Jane B. Kulow
@cvlkulow.bsky.social
Reader. Advocate for books, libraries, democracy. Super-frequent visitor, @J_MRL. Knitter. She/her. Dual citizen 🇨🇦. And, oh yeah, Mookie Betts fan since 2014.
Bring her back.
Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bring her back.
Great lists!
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great lists!
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
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Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Chaos, confusion, and cruelty
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Chaos, confusion, and cruelty
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To understand what was at stake here: in VA, the AG gets to appoint university counsel. From Jim Ryan’s forced resignation to the (mercifully) reject “Compact” to the odious and bizarre “settlement,” UVA has been hamstrung by counsel chosen by the state’s GOP administration. That’s about to change.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
To understand what was at stake here: in VA, the AG gets to appoint university counsel. From Jim Ryan’s forced resignation to the (mercifully) reject “Compact” to the odious and bizarre “settlement,” UVA has been hamstrung by counsel chosen by the state’s GOP administration. That’s about to change.
This is amazing. Appreciating the effort, the volunteers, and the voters from afar.
Oh this is making weepy again. This engagement is everything.
whew, per the Board of Elections, we've hit 2M votes in New York City
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is amazing. Appreciating the effort, the volunteers, and the voters from afar.
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Who could have predicted that what voters wanted after all were candidates with even a modicum of a spine? This was truly unknowable before today.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Who could have predicted that what voters wanted after all were candidates with even a modicum of a spine? This was truly unknowable before today.
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This is where I am too. Get involved at your hyper local level. It matters and makes a difference.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is where I am too. Get involved at your hyper local level. It matters and makes a difference.
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United States economy summed up
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
United States economy summed up
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Healthcare but only for my friends
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Healthcare but only for my friends
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The East Wing was first added in 1942, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, primarily to provide office space for the First Lady’s staff and to conceal a newly built underground bunker known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) during World War II.
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The East Wing was first added in 1942, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, primarily to provide office space for the First Lady’s staff and to conceal a newly built underground bunker known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) during World War II.
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shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
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SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
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October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums.”
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Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
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October 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums.”
Great extra use for Little free Libraries
My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Great extra use for Little free Libraries
I appreciate this: protest in the way that aligns with your passion
We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
October 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I appreciate this: protest in the way that aligns with your passion
Read banned books. Read for your rights. Or don’t read banned books - but keep them available as any one of them can provide a crucial lifeline to someone.
It’s #BannedBooks week.
Here’s a list of banned books by women & nonbinary authors that would be great to add to your TBR. 💙📚 #BookSky
Here’s a list of banned books by women & nonbinary authors that would be great to add to your TBR. 💙📚 #BookSky
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Read banned books. Read for your rights. Or don’t read banned books - but keep them available as any one of them can provide a crucial lifeline to someone.
“It is no accident that many of the schools May Mailman’s team first approached about this “compact” have interim presidents, who are inherently weak, sometimes because a prior president was successfully forced out through political agitation by the right.”
Sounds right.
Sounds right.
for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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October 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“It is no accident that many of the schools May Mailman’s team first approached about this “compact” have interim presidents, who are inherently weak, sometimes because a prior president was successfully forced out through political agitation by the right.”
Sounds right.
Sounds right.
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Happy to share such happy news. This is a perfect job for Mychal Threets!
There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
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I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
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October 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy to share such happy news. This is a perfect job for Mychal Threets!
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
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