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Happy National Poetry Month! Teachers, share the joy of poetry with your students by inviting them to submit a poem for the 2025 #DiverseVerse POEMS FOR ACTION call. Details and lesson ideas on the @diverseverse.bsky.social blog. #PoemsForAction

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IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries. Take action today! www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Happy International Mermaid Day! If you love mermaids, my middle grade fantasy A COMB OF WISHES has mermaids, monsters, and #BlackGirlMagic! Thanks artist Michael Machira Mwangi for this beautiful commissioned piece of Ophidia the mermaid. #middlegradebooks www.harpercollins.com/products/a-c...

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This video is for all US citizens who are currently overwhelmed by Trump's more than 200 executive orders. THIS should be retweeted to the MAX. I never saw a more helpful video. (It's about two minutes long. It's worth a lot.)

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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

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Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

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EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation. Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

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I am sooo thrilled to share this @sljournal review of Opal Watson: Private Eye, coming April 15th, 2025! 🔎 3 Weeks!!! 🔍 PREORDER now from your favorite indie & watch this space for more Opal news! @galltzacker.bsky.social #opalwatson

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A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.” She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.

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These men behind bars are not in prison after being charged with crimes. They are "enemy combatants" being detained in a concentration camp. As such, Kristi Noem's crass photo-op using them as props violates the Geneva Convention's prohibition of ‘exposure to public curiosity’ of those captured.

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Not only did I get to see writer friends at A Room to Write's event, but I also got to get a sneak peek at a brand new soon to be out in the world book - TENACIOUS WON'T GIVE UP @pamvau.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social

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Hi everyone! I will be linking requests for aid I have received here. Feel free to share and donate as you are able.

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Can't wait to share the theme for 2025! Check back on April 1st. #diverseverse

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I just sent a letter demanding AI companies remove my works from their training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

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Look. The world we're living in right now can be mighty challenging when it comes to creative work. But truly, we need your art right now. Here are some small ways to focus that will keep you moving forward on the work that matters to you. (thread)

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Is your book on the LibGen list? Let us know.

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Donald Trump today issued an executive order calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled and ceasing many of its activities. Here's how that will harm students: www.nea.org/nea-today/al...

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A lot of my fellow authors are freaking out after learning more about the conduct of Meta (and other AI). I'm one of the authors who has been involved in suits against Meta and OpenAI since 2023. Authors who'd like to know more about the cases and the latest updates, see llmlitigation.com/index.html

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My biggest fear has been realized…my books are in the recently unsealed database Meta used to train its AI software. I’m SO angry! These companies are raking in $$$ on tools and hardworking artists have been paid $0. Don’t talk to me about the benefits of AI anymore 😡 www.yahoo.com/news/unbelie...

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"I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped. I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"History indicates that students with disabilities, Black, brown, and Indigenous students, students experiencing homelessness, immigrant children, and low-income families would suffer the most." Read our latest op-ed here ⤵️

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“The historical events that shape our world have a much deeper impact on children than on adults”: Laurie Halse Anderson on writing about the American Revolution in her new novel, ‘Rebellion 1776,’ and the parallels to today buff.ly/RYFeWDk

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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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If anyone on here works at Politics & Prose or other bookstores that are scheduled to host Chuck Schumer, I have a proposal—if you cancel his event, I would pledge to buy a book of equal value or make a donation to make sure you didn’t lose revenue—and I bet a lot of others would too.

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🚨NEW🚨Last night the President signed an order to gut IMLS. Call your members of Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries. It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS

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The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.

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Grrr 🤬 Trump exec order attacking Institute for Museum & Library Services funding! Please sign petition against this & send letter to your governor, senators action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 #Libraries #Museums

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Libraries are literal lifelines for millions of Americans and the fact that the New York Times thinks there’s something “obscure” about the agency that directly funds public access to research databases, interlibrary loan, and rural broadband internet access is a huge part of how we got here.

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Unbelievable.

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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Trash it.

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Here’s another win, from our favorite allergist @rubinallergy.bsky.social We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen

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Classroom participation is a lot more than raised hands. 🙋 Here are some concrete ways to expand what participation looks like—so all students can reap the benefits. #EduSky #teachers

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We Need Diverse Books announces inaugural reading day April 3 | USA Today

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ACTION: 3 minutes to fill out 3 forms WHY: We must protect passport access for transgender Americans! Let's go, allies! We need to step up for our family and friends.

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IT'S OFFICIAL. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! 🤯 #TheDoubleTax unpacks the cost of being a woman, why the bill runs higher for women of color, and how closing the gaps moves us ALL forward. #blacksky #booksky #econsky PRE-ORDER NOW: tinyurl.com/doubletax-or... Get Involved: tinyurl.com/doubletax-join

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The State of the City is next Wednesday, March 19! Watch live at boston.gov/sotc and join us here on Bluesky as we share Boston’s progress and vision for the future. #BostonSOTC

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Social Studies Teachers and Friends, We are bringing #sschat to Bluesky! We have a slow chat lined up for you for National Civics Learning Week. You can keep up with us at: @socialstudieschat.bsky.social. Want to help? If so please: Share with your friends! Tag awesome Social Studies teachers!

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"Tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recognizable plan unfold — a playbook we’re all too familiar with....It’s a playbook we watched Musk perfect at Twitter, and now we’re seeing it deployed on a national scale." www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

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📣 Calling all educators! Are you passionate about writing & amplifying underrepresented voices in education? Apply for the EdSurge Voices of Change Fellowship! 🗓️ Apply by Monday, March 11 at 11:59 p.m. PT 🔗: https://bit.ly/3T9jG5f

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16 Middle Grade and YA Nonfiction for Burgeoning Feminists #InternationalWomensDay

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Celebrate Women’s History Month with picture books by #BlackCreatives

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pudding.cool/2025/02/midd... #middleschool

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Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.

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