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Caitlin Law Ryan
@caitlinlawryan.bsky.social
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Literacy prof, teacher educator, lover/scholar of children’s lit, coauthor of Reading the Rainbow, queer 🏳️‍🌈, mom.
Say gay and protect trans kids.
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socialistdogmom.bsky.social
a crowd has gathered at the UVA rotunda in response to the forced resignation of president jim ryan
June 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
caitlinlawryan.bsky.social
And queer parents (like me) and parents of queer children. So infuriating.
elienyc.bsky.social ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · Jun 27
Alito frames this as a win for parental rights.

I wishhe'd tell that to the parents who's children are being DENIED HEALTHCARE UNDER SKRMETTI
June 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
caitlinlawryan.bsky.social
😡🤬😡🤬😡
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 27
BREAKING: Parents win in a free exercise challenge to what the Supreme Court calls "LGBTQ+-inclusive" texts in a school. Alito, for the 6-3 court, reverses the Fourth Circuit in a case over a school district's lack of any parental "opt-out policy" over those texts. Sotomayor writes the dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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babsbeaty.bsky.social
If a man who collects guns and protective gear, impersonates police offices, vehemently opposes access to abortion, preaches white evangelical Christianity in Congo, declares LBGTQA people evil — if a man like that “shows no sign of radical political views” we need new signs
June 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.
May 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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engagereaders.bsky.social
Join me and others in protecting the #FreedomtoRead. Free reading event!

Friday, May 9 from 10 AM to 3 PM ET

Listen and take action in your community to protect kids' access to books.

Register:
Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
@authorsabb.bsky.social
I'm reading The Parker Inheritance at 2:00 PM ET on May 9th Lisa Stringfellow, Author and Educator The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson Free, Live, Online Event Support Freedom to Read efforts across the US. Authors Against Book Bans May 9, 2025 10 AM -3 PM ET I'm reading The Parker Inheritance at 2:00 PM ET on May 9th Lisa Stringfellow, Author and Educator The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson Free, Live, Online Event Support Freedom to Read efforts across the US. Authors Against Book Bans May 9, 2025 10 AM -3 PM ET
May 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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freedomreadproject.bsky.social
The Power of a Diverse Classroom Library from First Book’s 2023 study!

Diverse books aren’t just important—they’re transformational. Let's keep them on our shelves!

#FreedomToRead #DiverseBooksMatter #InclusiveEducation #KeepBooksOnShelves
Four pie charts showing statistics on teacher experiences with diverse books in their classroom, they’re overwhelmingly positive
April 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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juphoff.bsky.social
ICE is now asserting it's a federal crime for bystanders to request that masked people in plain clothes show identification as they're handcuffing folks and stuffing them into unmarked vans.
April 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week. We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest. Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public. We will have more to share soon. Excellent work @FBIMilwaukee .
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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libro.fm
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.

Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
I’ve been writing about the Supreme Court and its treatment of both LGBTQ and religious liberty issues for more than two decades. Today was the most alarming argument I’ve attended or listened to for queer people — and as to the court majority’s religious supremacy project.
SCOTUS conservatives seem eager to increase parents' religious rights in public schools
Tuesday's arguments over Montgomery County schools' story-time sessions included alarming questions about LGBTQ people.
www.lawdork.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
caitlinlawryan.bsky.social
IF YOU OBJECT TO A BOOK, READ THE BOOK AND DISCUSS YOUR OBJECTIONS TO THE BOOK. Otherwise, you just object to the idea of the book. Try it- it’s only 32 pages long after all.
chalciope.bsky.social Cal @chalciope.bsky.social · Apr 22
imo it's incredibly REVEALING about how these justices interpret the constitution itself that alito is out there blatantly lying about what this children's book is about

and that even when sotomayor proves it by QUOTING THE BOOK, both alito and the lawyer just ignore her and get to speak over her 🤡
[screenshot of a transcript of supreme court oral argument in mahmoud v. taylor, available online at https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/24-297_bp7c.pdf] JUSTICE ALITO: Yeah, the book has -- the book has a clear message, and a lot of people think it's a good message, and maybe it is a good message, but it's a message that a lot of people who hold on to traditional religious beliefs don't agree with. I don't think anybody can read that and say, well, this is just telling children that there are occasions when men marry other men, that Uncle Bobby gets married to his boyfriend, Jamie, and everybody's happy and everything is -- you know, it portrays this -- everyone accepts this except for the little girl, Chloe, who has reservations about it. But her mother corrects her: No, you shouldn't have any reservations about this. As I said, it has a clear moral message. There may be – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Wait a minute. The reservation is about – JUSTICE ALITO: Can I finish, please? CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Counsel. Yeah. JUSTICE ALITO: It has a clear moral message. And it may be a good message. It's just a message that a lot of religious people disagree with. [screenshot of a transcript of supreme court oral argument in mahmoud v. taylor, available online at https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/24-297_bp7c.pdf] JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Counsel, a couple of questions to clarify things. Uncle Bob's Wedding, the character, the child character, wasn't objecting to same-sex marriage. She was objecting to the fact that marriage would take her uncle away from spending more time with her, correct? MR. BAXTER: Again, it would be -- you know, courts would be engaged in religious discrimination entanglement if they – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: I'm asking you to answer my question. It wasn't that she was objecting to gay marriage qua gay marriage, period. She was objecting to having her uncle's time taken by someone else? MR. BAXTER: I'm not sure that's correct, Your Honor. I think, for a child of that age – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Then now we -- now – MR. BAXTER: -- it's hard to express what their actual concerns are. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Well, when the character says he'll have less time for me, it seems self-evident, isn't it? MR. BAXTER: You know, Your Honor, I -- again, Montgomery County's own principals objected to this – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: All right. Now
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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chalciope.bsky.social
imo it's incredibly REVEALING about how these justices interpret the constitution itself that alito is out there blatantly lying about what this children's book is about

and that even when sotomayor proves it by QUOTING THE BOOK, both alito and the lawyer just ignore her and get to speak over her 🤡
[screenshot of a transcript of supreme court oral argument in mahmoud v. taylor, available online at https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/24-297_bp7c.pdf] JUSTICE ALITO: Yeah, the book has -- the book has a clear message, and a lot of people think it's a good message, and maybe it is a good message, but it's a message that a lot of people who hold on to traditional religious beliefs don't agree with. I don't think anybody can read that and say, well, this is just telling children that there are occasions when men marry other men, that Uncle Bobby gets married to his boyfriend, Jamie, and everybody's happy and everything is -- you know, it portrays this -- everyone accepts this except for the little girl, Chloe, who has reservations about it. But her mother corrects her: No, you shouldn't have any reservations about this. As I said, it has a clear moral message. There may be – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Wait a minute. The reservation is about – JUSTICE ALITO: Can I finish, please? CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Counsel. Yeah. JUSTICE ALITO: It has a clear moral message. And it may be a good message. It's just a message that a lot of religious people disagree with. [screenshot of a transcript of supreme court oral argument in mahmoud v. taylor, available online at https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/24-297_bp7c.pdf] JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Counsel, a couple of questions to clarify things. Uncle Bob's Wedding, the character, the child character, wasn't objecting to same-sex marriage. She was objecting to the fact that marriage would take her uncle away from spending more time with her, correct? MR. BAXTER: Again, it would be -- you know, courts would be engaged in religious discrimination entanglement if they – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: I'm asking you to answer my question. It wasn't that she was objecting to gay marriage qua gay marriage, period. She was objecting to having her uncle's time taken by someone else? MR. BAXTER: I'm not sure that's correct, Your Honor. I think, for a child of that age – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Then now we -- now – MR. BAXTER: -- it's hard to express what their actual concerns are. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Well, when the character says he'll have less time for me, it seems self-evident, isn't it? MR. BAXTER: You know, Your Honor, I -- again, Montgomery County's own principals objected to this – JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: All right. Now
April 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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angryblacklady.blacksky.app
SCOTUS oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor are in 5 minutes.

What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit.

Gather round. 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
can’t really be overstated how important it was that in an era where almost every single institution we have is being dragged towards fascism, one little old man devoted his life to shoving the world’s oldest institution towards more charity, grace and inclusivism.
April 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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theradr.bsky.social
Never again is now, friends.

Don't look away.

We have a moral obligation to EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING being detained, deported, and sent to actual concentration camps on our watch.

Who were you when your government perpetuated atrocities?

If you're in the US, it's in the wide-open now.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Apr 14
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025. After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine. Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully. …and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator
April 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri.

This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
NOBODY IS SAFE.
akalhan.bsky.social Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · Apr 8
“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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jilltwiss.bsky.social
Is this because of the gay penguins? It is isn’t it
April 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
👇🏽 🎯 the point is to force the world to beg him for carve outs (and pay him off)

Mafia-style Government
April 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
Authoritarians depend on you obeying in advance and not resisting. Every act of disruption weakens them and slows down their plan. It's a crack. The cracks add up. This is why what Cory Booker is doing is important compared to the weak complicity of Schumer and others.
April 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM