Eren
@erendeniz.bsky.social
Writer, artist, librarian, mom and bird nerd
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I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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"I say to you today, my friends, that even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow. I still have a dream."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ❤️🩹
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- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ❤️🩹
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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"I say to you today, my friends, that even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow. I still have a dream."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ❤️🩹
npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5326118/segregation-federal-contracts-far-regulation-trump
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- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ❤️🩹
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
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Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
wrd.cm
March 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
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In just over a week the United States government is going to shut down and never resume the same work again, condemning millions to suffering that has not been contemplated — let alone experienced — in generations. And Democrats are talking about how one of their members wasn’t polite enough.
March 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In just over a week the United States government is going to shut down and never resume the same work again, condemning millions to suffering that has not been contemplated — let alone experienced — in generations. And Democrats are talking about how one of their members wasn’t polite enough.
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Time to spam every Democratic federal official with Letter from a Birmingham Jail. They are the white moderates who obstruct progress, who prefer a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]
www.africa.upenn.edu
March 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Time to spam every Democratic federal official with Letter from a Birmingham Jail. They are the white moderates who obstruct progress, who prefer a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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🧑💼 Are you a lawyer or have legal expertise and want to assist federal workers?
Visit "We The Action". They are recruiting volunteers lawyers now and hope to soon open a webpage to link federal workers with legal assistance.
Visit "We The Action". They are recruiting volunteers lawyers now and hope to soon open a webpage to link federal workers with legal assistance.
Public Service Legal Response Center
Connecting lawyers with opportunities to support federal workers
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March 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧑💼 Are you a lawyer or have legal expertise and want to assist federal workers?
Visit "We The Action". They are recruiting volunteers lawyers now and hope to soon open a webpage to link federal workers with legal assistance.
Visit "We The Action". They are recruiting volunteers lawyers now and hope to soon open a webpage to link federal workers with legal assistance.
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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The DOJ has scrubbed a report detailing public mass shootings in the US from 1966–2019—and the histories of 172 mass shooters—from its site.
Attempting to erase gun violence doesn’t erase reality.
Attempting to erase gun violence doesn’t erase reality.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The DOJ has scrubbed a report detailing public mass shootings in the US from 1966–2019—and the histories of 172 mass shooters—from its site.
Attempting to erase gun violence doesn’t erase reality.
Attempting to erase gun violence doesn’t erase reality.
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
This shit is unbelievable. Where are those ‘top-secret take out the baddies secret agents who make bad men disappear’ when you need them? I cannot believe ANYONE would speak to a White House guest and esteemed European president in this way. Absolutely gross.
VP Vance to President Zelenskyy: Have you said thank you once?
February 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This shit is unbelievable. Where are those ‘top-secret take out the baddies secret agents who make bad men disappear’ when you need them? I cannot believe ANYONE would speak to a White House guest and esteemed European president in this way. Absolutely gross.
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The SPLC is launching the Redistricting Advocacy & Community Engagement (RACE) Program—an initiative focused on voting rights, redistricting and advocacy! 🗳️✊
RACE will equip organizers with the skills to fight for fair maps representing their communities.
Register 🔗: https://bit.ly/4h4GPzN
RACE will equip organizers with the skills to fight for fair maps representing their communities.
Register 🔗: https://bit.ly/4h4GPzN
February 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The SPLC is launching the Redistricting Advocacy & Community Engagement (RACE) Program—an initiative focused on voting rights, redistricting and advocacy! 🗳️✊
RACE will equip organizers with the skills to fight for fair maps representing their communities.
Register 🔗: https://bit.ly/4h4GPzN
RACE will equip organizers with the skills to fight for fair maps representing their communities.
Register 🔗: https://bit.ly/4h4GPzN
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"When Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework is banned, when Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 Project is deemed dangerous, when Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and other literary masterpieces are labeled “inappropriate,” the message is clear: our full humanity threatens the established order."
First Person: 'They ban books by Black authors. Then they tell us to celebrate Black History Month.' - Open Campus
As state legislatures and boards of regents debate whose histories deserve telling, those of us behind bars have long faced explicit bans on texts that challenge dominant narratives or examine racial ...
www.opencampus.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"When Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework is banned, when Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 Project is deemed dangerous, when Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and other literary masterpieces are labeled “inappropriate,” the message is clear: our full humanity threatens the established order."
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Just saying.
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just saying.
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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
It’s crazy to me that 99.9% of banned books are bannned or challenged because they are about INCLUSION, and ACCEPTANCE, and KINDNESS. If those are things you are against, what the hell are you for?!
February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It’s crazy to me that 99.9% of banned books are bannned or challenged because they are about INCLUSION, and ACCEPTANCE, and KINDNESS. If those are things you are against, what the hell are you for?!
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.