Rachel K Barry
@rachelatwork.bsky.social
Reading and writing since 1980. Cats, indie bookstores, animals in human clothes-YES.
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
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No one is coming to save us but us.
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
No one is coming to save us but us.
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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The only reason to get rid of interlibrary loan is that you prefer ignorance and illiteracy.
“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”
The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)
Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.
buttondown.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The only reason to get rid of interlibrary loan is that you prefer ignorance and illiteracy.
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Please share this as widely as possible. ICE kidnapped a 7th grader in Everett, Massachusetts and sent him to Virginia. Help bring him home now!
here is the family's gofundme: www.gofundme.com/f/mim-ajuda-...
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Please share this as widely as possible. ICE kidnapped a 7th grader in Everett, Massachusetts and sent him to Virginia. Help bring him home now!
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If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
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in the last year this is the onion headline i most often think about
August 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
in the last year this is the onion headline i most often think about
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fair point
If you can legally purchase all the guns and ammo you need to slaughter children at church, you didn't act alone.
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
fair point
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Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
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hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
August 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
July 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
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@surj.bsky.social is asking antiracist white people to host mass meetings in their communities and they are providing guidance for people who are interested in doing so.
July 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@surj.bsky.social is asking antiracist white people to host mass meetings in their communities and they are providing guidance for people who are interested in doing so.
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Solzhenitsyn wrote repeatedly about the use of mosquito torture in early Soviet concentration camp detention on the Solovetsky Islands. If you use the same nasty ingredients, you're going to bake the same cake.
Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water
Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Solzhenitsyn wrote repeatedly about the use of mosquito torture in early Soviet concentration camp detention on the Solovetsky Islands. If you use the same nasty ingredients, you're going to bake the same cake.
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‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week
July 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week
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that's some vintage antisemitism holy shit
"No death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker. And in some cases, shylocks and bad people."
July 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
that's some vintage antisemitism holy shit
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This is what’s on CNN right now, an hour after Republicans passed a bill stripping healthcare from 17 million Americans, gutting food assistance to the tune of $300 billion, and exploding the deficit by $4 trillion.
July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is what’s on CNN right now, an hour after Republicans passed a bill stripping healthcare from 17 million Americans, gutting food assistance to the tune of $300 billion, and exploding the deficit by $4 trillion.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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BREAKING: Republicans just blocked my amendment to ensure Veterans, foster kids and the homeless aren’t denied SNAP benefits.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
July 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BREAKING: Republicans just blocked my amendment to ensure Veterans, foster kids and the homeless aren’t denied SNAP benefits.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
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Millions of people are going to be directly, irreparably harmed, but let’s burn public attention with whether the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York has done enough to become One of the Good Ones™️
The fact that I’m hearing more about Mamdani than the Bill to Kill America is the reason the Democratic Party deserves its death
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Millions of people are going to be directly, irreparably harmed, but let’s burn public attention with whether the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York has done enough to become One of the Good Ones™️
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📢📢📢 All out for @replamonica.bsky.social
Join @njaij.bsky.social @maketheroadnj.bsky.social, First Friends NJ/NY, Peoples Organization for Progress and many others at the Federal Courthouse to demand justice and an end to Rep. McIver’s political persecution.
Wednesday, June 25 at 9:30AM
Join @njaij.bsky.social @maketheroadnj.bsky.social, First Friends NJ/NY, Peoples Organization for Progress and many others at the Federal Courthouse to demand justice and an end to Rep. McIver’s political persecution.
Wednesday, June 25 at 9:30AM
June 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📢📢📢 All out for @replamonica.bsky.social
Join @njaij.bsky.social @maketheroadnj.bsky.social, First Friends NJ/NY, Peoples Organization for Progress and many others at the Federal Courthouse to demand justice and an end to Rep. McIver’s political persecution.
Wednesday, June 25 at 9:30AM
Join @njaij.bsky.social @maketheroadnj.bsky.social, First Friends NJ/NY, Peoples Organization for Progress and many others at the Federal Courthouse to demand justice and an end to Rep. McIver’s political persecution.
Wednesday, June 25 at 9:30AM
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I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.
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Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.