This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police
Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War
Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.
Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social
Hey, friends, I need your help for a fellow indie author:
We're looking for someone who can provide a sensitivity read for a Mexican American character. The author wants general support in how the character and his family are portrayed in this contemporary romance. Paid, of course.
Thank you!
Poster for LOCAL AUTHOR EXPO Saturday, April 25, 11am-1:30pm Bladensburg Library
@pgcmls.bsky.social LOCAL AUTHOR EXPO
Saturday, April 25, 11am-1:30pm
Bladensburg Library
More details here: www.pgcmls.info/event/15921817
Author list & bios here: drive.google.com/file/d/1uTnY...
#libraries #writers #readers #books #bladensburg #pgcounty
Really interesting, thanks!
Today we are THRILLED to announce the full panel schedule for our upcoming virtual conference, Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! Keep reading this thread or head over to weeknightwriters.com/2026/04/18/s... for the full details! 1/?
it's national library week, please go ask your local public librarians for a book recommend; we need a break from the photocopier. #booksky
A cream Shiba Inu sits on a pile of cherry blossom petals on a sidewalk
Georgie in the pink
A Great Blue Heron takes flight. It's wings are concave as it is lifting into flight.
I saw a nice Great Blue Heron yesterday. I kept clicking as he departed and got a shot where the wings are perfectly concave. Fun, fun click to get!
#birds #GreatBlueHeron
Given the normal pigeon "nests" I would argue the spikes improved things.
There is not much contemporary evidence that we have meaningful coalition partners in the US beyond LGBTQ and Jewish voters.
And you can’t dismiss everyone who notes this constant political betrayal as privileged and complicit. Because deep down you know it’s not true. And you know we’ve noticed.
mRNA technology may be THE most underrated and unfairly scrutinized (fuck you COVID antivax crew) medical breakthrough in my lifetime.
Like... The things this is already showing it can do in the last 5-7 years is incredible.
She is ornamental as a cat, and that will save her.
I got our library to show the documentary! 🤗
Meme from “Star Wars: Rogue One”. 1st panel: A large droid (labeled “Daylight Saving Time”) looks down at the camera and says “Congratulations! You are being rescued!”. 2nd panel: A woman (labeled “Daylight, not in any particular danger”) looks up at the droid with an appearance of slight confusion and perhaps worry. 3rd panel: The droid still looks down at her and adds “Please do not resist”.
Save Standard Time! Restore balance to the clock!
A tabby kitten sits on Loïs Mailou Jones's right shoulder, watching intently as her human works on a canvas.
Artist and educator Loïs Mailou Jones in her studio with her cat, c. 1937–38. #Caturday
americanart.si.edu/artist/lo%C3...
Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot, Preeti Chhibber, funny and sharp
Dead in Long Beach, California, Venita Blackburn, full of grief and invention
DO YOU READ QUEER BOOKS WOMEN AND OTHER CREATURES STORIES DAni FINN IF NOT 米 米 * * * YOU SHOULD THEY ARE THE BEST
danifinn.itch.io/women-and-ot...
To download the Seeds of Violence lesson on Palestine and Israel. — Buffalo, New York I needed a good lesson on the U.S.-Mexico War and thought the ZEP lesson was great. — Rexburg, Idaho Looking for class activities to teach about environmental racism and human rights. — Macon, Georgia I absolutely love that this exists! The lesson plans here are full of true history, radical analysis, and critical thought. This is the kinda stuff everyone should be learning! — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#FridayReport: This week 183 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Trinity, AL; Los Angeles and Palmdale, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Macon, GA; Rexburg, ID; Marion, IA; Wichita, KS; Buffalo, NY; Coos Bay, OR; Dyersburg, TN; Milwaukee, WI, & many more. Some reasons why. ⬇️ 🧵
An orange cover of my book with a blue pickup truck and a curvy girl in a purple pant suit beside a grumpy guy with his arms folded.
My latest book, While You Were Seething, is out now! The last of my curvy girl romcom series is here at last. It‘s enemies to lovers, it has only one elevator and only one tent and road tripping. He’s a romance writer! And you can get it at these places!
read.macmillan.com/lp/while-you...
Burgundy graphic with quote "“The time stolen from me by the U.S. government belongs not just to me, but to the children and youth I have dedicated my life to advocating for. With them in mind, I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States – all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights.” The quote is attributed to Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk, Scholar unlawfully detained by the Trump administration for her speech, on her decision to return home to Türkiye. Below the quote is a photo of Dr. Öztürk in graduation garb, standing in front of a book shelf.
Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk has returned to Türkiye after completing her Ph.D. program in child study and human development.
Last year, her life was disrupted when ICE targeted her unlawfully with detention and deportation in retaliation for an op-ed she co-wrote in support of Palestinian human rights.
I'm reading this absolute tome right now I don't mean just a big book I mean like a tome with a palpably malevolent aura around it and I want to read it on the subway but I just know I'll be photographed with my tome and posted with some fuckass caption like "bro thinks he's a warlock"
I’ve been reccing Jesus and John Wayne since I read it!
Against a black background of golden outlined small flowers , a central image of four young people in fuschia, one holding a fan, and aSeattle landmarks below
Enjoyed very much his teen graphic novel Flamer, so am excited to start Gaysians by Mike Curato, adult level debut. Moving to Seattle in 2003, AJ develops strong friendships and chosen family which will be sorely needed. What can you share this #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙
Don’t allow anyone to tell you that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants “doesn’t classify” as self-care.
*swivels a chair around and sits on it backward to connect with the kids*
I think you should stop worrying about LOOKsmaxxing and start worrying about BOOKsmaxxing
Excerpt from statement: The c’iyaal’s are showing us the way forward. They have returned to a place that was taken from them. In this, they are not so different from the Klamath Tribes. The survival of these fish, along with c’waam and koptu, was promised to the Klamath Tribes in the Treaty of 1864. We continue to fight for this land and the revival of all treaty-guaranteed resources promised to us through the Treaty and the United States Constitution Article VI, Clause 2. This milestone signifies another step toward restoring a sustainable fishery in the Upper Klamath Basin and reconnecting Klamath Tribes members with an essential source of medicinal and cultural resources, and subsistence to feed the people. The c’iyaal’s survival is not just an environmental story. It is a continuation of our own.
The Indigenous nations on the river, who led the decades-long effort to remove the dams, have been issuing touching statements: klamathtribes.org/the-klamath-...
A very light brown belly and sides on this little sparrow. Its head and neck feathers are black and its wings are dark brown. The bird has a small mealworm in its beak.
Very much borb with a snack.
Dark-eyed juncos are so darn cute.
#birds Southern California
BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.
The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.
Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.
