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What doesn't kill you calls you 6 months later.

Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators and Representative to demand Congress enact Medicare for All: S. 1506 (Senator Bernie Sanders) and H.R. 3069 (Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell). Click here to send them a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...

Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians. What to know, who is involved, and how you can act. bookriot.com/arkansas-act...

Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in ArkansasA Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.bookriot.com

What are you reading for #WITMonth? To celebrate Women in Translation Month, we have put together a discounted bundle of three titles from some of our favourite women authors and translators. Follow the link below to order now and stock your #TBRpile this August. bullaunpress.com/books/women-...

(free postage part of this offer for Ireland only)

Author, activist, social critic, Civil Rights pioneer, and LGBTQ+ icon #JamesBaldwin was born on this day in 1924. (Painting of James Baldwin, by Lyle Suter, at our #LangstonHughesLibrary in Corona.)

Older adults who have ever been behind bars are expected to live nearly 6 fewer years than similar peers who have never been incarcerated. Mass incarceration is shaving years off people's lives:

Played an interesting card game,”Notable Novelists of the 20th Century “. It was fun, came in 3rd place. (Out of 3).

ARCHIVISTS! Did you go to #SAA26 in New Orleans? Did you see the 2026 #Zine Table? Did you happen to take any photos of it? My zines were there(?), but unfortunately I was not. I would love to see how the table looked! Please share any photos you might have to please a simple zinester's heart.

Unite CarebearAlt: 5 carebears lined up and busting rainbows from their bellies as they do the carebear share. caption of the gif says 'sharing is caring.'static.klipy.com

We can & will build a world that isn’t run by technofascists. As real journalists, @prismreports.org is proud to push back against the so-called “inevitability” of AI. By donating today, you can help secure our future journalism in service of the people & the planet. tinyurl.com/2acazwnc

As I mentioned, I spent a lot of my down time on vacation doing data entry for a project to graph the number of StoryGraph reviews for all of the books I read in 2024, 2025, and this year so far. This was inspired by a friend on bookstagram and I just copied her graph format.

As part of Summer Streets, NYC PLAN will be tabling on Saturday, August 8th, with Library Freedom Project. We’ll be at the Harlem Rest Stop on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between 110th Street and 113th Street - come say hi!

I will be tabling during the 10 am to 1 pm timeslot and am bringing several "Fund Our Libraries" posters that people can have at no cost. bsky.app/profile/nycp...

absolute weirdos (not the good kind)

I guess our pears taste better when you roll them in dirt?

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Cherokee Nation is using opioid settlement money to help people rebuildCherokee Nation’s reentry program has helped thousands of formerly incarcerated tribal citizens reintegrate into society. Tribal leaders plan to use opioid settlement money to expand it.www.kosu.org

“We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness. Homelessness is fundamentally a housing issue.” Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins has until Aug. 3 to either sign or veto changes that would make it easier for police to arrest people for sleeping in public spaces, Alexandra Martinez reports.

Mayor Eileen Higgins should veto change to Miami encampment ban that could worsen homelessness, advocates sayThe mayor has until Aug. 3 to either sign or veto changes that would make it easier for police to arrest people for sleeping in public spacesprismreports.org