Charles Dabritz
@cdabvt.bsky.social
Middle School Librarian, Teacher, Dad & Geography nerd ( ‘13 NGS Grosvenor Teacher Fellow)
A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.
The AI-generated podcast paper is out! I generaetd podcasts from four different source documents and an PDF using NotebookLM and found that in every case it translated cultural contexts to a standard, white, American language and context. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Six years ago today, Banned Book Club was released. This book changed Hyun Sook and I's lives. And we have a special announcement to celebrate. This September, Iron Circus Comics is releasing a new full color edition, with colors by @amandalafrenais.com and a brand new 20 page followup story...
🚨🚨Important Vermont announcement- all the escalators in the state are broken. This is not hyperbole. ALL…2 are broken. One in a high school inside a former Macy’s:
'Cool but weird.' Macy's store transformed into school
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Students who once shopped at a downtown mall in Burlington, Vermont, are now attending high school in the former Macy’s department store, with gleaming white tile floors and esc...
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They are going to be called United Wizards…amazing name guys. Waiting on the corporate overlords at Hasbro to do the right thing and voluntarily recognize them.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3mo agoMagic: The Gathering Arena team unionizes at Wizards of the Coast aftermath.site/magic-the-gath...
"The Dispossessed has matured my political views, reshaped my values, and changed my life. Reading it showed me how to confront a political landscape increasingly hostile to productive dialogue." —Alec del Pino Gil-Casares in The Harvard Political Review
“The Averted Eye”: Le Guin’s Warning Against Power and Passivity - Harvard Political Review
Like in Le Guin’s imagined world, Anarres, even when our nation’s foundations are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, authoritarian structures materialize when we forget to reinforce solidari...
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McCarthy had a big impact on me after meeting him in college-I’ll do my best to carry on his teachings. Colman McCarthy, 87, Journalist Who Waged Peace in the Classroom, Dies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...
Colman McCarthy, 87, Journalist Who Waged Peace in the Classroom, Dies
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Excited to share the lightning talk programming line up for GameRT's Miniconference- happening on Twitch/Youtube on Friday, March 20 from 10:00 CT - 3:30 CT: games.ala.org/2026-march-m...
2026 MARCH MINI CON: Gaming Outside the Box – ALA Games and Gaming Round Table
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley
If you feel weird about being festive when the world's like this, we wrote a book for you about celebrating Christmas under a dictator. It wasn't a religious holiday in the days of curfew in Korea, it was an act of resistance. Here's an antifascist Christmas carol from No Rules Tonight.
"Christmas After Curfew" an original song from No Rules Tonight
YouTube video by Ryan Estrada
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“A book ban is un-American for this simplest reason: it takes a decision that belongs in the private space that exists between a person and their conscience and turns it into a public act of control.” A must-read post by Sharon McMahon substack.com/@sharonmcmah...
Sharon McMahon (@sharonmcmahon)
Book bans create a nation of permission seekers instead of critical thinkers. It is not the role of the government to pre-decide the information and stories citizens are allowed to encounter.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 8mo agoI just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
Our freedom to read is mutually entwined with all others-as it is eroded so too are our other fundamental freedoms.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 8mo agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case that allowed local officials to remove books deemed objectionable from public libraries. https://to.pbs.org/3KRnEz8
Walmart & Amazon should be forced to pay livable wages & provide health insurance (they often don't give their workers enough hours to qualify for health insurance which lowers their cost & increases profit because they are greedy assholes & our entire capitalist system is built for their benefit.
Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Everyone knows you can save money on books by checking them out at the library instead of buying them. But did you know that libraries can help you save on other things too?
7 surprising ways the public library can save you money
Baking pans, legal help, language classes and more — libraries can provide so much more than books. See if your local branch offers these free or discounted resources and services.
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Thanks, Charles, for letting me see my book on display at AASL! I'm overjoyed! I draw antifascist barnyard animals for book pics, so here's a normal barnyard frog.
Charles Dabritz@cdabvt.bsky.social · 10mo agoI’ve been waiting for my pre-order but I found this copy of Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and @ryanestrada.com at #AASL The publisher had an ARC- now I have some plane reading and a new book to talk up with students. (Fingers crossed the color editor is ready at home🤣)
I’ve been waiting for my pre-order but I found this copy of Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and @ryanestrada.com at #AASL The publisher had an ARC- now I have some plane reading and a new book to talk up with students. (Fingers crossed the color editor is ready at home🤣)
The energy of this Hank Green video raging against Sora (and GenAI in general) should be familiar to anyone who has mentioned AI anywhere near me in recent memory tl;dr - there is no fucking way this technology should be in the hands of the mfers in charge of these companies, its a dangerous scam
Still one of the best #BannedBooksWeek action steps I have ever taken. What actionable steps did you take this year? #libsky #edusky
Charles Dabritz@cdabvt.bsky.social · 3y agoOur school board is supportive of student's freedom to read, but they did not know about banned books week or the state of things nationally. If you have a supportive board - thank them and educate them. They will be happy for the informaiton (and they LOVE student voice).
People usually share only the funny stuff from The Daily Show- but please watch this clip of John and Tristan discuss the insane AI path we are on.
Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 10mo agoCHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology." Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Book banners always seem confused about how we can call something a ban if the books are still available elsewhere. I'll put this in a way they'll understand. When your outreach leader was barred from going within 2500 feet of a playground? Still a ban even though they sell slides on Amazon.
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow
“I know day-to-day life can take a toll, but we must not allow ourselves to fall into despair. If we do not allow ourselves to be divided up by Trump and his oligarch allies, we can change the path we are on. The choice is clear. Let’s stand together for democracy and justice.”
The American system is badly broken | Bernie Sanders
What we are witnessing right now is the rise of two Americas. One for the billionaire class. And one for everybody else
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