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Books & Birds
Got into birding a few months ago. Got some (not the best) pics of a Kingfisher yesterday. Made my day!
August 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Former NPS and USFS employee here. Don’t let FOTUS (Felon Of The United States) do a hostile takeover. Resist my friends
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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For example, download the memo titled “Guidance on Presidential Memorandum: Return to In-Person Work” sent by Charles Ezell, Acting Director at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, dated January 24. Website: www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Cutting SNAP hurts 20M kids a month who rely on it for basic nutrition. How is this the “cost-saving program” to target first? Kids can’t eat concepts of a pla. Food is not a luxury and kids didn't vote for this.

Fork Trump and all who voted for him.
January 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
history has shown that prosecuting librarians or educators is one of the hallmarks of an oppressive regime that seeks to control knowledge and suppress dissent.

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Arresting Librarians Has NEVER Led to More Liberty and Freedom. 
History has shown that prosecuting librarians or educators is one of the hallmarks of an oppressive regime.
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January 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.
January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Who made this 🤣
January 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn
Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire.
Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.
wapo.st
January 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Isa textula, the crowned slug moth. Munchipede. 💚
Found roaming wire fence, far from snacks. Moved it to snacks. It seemed happy with the move.
January 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Now that the broligarchs have won the election and are about to take the White House, it’s worth taking a look back at what this dangerous influence on our government could mean for the nation and our democracy.
The Broligarchs Have Arrived: Revisited
The disturbing truth behind the tech bros who are trying to send JD Vance to the White House.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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i’ve seen the lord of the rings trilogy and i’ve played battleship a couple times so appoint me as secretary of defense.
November 13, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.
a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
ALT: a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM