May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

As a classroom teacher it's frustrating that my intellectuality and my perspective are systematically overlooked while my labor, my pedagogy & my time are never enough I feel this is even more true because I teach elementary.

Chanea Bond@heymrsbond.com · last yr.

I wanna see more classroom teachers delivering keynotes, facilitating workshops, and given space and larger platforms to talk about what’s working/not working with students in this moment. Too many educator conferences, not nearly enough current teacher voices and experiences.

If you care about libraries, and the stories they hold dear, you should be following Kelly. She’s been reporting what’s happening from the beginning and we are so blessed she has been.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · last yr.

"What can we do to stop book censorship and destruction of libraries in the US? How can we push back against the dismantling of public education?" This is over four years of how-tos, guides, insights, and more. Resources are beyond plentiful.

Remember that every time you deride "red" states you deem "bad," you're deriding the thousands of folks doing unbelievably hard, tireless work to stop these brutal anti-literacy/library/school bills. CONGRATS, Alabama library advocates and thank you <3

@readfreelyal.bsky.social · last yr.

For the past 3 months, thousands of Alabamians have joined Read Freely Alabama to work tirelessly to ensure that two bills that would have had devastating effects on libraries, HB4 and SB6, did not pass. Read our post-legislative session statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/2025_legisla...

I’ve been a @katemessner.com fan for a long time, but even I wasn’t prepared for her newest book, THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES. Absolutely blew me away. 😭😭😭 Don’t miss it!!! (Also, the audiobook is excellent & @libro.fm is offering it to teachers/librarians for free this month thru their ALC program!)

Dr. Carla Hayden will always be our Librarian of Congress ❤️‍🩹 1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨ Thank you for your service 💜 apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

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a friendly reminder never to buy your books from Amazon, where they are used as a loss leader so that you'll buy a flatscreen TV and your toilet paper instead-- and then use that money to send Katy Perry to space. Books aren't just products. They're culture. Buy them from those who understand that.

Libro.fm@libro.fm · last yr.

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

This. And here's the thing - we need joy. We need connection. If we can't find that, even in these times, it makes fighting THAT much harder.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · last yr.

No, I’m sorry, if you’re telling people posting cat photos is a distraction from the real issues, you’re a Fed and you’re trying to make the movement eat itself.

When we silence books, we silence voices—and we risk raising a generation without the tools to think freely and compassionately. Because the real danger isn't in the pages of a book—it's in a world where people stop reading them. #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans #ReadBannedBooks

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us. We have to save us. And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators

My god she sucks. How many trans people read HP fervently and with wild delight under the covers as children. How can she have such disrespect, such contempt and outright hatred for the young adults whose imaginations she nurtured and fed? It's unacceptable.

Petty Lobster 🦂🏳️‍⚧️@pettylobster.bsky.social · last yr.

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Banning books is not about books. Banning books is about the erasure of stories. Banning books is about the erasure of identities. Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism. Silence is complicity. Resist this regime. Resist this regime of monstrous evildoers.

We had a Holocaust survivor speak at the school today. He told the kids 1930s-40s Germany was inspired by Jim Crow here in the USA.

Mikki Kendall@karnythia.blacksky.app · last yr.

I know I keep saying this, but it is incredible important to understand that the Nazi playbook was US policy. So much of the anti intellectualism has been to erase the fact that the US was on this road before the Germans and is simply reverting to the original horrors that were in motion.

Authors Speak Up About Their Books Being Misrepresented in a Lawsuit Headed to the Supreme Court buff.ly/xecdhKZ

Had a conversation with a friend today about censorship and book banning as it relates to my job as a school librarian. They asked if that was a hill worth dying on. Unequivocally and without reservation: YES.

Free Palestine and free all the people being kidnapped for saying free Palestine. (And, of course, free. them. all.)

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

Pressure groups. Ask yourselves why and what do they get out if it. Follow the money. @la-cac.org @oif.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social

Pennsylvania says schools already comply with civil rights laws and are not ordered to scrap DEI https://www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2025/04/09/pennsylvania-not-ordering-schools-to-eiliminate-dei-per-trump-order/

Pennsylvania signals it is not ordering schools to adhere to Trump’s anti-DEI order

Pennsylvania says the state is already in compliance with civil rights laws and is not ordering schools to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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Shoutout to @ebonyteach.bsky.social for filling my feed with such beautiful blooms in such ugly times. 🌺🌸

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof@evanbernick.bsky.social · last yr.

stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation. -You cannot legally deport people without due process. -You cannot legally deport citizens. -They are defining down deportation to break the law.

The logic of filling in public swimming pools with dirt or cement instead of racially integrating them, applied to the whole country

Willow@rockshrimp.bsky.social · last yr.

A Black man won the presidency and they decided to burn the entire country to the ground so it won’t be something worth winning anymore.

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

📚 Wishing you all a happy National Library Week! Libraries need your love and support right now, just as they love and support you. 💙📚 Big thanks to @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social for being the Honorary Chairs!

Being on an island full of tariffed penguins sounds pretty great right now actually

The point of Senator Booker's filibuster is to be INSPIRED by this man to go find YOUR ROLE, not to wait for them to go save us now. That is not this assignment. Thread of places to go to get started. More coming out of LiST this Thursday.

On Organizing

time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

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