Kelly M
@kelly-cabe.bsky.social
Philly, Santa Fe, books, libraries, coffee, progressive politics, midcentury design, baseball, thrifting.
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"When right-wing extremists come after public education...They are coming after your ability to consume information, to read books that speak to your identity, to develop empathy for your peers, to think critically about the world around you."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
We Took on Book Bans in Our Small Conservative Community — and Won
The documentary Banned Together tells the story of three high school activists in South Carolina.
www.teenvogue.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"When right-wing extremists come after public education...They are coming after your ability to consume information, to read books that speak to your identity, to develop empathy for your peers, to think critically about the world around you."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/studen...
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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From the Editorial Board: Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.
Editorial: Leave libraries alone. They more than pay their way.
Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.
www.chicagotribune.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From the Editorial Board: Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.
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New Mexico is also in this lawsuit.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration (PDF) to stop the dismantling of the federal agency that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIA...
Attorney General Nessel Sues Trump Administration to Protect Libraries and Museums
content.govdelivery.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New Mexico is also in this lawsuit.
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Penguins are too busy in a random house of books. They don't have time for tariffs!
April 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Penguins are too busy in a random house of books. They don't have time for tariffs!
Book banners are never on the right side of history.
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Book banners are never on the right side of history.
The anti-IMLS propaganda has started - by IMLS of course. By the SS officer sent to shut it down. What a horrible time to be an American.
April 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The anti-IMLS propaganda has started - by IMLS of course. By the SS officer sent to shut it down. What a horrible time to be an American.
Washing down my third cup of coffee with a Diet Coke seems like a pretty good response to the day.
April 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Washing down my third cup of coffee with a Diet Coke seems like a pretty good response to the day.
Your weekly reminder that you don't need anything from Amazon, and that not everyone in America is a racist piece of trash.
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Your weekly reminder that you don't need anything from Amazon, and that not everyone in America is a racist piece of trash.
Exactly.
March 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Exactly.
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If 2025 was a restaurant, the chairs would be super uncomfortable, the parking situation would be a disaster, and the menu would be totally different than the one that was posted on their website
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If 2025 was a restaurant, the chairs would be super uncomfortable, the parking situation would be a disaster, and the menu would be totally different than the one that was posted on their website
I knew this was coming, but still hard to see. Call your representatives to support the IMLS - and independent govt agency that supports museums, archives, and libraries.
New Mexico receives over 3 million dollars in grants from the IMLS for libraries and museums. If you enjoy your library, pay attention.
March 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I knew this was coming, but still hard to see. Call your representatives to support the IMLS - and independent govt agency that supports museums, archives, and libraries.
Let's make a thread of brands/companies worth supporting. Not just that they haven't cancelled DEI. Who has great Maternity leave? Parental leave? Childcare support? Women in leadership? Living wages, etc, etc.
March 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Let's make a thread of brands/companies worth supporting. Not just that they haven't cancelled DEI. Who has great Maternity leave? Parental leave? Childcare support? Women in leadership? Living wages, etc, etc.
Republicans are gross.
March 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Republicans are gross.
Daily reminder that you don't need anything from Amazon.
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Daily reminder that you don't need anything from Amazon.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
I mean, how do we start an impeachment?
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I mean, how do we start an impeachment?
Save the Department of Education! And Go Birds! 💚
February 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Save the Department of Education! And Go Birds! 💚
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After Kristen Welker let National Security Adviser Michael Waltz lie and evade on NBC's "Meet the Press," she wound up her interview by asking him for his Super Bowl pick.
That's how you normalize fascists and tell them you're friendly enough that they can come back later and lie some more.
That's how you normalize fascists and tell them you're friendly enough that they can come back later and lie some more.
February 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
After Kristen Welker let National Security Adviser Michael Waltz lie and evade on NBC's "Meet the Press," she wound up her interview by asking him for his Super Bowl pick.
That's how you normalize fascists and tell them you're friendly enough that they can come back later and lie some more.
That's how you normalize fascists and tell them you're friendly enough that they can come back later and lie some more.
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Look all I’m saying is the dinosaurs didn’t have access to public libraries and look what happened to them
February 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Look all I’m saying is the dinosaurs didn’t have access to public libraries and look what happened to them