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OK, #BookSky While we're all processing 2025 in our own special ways, I want to know one thing. What was the weirdest book you read this year?
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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MIT is closing 3 libraries! Barker (Engineering) and Dewey (Management and Social Sciences) this June 2026, and Rotch Library (Architecture and Planning) will close in 2027
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
MIT is closing 3 libraries! Barker (Engineering) and Dewey (Management and Social Sciences) this June 2026, and Rotch Library (Architecture and Planning) will close in 2027
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Everyone is dunking on this piece but I think it's worth taking seriously. There's been good-faith debate among urbanists for years about whether free fares offer the best bang for the buck. It's OK to support a candidate and still subject their policies to scrutiny!
slate.com/business/202...
slate.com/business/202...
Zohran Mamdani Has Some Good Ideas for NYC Transit. His Biggest Promise Isn’t One of Them.
Riders don't want buses to be free. They want something else.
slate.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Everyone is dunking on this piece but I think it's worth taking seriously. There's been good-faith debate among urbanists for years about whether free fares offer the best bang for the buck. It's OK to support a candidate and still subject their policies to scrutiny!
slate.com/business/202...
slate.com/business/202...
The Rockwell tonight, 6PM, original theater by Queer Artists and Players!
www.eventbrite.com/e/48-hour-on...
www.eventbrite.com/e/48-hour-on...
48-Hour One-Act Festival
A small series of one-act plays, written, rehearsed, and performed within one singular weekend.
www.eventbrite.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Rockwell tonight, 6PM, original theater by Queer Artists and Players!
www.eventbrite.com/e/48-hour-on...
www.eventbrite.com/e/48-hour-on...
Finding out Zohran Mamdani's mom Mira Nair, is a famous filmmaker and director of movies including Monsoon Wedding (2001), The Namesake (2006), Amelia, an Amelia Earhart biopic in 2009, and Queen of Katwe (2016) 😍🤩 🔥
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Finding out Zohran Mamdani's mom Mira Nair, is a famous filmmaker and director of movies including Monsoon Wedding (2001), The Namesake (2006), Amelia, an Amelia Earhart biopic in 2009, and Queen of Katwe (2016) 😍🤩 🔥
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
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Utah Republicans accidently did an honest scientific and medical review of the evidence behind youth gender care instead of the overtly political reports done by the UK government and federal HHS.
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Utah Republicans accidently did an honest scientific and medical review of the evidence behind youth gender care instead of the overtly political reports done by the UK government and federal HHS.
Whelp, for the love of books and actual knowledge, I will be removing this book from the new reads browsing section and relegating it to the dusty stacks and obscurity
#booksky 💙 📚
#booksky 💙 📚
May 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Whelp, for the love of books and actual knowledge, I will be removing this book from the new reads browsing section and relegating it to the dusty stacks and obscurity
#booksky 💙 📚
#booksky 💙 📚
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Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name
Pope Tony(s) V
Pope Tony(s) V
Pope Kebab VII
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name
Pope Cantaloupe IV
Pope Cantaloupe IV
May 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name
Pope Tony(s) V
Pope Tony(s) V
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so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?
May 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?
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Republicans aren’t pushing prayer and the Ten Commandments in schools to teach values—they’re trying to hijack public education to push their agenda.
Our kids aren’t pawns in their culture war. They deserve knowledge, not indoctrination.
#DontDefundPublicSchools
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our kids aren’t pawns in their culture war. They deserve knowledge, not indoctrination.
#DontDefundPublicSchools
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Republicans aren’t pushing prayer and the Ten Commandments in schools to teach values—they’re trying to hijack public education to push their agenda.
Our kids aren’t pawns in their culture war. They deserve knowledge, not indoctrination.
#DontDefundPublicSchools
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our kids aren’t pawns in their culture war. They deserve knowledge, not indoctrination.
#DontDefundPublicSchools
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
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at least i can say i left it all on the fucking field man. anyway you can improve the ~sales track~ here bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
bookshop.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
at least i can say i left it all on the fucking field man. anyway you can improve the ~sales track~ here bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
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“The Trump administration recently notified the tribal library that it was canceling two grants that account for the vast majority of its budget. That left the staff no choice but to cancel all future events – and dramatically reduce their hours.”
#AlaskaBlueSky #AlaskaSky
#AlaskaBlueSky #AlaskaSky
Tribal libraries across Alaska slash hours and programming amid Trump's cuts
It's not yet clear how widespread the cancellations are across Alaska – or the country more broadly.
www.ktoo.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“The Trump administration recently notified the tribal library that it was canceling two grants that account for the vast majority of its budget. That left the staff no choice but to cancel all future events – and dramatically reduce their hours.”
#AlaskaBlueSky #AlaskaSky
#AlaskaBlueSky #AlaskaSky
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It’s a pure fallacy to say that the best way to become immune is by getting infected. Even more bonkers in the case of measles is that the measles virus can wipe out ALL former immunity to other infections, meaning even if you don’t get that sick from measles you’re gonna get sick all the time after
The total illogic of telling people to get infected to prevent the same infection.
“It used to be, when I [was] a kid, that everybody got #measles,” he [RFK Jr] told the Fox News host. “And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection.”
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-wish...
“It used to be, when I [was] a kid, that everybody got #measles,” he [RFK Jr] told the Fox News host. “And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection.”
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-wish...
RFK Jr.’s Wish Is Coming True: Everybody’s Getting Measles
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 884 across 29 states.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It’s a pure fallacy to say that the best way to become immune is by getting infected. Even more bonkers in the case of measles is that the measles virus can wipe out ALL former immunity to other infections, meaning even if you don’t get that sick from measles you’re gonna get sick all the time after
April 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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‘Clean Slate,’ the first sitcom to star a transgender actor, is canceled after one season
www.sfchronicle.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.sfchronicle.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
‘Clean Slate,’ first sitcom to star a transgender actor, is canceled
The last sitcom from legendary producer Norman Lear made its debut on Prime Video in...
www.sfchronicle.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‘Clean Slate,’ the first sitcom to star a transgender actor, is canceled after one season
www.sfchronicle.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.sfchronicle.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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“every border implies the violence of its maintenance” includes gender
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“every border implies the violence of its maintenance” includes gender
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As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption
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The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price*
April 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price*
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Transness isn’t a monolith, and whether you’re part of the community or an ally, listening to each other has always been the way forward. Consider adding a memoir to your #TRR25 TBR! Got more recs? You know what to do. 😽
#booksky #transrightsreadathon
#booksky #transrightsreadathon
March 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Transness isn’t a monolith, and whether you’re part of the community or an ally, listening to each other has always been the way forward. Consider adding a memoir to your #TRR25 TBR! Got more recs? You know what to do. 😽
#booksky #transrightsreadathon
#booksky #transrightsreadathon
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