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Jenny G
@jennygaechter.bsky.social
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Librarian, Social Justice, Autistic, Queer, Tattooed, Retired Veteran, Justifiably Furious. Not always in that order.
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My new kitchen towel arrived…
Festive, functional, and firmly antifascist.
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Latter Gay Stories on FB:
A two-day counter-Pride festival in Boise, Idaho, fell flat on June 20-21, 2025…Supporters have now turned to social media asking for money to cover expenses including security costs—exceeding $18,000, money they expected to raise from the attendees that never showed up 🤣
June 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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#Autism #Autistic #Disability #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutismAwarenessMonth
#InclusionMatters #AutisticVoices
#ActuallyAutistic
If you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person person. There’s no one way to be autistic. Autism is a spectrum not a straight line. Autistic people have different strengths. And we have different challenges. Communication looks different for everyone. Sensory experiences vary from person to person. It isn’t just about social interactions. Being autistic doesn’t mean being a genius. Support needs can change over time. Some of us mask. Some of us don’t. Just because I seem fine doesn’t mean I am. And everyone is not a little autistic.
April 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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www.ala.org/sites/defaul...

#fREADom #library #Censorship
Text on black background reads : “The state of Americas libraries a snapshot of 2024. Top 10 most challenged books of 2024 page 9, censorship by the numbers page 10. Nearly 3 and four book challenges are from pressure groups or government sources.”
April 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Sign of the day.

#Resist #Oligarchy
Protestors marching against Trump. In the background is an upside down U.S. flag. A person in the front is holding a white poster that reads,“Oligargle my balls”.
April 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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This Is Not a Drill: Trump’s Day-One Order Sets the Stage for Martial Law

By Tony Pentimalli

(Article in comments)

*Tony Pentimalli is a political analyst and commentator fighting for democracy, economic justice, and social equity.
Black and sephia colored sketch of the ugliest, grumpiest man on Earth, Donald J. Trump, signing a paper that says, "insurrection act." Banner above him reads: "Stage is set for martial law." Rioters, American flags, and the US capitol building in the background. Serious, Fuck this guy.
April 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Well, this just showed up in my memories … On this day, 8 years ago, I was also defending IMLS.
On this day eight years ago, Jenny Gaechter added a temporary profile picture. #SaveIMLS I Heart Libraries Headshot of the author wearing Gryffindor robes from Harry Potter
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Shared on the #ALATT FB group, posted about 2 hours ago.

This is devastating 🥺😡

#Libraries #DOGE #SaveIMLS #LibrariesTransform #Skybrary
#Booksky #Resist #FIGHTBACK
r/fednews Join u/ruskiytroll • 2h ago DOGE is at the Institue of Museum and Library Services right now, AM 03/20, to shut down the agency The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and the new Acting Director (also somehow DepSec of Labor) Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down. Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby of the office building (955 L'Enfant Plaza) and they are proceeding with quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. There is no major reporting on the death of IMLS. There are Deparment of Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries. IMLS offices are on the 4th floor of 955 L'Enfant. There is no media present to document this efficiency saving of .004% of the federal budget. Every library system in the country receives these grants. Museums in every state depend on them. Every penny disbursed is American tax dollars back in American communities. This is one of the 7 federal agencies offered up as a needless sacrificial lamb in the catastrophic resolution and last week's EO.
March 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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From Modern Military of America:

“We’ll continue to share updates as they come… this may be temporary, but it’s still a win!”

🩵🤍🩷 #TransRights
#MilitaryEquality
#TalbottVTrump
#ModernMilitary

Visit modernmilitary.org/mmaa-updates/
Breaking news from modern military Association of America. Judge blocks trans military ban. A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that halts the new policy banning transgender service members from serving in the US military According to the advocate, the decision states that the policy “violates the constitutional rights of transgender service members, finding that the government failed to provide evidence that banning them serves a legitimate military purpose“ More details to come. It is important to note that this is a preliminary injunction, and not a permanent block. Modern military will continue bringing updates as they come.
March 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#Libraries #LibrariesTransform #Libby #OverdriveMedia #PublicLibraries #Booksky #Read
All text on pink background: 5 free ways to support libraries in 5 minutes or less. 1. Check out a physical book, ebook, audiobook, magazine, or item. Every check out helps demonstrate demand and supports library funding. 2. Follow and engage with your library’s social media and follow the ALA. Like, comment, and share posts to boost their reach. 3. Tell your friends. Encourage your friends and neighbors to sign up for a library card. Tell them about apps like Libby and Kanopy. 4. Advocate for funding. Sign a petition, email a local representative, or simply spread the importance of library funding. 5. Visit your branch. Use WiFi for checking emails, a study room for a quick break, or sign up for an upcoming event. Stop by to simply thank a librarian/library worker. www.checkoutyourlibrary.com, www.ala.org, Libby logo in the bottom right corner.
March 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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The majority of Americans disagree. Notice that the folks clapping for him don’t even comprise half of the room???

#Trump and the entire Republican Party are an EMBARRASSMENT. To the rest of the world: He does not speak for us.

#Newspeak
#Resist #NotInMyName
#PresidentialAddress
#StateOfTheUnion
Lies lies lies logo
March 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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#PublicLibraries
Quote By Kurt Vonnegut Junior: “So the America, I love still exists if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
February 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Looks like we’re going to have to do this the hard way ✊🏼📖🧯

#Resist #ReadABook
#Revolution #DumpTrump #Literature #Books
Orange flames on a black background. Text on top in white font is a Ray Bradberry quote from Fahrenheit 451. It says, “But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them.” The post is attributed to @jennygaechter.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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#AlexandriaOcasioCortez #ChangeNow #Resist
#Revolution
"He can stay, he can go. He can be impeached or voted out. But removing Trump will not remove the infrastructure of an entire party that embraced him; the dark money that funded him, the online radicalization that drummed his army; nor the racism he amplified and reanimated" ~ quote by Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez with a photo of her.
February 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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This boycott may have
minimal impact, but the symbolic representation of a one-day boycott can send a powerful message.

“If they don't listen we make the next blackout longer” - The People’s Union

#economicblackout2025
#nospendfriday
#IAmIn
Text: February 28, 2025 spending blackout. Stay strong be safe resist pray keep up alive Buffy your official hope dealer image of Statue of Liberty with fists raised on a Sunburst red and orange and yellow background. #IAmIn #NoSpendFriday.
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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#Resist
January 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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“…Germany needs to 'get over the Holocaust' it's not their fault, and that too much time is being wasted feeling bad about killing 20 million people. If someone is trying to make you feel OK about killing 20 million people, it's because he's planning on doing it again.”

Link in comments
Black background with white bold text. Text credited the Facebook group Feminist News: says “To clear up any confusion about his salute, Elon Musk made a surprise appearance to a proud of Neo Nazis in Germany last night.”
January 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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THIS is a leader.

#LGBT #MariannEdgarBudde #ReverendBudde #HumanRights #dignity #MatthewShepard
#leadership #Christian
Portrait of Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde on the left. Portrait of Matthew Shepard on the right. Below: white text on black back ground says, #Did you know that for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to the concern that his grave would be vandalized, and when Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral. She co-officiated the service that welcomed Matthew to a forever home in the church and told the gathering, “20 years of mourning was not enough for someone who is loved. Nor can 20 years heal the grief of such a loss.” Credited to threads.net/@pleinairepainter
January 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I have unfollowed this clown 3 times in the past 2 days. Facebook keeps re-adding him. 🤬
Screenshot of Facebook profile of Donald J. Trump.
January 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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These are scary, overwhelming times. Make sure your loved ones have this information.

#YouMatter #Trans #Queer #LGBT #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention
LGBTQ+ support lines in the US. The Trevor project THETREVORPROJECT.ORG 212–6 95–8650. National suicide prevention lifeline 988lifeline.org / 988. Sage LGBT elder hotline. Sageusa.org / one – 877–360 – LGBT. Tran lifeline translifeline.org one – 877–5 65–8860 LGBT national youth talk line lgbthotline.org 800-246-7743
January 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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#CalltoAction The Colorado GOP is threatening to sue School District 9R, each of its board member, & teachers & staff who support a proposed resolution to protect Progress Pride and BLM flags in our schools. Email the school board with your support for the proposal at
schoolboard@durangoschool.org
Inclusive symbols, inclusive schools. Protect inclusivity in Durango schools! Community support is still needed at the school board works to draft a resolution to protect symbols of inclusivity in schools. Tuesday, January 28, 2024, 5:30 PM Duran Duran DuranGO! high school impact career center 2410 Main Ave. Meeting will be live streamed on Facebook
January 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Image of article about Bill to eliminate the windfall elimination provision for Social Security benefits
December 11, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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Image of petition to save federal funding for libraries. Not clickable.
December 11, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, lowest common denominator programming, pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. By Carl Sagan, from The Demon Haunted World. White text on black background.
November 27, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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A positive reminder to end this loooonnnnnng week…

#publiclibraries #ProtectAmericaninstitutions, #read #intellectualfreedom #democracy
#books #bibliophile #booksky #librarian #library #americaninstitutions #hope #positive #culture
I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald’s. During the worst of the depression not when public library closed their doors. Quite by David McCullough. White Sans Serif font on bluish-purple background.
November 23, 2024 at 2:07 AM