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My work is helping children find and understand books. I am unable to describe myself in a brief, clever, or amusing way.
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It'd be a shame if the new teacher snitch line at the Department of Education was flooded with fake reports. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Weird incentive to get volunteers for Mars?

Fluoride is added to drinking water to help prevent cavities and improve dental health, especially for people who may not have access to regular dental care or fluoridated products like toothpaste. ysph.yale.edu/public-healt...

Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.

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NEW: @law360.bsky.social has created a *public* database of legal cases involving President Trump's executive orders and other actions. The data is searchable and sortable and will be updated regularly; links to coverage for subscribers. Graphics by @benjayingly.com www.law360.com/trump-legal-...

Just read about Washington States' HB 2331. So very, very jealous. www.aclu-wa.org/story/book-b...

Read it!

Next up -- Check on the Constitution and Al Capone's vault!

No need to besmirch the Addams Family, there.

Big thanks to John Oliver for promoting kids books on his show. Extra points for using an updated Amelia Bedelia cover.

If you’re not sure what to do, put on some Nina Simone

My five accomplishments from last week: 1. Showed up 2. Spoke out 3. Kept my students safe 4. Planned time away from work 5. Finished the fox LEGO kit

Next project: Create a personal book cover. Must include 1. Title 2. Author/illustrator 3. Genre 4. Summary 5. Blurb 6. Cover art

I am able to escape this horror every day to read to kids about how handedness is just one great part of ourselves that we are born with & we learned how to find our left hands by making Ls w/our fingers & I gave everyone Left Hand Reminder Rings & we used scissors & colored w/both hands.

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He's gonna fuck up every single independent creator who depends on the mail for their business. Call your reps and tell them you didn't vote for Trump to destroy your business. reps.fyi

One danger of embracing generative AI as a learning device and in language assistance is that you're letting the keepers of that AI have power over what you learn and how you write. It will be programmed with biases, unintentional but often *quite* intentional, that you will unknowingly adopt.

We've spent so many years following brilliant, funny, and caring Rangers around. Learning about our world, country, and selves. I'm so sorry many of you have been done sour. Please restore our Rangers to their posts!

Planning a trip to Canada (maybe). What should I have printed on T-shirts to make the locals not hate us?

Newly Updated! 32 Great Children’s Books on World Religions buff.ly/41kY8b9 via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #WorldReligions #KidLit

Newly Updated! 155 Japanese American Books for Kids & Teens www.pragmaticmom.com/2024/06/top-... via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #Japan #JapaneseAmerican #KidLit

Newly Updated! 34 Immigration & Refugee Experience Books for Kids buff.ly/3q1o3RU via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #refugee #immigrant #kidlit

Tech people have 2 factor authentication, strong passwords, firewalls, updates, frequent malware/virus scans, etc. Government has checks and balances made of people. Bribery and corruption are hacks.

We rarely fly. Until recently, my family and I have flown every 10 years or so. We have 2 trips this year & one next involving planes. Or not.

School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content". In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival. www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

Been thinking about this a lot. open.substack.com/pub/colbysha...

I just added more things to this list today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The last couple are truly important.

Interested in seeing the "Feels like" forecast.

BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social

How much will it cost to change signs, tourist/business literature, websites to the new Gulf name?

Have finally started fixing the Fairy Tale/Fable section. Am going w/398.2 (1st 3 letters of author's last name) for global & compilations and 398.21 (1st 3 letters of the home continent). I think. Maybe. Makes the most sense. Decimals get too long otherwise. #RethinkingSchoolLibraries

And Utah? #UtahAuthors #UtahWriters

Join Americans who are speaking out against statewide book bans in Utah! Email USBE members today and tell them to vote to stop the bans and restore local control letutahread.org/localcontrol @penamerica.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @abfefreeexpression.bsky.social