled by completely irredeemable sociopaths:
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The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
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Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds to Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak-Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
wrd.cm
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
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It’s not a coincidence that Trump is simultaneously flaunting a gilded White House and lavish parties at Mar-a-Lago while also making life harder for those who are not wealthy.
He doesn’t fear the poor and enjoys our hardship.
Our suffering pairs with his gluttonous appetites better than any wine.
He doesn’t fear the poor and enjoys our hardship.
Our suffering pairs with his gluttonous appetites better than any wine.
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s not a coincidence that Trump is simultaneously flaunting a gilded White House and lavish parties at Mar-a-Lago while also making life harder for those who are not wealthy.
He doesn’t fear the poor and enjoys our hardship.
Our suffering pairs with his gluttonous appetites better than any wine.
He doesn’t fear the poor and enjoys our hardship.
Our suffering pairs with his gluttonous appetites better than any wine.
These petty little Heritage bitches.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
These petty little Heritage bitches.
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THE POOREST PERSONS ON TWITTER MAY HAVE ACCESS TO MORE BEAUTY AND MEANING THAN THE ‘MOST WEALTHY PERSON IN THE WORLD’
omg.
Just absolutely devastating, from the top ropes.
omg.
Just absolutely devastating, from the top ropes.
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
THE POOREST PERSONS ON TWITTER MAY HAVE ACCESS TO MORE BEAUTY AND MEANING THAN THE ‘MOST WEALTHY PERSON IN THE WORLD’
omg.
Just absolutely devastating, from the top ropes.
omg.
Just absolutely devastating, from the top ropes.
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Funny but true: The President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, wrote his PH.D on enslaved African Americans in Louisiana. Indeed, his master’s thesis was entitled, African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms Among Slaves in Virginia, 1740–1870.
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Funny but true: The President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, wrote his PH.D on enslaved African Americans in Louisiana. Indeed, his master’s thesis was entitled, African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms Among Slaves in Virginia, 1740–1870.
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Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
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A reminder that before he was blowing up boats under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism, the President sent hundreds of men to CECOT under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A reminder that before he was blowing up boats under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism, the President sent hundreds of men to CECOT under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Good morning! It's Zine Librarians unConference day (one)! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Good morning! It's Zine Librarians unConference day (one)! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
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In case you’re wondering how bad things are, we are getting calls from food pantries on military bases asking if we have any food we can share because they’re hungry.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In case you’re wondering how bad things are, we are getting calls from food pantries on military bases asking if we have any food we can share because they’re hungry.
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read this!
a companion: @librarypunk.bsky.social (Justin’s quoted in this article)’s recent episode on AI refusal with yours truly 😎 www.librarypunk.gay/e/155-ai-ref...
a companion: @librarypunk.bsky.social (Justin’s quoted in this article)’s recent episode on AI refusal with yours truly 😎 www.librarypunk.gay/e/155-ai-ref...
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
read this!
a companion: @librarypunk.bsky.social (Justin’s quoted in this article)’s recent episode on AI refusal with yours truly 😎 www.librarypunk.gay/e/155-ai-ref...
a companion: @librarypunk.bsky.social (Justin’s quoted in this article)’s recent episode on AI refusal with yours truly 😎 www.librarypunk.gay/e/155-ai-ref...
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Feeling inspired to take action this morning?
Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
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Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
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November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Feeling inspired to take action this morning?
Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!
Already called? Tell us how it went:
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It's been a rough fucking year, can we just have this one little treat
I want to see Mamdani win in NYC tomorrow for a lot of reasons, but one of them is absolutely to watch Bill Ackman crash out
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It's been a rough fucking year, can we just have this one little treat
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Trump: ‘We can’t pay SNAP. It’s illegal!’
Judges: ‘It’s legal. It’s illegal to not pay.’
Trump ‘…………..’
(Followed by the sound of breaking ketchup bottles).
#RadioFreeAmerica
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-rul...
Judges: ‘It’s legal. It’s illegal to not pay.’
Trump ‘…………..’
(Followed by the sound of breaking ketchup bottles).
#RadioFreeAmerica
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-rul...
Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP contingency money "as soon as possible."
abcnews.go.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trump: ‘We can’t pay SNAP. It’s illegal!’
Judges: ‘It’s legal. It’s illegal to not pay.’
Trump ‘…………..’
(Followed by the sound of breaking ketchup bottles).
#RadioFreeAmerica
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-rul...
Judges: ‘It’s legal. It’s illegal to not pay.’
Trump ‘…………..’
(Followed by the sound of breaking ketchup bottles).
#RadioFreeAmerica
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-rul...
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“They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that.”
Lawsuit Alleges 'Horrific And Inhumane' Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility
The federal lawsuit says detained people are being denied water, food, medical care and hygiene: "They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that."
blockclubchicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that.”