Your cocoa says, βYes, please.β
22.10.2025 12:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@sassylibrarian.bsky.social
2023 NJLA Librarian of the Year; Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians; NCAC Outstanding Librarian; AASL, NJLA & NJASL Intellectual Freedom Awards. Ban book banners!
Your cocoa says, βYes, please.β
22.10.2025 12:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βThere hadnβt been any outrage about the libraryβs collections β¦ Until about 2022, when Moms For Liberty really raised their head and started challenging all of these books β¦ this had been a non-issue.β
22.10.2025 12:51 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Disappointed has been ever thus. Anxious, mad, and sad are relatively new to the game, but trending.
22.10.2025 12:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You could have an EC song start every day and I wouldnβt mind. Same for Nick Lowe and Marshall Crenshaw.
22.10.2025 12:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Impressed with the βin mouth vs on floorβ ratio. I think Herman might be better at this than I am.
22.10.2025 12:37 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Same happened with the first kitty I adopted as an adult. Elvis came home as Elvie. Not long after, in a book on cat names, I learned that as a child John Lennon had a cat named Elvie for the same reason.
22.10.2025 12:34 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And guess whoβs itching to coach her to ensure her tenure is truly toxic.
22.10.2025 12:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Vardo. My Scrabble game thanks you.
22.10.2025 12:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβre honored to have received the 2025 Hot Springs Matt DeCample Audience Choice Award for Best Feature. Audience awards are particularly prestigious to us. Bringing together communities for conversations is paramount to the #FReadom to Read movement, & weβre thrilled our heroes' stories resonate!
21.10.2025 21:07 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Saw this yesterday, and it was as powerful and rage-inducing as I could have imagined. Mad respect for the librarians who continue to stand up to their right-wing Christian nationalist communities and neighbors in support of the First Amendment and the children they love. πͺ
21.10.2025 17:11 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Pumpkins made from yarn and cork in shades of pink, gray, and white.
Today in retirement: Made yarn pumpkins at the Stafford Library
21.10.2025 19:21 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Woman wearing a light blue sweatshirt with βthe librariansβ written in yellow script
Tell me about it! I ordered a $40 knock-off sweatshirt from Etsy.
21.10.2025 19:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βThe librarians featured in this documentary areβ¦ standing up for a principle that transcends their personal comfort and safety. They understand that the right to read, like the right to speak, means nothing if it only protects ideas we already agree with.β @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
21.10.2025 13:04 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesnβt want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.
20.10.2025 22:56 β π 26457 π 7665 π¬ 597 π 260A big victory for the freedom to read!
21.10.2025 01:24 β π 42 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trumpβs ballroom
Itβs not his house. Itβs your house. And heβs destroying it.
21.10.2025 12:16 β π 8637 π 2654 π¬ 727 π 208βThe [districtβs] policy defined βcontroversial issueβ as including βa topic β¦ likely to arouse both support and opposition in the community.ββ So LGBTQ+ people are βcontroversialβ now? By this standard, that school will need to remove all books about politics, religion, and pineapple pizza.
21.10.2025 12:09 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I finished watching Task on HBO tonight. It wrecked me. So damn good. Mark Ruffalo is a god. Martha Plimpton is a badass. I want to live in a world of Toms.
21.10.2025 01:28 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I did. It delighted me greatly.
21.10.2025 01:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I could not love this story β or these kids β more π₯° Standing ovation!
20.10.2025 17:31 β π 21 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1βNBISDβs decision to shut down the libraries in order to complete a review of materials based on vague language showcases how quickly and easily public schools are and will continue to cower to far right politicsβ
20.10.2025 13:07 β π 49 π 20 π¬ 0 π 0We need a literal cheat sheet
20.10.2025 12:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ββHarmful materialβ is a subjective term, alongside βindecentβ and βprofaneβ content. Theyβre meaningless and serve only to create panic and discord in school districts, while costing them untold amounts of taxpayer money.β
Closure, waste, & distrust β thatβs the goal here, not protecting kids.
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20.10.2025 12:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Because theyβre staffed by people with integrity who hold their ethical principles like a life raft. See them in action @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
20.10.2025 12:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also on the agenda of the Severed Whale Head Culinary Society
20.10.2025 12:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My feelings, exactly.
19.10.2025 22:27 β π 14180 π 2651 π¬ 147 π 176Congratulations!
20.10.2025 02:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow! Of course, I canβt help but wonder how many other such advances are now at risk due to this administrationβs reckless sledgehammer.
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