Rory Litwin
@rorylitwin.bsky.social
Librarian, business owner, GenXer, JVP member, he/him, Democrat, jazz lover, cat lover, art lover, tree hugger, NorCal, degrowth, cognitive dissonance haver, mocktails, spicy food, travel.
If you go to a conference or a trade show, and you let someone scan your badge at a booth in the exhibits, in your opinion, have you opted in to receive commercial emails?
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you go to a conference or a trade show, and you let someone scan your badge at a booth in the exhibits, in your opinion, have you opted in to receive commercial emails?
Trump couldn't pass the citizenship test in a million years.
October 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump couldn't pass the citizenship test in a million years.
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So no Dems or major news media are going to treat the more than a thousand people disappeared from Alligator Alcatraz as a story worthy of persistent pressure?
Got it.
Got it.
October 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So no Dems or major news media are going to treat the more than a thousand people disappeared from Alligator Alcatraz as a story worthy of persistent pressure?
Got it.
Got it.
Can you name the Minnesota lawmaker who was assassinated recently? An elected official was assassinated three months ago, and we barely heard her name (Melissa Hortman).
September 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Can you name the Minnesota lawmaker who was assassinated recently? An elected official was assassinated three months ago, and we barely heard her name (Melissa Hortman).
In other words, in terms of sustainability it doesn't matter whether an airline is owned by billionaires or workers. The problem is that the airline exists.
September 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In other words, in terms of sustainability it doesn't matter whether an airline is owned by billionaires or workers. The problem is that the airline exists.
Post-scarcity leftists believe there is enough to go around for us to have a wealthy, egalitarian society. Very nice, but environmentally clueless. "Economic development," as we understand it, is environmentally unsustainable. Planet first.
September 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Post-scarcity leftists believe there is enough to go around for us to have a wealthy, egalitarian society. Very nice, but environmentally clueless. "Economic development," as we understand it, is environmentally unsustainable. Planet first.
It's tragic, to me, that Derrick Jensen is a TERF.
September 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's tragic, to me, that Derrick Jensen is a TERF.
East Coast People! Please give the time zone when you're scheduling something! We don't necessarily know where you are!
August 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
East Coast People! Please give the time zone when you're scheduling something! We don't necessarily know where you are!
Steely Dan's Gaucho (the song) is the only song I can think of where the music and the lyrics have two different points of view.
August 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Steely Dan's Gaucho (the song) is the only song I can think of where the music and the lyrics have two different points of view.
When journalists report on ICE raids, they should apply the same skepticism they do for other things. "A group of men dressed as federal agents rounded up a number of Latinos at a Home Depot yesterday afternoon. It is unclear whether the masked men were members of ICE or imposters."
July 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When journalists report on ICE raids, they should apply the same skepticism they do for other things. "A group of men dressed as federal agents rounded up a number of Latinos at a Home Depot yesterday afternoon. It is unclear whether the masked men were members of ICE or imposters."
Any Democratic politician who tries to smear Mamdani is damaging their own political future and has definitely lost my vote. I'll be checking on the incumbents on the next ballot here for criticism of Zohran Mamdani. That's going to be my #1 litmus test.
June 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Any Democratic politician who tries to smear Mamdani is damaging their own political future and has definitely lost my vote. I'll be checking on the incumbents on the next ballot here for criticism of Zohran Mamdani. That's going to be my #1 litmus test.
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The purpose of asking Mamdani over and over to condemn “globalize the intifada” is to create the impression he actually said that, and he didn’t.
But the smear campaign is working. Many people now think he did say that. It’s insidious, dishonest, and essentially racist.
But the smear campaign is working. Many people now think he did say that. It’s insidious, dishonest, and essentially racist.
June 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The purpose of asking Mamdani over and over to condemn “globalize the intifada” is to create the impression he actually said that, and he didn’t.
But the smear campaign is working. Many people now think he did say that. It’s insidious, dishonest, and essentially racist.
But the smear campaign is working. Many people now think he did say that. It’s insidious, dishonest, and essentially racist.
Images of Trump's failed parade and the amazing 11 million strong No Kings turnout are giving me a welcome feeling of relief that I expect to last all day. I am glad that I showed up and contributed to that 11 million.
June 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Images of Trump's failed parade and the amazing 11 million strong No Kings turnout are giving me a welcome feeling of relief that I expect to last all day. I am glad that I showed up and contributed to that 11 million.
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you mean violence from ICE, the National Guard, and Border Patrol, right? because that’s the violence we’re seeing right now
Violence must stop, and we need to keep the focus on protecting fundamental rights.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
June 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
you mean violence from ICE, the National Guard, and Border Patrol, right? because that’s the violence we’re seeing right now
Once a librarian, always a librarian. I must share this amazing website I found - a database of 801 manifestos from the arts. basemanart.com
Les manifestes artistiques et littéraires aux XXᵉ & XXIᵉ siècles - Base Manart
basemanart.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Once a librarian, always a librarian. I must share this amazing website I found - a database of 801 manifestos from the arts. basemanart.com
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Actual quote from the law-abiding student they’re deporting “for antisemitism” with no actual evidence of his antisemitism.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Actual quote from the law-abiding student they’re deporting “for antisemitism” with no actual evidence of his antisemitism.
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When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.
Trump is saying the negative effects of the tariffs are short term pain for long term gain. His supporters are buying it, but they think the short term pain is going to end in a few weeks, when that's probably about how long it will take for the pain to start.
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump is saying the negative effects of the tariffs are short term pain for long term gain. His supporters are buying it, but they think the short term pain is going to end in a few weeks, when that's probably about how long it will take for the pain to start.
News to LOVE
‘Yoda’ for scientists: the outsider ecologist whose ideas from the 80s just might fix our future
John Todd’s eco-machine stunned experts by using natural organisms to remove toxic waste from a Cape Cod lagoon. Forty years on, he wants to build a fleet of them to clean up the oceans
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Happy National Library Workers Day!
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National Library Workers Day: Libraries work because we do!
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April 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Happy National Library Workers Day!
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Trump is so openly corrupt it's making half of America forget what corruption even is.
March 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Trump is so openly corrupt it's making half of America forget what corruption even is.
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BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.
Keep sharing everywhere.
Keep sharing everywhere.
March 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.
Keep sharing everywhere.
Keep sharing everywhere.
"Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history
Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...