Nisa Kesseler
@austenite75.bsky.social
Teen services librarian in Northern Michigan. ❤️ Star Trek & Dr. Who. Huge fan of YA books, graphic novels, & Jane Austen.
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The judge was unsparing not only in his views of Noem and Rubio's actions, but also of President Trump, who he said approves of "truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech" on the part of two senior administration officials.
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Judge finds Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted pro-Palestinian students in searing rebuke
A judge gave a blistering assessment of the Trump administration's efforts to go after international students who expressed pro-Palestinian views on college campuses.
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The judge was unsparing not only in his views of Noem and Rubio's actions, but also of President Trump, who he said approves of "truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech" on the part of two senior administration officials.
www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-t...
www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-t...
Exactly 👏🏻
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Exactly 👏🏻
An excellent thread. I highly recommend following Rebecca Nagle 👍
Two weeks ago today, the Supreme Court of Muscogee Nation affirmed the citizenship rights of freedmen descendants. After decades of disenfranchisement, freedmen descendants are now eligible for tribal citizenship. How did we get here? Here’s a little history lesson 🧵:
August 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
An excellent thread. I highly recommend following Rebecca Nagle 👍
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Pierce County Library (GA) fired a library worker over the inclusion of a book with a trans character in a book display.
Second library in a week to have *fired a library worker* over queer books in book displays.
www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
Second library in a week to have *fired a library worker* over queer books in book displays.
www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
Pierce County, GA library manager fired following book display including book about trans boy
Lavonnia Moore worked for the library system for 15 years.
www.firstcoastnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pierce County Library (GA) fired a library worker over the inclusion of a book with a trans character in a book display.
Second library in a week to have *fired a library worker* over queer books in book displays.
www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
Second library in a week to have *fired a library worker* over queer books in book displays.
www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
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#SenatorMurphy gives Homeland Security secretary and dog-exterminator Kristi #Noem an absolute spanking of epic proportions..
May 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#SenatorMurphy gives Homeland Security secretary and dog-exterminator Kristi #Noem an absolute spanking of epic proportions..
Some good news for a change 👍
🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
May 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Some good news for a change 👍
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Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
April 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
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Libraries continued to provide critical services and develop innovative programs and services, despite the challenges they faced in 2024. Learn more and see which books face the most censorship challenges in this year's State of America's Libraries Report:
www.ala.org/news/state-a...
www.ala.org/news/state-a...
April 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Libraries continued to provide critical services and develop innovative programs and services, despite the challenges they faced in 2024. Learn more and see which books face the most censorship challenges in this year's State of America's Libraries Report:
www.ala.org/news/state-a...
www.ala.org/news/state-a...
Not sure if anyone outside of Michigan is aware, but all of N. MI is without power since Saturday in my case, due to a wicked ice storm. Gov. Whitmer declared a state of emergency yesterday morning, but it could be days to even weeks before power is restored.
Please send good vibes! We need them 🥶
Please send good vibes! We need them 🥶
April 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not sure if anyone outside of Michigan is aware, but all of N. MI is without power since Saturday in my case, due to a wicked ice storm. Gov. Whitmer declared a state of emergency yesterday morning, but it could be days to even weeks before power is restored.
Please send good vibes! We need them 🥶
Please send good vibes! We need them 🥶
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Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots
Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
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This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
March 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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You think Hegseth can't be any more awful and then we discover his racist hunt for "DEI" labeled the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipients award a 'DEI medal' on Arlington's website. MG Charles Rogers was ten times the man Pete will ever be. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
DoD sh*ts on a heroes memory
The Department of Defense has labeled the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient a "DEI" medal
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You think Hegseth can't be any more awful and then we discover his racist hunt for "DEI" labeled the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipients award a 'DEI medal' on Arlington's website. MG Charles Rogers was ten times the man Pete will ever be. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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I caught Dr. Francis Collins playing his guitar on the National Mall and it gave me some hope. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
The Great American Pushback Has Begun
Patriotic citizens are only beginning to battle against Trump's extreme agenda.
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I caught Dr. Francis Collins playing his guitar on the National Mall and it gave me some hope. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
Support your local Black farmers 🌾🧑🏾🌾
Did you know?
There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”
Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.
There’s a directory of Black farmers: “The Black Farmers Index.”
Buy and uplift local. Many are small-scale specialists and located in urban areas. I found an organic resource in my area that I will definitely check out.
February 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Support your local Black farmers 🌾🧑🏾🌾
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #TheFireNextTime by James Baldwin.
Why do you think Baldwin asserts that self-definition is essential to navigating the world as Black people?
Why do you think Baldwin asserts that self-definition is essential to navigating the world as Black people?
February 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #TheFireNextTime by James Baldwin.
Why do you think Baldwin asserts that self-definition is essential to navigating the world as Black people?
Why do you think Baldwin asserts that self-definition is essential to navigating the world as Black people?
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Valentine’s Day originates in death. I would like to give my annual shout out to all of my Hawaiian relations. Thier ansestors stabbed Captain James Cook in his colonizing neck. 🔥💗🔥
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Valentine’s Day originates in death. I would like to give my annual shout out to all of my Hawaiian relations. Thier ansestors stabbed Captain James Cook in his colonizing neck. 🔥💗🔥
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Roses Are Red
Violets Are Black
Book Bans don't Sell Books
The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.
(Busting Book Ban Myths: bookriot.com/common-myths...)
Violets Are Black
Book Bans don't Sell Books
The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.
(Busting Book Ban Myths: bookriot.com/common-myths...)
February 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Black
Book Bans don't Sell Books
The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.
(Busting Book Ban Myths: bookriot.com/common-myths...)
Violets Are Black
Book Bans don't Sell Books
The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.
(Busting Book Ban Myths: bookriot.com/common-myths...)
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thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight
February 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight
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Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.
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🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/
February 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/
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For any birthwork folx or anyone wanting to learn more about social justice noonies
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From Extraction to Stewardship: Rethinking Prenatal Colostrum Collection
Recent research and protocols have shown significant benefits to postnatal milk supply in people who practice hand expression in pregnancy and the ear
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January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
For any birthwork folx or anyone wanting to learn more about social justice noonies
www.goldlactation.com/conference/p...
www.goldlactation.com/conference/p...