Shannon Hale

Quick question does anyone know how to restore virtue to a decaying society

I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

The Disappearance of Young Adult Books and Services in Public Libraries: Book Censorship News, February 20, 2026 Teen collections in public libraries are disappearing. So, too, are professionals dedicated to serving this demographic.

Book banners are trying to create a world in which no one is able to imagine living lives different from their own

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

We need NYC-based authors/writers to use their skills to share the importance of public libraries in the 21st century. If this is you, write things and post them to all of your networks.

Also sign a letter to the City Council: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

It's you I like,
It's not the things you wear,
It's not the way you do your hair
But it's you I like
The way you are right now,
The way down deep inside you
Not the things that hide you,
Not your toys
They're just beside you.
But it's you I like

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

times like these, I gotta appreciate the tiny bits of magic

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

Never heard of this law before right this second but holy fuck if it does not 100% check out

It's awful and I'm so sorry

Horse girls, this is our year to fly. Last year we worked on shedding the skin that no longer served us. Now we let that fire always burning inside us blaze bonfire bright. Mount up. We’ve got shit to do on this planet.

today is 02-26-2026, and I don't know, that feels pretty cool

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

The great lie of patriarchy is that its purpose is to protect women and children, when in reality its to preserve women and children as belongings of the powerful men, to do with as they please.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

Yes mood!!

Picking up your phone is like walking into a room and forgetting why you went in there, but you stand in that room for an hour.

Hullo Kelly!

Yes I'm donating two copies to the school

three copies of the marvelous book THE GIRL WHO DRANKT HE MOON, showing a young girl in a dress in attitude of wonder and surrender, a large full moon behind her, paper birds flying about

When you're going through your bookshelves and discover you have three copies of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by @kellybarnhill.bsky.social

I'm the worst at remembering the data. The longest part of that article for me was re-researching everything so I could provide links. I wish I'd stored it all somewhere!

This I believe! Is there an article or study about it do you know? I'd love to see the evidence laid out.

I have no direct evidence that that's why they're being banned, but it's hard not to make that conclusion when the evidence clearly shows that sex education and openness about rape and SA prevent and heal. I know a lot of people are just afraid of uncomfortable topics, but I want to scream sometimes

Love you, Charlie Jane 💗

so well said, thank you

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across.

If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers.

If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

thanks Liesa <3