Alsace Walentine
@alsacedior.bsky.social
Co-owner of Tombolo Books in St. Pete, FL. Formerly of Malaprop's in Asheville. She/her.
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Join USF Professors Andrew Berish and Daniel Belgrad at Tombolo Books for a conversation about Berish’s HATING JAZZ! 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
🗓️September 18, 2025
⏰7:00pm
📍Tombolo Books
RSVP and grab your books at tombolobooks.com! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
🗓️September 18, 2025
⏰7:00pm
📍Tombolo Books
RSVP and grab your books at tombolobooks.com! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
September 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join USF Professors Andrew Berish and Daniel Belgrad at Tombolo Books for a conversation about Berish’s HATING JAZZ! 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
🗓️September 18, 2025
⏰7:00pm
📍Tombolo Books
RSVP and grab your books at tombolobooks.com! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
🗓️September 18, 2025
⏰7:00pm
📍Tombolo Books
RSVP and grab your books at tombolobooks.com! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
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From Call to Activism on Xitter
"MAJOR BREAKING: New viral video shows Congressman Menendez jumping in to save his colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who's being manhandled by ICE, as Mayor Ras Baraka is being taken in handcuffs.
America, 2025."
"MAJOR BREAKING: New viral video shows Congressman Menendez jumping in to save his colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who's being manhandled by ICE, as Mayor Ras Baraka is being taken in handcuffs.
America, 2025."
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
From Call to Activism on Xitter
"MAJOR BREAKING: New viral video shows Congressman Menendez jumping in to save his colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who's being manhandled by ICE, as Mayor Ras Baraka is being taken in handcuffs.
America, 2025."
"MAJOR BREAKING: New viral video shows Congressman Menendez jumping in to save his colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who's being manhandled by ICE, as Mayor Ras Baraka is being taken in handcuffs.
America, 2025."
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BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at Delaney Hall by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
May 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at Delaney Hall by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
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The mayor of Newark was arrested today while protesting at a federal immigration detention center operated by GEO Group — a private prison company and major Trump donor.
Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.
Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The mayor of Newark was arrested today while protesting at a federal immigration detention center operated by GEO Group — a private prison company and major Trump donor.
Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.
Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.
Toni Morrison's novels are NOT "poison". #Florida citizens, hurry! Tell your reps 🚫 NO on HB 1539
HB 1539 heads to the floor on Thursday (4/24).
Call your Rep and 3 more in your area. Tell them you support the amendments, but ultimately not a bill that seeks to give the state power to ban books against the will of the people.
www.flhouse.gov/FindYourRepr...
Call your Rep and 3 more in your area. Tell them you support the amendments, but ultimately not a bill that seeks to give the state power to ban books against the will of the people.
www.flhouse.gov/FindYourRepr...
April 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Toni Morrison's novels are NOT "poison". #Florida citizens, hurry! Tell your reps 🚫 NO on HB 1539
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HB 1539 just passed out of committee with a 13-4 vote.
There was a lot of gaslighting and misinformation again about what this bill does and doesn’t do.
Not all “classics” are safe - only those the FLDOE preserves in standards.
More to come on next steps.
There was a lot of gaslighting and misinformation again about what this bill does and doesn’t do.
Not all “classics” are safe - only those the FLDOE preserves in standards.
More to come on next steps.
We have 24hrs to officially stop HB 1539/SB 1692 from becoming law this legislative session!
Please form your own statement on why the Education Administration Subcommittee Members should vote "NO" on HB 1539 tomorrow and call or email them before 12:30pm on 4/2.
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Com...
Please form your own statement on why the Education Administration Subcommittee Members should vote "NO" on HB 1539 tomorrow and call or email them before 12:30pm on 4/2.
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Com...
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
HB 1539 just passed out of committee with a 13-4 vote.
There was a lot of gaslighting and misinformation again about what this bill does and doesn’t do.
Not all “classics” are safe - only those the FLDOE preserves in standards.
More to come on next steps.
There was a lot of gaslighting and misinformation again about what this bill does and doesn’t do.
Not all “classics” are safe - only those the FLDOE preserves in standards.
More to come on next steps.
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News from Tallahassee:
SB 1692 died in committee today.
HB 1539 (the version that still impacts booksellers and public libraries) is on Wednesday’s agenda in the House Education Administration Committee.
Please call and email to vote “NO” on HB 1539!
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Com...
SB 1692 died in committee today.
HB 1539 (the version that still impacts booksellers and public libraries) is on Wednesday’s agenda in the House Education Administration Committee.
Please call and email to vote “NO” on HB 1539!
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Com...
Florida House of Representatives
Florida House of Representatives
www.flhouse.gov
March 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
News from Tallahassee:
SB 1692 died in committee today.
HB 1539 (the version that still impacts booksellers and public libraries) is on Wednesday’s agenda in the House Education Administration Committee.
Please call and email to vote “NO” on HB 1539!
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Com...
SB 1692 died in committee today.
HB 1539 (the version that still impacts booksellers and public libraries) is on Wednesday’s agenda in the House Education Administration Committee.
Please call and email to vote “NO” on HB 1539!
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Com...
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Yesterday, Senator McClain struggled to answer pretty clear questions about his bill (SB 1692).
Here, he provided factually inaccurate info about the committee review and appeal process. (See ALT text for details)
Here, he provided factually inaccurate info about the committee review and appeal process. (See ALT text for details)
March 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yesterday, Senator McClain struggled to answer pretty clear questions about his bill (SB 1692).
Here, he provided factually inaccurate info about the committee review and appeal process. (See ALT text for details)
Here, he provided factually inaccurate info about the committee review and appeal process. (See ALT text for details)
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#Florida Senate Republicans introduce a bill reigniting the battle over what books should be allowed in FL public schools (but guns are OK). subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com
POLITICO Pro: New Florida bill stokes fears of more K-12 books being removed from schools
The legislation aims to expand state book challenge laws by forbidding districts from weighing the potential literary value of a flagged work if it is considered “harmful to minors.”
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March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#Florida Senate Republicans introduce a bill reigniting the battle over what books should be allowed in FL public schools (but guns are OK). subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com
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FL House Rep @ritaforflorida.bsky.social has filed HB 6037.
This bill would return local control to our library curation practices by repealing the language that was added to statute 1006.28 by HB 1467 (2022) and HB 1069 (2023).
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
This bill would return local control to our library curation practices by repealing the language that was added to statute 1006.28 by HB 1467 (2022) and HB 1069 (2023).
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
House Bill 6037 (2025) - The Florida Senate
www.flsenate.gov
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
FL House Rep @ritaforflorida.bsky.social has filed HB 6037.
This bill would return local control to our library curation practices by repealing the language that was added to statute 1006.28 by HB 1467 (2022) and HB 1069 (2023).
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
This bill would return local control to our library curation practices by repealing the language that was added to statute 1006.28 by HB 1467 (2022) and HB 1069 (2023).
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
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Pennywise & pound foolish: President Musk's DOGE has ended the lease for the #Florida office staffed with hundreds of federal workers focused on Everglades restoration and maintaining beaches across the state.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @harrisalexc.bsky.social
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @harrisalexc.bsky.social
Florida offices housing Everglades engineers, scientists on the Musk chopping block
At the same time, all remote federal workers have been ordered back to the office.
www.miamiherald.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pennywise & pound foolish: President Musk's DOGE has ended the lease for the #Florida office staffed with hundreds of federal workers focused on Everglades restoration and maintaining beaches across the state.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @harrisalexc.bsky.social
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @harrisalexc.bsky.social
This Thursday 3/6 is the deadline to apply!
St. Pete's award-winning general bookstore is looking for 2 PT booksellers.
St. Pete's award-winning general bookstore is looking for 2 PT booksellers.
We're an indie bookstore in St. Pete Fla and we're new here on Bluesky. Happy to be here 💙 Also, we're hiring! If you are a detail oriented voracious reader who loves striking up conversations about books, please apply by March 6th! App & details here --> tombolobooks.com/contact-hour...
March 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This Thursday 3/6 is the deadline to apply!
St. Pete's award-winning general bookstore is looking for 2 PT booksellers.
St. Pete's award-winning general bookstore is looking for 2 PT booksellers.
Looking for experienced booksellers to join our @tombolobooks.bsky.social team!
Apply on Tombolobooks.com
Apps close March 6
#stpete #tampabay #bestofthebay #indie
Apply on Tombolobooks.com
Apps close March 6
#stpete #tampabay #bestofthebay #indie
February 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Looking for experienced booksellers to join our @tombolobooks.bsky.social team!
Apply on Tombolobooks.com
Apps close March 6
#stpete #tampabay #bestofthebay #indie
Apply on Tombolobooks.com
Apps close March 6
#stpete #tampabay #bestofthebay #indie
Here's a great snapshot of the blue enclave where I live and work.
#tombolobooks #stpete #grandcentraldistrict
#tombolobooks #stpete #grandcentraldistrict
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here's a great snapshot of the blue enclave where I live and work.
#tombolobooks #stpete #grandcentraldistrict
#tombolobooks #stpete #grandcentraldistrict