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đź’™K-8 librarian, mother of 2 strong woman. Power tool user, birder, crafter, pit bull mom, #GirlScout member for life. Reads the instructions first before watching how-to videos. She/her. No DMs. #progressive #democrat #prochoice
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A disservice to Scottish students. #libraries #edusky #libsky www.bbc.com/news/article...

Orange and Osceola Florida schools preemptively banned books from their shelves thanks to what's happening in Hillsborough. This is exactly what the bigot book banners want. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/06/16/f...

A daily reminder about the U.S. president: An adjudicated rapist A 34x convicted felon An adulterer Paid an adult film actress to keep quiet A pedophile A sexual predator Is misogynistic Has had multiple bankruptcies Had a fake university Stole from a children’s cancer charity

Whatever titles Escambia had of the ~600 from the 22/23 and 23/24 state removal lists are now gone without further review after last night’s school board meeting. This includes at least a dozen retained by committees. We have a lot of tracking updates this week. weartv.com/news/local/1...

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Advocate for #libraries #museums #archives #libsky

americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/06/02/b...

But he loves the military, and wants to “protect women…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mark this for the history books: “We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited to his authority. That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” said Judge Charles Breyer.

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

I enjoy coffee on my front porch every day, and watching neighbors walking and driving by going to work (whilst I’m on summer break). But I’ve observed a #Waymo car driving by repeatedly, both directions, for several days. It seems empty. Is it learning new routes?

In this age of book bans, the message below is so important! #nobookbanning #Savelibraries #thereadingtree

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 4 links to read. acleddata.com/2023/12/14/r... www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o... www.police1.com/george-floyd... www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

An Answer: Whereas hate is based in division and subtraction, love is linked to addition, multiplication, and connection — connections between people

I love #voting at my #library, because after I vote, I get to exit through the “gift shop.”

I forced myself to weed several #books from the #school #library that were beloved to my childhood, but I brought them home for my granddaughter. Who is not yet 2.🤷🏼‍♂️

Someone regularly leaves fliers for upcoming protests and actions in my @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social and I am đź’Żhere for it. During high Covid I kept it stocked with masks.

Via @marisakabas.bsky.social

NEW: A right-wing think tank known for drafting model legislation for state GOP lawmakers, is expanding its state-level anti-voting efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I remember.

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” —John Adams, Second President of the United States

No more DoorDash.

US Institute of peace should rightly sue Musk personally. He acted outside the bounds of the law and was a "special employee" so doesn't have the usual public servant protections.