Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn
@tasslyn.bsky.social
Poet. Superfan - AUTHORS. KIDLIT. BOOKS.
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Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
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Get to know 3 of those teens here.
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Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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This is why their make believe "we just want to say and do what polls as popular" is the thinest possible veneer for not upholding human rights and dignity.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is why their make believe "we just want to say and do what polls as popular" is the thinest possible veneer for not upholding human rights and dignity.
Agreed - so #holdtheline @baldwin.senate.gov Voting constituent who knocked every door in deep Wisconsin Red - for you. No Healthcare - No Deal.
This is the price that a family in Eau Claire will have to pay for their health care plan next year, thanks to Republicans. Does that look affordable to you?
This is the last thing families need on top of their already skyrocketing costs.
This is the last thing families need on top of their already skyrocketing costs.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Agreed - so #holdtheline @baldwin.senate.gov Voting constituent who knocked every door in deep Wisconsin Red - for you. No Healthcare - No Deal.
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Moses Mike Johnson has refused to swear in a duly-elected Democrat who won her race by a landslide and yet a certain faction of Democrats are believing Republican promises because …?
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Moses Mike Johnson has refused to swear in a duly-elected Democrat who won her race by a landslide and yet a certain faction of Democrats are believing Republican promises because …?
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None of these people should ever know peace.
It's official - 8 D AYEs
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
None of these people should ever know peace.
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Minority Whip Katherine Clark puts out a stinging statement on the senate deal. "A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today."
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Minority Whip Katherine Clark puts out a stinging statement on the senate deal. "A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today."
Called my @baldwin.senate.gov - No Healthcare, No Deal.
Call these Senators! www.senate.gov/senators/sen... HOLD THE LINE!!!
1 @schumer.senate.gov
2 @welch.senate.gov
3 @SenatorRosen
4 @ossoff.bsky.social
5 @SenatorBaldwin
6 @SenatorKelly
7 @SenatorPeters
8 @shaheen.senate.gov
9 @durbin.senate.gov
10 @hassan.senate.gov
11 @slotkin.senate.gov
1 @schumer.senate.gov
2 @welch.senate.gov
3 @SenatorRosen
4 @ossoff.bsky.social
5 @SenatorBaldwin
6 @SenatorKelly
7 @SenatorPeters
8 @shaheen.senate.gov
9 @durbin.senate.gov
10 @hassan.senate.gov
11 @slotkin.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Called my @baldwin.senate.gov - No Healthcare, No Deal.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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ICYMI
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICYMI
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
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colorado springs wants to give its school board unilateral power to ban books. nothing says democracy like one vote deciding what kids can read.
what could possibly go wrong?
what could possibly go wrong?
Statement to D11 School Board: Banning Books Is Not the Answer
Header image by Susan Q. Yin on Unsplash My name is Ed Sanders, and I am a community member in Colorado Springs School District 11, and also a survivor of...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
colorado springs wants to give its school board unilateral power to ban books. nothing says democracy like one vote deciding what kids can read.
what could possibly go wrong?
what could possibly go wrong?
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Fans of THE LIBRARIANS: Keep your eye on this story. It’s the situation represented by the courageous Suzette Baker in the film. “Llano could be a critical testing ground for how much power elected officials have in removing books from library shelves nationwide.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
a texas county banned 17 books, lost in court, appealed, and is now begging the supreme court to defend its right to fear literature. the land of the free sure hates reading.
how is this normal?
how is this normal?
Texas county book ban could go to SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide by late November to take up a Texas book ban case.
www.axios.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fans of THE LIBRARIANS: Keep your eye on this story. It’s the situation represented by the courageous Suzette Baker in the film. “Llano could be a critical testing ground for how much power elected officials have in removing books from library shelves nationwide.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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The MA Senate will be voting on An Act Regarding Free Expression on Thursday 11/13. This Boston Globe article touts this as a positive development, but while the protections for libraries are welcome, this version of the bill strips all protections from authors. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/08/m...
Republicans have made it easier for book bans across the country. Massachusetts Democrats are looking to curb them here. - The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Senate will vote Thursday on legislation that would create a set of rules and restrictions for school districts to follow when adding or removing school library materials.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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This point seems important: "Students should not carry the responsibility of overturning book bans. This isn’t a mess they’ve created; it’s one created by adults who fail to recognize children & teenagers are autonomous individuals with their own rights."
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is shutting down two of its branches so that they can ban books without any oversight.
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
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Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
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Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is shutting down two of its branches so that they can ban books without any oversight.
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
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Randolph County Public Library (NC) may see their board of directors removed and replaced. Why? Because they elected to keep CALL ME MAX on shelves after it was challenged.
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
Randolph County Commissioner confirms effort to 'reorganize' library board of trustees
This comes a few weeks after the trustees voted to keep the book Call Me Max, about a transgender child, in the children’s section after a community member requested it be removed or relocated.
www.wfdd.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Randolph County Public Library (NC) may see their board of directors removed and replaced. Why? Because they elected to keep CALL ME MAX on shelves after it was challenged.
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
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"Book club participants and library enthusiasts are invited to join a demonstration against the Beltrami County Board's proposed budget, which includes a 42% funding cut to community services." This is Minnesota.
www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/d...
www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/d...
Demonstration of library cuts to take place ahead of Beltrami County Board meeting
The demonstration will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the Bemidji Public Library. At 1:45 p.m., participants will gather at the Beltrami County Courthouse to attend the county commissioner wor...
www.bemidjipioneer.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Book club participants and library enthusiasts are invited to join a demonstration against the Beltrami County Board's proposed budget, which includes a 42% funding cut to community services." This is Minnesota.
www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/d...
www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/d...
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“The Problem We All Live With” (1964)
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“The Problem We All Live With” (1964)
Read thread and article. Pay attention. 🚨🚨🚨
Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, authors of THE DAY THE BOOKS DISAPPEARED, had their elementary school author visit canceled when they arrived and students were waiting for them.
Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book.
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Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book.
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Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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In case you missed this: In New Braunfels ISD last week, parents, students, teachers, and community members came together to speak up against the book banners who got the district’s high school & middle school libraries closed. And they forced to board to reverse its decision.
TikTok video by frankstrong3
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October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
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Since we mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living, I’m bumping my thread about how from my perspective as a former Junior Olympic level track runner, this “fairness” transphobia is fucking bullshit blacksky.community/profile/did:...
As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Since we mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living, I’m bumping my thread about how from my perspective as a former Junior Olympic level track runner, this “fairness” transphobia is fucking bullshit blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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