Daryl Mattson

Dispatches from the world of books and other media. Once called "more useful than the internet." Employed by Penguin Random House. Tweets are my own.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

A city ordinance banning public homosexuality has reached Rutherford County Libraries.

You read that correctly.

Now it is being used to potentially pull all LGBTQ+ books off of the shelves in a meeting Monday.

Subscribe to support my work, and read more. 🧵

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Danica Roem's race is being called, and she will become Virginia's first transgender Senator!

She was in a very hard fought race, where hecklers openly shouted transphobic slurs at her in town halls.

Anti-trans politics does not win elections.

Congratulations, Senator Roem!

[Daryl Mattson @TheHandsell]

So happy about this.

[Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica]

To the people of western Prince William County, the City of Manassas Park and the City of Manassas: I’m so grateful to continue serving my lifelong home community, now in the state Senate.

Thank you so, so much. It’s time to get back to work!

[Tyler the ✨𝓕𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓼𝓲𝓪𝓷✨ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @TylerAlbertario]

In June 1995, the Clinton White House was hosting a reception for openly gay elected officials and the Secret Service, fearful of contracting HIV/AIDS, processed them while wearing rubber gloves.

[Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5]

Let you in on a little secret: It's called walking.

[Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg]

The extent to which we’ve normalized “oh Trump just says crazy things” without actually internalizing that he generally tries to act on/encourage precisely the things he says is astounding. The press is failing Trump 2.0.

[Daryl Mattson @TheHandsell]

But can @Mike_Pence be in a room alone with one of his granddaughters?

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

There is no solution to child care that capitalism can provide. Families can't afford to pay any more, providers can't afford to pay any less, and workers make less than a barista for stressful, essential work. The only solution is public, universal child care access.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

I’m always proud of the people of @WCKitchen feeding humanity with empathy & respect…so when we talked about making a cookbook, we wanted to celebrate with dignity the stories of the people of WCK—and today I’m grateful to all of you, making our book #3 on @nytimes best seller!!

[Missy Elliott @MissyElliott]

.@flyanaboss “You Wish”
REEEEEMIX 👽👽👽🔥🔥🔥🔥🛸💃🏾
#757 VA Run it up🏃🏾‍♀️

[Heidi N. Moore @moorehn]

"U.S. COVID infections are hovering near levels of the pandemic’s first peak in 2020, and approaching the Delta peak of late 2021, according to wastewater surveillance and modeling by forecasters."

https://t.co/6NHR2u7vI3

[DaveHolmes.bsky.social @DaveHolmes]

I regret to inform myself I will only be flying American until I am on this man’s flight.

[Daryl Mattson @TheHandsell]

remember when he had to resign as Speaker due to ethics violations? What a joke this man is.

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

Newt Gingrich: "We are drifting towards the greatest constitutional crisis since the 1850s," Trump's indictment is "a desperate last ditch effort by a corrupt machine to destroy their most dangerous opponent. in a way which... breaks the Constitution, destroys the rule of law."

[Missy Elliott @MissyElliott]

Fun fact I had to go to a gas station in Brooklyn NY to get air in this blow up suit & the suit blew up so big I couldn’t fit in the car so I had to walk back to set down the street in this outfit in BROOKLYN😳 dem ppl was riding pass like she must be high😩🤣😂

[Daryl Mattson @TheHandsell]

Devastating

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

Authors often get most of the attention when it comes to issues around book banning and intellectual freedom, but those who really deserve the plaudits and attention are the teachers and librarians and community members doing the work every day to keep books available.
They often take far greater risks than any author in defense of intellectual freedom. So the next time you see a teacher or librarian, please thank them on behalf of authors, readers, and the communities they serve.

[Daryl Mattson @TheHandsell]

Bingo. They can’t win on the issues, so they resort to fear and the demonization of trans and queer people to get people out. Vile.

[The Downballot on Bluesky: @the-downballot.com @downballotnews]

In Ohio the anti-Issue 1 campaign ran ads explicitly about abortion, while yes avoided mentioning it directly while resorting to transphobia. https://t.co/7HqPUDGLWn

[Chanteezy! ♉️💛 @iamchanteezy]

Hillary Clinton was right about EVERYTHING. #HillaryWasRight

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

I don’t understand how COVID is spiking again after we’ve tried everything from pretending it’s over to pretending it never happened