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Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
Talked to hundreds of high schoolers today about being an author. Biggest number of questions? Who is banning books and why? The kids. are wanting. to know.
How white fragile racist do you have to be to do this? This is pathetically weak.
@realtexaspaul.com @tnbrando.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social
My university UNC-Greensboro is going to comply with the new Trump administration guidelines to eliminate DEI! Starting next semester we won't be able to attend the courses that matter to us. Feel betrayed.
@realtexaspaul.com @aoc.bsky.social @adammockler.bsky.social @midastouchmedia.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social Calling for this to be shared, I don't know what to do with this information, and I'm in library school.
This is absolutely ridiculous! #booksky, #academia My university, which I have dedicated a third of my life to, has bent the knee. #repost #share #democracy
www.linkedin.com/posts/mary-p...
#uncg #DEI #protectDEI #scholar #goodtrouble #freedom #academia
The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education.
This action would negatively impact school libraries and literacy rates.
www.saveschoollibrarians.org/deptofed2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
"The struggle of [humans] against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Milan Kundera
apnews.com/article/air-...
Archivists, historians, scribes: your time is now. Yours is among the most urgent work needed.
Book bans have cracked open a host of realities facing libraries both through history and right now. Here's why teenagers across the US have acquired Brooklyn Public Library's free Books UnBanned ecards as a reminder that access is a wide-ranging issue:
bookriot.com/why-teens-ac...
Starting a new challenge to authors & writers out there. Post 1 sentence a day from any project for 20 days. No explanations & no judgement. #booksky 📚🌶️
#bluesky 🪐📚 💙📚
13/20
“My physical health took a drastic left turn causing my mental health to decline rapidly.”
Born a year after Edwin Hubble discovered that our Milky Way galaxy was just one of countless other galaxies that populate the universe.
Smart, kind, and gentle. Not sure if they make 'em like that anymore.
RIP Jimmy Carter (1924 - 2024).
It may seem strange to folks outside of academia, but there has been a line of prominent research within it arguing that misinformation isn't a problem. This paper pushes back, noting how those arguments often rely on poor definitions & operationalizations of what misinformation is & how it works.
And when you run out of books, writing your own is an excellent option! 😁 #books #booksky #writing #writer #reading
Happy Wren's day to my favorite bird!
Male belted kingfisher sits on a branch, holding a fish in its beak.
A belted kingfisher with dinner yesterday near Elon, N.C. #birds
I really appreciate this today!!
A single page of a novel or script comes to about 300 words or ~1650 characters. So if you can write 6 skeets in a day, you can put 1 page into your dream project. After about 100 days, you’ll have a script; after ~166 days, you’ll have crossed the threshold of being a novel. Just 1 page at a time.
It's really no surprise to see another year of growth for our public libraries. They offer some of the best services to the public, and people know that. That's why they come back day after day," said Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser.
www.crt.state.la.us/news?NewsID=...
Yes! I love the little pointer hands in old books! 😍
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Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
The other swans aren't gonna believe this
Even since putting this guide together of pro-book censorship and anti-library bills pre-filed across the US for the 2025 legislative sessions, I've found more.
But this is a meaty roundup to get you started. Tools here include how to keep tabs.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-pro-ce...
Hope this one is contagious and they never find a vaccine!
Follow us here if you already caught it :-)
