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acmeie.bsky.social
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@acmeie.bsky.social
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Really into public libraries and making quality education affordable & accessible. Plus, dogs.

Currently reading:
“Lawless” by Leah Litman

Resistance is patriotic. ❌👑
These colors don’t run 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸
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acmeie.bsky.social
If you need a pick-me-up at #removetheregime today, come find me. I got u.

#removetheregime✊🏽
#mutualaid
#RemoveTheRegimeDC
#50501dc #indivisible #dsa
#Antifa #AuntTifa
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
It’s a metaphor,
You see?
Photo of the complete annihilation of the White House east wing. A clear metaphor for Turmp’s regime literally destroying America.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
There. Fixed it.
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Have you seen this yet? I saved a copy since they’ve been taking it down everywhere.

Any baseball fans here?
September 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Currently Reading for Sept:

“Allegedly” by Tiffany D. Jackson.

It’s day 3 and I’m devouring this book. Shout out to public libraries and Libby, both for the access and the recommendation!

@arlingtonlibrary.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
A screenshot from apple’s libby app midway through playing a book.
September 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
acmeie.bsky.social
I used to pick flowers when I was younger until my brother (correctly) scolded me about being the tragedy of the commons in real time and it has haunted me ever since.

Take only pictures, y’all. 🌹🥀
August 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Focusing on my favorite children’s book this week because idk if I can take any more political news atm.

This book “Ferdinand the Fox’s First Summer” is one of my favorites, primarily bc he looks just like my pup (that I lost in March).

But as nonfiction children’s books go, this is a gem.
“Ferdinand Fox’s First Summer” book A 17-year old Pomeranian with a party hat on and balloons saying “Happy Birthday” behind him. A photo of a Pomeranian sticking his tongue out while I hold him wrapped in a blanket. A Pomeranian dog nestled in the covers and looking at the camera.
August 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Was swapping out books at a nearby LFL and found one of my old-new favorites: @freelibrary.bsky.social
The back cover of a hardcover copy of the children’s book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ with an illustration of anthropomorphic crayons holding protest signs like “we are not happy” and “down with this sort of thing.”
August 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Pretty sure they call it “Frolf.”
Untapped beer award about “National Disc Golf day.” The joke is a riff of The Office where Andy Bernard yaks about being into disc golf or “frolf.”
August 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Ya girl’s got the receipts.
Receipt from Isaiah Martin’s congressional campaign website showing I made a donation.
July 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Literally as we speak!
A very droopy potted potato plant atop a red brick ledge, apparently dying and flowering a purple flower as its last ditch swan song. Trailing cucumber plants are softly out of focus in the background but shows they are flowering too. Way less wilty than the red potatoes.
July 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Ayeee things are happening!

#gardensky #gardenersofbluesky
#growsky
#grossguy
#cropsky #cropskystillsnash&young
Cucumber plant on my patio with a teeny tiny cucumber growing, image 1 Cucumber plant on my patio with a teeny tiny cucumber growing, image 2
July 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
On the page tonight:

“Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha” by Tara Brach, PhD
A poem by Rumi in the book “Radical Acceptance” by Tara Branch. “Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing There is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, The world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’ Doesn’t make any sense.”
July 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
acmeie.bsky.social
I gotta shout this from the rooftops:

We👏must👏protect👏the👏USPS👏at👏all👏costs👏

Which, consequently, is a really reasonable cost.

I just sent 34 lbs. of children’s books to multiple domestic locations for $1.15/lb (got some cute manatee stamps too), all tax-free.

That’s easily $100+ at FedEx/UPS.
A US Postal Office receipt depicting incredibly affordable rates for three shipments to different US locations of large boxes weighing between approx 8-16 lb each. The USPS is a treasure. A calculator screenshot showing that, once stamp expenses of $15.60 were excluded, the total cost of sending approx 34 lbs of books in 3 large boxes to 3 locations was only $39.16 and tax-free. It proves that the US Postal service is the only way people can receive affordable, accessible mail and packages and privatizing our post offices would harm citizens.
July 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Wherever you are, queer editor of this Best Of magazine feature, I salute you 🫡 🏳️‍🌈

Also filed under: “I don’t think it means what you think it means.”
July 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Check your door before you wreck (the nest on the wreath of) your door.
July 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Here’s a pic of the top 100 titles under attack from book bans. I pulled it from the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

You can specifically request libraries carry these books via request forms and comment cards. Idk their bsky handle but United Against Book Bans has a lot more info & does great work.
A full list of the 100 most banned books can be found at: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019 Truncated list as follows: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Looking for Alaska by John Green George by Alex Gino And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Drama by Raina Telgemeier Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James Internet Girls (series) by Lauren Myracle The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Bone (series) by Jeff Smith The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg Alice McKinley (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel It's a Book by Lane Smith The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer Bad Kitty (series) by Nick Bruel Crank by Ellen Hopkins Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl by Tanya Lee Stone Beloved by Toni Morrison Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco Lush by Natasha Friend The Catcher i…
July 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
I will forever* stan Chewy.

When our senior dog passed (rapidly/unexpectedly) after our auto-order of meds & food, the rep we placed the refund request with sent us flowers and a card. Like actual flowers and a personal note. It’s still on our fridge.

* just please don’t become fascists pleaseee
A photo of a refrigerator door with Pomeranian themed magnets and a card reading: “Losinf such a big part of your family is never easy. We’re thinking of you in this difficult time. Sending you love, Mindy and your Chewy family.
July 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
acmeie.bsky.social
It’s a good question.
Multiple titles by the author Carol McCloud related to happiness through the metaphor “bucket filling.” The titles include: 1) Growing Up With a Bucket Full of Happiness: Three Rules for a Happier Life 2) Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids 3) Bucket Filling from A to Z: The Key to Being Happy
July 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
acmeie.bsky.social
My favorite part of military service is definitely the convenience factor.

Congratulations to these hard-working, earnest patriots.
Press briefing from official Army website https://www.army.mil/article-amp/286317/army_launches_detachment_201_executive_innovation_corps_to_drive_tech_transformation “By bringing private-sector know-how into uniform, Det. 201 is supercharging efforts like the Army Transformation Initiative, which aims to make the force leaner, smarter, and more lethal. The four new Army Reserve Lt. Cols. are Shyam Sankar, Chief Technology Officer for Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, Chief Technology Officer of Meta; Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer of OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, advisor at Thinking Machines Lab and former Chief Research Officer for OpenAI. Their swearing-in is just the start of a bigger mission to inspire more tech pros to serve without leaving their careers, showing the next generation how to make a difference in uniform.”
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
acmeie.bsky.social
when ur friend comes crying to you for the zillionth time about her on again/off again boyfriend:
July 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
If this isn’t peak #LeopardsAteMyFace, idk what is.

“Hell, we’re human beings.” Wish she felt that way *before* she spent all her time on bigoted #trumptrain #MAGAt tirades.

It’s giving “The only moral govt assistance is my govt assistance.”

Credit to @50501movement.bsky.social @nvunheard.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Just a reminder that Greg Abbott is a giant piece of shit.

Dead kids = “we love football.”
Got it.

#campmystic #kerrcounty #hillcountryfloods #txfloods
July 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
These people are monsters. Every single one of them.

Fundraise:
@katmabu.bsky.social
@drannieandrews.com
@dejafoxx.bsky.social
@demsocialists.bsky.social

Fucking do something:
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@democrats.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
acmeie.bsky.social
Just a little @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social plug. I’m always so jazzed when I go back and find all the books gone because it means they’ve found a home.
July 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM