This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance.
gofund.me/f7704eb98
Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...
Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic.
GET YOUR MONEY!
Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form
Love this! Especially the last line: “Let us not ask what AI can do for Oberlin students, but what Oberlin students can do ourselves, while we still have the brain capacity to think on our own.”
Book wrapped in brown paper with a drawing of two penguins. Small penguin says, "Enjoy!"
One of the many things I love about my local indy bookstore is picking up a book I ordered. This made my day. 😀 #StillNorthBooks
I love it when lifting off the book jacket reveals a different illustration/design on the cover.
Check out the lovely surprise beneath the jacket of THE CLOUD THAT STUCK! This new picture book by @karenkrossing.com & @doroleung.bsky.social launches from @charlesbridge.bsky.social Apr.14th. #KidLit
agent, Lee O'Brien leaning on their elbow with a smile
Adult and YA writers! Don't miss out on this opportunity to get editorial and market feedback on your opening pages with Lee O'Brien @lookingglasslit.bsky.social in this upcoming workshop! Nonmember registration opens 4/1
app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...
#writingcommunity
“Why The Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Threatens Election Security Nationwide *** Buried in the Act is a mandate requiring every state to funnel voter data into a centralized voter-purge system plagued by security & accuracy concerns and controlled by the Trump administration.” By Jennifer Cohn 1/
We’re doing a query drive to raise money to help relieve acute food insecurity among families sheltering in place. Come through!
absolutely horrific, and now of course on top of everything else he has medical bills. link to help in the thread.
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
⚽️ It's STEALING THE SCORE release day! I'm excited to share this fun World Cup-themed soccer mystery
I'm so grateful to the many people who made this book possible, so I'm sharing the acknowledgements.
⚽️Order a signed copy from my indie bookstore, Prince Books: bit.ly/StheSPB
What we found is bleak. Attorneys told us they’re struggling to get information in to or out of ICE and Customs and Border Protection facilities, which are holding nearly 69,000 people this month. And detainees often are forced to choose between remaining in crowded, squalid conditions or leaving the country immediately. Judges in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have ordered the government to facilitate attorney-client communications at Homeland Security buildings. But attorneys say that doesn’t always happen. Even if detainees get the option, some worry they’ll be punished if they take it.
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
I've learned so much from every Inked Voices Opening Pages workshop I've participated in.
I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
Want your writing to be clear, concise and conversational? Here's a free, updated, 53-minute webinar of me sharing 10 tips to cut fluff from your copy.
If your work gets sleeker as a result, consider buying one of my books.
lnkd.in/gnu-kiJY
#copyediting #kidlit #editing #revision #megakidlit
Classroom #10! ALL donations are automatically doubled, so this project to build a diverse collection in a Texas classroom only needs $538 to be finished. We can do this and we can do it fast!
www.donorschoose.org/project/prov...
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
📣 Day 7 of #31DaysofAction is here!
Today, tell RFK Jr. - do NOT cancel $500mil in mRNA vaccine development!
We’ve got the tools to make it easy 👇
📞 Enter your info in the link below & we’ll call you right after. Example script provided!
act.standupforscience.net/call_campaig...
![Use and adapt our drafted comment below or write your own!
I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. The science is clear: greenhouse gases unequivocally harm our health and our environment. Weakening or repealing the Endangerment Finding will make it harder, and costlier to protect our communities from pollution and from the effects of climate change.
Optional: I care about this issue because [insert your personal reasoning here -e.g. "my father has COPD," "I recently lost my home to a devastating hurricane"]
I urge you to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and to apply science to protect our health and our environment for generations to come.
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Use and adapt our drafted comment below or write your own! I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. The science is clear: greenhouse gases unequivocally harm our health and our environment. Weakening or repealing the Endangerment Finding will make it harder, and costlier to protect our communities from pollution and from the effects of climate change. Optional: I care about this issue because [insert your personal reasoning here -e.g. "my father has COPD," "I recently lost my home to a devastating hurricane"] I urge you to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and to apply science to protect our health and our environment for generations to come. ****Remember, if you want to cite research to upload the paper as a file.****
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...
🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...
🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!)
#31days
A must watch. David Baldacci makes a powerful argument to protect books and authors against AI theft.
youtube.com/watch?v=0fPU...
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My book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT was published in 2020. It has the Trump/Epstein court files in it and a history of their joint transnational mafia ties. For five years, I have heard from former Trump voters who said this book -- specifically the Epstein documents -- changed their minds about him.
3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
Not that anyone cares, but now that JD Vance has cast the tiebreaking vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, I'm reupping these Vance quotes from 2017, in which he flatly declared that Medicaid cuts like these betray Trumpism's promises to the working class:
newrepublic.com/article/1954...
