1. BREAKING

A coup is underway in the West African nation of Benin.

A group of soldiers appeared on state television and declared the dissolution of the government, the removal of President Patrice Talon (an ally of the United States), and the dismantling of state institutions.

Riggs: My opponent—there are a hundred counties in North Carolina. He picked four of the most Democratic counties and challenged the military and overseas voters in those four counties only.

We were gratified that the federal court yesterday upheld every one of the arguments we made..

The $400 million in AmeriCorps cuts ordered by Musk just hit Omaha’s Partnership 4 Kids right as more than 300 students supported by its AmeriCorps volunteers prepare to take their next steps into college or the workforce.

Musk is destroying AmeriCorps. It looks like it’s RIP for AmeriCorps. The nonprofit that represents AmeriCorps’ state commissions which organize state-level community service programs funded by the federal agency announced that commissions in all 50 states,

The EPA is firing employees focused on children’s health simply because their job descriptions include DEI. These 10 regional children’s health coordinators have worked closely with schools and local institutions to prevent and address environmental hazards that put kids at risk.

Same Old Fascism

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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Alright, if you’re a part of #Readersky & you want to support indies without the zon, here are alternatives:
~ iBooks
~ B&N
~ Kobo
~ Thalia
~ Libby
~ Everand
~ Fable
~ Indie Author websites
~ Hoopla
~ itchio
~ Ko-fi
~ & Smashwords.

#SpreadTheWord #Booksky

"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?"

Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.

If you're boycotting AMZ, but still want to buy/read books: please, have a look at whether the relevant big publisher/small press/indie author sells direct

This month and last is hitting everyone's book sales hard, and all of us - trad, small press & indie alike - still need to pay our bills :)