A book is never so much a book as when it is being shared.
Josiah Mannion
@josiahmannion.bsky.social
Library worker, photographer of humans, advocate, activist, organizer, Idaho state director for American Atheists. I read a lot. he she they
Hey look, we did a thing! Brandi and Suzanne and Jen are AMAZING. It was such an honor to be a part of this. www.inlander.com/news/idaho-s... #abortion #abortionishealthcare #voteyesonprop1 #idpol
Idaho’s Prop 1 would restore Roe v. Wade abortion rights
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, 13 states with “trigger laws” in place immediately restricted or banned abortion. Idaho’s law criminalizing the procedure at all
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This is Community Library Network's Mature Content (Smut Room) circulation policy. (CLN is located in Kootenai County, North Idaho. #BannedBooksWeek #letbooksbe
And if you like to live in the distant future of March 2027, you can preorder my SECOND novel, Beth March Returns from the Dead, which, confusingly, features ZERO zombies, ghosts, or vampires! Instead, it has a lot of yearning! And toxic family dynamics! bookshop.org/p/books/beth...
Beth March Returns from the Dead: A Novel
From the “dazzling” author of Woodworking (VOGUE) comes another millennial cult classic: a Little Women–inspired novel that turns expectations on their head and celebrates the power of love to defy de...
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A quick reminder that this one will be out in March! Links to preorder are here. It’s my retelling of the Icelandic 12th century myth of Selkolla. It has changelings (or does it?), mound dwellers, blót and a fair bit of blood. Preorders are the best way to support a book, its author and their dog!
Down Where Monsters Dwell
From Hildur Knútsdóttir comes Down Where Monsters Dwell, a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore about the powerful bond between mothers...
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The "Mature Content" (Smut Room) for Community Library Network at Post Falls Library is open! All of these books are, according to their fucked up christian ethnonationalist antidemocratic logic, "harmful to minors." Woohoo! #bannedbooks #publiclibrary #idpol #banfascistsnotbooks #censorship
OMG I LOVE THIS. It's like a whole course in progressive public library cataloguing and shelving in 30 seconds. youtube.com/shorts/Jh_VM...
the Dewey Decimal System sucks
YouTube video by Alex Falcone
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The "Mature Content" (Smut Room) for Community Library Network at Post Falls Library is open! All of these books are, according to their fucked up christian ethnonationalist antidemocratic logic, "harmful to minors." Woohoo! #bannedbooks #publiclibrary #idpol #banfascistsnotbooks #censorship
Attacks on reproductive freedom in Idaho are far from over. Since Idaho's 2022 abortion ban took effect, the legislature has even tried to limit reproductive health access even further. For example, last year, a bill to remove exceptions for rape and murder was introduced: buff.ly/BUfoX1j
This is a (probably incomplete) list of children's and youth books that that Community Library Network is censoring, the majority specifically bc they contain queer content. www.libraryallianceni.org/censored_books
Censored Books
Community Library Network censored childrens books
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This is a (probably incomplete) list of children's and youth books that that Community Library Network is censoring, the majority specifically bc they contain queer content. www.libraryallianceni.org/censored_books
Censored Books
Community Library Network censored childrens books
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If you haven’t purchased your tickets to the LANI Gala “Let’s Get Them Carded!”, now’s the time! Ticket sales end at 11:59 pm this Wednesday. www.libraryallianceni.org/get_your_tic...
Let's Get Them Carded
Join us for our inaugural fundraiser to empower library patrons.
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Tom Hanley, board of trustees chair for Community Library Network in North Idaho, said, direct quote: “libraries are not essential services, they are luxuries.” Gross. #LibrarySky 📚
I too wonder how a list selected by non-professionals might be the go to list for a public library system's censorship. [cough cough Mariana Cochrane cough cough feeds a list to Mr Professional Librarian hisself Marty Walters & he just used that and filled the Smut Room at Community Library Network]
Letterbox Library@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 3mo ago“Book banners are active participants, if not outright proponents, of the growing children’s literacy crisis.” How book banners create & manipulate ratings & reviews to start book challenges… thoughtful (US) piece over at @bookriot.bsky.social bookriot.com/tools-used-b...
Tom Hanley, board of trustees chair for Community Library Network in North Idaho, said, direct quote: “libraries are not essential services, they are luxuries.” Gross. #LibrarySky 📚
I too wonder how a list selected by non-professionals might be the go to list for a public library system's censorship. [cough cough Mariana Cochrane cough cough feeds a list to Mr Professional Librarian hisself Marty Walters & he just used that and filled the Smut Room at Community Library Network]
Letterbox Library@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 3mo ago“Book banners are active participants, if not outright proponents, of the growing children’s literacy crisis.” How book banners create & manipulate ratings & reviews to start book challenges… thoughtful (US) piece over at @bookriot.bsky.social bookriot.com/tools-used-b...
"Librarians and booksellers could face up to a year in prison if they’re found to have “distributed” inappropriate material to those under the age of 18. Book displays, book recommendations, and other means of highlighting materials would be folded into the definition of “distributed.”
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
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Meta glasses are apparently the new Molka. Can't wait for that scandal to blow up.
My left eyelid has been doing The Twitchy Thing for two days straight, and I am ready for it to Not.
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
I think maybe Hegseth is attempting to cure his own addiction to alcohol with testosterone. But in typical mediocre white boy failing up kinda way, he thinks that's the solution for everything for everyone. Magic.
It is often all too easy to tell when someone has never really been boots on the ground ten toes down for something they care about.
Yeah, definitely rooting for Belgium. Sorry, fellas, but now it feels grossly tainted. And a reminder that the Women's World Cup is next year, and USWNT is freaking awesome, and it's in Brazil and Marta is the GOAT. So, you know.
Feels like the bare minimum Dems can do these days is not throw trans folks or Palestinians under the bus, eh? Just saying, it seems to be working. And I don't think just for urban & Coast Dems. I bet you that'd work in Idaho, too. #idpol #democrats
Hope yesterday was fun for everyone! Today? Maybe read a novel about the disease known as colonialism. Sincerely, An author born and raised in a US colony
Slop detectors are also slop, even when selling a pretend counter to slop, because all slop is a grift
Summer Brennan@summerbrennan.bsky.social · 4mo agoI ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.
Why do I love nerd conventions like CONvergence? Bc this is the very first panel I get to attend, and people are here who WANT to talk about this! And I obviously have an interest 😜. #CONvergence #corvids
