Lisa Mc
@tryingtoread.bsky.social
Literary Allusion Curator and Personal Reader
Supporting Libraries, Librarians, Public schools, & Teachers
I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
"Read to remember why your resistance matters."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Supporting Libraries, Librarians, Public schools, & Teachers
I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
"Read to remember why your resistance matters."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
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“Let them eat an AI video of people eating cake.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Let them eat an AI video of people eating cake.”
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Twain was an early proponent of the “let’s just let women fix it” brand of proto-feminism.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Twain was an early proponent of the “let’s just let women fix it” brand of proto-feminism.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This is Just to Say
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is Just to Say
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
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I’m sure it will be a great comfort to see this lady’s face when you’re told your flight was canceled.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’m sure it will be a great comfort to see this lady’s face when you’re told your flight was canceled.
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Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
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don't let Trump's Mar-A-Lago party sully the Gatsby centennial
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
don't let Trump's Mar-A-Lago party sully the Gatsby centennial
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Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
A Kavanaugh stop?
According to the diocese, the priest was legally working here. Now, he’s in ICE detention: www.ncronline.org/news/texas-e...
Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced on Saturday (Nov. 1) that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
www.ncronline.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
A Kavanaugh stop?
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The irony that MAGA hated America being the world’s police, but opted instead to be the world’s villain.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The irony that MAGA hated America being the world’s police, but opted instead to be the world’s villain.
With ALT TEXT since everyone needs to appreciate this sentence. And always read Heather Cox Richardson.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
With ALT TEXT since everyone needs to appreciate this sentence. And always read Heather Cox Richardson.
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Americans should be able to celebrate Halloween without fearing for their wallets.
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Americans should be able to celebrate Halloween without fearing for their wallets.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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It’s not my place to say this, and I know a lot of people on this site aren’t going to like hearing it, but it’s time we faced that Bartleby scrivened like shit and it was GOOD that he didn’t want to do his job
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It’s not my place to say this, and I know a lot of people on this site aren’t going to like hearing it, but it’s time we faced that Bartleby scrivened like shit and it was GOOD that he didn’t want to do his job
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How to scare monsters 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How to scare monsters 🎃
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Window shopping is now open on healthcare.gov.
Find your plan—and if you don’t think you can afford it anymore, tell Republicans to work with Democrats to reopen the government and address skyrocketing health care premiums.
Find your plan—and if you don’t think you can afford it anymore, tell Republicans to work with Democrats to reopen the government and address skyrocketing health care premiums.
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Window shopping is now open on healthcare.gov.
Find your plan—and if you don’t think you can afford it anymore, tell Republicans to work with Democrats to reopen the government and address skyrocketing health care premiums.
Find your plan—and if you don’t think you can afford it anymore, tell Republicans to work with Democrats to reopen the government and address skyrocketing health care premiums.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything.
Brave New World, Chapter 4
Brave New World, Chapter 4
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything.
Brave New World, Chapter 4
Brave New World, Chapter 4
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