By My Prison’s Standards, the Bible Should Be a Banned Book Today, more than 50,000 books are banned in prison. At Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the book ban is getting to be ridiculous.

"Prisons all over the United States are withholding books from prisoners, but not because they contain contraband. Books are becoming harder to receive based on their content."

this is a v helpful resource, ty!

If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

NO KINGS Montclair NJ · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Join the Montclair Dems, BluewaveNJ and a dozen local grassroots groups as gather as a community to say No Kings. We were 8,000+ strong for Hands O...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Montclair NJ” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Dr. Badar Khan Suri officially freed from ICE detention.

LOOK MA, NO HANDS, @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social
THE DRY SEASON, @melissafebos.bsky.social
I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN, @maris.bsky.social
THE TEN-YEAR AFFAIR, @somers.bsky.social

Hey @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I keep adding stops on our tour of spots where Republican Congressmen are hiding and refusing to hold town halls.

Saturday morning we will be in Sarasota, Florida. We are already near capacity, so hustle to RSVP or follow the livestream here.

Chris Murphy wants to block Trump from profiting off meme coins Murphy's bill would ban presidents and members of Congress from selling meme coins, a form of cryptocurrency inspired by internet phenomena.

Oh DAMN! That is a great video clip!

Senator Chris Murphy has been doing very impressive work recently. He and Rep. Maxwell Frost have been touring GOP districts whose representatives have refused to hold town halls. Just this week he introduced the anti-crypto-bribery MEME Act.

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

🧢 @trumpfile.org

Trump's Justice Department launches criminal probe into Letitia James, multiple sources say New York Attorney General Letitia James pursued the civil fraud case against President Trump while he was a presidential candidate.

As a former AUSA and federal criminal trial lawyer, I’m here to tell you that no prior Administration would have publicly announced a criminal investigation of an individual before there was an indictment.

www.cbsnews.com/news/letitia...

ICE dragged a mother from her home in Massachusetts—clinging to her baby—without showing a warrant or ID.

When neighbors demanded proof, ICE sneered, “We don’t have to show you anything.”

That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sponsored kidnapping.
This is fascism & it’s terrifying.

They don't need a warrant A federal kidnapping in Worcester

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

Love Your Mother Earth Mushroom Party – Museum of the Moving Image Join MoMI, the New York Mycological Society, and more special guests on Mother’s Day weekend to celebrate Mother Earth and observe the third kingdom of life: fungi.

Any New Yorkers with a thing for mushrooms (or Bjork) this is not to be missed movingimage.org/event/love-y...

The Teeming Earth | Los Angeles Review of Books Bathsheba Demuth reviews Ferris Jabr’s “Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life.”

Much gratitude to the eloquent @brdemuth.bsky.social for this beautiful and astute new review of Becoming Earth in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social 🙏 💙📚

lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Ed Yong on the Pandemic’s Legacy on Science Research and Reporting | KQED As part of our series looking at the legacy of the pandemic five years on, we talk to Ed Yong about how COVID changed our relationship with health news, reporting and research.

I’ve had a several dozen requests to write or be interviewed about the 5th anniversary of Covid and said no to all of them… except this one with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social. Here’s our chat on the things we’ve memory-holed, and where we go from here.

www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Poster for described event with photos of authors Ferris Jabr and Ed Yong on either side of the paperback cover of Becoming Earth. Text reads: Ferris Jabr joined in conversation by Ed Yong. Saturday, May 10: 4 to 5:30 PM. SF Botanical Garden, Celebration Garden."

On Saturday, May 10, 4PM, the phenomenal @edyong209.bsky.social is joining me to discuss Becoming Earth in the gorgeous San Francisco Botanical Garden (Celebration Garden). We'll be selling and signing books, too.

More than 200 people have signed up so far! Info + tickets: gggp.org/event/becomi...

Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.

Wisconsin State Supreme Court PROJECTED WINNER Susan Crawford Decision Desk HQ

We deserved some good news!

This is the good stuff.

Cover of book "More than Words" by John Warner

In his new book, John Warner explores what it means to be a writer in a world where ChatGPT is ubiquitous. In general his views align nicely with my own.

For someone using our online tutorial thebullshitmachines.com in an English or writing course, Warner's book would be a great reading.

Stand Up for Science day nationwide. Find events at the link. standupforscience2025.org

You first.

When I wrote Friday’s debrief, I kept thinking about the importance of “small lonely actions”

I could not find the link back to an essay that had inspired me - but I found it!! thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lon...

Hey: If you made it through the week, and you tried to do some things to help other people — large or small — where you could, and you need to hear it, I’m here to tell you thank you. Get some rest. Figure out today, then figure out tomorrow.

Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...

File an appear with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) soonest, so you have an appeal on file. Then find legal representation. Civil Service Strong (civilservicestrong.org) has links to resources. Please keep us posted, and let us know how we can help.

🚨 We are mobilizing for a NEW national day of protest— March 4th Against Monarchy!

Find organizing resources and more at linktr.ee/fiftyfiftyon....

@polrev.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne

Choose Democracy: resources to promote democracy Regular people can stop an undemocratic power grab, but only if we prepare and together, we choose democracy.

If you're looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as well as some other useful resources) here's a thread of where to start.

1. Check out Choose Democracy's website with incredible guides on action you can take: choosedemocracy.us

except from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT on how it's a coup

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.

Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...