Sarah Bullion

My grad school mentor wrote this:

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Buy!

Boy, that must smart!

Rain Impacts and Preparation

It’s supposed to rain in LA over the next few days (and also next week). Take care to minimize mudslides and flooding. Especially in fire affected areas.

Do you need sandbags?

emergency.lacity.gov/rain-impacts...

Your Library's Hoopla Digital Collections Are Breaking Their Budget If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before.

Did you know your public library's hoopla digital collections are absolutely destroying their budget? That prices have gone up in some instances of over 400%, while library budgets have been stagnant or cut?

Everything you should know as a library user: bookriot.com/library-hoop...

OMG. The Diplomat on Netflix is so good!

It’s fine. It’s all fine.

Oooo! Can’t wait!

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

I love LA!

What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues. It’s very reasonable to be worried and trying to understand how to help. Here are some actionable suggestions for the short and medium…

This is good, on how to support trans & nonbinary folks right now.

medium.com/@sbearbergma...

You love to see it.

Omigod 🤣

Things CAN change on a dime. 🤞🏻 ¿Hay siempre esperanza?

Nice.
Or… no more Mr. Nice Subcontractor.

#union ✊🏻

I heard that too.

“HE’S SANTA’S FRIEND!!” 😭

Mores the pity. (Skips away)

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling that allows minors to receive gender-affirming medical care.

What’s even happening here?

It’s so difficult! Cause there’s the Right Way and then there’s having cats.

I had a Dutch friend who I would tease about their part in the atrocities and he would get quite upset. “IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME!”

Ask me about our conversation about “Black Peter, Santa’s Helper”.

Whelp

How many presents is the right amount for your most loved one?

We’re a little lean this Christmas but I’m thinking at least 3, including one treat.

I’d rather open several little presents than one big one.

I encourage folks who have some level of privilege—like my fellow straight white guys— to act when you see an opportunity to stand up to jerks who are being anti-trans, racist, anti-semitic, or homophobic.

Sometimes it’s as simple as saying:
“Stop that. You’re being a jerk.”

I can see the fires in Malibu from across the Bay in Redondo. 🙁

Will this be what it takes? I fear not.

He’s saying The Left is for “States Rights”? 🤔

“Salem is in part the story of what happens when a set of unanswerable questions meets a set of unquestioned answers.”