@bookriot.bsky.social has concrete steps you can take to fight this censorship bill. bookriot.com/hr7661-advan...

The Nationwide Book Ban Bill Moves to the House: How to Take Action Now

The nationwide book ban bill, HR 7661, has progressed out of committee and into the House. Here's what you need to know to take action.

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Rutherford County library director Juanne James’s stand against a vote to relocate more than 190 titles draws national support as the board weighs firing her. https://mrf.lu/rMQW

How about some neutral-leaning-good news? Brooklyn Public Library is making funding available for libraries across the US who want to develop freedom to read programming for young people. It's open to any library, with a note that small and rural libraries are especially encouraged to apply.

During the current extraordinary surge of book-banning efforts, committed advocacy by library ­workers & their allies is stemming the tide of censorship attempts in both school & public libraries, with more & more states enacting anti-book-ban laws. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/06/02/b...

Banning the Book Bans | American Libraries Magazine

Advocacy efforts are stemming the tide of censorship attempts in libraries, with more states enacting anti-book-ban laws.

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Come join me and at least 150 people at the Edgewater Public Library to protect those coming in for Drag Story Hour! Support and follow @transupfrontil.com!!

Today! Support our @afscme siblings at CPL!

"Democracies are not to be taken for granted, and the institutions that support democracy should not be taken for granted." #FreePeopleReadFreely Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today. www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by Trump

Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, ...

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150 - IMLS destruction feat. Kelly Jensen We’re talking with @heykellyjensen.bsky.social about the IMLS executive order and fallout. www.librarypunk.gay/e/150-imls-d...

A Timeline and Update on the Institute for Museum and Library Services: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

A Timeline and Update on the Institute for Museum and Library Services

We are a little over two months into the dismantling of the only federal agency dedicated to libraries, and the news has been coming at a pace no one could...

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This development is welcome news - but it is limited and temporary. We will not rest until IMLS and its funding are fully restored. #ForOurLibraries (2/2)

For 225 years, the Library of Congress has collected America’s stories and kept Congress informed. The American Library Association stands with America’s library.

“In an alarming sign for LGBTQ people, it was clear that at least three of the justices believe that describing queer people accurately — acknowledging their equal existence — amounts to taking sides or trying to ‘influence’ children.”

SCOTUS conservatives seem eager to increase parents' religious rights in public schools

Tuesday's arguments over Montgomery County schools' story-time sessions included alarming questions about LGBTQ people.

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And here we have it: the end game to banning all those LGBTQ+ books. It never really was about getting rid of books. It’s always been about getting rid of people.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last yr.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

If I see another article about birth rates that refuses to grapple with the way having children systematically disadvantages women I swear to god. There is no mystery. Stop pretending there is. We’ve got to do away with credulity for nonsense.

Not only is it _certain_ that both the head of the FBI and the head of DOJ will act unconstitutionally if ordered to, but we have reached the point at which the considerably more immediate question is whether _Pete Hegseth and the United States Armed Forces_ will follow unconstitutional Trump orders

The Briefing with Jen Psaki@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · last yr.

@garrykasparov.bsky.social: “While I agree about the strength of American democracy… don't take it for granted. They will try to control the election process in 2026… There's one question many Americans are afraid to ask: Do you believe Bondi and Patel will follow unconstitutional Trump orders?”

Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.

I sure hope no one is still teaching information literacy and/or research skills with "you can trust sites with .gov" addresses because you sure as hell cannot.

School librarians are an equity issue: youtu.be/Gy01tgLXXew?...

School Librarians: An Equity Issue

YouTube video by Keith Curry Lance

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Trump is defying a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling against him. The Constitutional Crisis is no longer some abstract idea, it's right here staring us in the face.

Being a librarian was already hard. Than came the Trump Administration. #TLSky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administration

Already facing burnout and book bans, librarians face a ‘catastrophe’ for institutions deemed central to democracy

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You guys, they're not stupid They're doing propaganda When they lie through their teeth, they are doing propaganda Do you think the people behind Big Brother in 1984 were stupid? Big Brother says lots of nonsensical shit. It's called p r o p a g a n d a

Check out our friends!

Librarians = Literacy@librariansequallit.bsky.social · last yr.

#schoollibraries #schoollibrarians #librariansequalliteracy #librarianadvocacy

BREAKING: Earlier this evening, our big bargaining team and executive board voted in favor of the proposed settlement with CPS. We officially have a tentative agreement. The next step toward transforming our schools, House of Delegates on Wednesday #CTUStrong

I joined Ali Velshi last night on MSNBC’s The Eleventh Hour to discuss the Chief Justice’s rebuke of the President. I explained that America is in a constitutional crisis when, rather than faithfully executing the laws, the President of the United States is defying the laws.

@johncusack.bsky.social one of the things we talked about at the board meeting came to fruition this morning: WIRED now un-paywalls stories based on FOIA docs! https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/

Breaking it, then profiting off the *fix* The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc… They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.

KSlatteryResist@kslatteryresist.bsky.social · last yr.

Chris Kluwe, ex-NFL kicker who spoke out against Huntington Beach MAGA city council at a recent meeting, has been fired from his coaching job at Edison High School because he was arrested at the meeting. He needs a good attorney, should not have been arrested www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.