Ari
@arivalde.bsky.social
Chicagoan. Abolitionist. Bad Feminist. Interests: books, dance, theatre, art, pop culture, (most) sports, travel. Free Palestine
Just a reminder that Desk Set is a Christmas movie and it is the perfect rewatch given its plot and our current fears around the rise of AI
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media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Just a reminder that Desk Set is a Christmas movie and it is the perfect rewatch given its plot and our current fears around the rise of AI
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Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is built by and for low-wage workers across the service industry. We are building our union by any means necessary, and building it in a way that makes sense for us.
Read how to support workers
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Read how to support workers
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Take Action - Union of Southern Service Workers
ussw.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is built by and for low-wage workers across the service industry. We are building our union by any means necessary, and building it in a way that makes sense for us.
Read how to support workers
ussw.org/actions/
Read how to support workers
ussw.org/actions/
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"Everyone is realizing...they will have to do more than sell books to make it in the book business."
Ariana Valderrama's interview with Char Adams on her book "Black Owned” (Tiny Reparations Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/m...
Ariana Valderrama's interview with Char Adams on her book "Black Owned” (Tiny Reparations Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/m...
Making Bookstores a Safe Haven for Communities: An Interview with Char Adams - Chicago Review of Books
I’ve always loved books about books and books about social movements, so when I came across Black Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore, which combines both of these topics, I knew I ne...
chireviewofbooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Everyone is realizing...they will have to do more than sell books to make it in the book business."
Ariana Valderrama's interview with Char Adams on her book "Black Owned” (Tiny Reparations Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/m...
Ariana Valderrama's interview with Char Adams on her book "Black Owned” (Tiny Reparations Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/m...
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I don’t know what the future of academia will look like in America after all this.
But I also know we don’t have to wait for permission and institutional approval to share knowledge with each other and create community.
But I also know we don’t have to wait for permission and institutional approval to share knowledge with each other and create community.
April 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I don’t know what the future of academia will look like in America after all this.
But I also know we don’t have to wait for permission and institutional approval to share knowledge with each other and create community.
But I also know we don’t have to wait for permission and institutional approval to share knowledge with each other and create community.
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The assault on civil rights offices is ratcheting up the importance of help from outside legal organizations and networks.
The Trump Administration Is Leaving Federal Workers Vulnerable to Discrimination
The assault on civil rights offices is ratcheting up the importance of help from outside legal organizations and networks.
capitalbnews.org
March 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The assault on civil rights offices is ratcheting up the importance of help from outside legal organizations and networks.
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A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!