The United States would not exist if George Washington hadn’t ordered his troops to be vaccinated.

We have spiraled back 250 years.

Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy

(Art: Charles M Schulz)

No Kings Protest Maine

A 98 year old World War 2 veteran, returned to his tank to destroy one last Nazi car. He has a message for Elon Musk, Tesla, Putin, Trump and the international regressive movement.

We crushed fascism before, and we'll crush it again, so let's go shall we? #3E #teslatakedown

It only takes 4 Republicans in the House, or 4 in the Senate to stop this.

They got so mad that it became socially taboo to use a handful of racist, sexist, homophobic, and ableist slurs, that they took over the federal government just so they could ban the words people use to express how racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism work and can be dismantled.

I mean…he’s not lying.

We know what’s going on here.

My favorite childhood book - I remembered that Judy was so lucky to live above an ice cream parlor. I didn’t remember that she stood up to her racist school friends. Now I love this book even more for teaching me to do the same.

🚨This is AMAZING: Watch this elderly woman DESTROY a young right wing YouTuber on his weak sauce immigration talking points.

Absolutely brilliant.
H/T @thetnholler.bsky.social

The perfect refuge from the chaos of the world? A library or bookstore—where silence reigns, stories thrive, and morons dare not tread.

Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”

A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:

STAND OUT

“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”

Ursula K. Le Guin .

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978