Leanna James Blackwell

To all who celebrate this historic day

NO KINGS - Boston Pride · No Kings June 14th has been called as the next 50501 and Indivisible National Day of Action. This is Trump’s birthday and it is also the date of Boston Pride. [Mass 50501](http://mass50501.com) invites other...

Can’t say I ever paid much attention to Flag Day (despite the efforts of my primary school) - but this one is different. Boston PRIDE and No Kings March: I’ll be there with my fam!

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But only sour dill. Sweet pickles, never.

States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump's executive order dismantling the IMLS "disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government."

Celebrate every victory. I’m celebrating this one!

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I used to feel that way as a kid leaving the city library after my weekly visit. Except I had to return the rocks

Team Krissy here.

A very good day

Listen. I believe ardently in criticizing our leaders for their failures and inaction but if you refuse to acknowledge their efforts when they do make them and if you refuse to recognize a step in the right direction, you don’t really want change. You just want to complain.

CHAPTER 28

Same, Gary.

Friday is just the beginning, friends.

Look at this leader. Lift her up.

Know Your Rights (Remastered) by The Clash on Apple Music Song · 1982 · Duration 3:40

Know your rights

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“Goodness is viral…”

Good advice

Hugs to you, Susan ❤️

It's so important to do what @tupelopress.bsky.social is doing here. At Literary Mama, we're not going to compromise on these values, either. As Tupelo Press puts it (in alt text as well), "compliance with the new regulations would be immoral."

Same here. Can’t fathom it!

5 Calls Newsletter The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter and downloaded the app, which provides templates to use when calling our representatives about the issues we care about. It’s really helpful when wondering where to begin amid the onslaught coming at us every day. Time to get calling…!

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Favorite review of any movie ever for all time

Good to know, Split Lip!

The World’s on Fire. Can We Still Talk About Books? - Electric Literature The role of literature in a year when every week brought a new atrocity

After last night’s National Book Awards, not to mention the last few weeks, I revisited this 2018 piece by @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social about making and consuming books and art during difficult, world-on-fire times.

electricliterature.com/the-worlds-o...

Hello from a fellow edit-as-I-goer…

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, Maggie O’Farrell

All of Claire Keegan’s work

Bee Sting, Paul Murray

Exactly. Same is true for book, film, dance, art, and theater criticism. You can read snippets, watch clips, check out audience “ratings,” but that won’t help you understand anything.

Yet again, Sari Botton’s Oldster Magazine blows me away with another gorgeous essay. Starina Catchatoorian’s piece about being a musician, a teacher, and a midlife woman without children pierced my heart: open.substack.com/pub/oldster/...

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a year of peace, good books, warm friendships, creative discoveries, and all the moments of joy you can stand ✨

A dream of mine to live in London! I’m interested in everything about your experience.

Thank you, @rokwon.bsky.social!

24 hours starts now. please don’t cross our picket line.