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I've been seeing a lot of posts about readers trying to curb their own book buying. Let me remind you of the library. Libraries can use your support now more than ever. When you checkout library books this lets funding authorities know the library is worthy of taxpayer money. 1/3
#booksky 💙 📚
January 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I guess I will just have to eat more ice cream.
Updated list of companies committed to DEI

Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
January 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Isn’t a swastika an X with legs? How long until that is the X logo?
January 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraskans what that could mean.
Immigrants drive Nebraska's economy. Trump's mass deportations pledge is a threat
Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraska...
www.npr.org
January 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Best thing I read today.... ⛪
"If your Christianity causes you to be offended by a Bishop asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful toward the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ."
January 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.

Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Ethnic cleansing involves the systematic removal or destruction of a particular ethnic, religious, or cultural group. History has shown us the devastating consequences of unchecked hatred and violence, and we must never allow such atrocities to be forgotten or repeated.

#NeverAgain
#HumanRights
December 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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Happy hump day, BlueSky.
November 13, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Presidents take the following oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

constitution.congress.gov/constitution...
constitution.congress.gov
November 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM