Cara Barker

academic librarian, walking film encyclopedia, romance reader, fabric hoarder, LEGO maker, & PS5 player (she/her)

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Workers are so underpaid that they're literally homeless and sleeping in their cars just to survive—and rather than conduct investigative journalism into the corporations exploiting working people—@nytimes calls it "a form of affordable housing."🤦🏽‍♂️

Utter failure in journalism.😐

[Our Flag Means Death @OurFlagOnMax]

Get those motherf*cking glasses ready by Thursday 🏴‍☠️

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

NBC News confirms: UAW President Shawn Fain has filed a complaint against Republican Tim Scott with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that Scott violated the rights of his campaign staff by threatening their federally-protected right to strike.

[Altha Jane Cravey @LocoCravey]

Live tweets of the dismantling of public higher ed:

[afropessimism apologist @queendurag]

I’m big into demystifying the processes of everything. I don’t believe most things are an individual effort.

Here’s how our group is writing our statements of purpose for Ph.D application— share with your people and create groups of support!

We don’t have to do this alone.

[Writers Guild of America East @WGAEast]

Agreeing to the WGA’s proposal would cost Warner Bros. Discovery an estimated $45M a year… #WGAstrike

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics)
Enjoy the #supermoon !

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

No surprises that the unconstitutional rules were developed in an illegally called meeting and suggested by a guy who sent a robocall in his district completely making up heinous lies about his colleagues. #ImShocked https://t.co/QMOAxtuNL6

[Paul Feig @paulfeig]

The man who shot her was tearing down her pride flag. Lauri walked out and asked him “Why do you need to do this?” He ranted at her with anti-gay inventive and she asked him again “But why do you need to do this?” And then he shot her twice in the chest. There’s no agenda here.

[Dyjuan Tatro @DyjuanTatro]

Let me help MSNBC out:

San Francisco elected a pro-police,“tough on crime” DA in a billionaire sponsored recall & violent crime is soaring as a result. https://t.co/QHZDnuImzo

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Tax prep giants are terrified. Their lobbyists are working overtime to try to keep the federal government from finally providing an easy, free way to file taxes. But we’re at a historic moment where we can get this done—so let’s keep pushing.
https://t.co/FCb6RqHb6c

[Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman]

As of today, there are about half a dozen books being sold on Amazon, with my name on them, that I did not write or publish. Some huckster generated them using AI. This promises to be a serious problem for the book publishing world. https://t.co/YXcMlJeTMV

[Leah Greenberg says NO KINGS ❌👑 @Leahgreenb]

This right here! The record is clear. Red state legislators banning abortion are doing the bidding of extremists, not their constituents.

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

This quote, from @benschwartz_’s piece in @thenation about Jason Aldean, captures this scary/stupid moment we’re all trapped in.

[Whoa Interesting @WhoaInteresting]

The situation in the Japanese city of Nara during a downpour.

[LeVar Burton @levarburton]

Good morning to all y’all, except those members of the Florida Board of Education who voted for this bullshit!
#bydhttmwfi
https://t.co/i2uQd4nX5W

[Lynda Carter @RealLyndaCarter]

This is a painful chapter in the lives of artists everywhere.

Most actors & creatives don’t make millions. Many who make magic on-screen struggle to make ends meet.

It’s easy to take this for granted at the top. We can’t have art w/o a sustainable future for artists. #SAGAFTRA

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

I want everyone to keep in mind that this ruling comes from a situation that never happened. Yup, a hypothetical story from a bigoted lady’s mind was used to now decide that businesses can discriminate against LGBTQ+ folks.