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“They are using librarians and library stories as political pawns. Their goal is to defund libraries and library books”. Amanda Jones #TTBF #ThatLibrarian

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Jason Reynolds on being asked if he’s the “voice of a generation”: “I don’t want to be the worst thing that happened to this generation. I still have to sit down and make the work”. #TTBF

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North Korea recently reopened tourism. Here’s what my trip was like ten years ago. palmtreemusings.com/2015/04/21/n...

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This is a librarian appreciation post. If you’re a librarian I just want you to know that what you do is important and that you’re loved and appreciated.

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Mt. Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii spewing lava, Feb. 19, 2025 🔥

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As McConnell signals the end of his long and consequential time in the Senate, check out the new biography, "The Price of Power" by Michael Tackett. Reading it now and it opens windows into one of Washington's most inscrutable figures. politics-prose.com/book/9781668... x.com/peterbakerny...

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The Senate budget bill is frankly reinstituting merit pay, which was wholeheartedly rejected two decades ago. Not to mention it leaves out librarians(who are former teachers, certified teachers who teach classes) and counselors. #txlege

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Christopher Nolan is adapting Homer’s The Odyssey to the big screen, and it promises a star-studded cast. Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, and Elliot Page are all attached. #booksky bookriot.com/matt-damon-a...

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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"

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Did you know your public library's hoopla digital collections are absolutely destroying their budget? That prices have gone up in some instances of over 400%, while library budgets have been stagnant or cut? Everything you should know as a library user: bookriot.com/library-hoop...

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Big up to all the #ELAR educators out there! 🍎 This week’s word “Kakistocracy” is a form of gov in which the least qualified, most corrupt, or worst individuals are in power.

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I was sent this awesome opportunity for Texas #educators: Texas State University received a grant to fund teachers who want to earn their #TechApps or #CompSci 8-12 #TeacherCertification ! www.linkedin.com/pulse/opport...

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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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Ringing in the New Year with my other half

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Becoming an adult is realizing you gotta start liking coffee otherwise you're kinda fucked

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Okay one more. I love this energy from the young Dems.

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12 years teaching and 10 years of librarianship… still going strong

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Relaxing weekend at Broken Bow with my sweetie

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READING ALOUD CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to help them find the love of books, and become lifelong readers. So whatever else you do, always find the time to read aloud – and the more you do, the better! #literacy #reading #books

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ahem It is whipped cream, not whip cream It is iced tea, not ice tea thank you

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One person spent this much money in a very close election. Our system can’t withstand this kind of assault. Citizens United must be overturned.

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The iconic Sycamore Gap under the Milky Way #Northumberland #photography #astro

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