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Linden the Guerrilla Librarian

@guerillalibrarian.bsky.social

Service dog handler, inclusive feminist, disability-retired librarian, disability advocacy. Mild Cognitive Impairment. WW. BP l. USA. Board member serving Psychiatric Service Dog partners: PSDP (psych.dog).

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 2d ago

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

Russell Stover has begun using prison labor to make candy in Kansas A Russell Stover candy factory in Kansas has begun hiring incarcerated workers through a work release program, Eoin Higgins reports in his newsletter, The Flashpoint. About 150 women are bussed in from the Topeka Correctional Facility and paid $14 an hour, but the prison keeps some of their wages for room and board, taxes, transportation, and other expenses. When all is said and done, they take home less than $6 per hour. These deductions are high, but elsewhere in the country, they're even higher: In our May series on prison
Vilissa Thompson@vilissathompson.bsky.social · yesterday

Happening TONIGHT!!! Hope to see you there! Register + schedule - www.bklynlibrary.org/uprising-dow...

Uprising Downfall | Brooklyn Public Library

On October 10, come to Central Library for a late-night teach-in about political resilience and hope, featuring music, performances and refreshments. Join us for conversations, readings and debates lo...

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Vilissa Thompson@vilissathompson.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's going down tomorrow (Sat., 10/10) at the Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch! Join us tomorrow evening for the Uprising/Downfall event, where incredible conversations will take place! Register + more info - www.bklynlibrary.org/uprising-dow... #Speaker #Panels #Events #Disability

Event graphic of Vilissa and her fellow panelists and moderator. Details on the flyer are about the event, which can also be found via the link shared.
Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 2d ago

Personal will & discipline are not all it takes to manage an actual disability that places real limits on us like madness. Managing it requires treatment by a psychiatrist prescribing me medications I take & therapy. But bipolar people all learn we must be serious about routine, & use willpower.

PF Anderson@pfanderson.bsky.social · 2d ago

I wish personal will was all it took to stay in balance. It can help, a lot, but it’s a big messy world, and bodyminds are complicated. I’m grateful for you, your insights, your creativity, your books. Wishing you well on your journey.

✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪@jongraywb.blacksky.app · 2d ago

Early morning means listening to raindrops from the passing storm outside my window as they hit the ground. Hearing my dog quietly and rhythmically snore in peace on one of my shirts. Listening to honking geese pass us all by… You made it to see one more day. … Find ways to rediscover your peace.

Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2d ago

I would like to very slowly explain to the (many) people in my life that if going to the hospital would fix me, I would just do that and get fixed however, the word 'chronic' in chronic illness is kind of a big clue 🫩🫩

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d ago

“If you’re really that sick you should be in the hospital” Please stop saying this to chronically ill people. If we went to the hospital every time we suffered, we would live there. Hospitals can’t help us and they often make us worse. We are on our own, and being subtly gaslit doesn’t help.

Johnathan Perkins@johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2d ago

Any historian, lawyer or scholar with even a little knowledge of how fascism has been installed throughout history—sees what’s happening in the U.S. Project 2025 author Voight crafted the overhaul meticulously stepwise. Normalizing public executions is one step. Track P2025: project2025.observer/en

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fotos la sirena@fotoslasirena.bsky.social · 2d ago

So I know this is psychiatry not psychology, but the premise stands. I have lots of friends whose therapists don’t “get” or outright dismiss the ways racism traumatizes us. Consider that professionals are actually being prevented from learning that which might help us. White supremacy y’all…

Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X
Linden the Guerrilla Librarian@guerillalibrarian.bsky.social · 2d ago

Rogue and I got out for a walk yesterday. She had a blast. Much sniffing and many tail wags. I noticed a bush that has leaves like my Mexican bird of paradise. The blooms are gorgeous. I might ask this neighbor for some seed pods. The hummingbirds and bees were all over it. I want it!

Red/orange Mexican bird of paradise blooms. They flower in a loose bunch. This one had 7 blooms. A very scruffy small blue standard poodle laughs as we pause during a neighborhood walk.
AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social@affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 2d ago

So many days to celebrate today! Angel Food Cake Day! A good thing to find a slice of left out in the back yard where a coyote can find it. Hint, hint. nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...

NATIONAL ANGEL FOOD CAKE DAY

Get ready for a heavenly celebration! On October 10, we honor the lightest, airiest, and most ethereal dessert on the planet. It's National Angel Food Cake Day, a time to enjoy the wonderfully fluffy ...

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Mincepies@mincepies8888.bsky.social · 2d ago

USA Vote: URGENT Registration ends: TODAY - OK 13th - DC, MD, NJ, OR, WV 14th - WI 16th - NE 19th - AL, DE, SD, WY, PA, CA 23rd - ID, UT, VA,TX Help/Info Desk: www.votefromabroad.org Citizens abroad request ballot by e mail. Please copy/paste everywhere to remind other Americans. Vote Vote Vote

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY@wtalabi.com · 3d ago

Africanfuturism is an anchor point for science fiction that is not just by Africans, or set in Africa, but about Africa. This is an excellent sampler from my brilliant publisher @dawbooks.bsky.social Its a great deal! www.humblebundle.com/books/africa...

African Futurism: Nnedi Okorafor, Wole Talabi, and Adam Oyebanji by DAW Books

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 3d ago

Not just vile experiments and Mississippi appendectomies (forced sterilization) but there's tons of data on medical racism now -- COVID, birthing care, the lingering racisms about Black folks and pain, what isn't taught in med school, etc. and yeah, white folks-- NOT the same basis. I wonder+

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · last mo.

So yeah it’s not the same thing when Black people are conspiratorial, because (this is true in many sectors), we have documented evidence that they are out to get us & use us in subhuman ways. White people’s medical conspiracy theories are, like their others, largely rooted in ignorance & malice.

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d ago

Wow! Texts are super rare for the Hittites, basically there’s just one archive and it’s 95% lists of prayer sacrifices to mountain gods, so this is really, really exciting!

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 3d ago

184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...