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Hey Texas! Or people with friends or family in Texas!

Dr. Strong taught us at @authorsabb.bsky.social how to get involved in school board elections.

If you care about books bans you have to care about school boards. Dr. Strong is one of the best people to look to for example in this.

This development in Leander, Texas, follows a letter to the ISD from @ncacensorship.bsky.social, NCTE, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and more.

I have heard almost all of these pro-AI arguments at one point or another. I love these well-reasoned, thoughtful possible responses to each and every one of them. A much more academic way of saying, Kindly, Fuck Off.

Children have rights

Parents have responsibilities

I actually like hose.

Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...

It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

OMFG

Just saw a TikTok where a young person "discovered" pantyhose!

She says they are soft & make your legs look nice & keep your thighs from rubbing together & she can see why they were popular in the 1900s.

💀💀💀💀💀💀

Gonna go bury myself in the woods now.

It’s weird to say “happy banned books week” y’all.

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...

The real economy is already in a deep recession. The fake AI economy is a smokescreen. And now I'm afraid that the government will throw any amount of money at it to keep it from popping.

Join us at the Statehouse this Friday, October 10 at noon, to tell JD Vance to go home and leave our maps alone!

Hoosiers don’t want to be pawns or puppets in Trump’s election rigging scam. Call your Senator at 317-232-9400, or fill out our online action form at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.

Many book bans could be judging titles mainly by their covers A study of more than 1,600 books suggests that book ban advocates may not look past the cover art.

“Based on the book cover designs alone … the vast majority of the books selected for banning explicitly represented racial, gender and sexual minorities in their cover art.”

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Goodnight, friends.

Stay safe from the water drugs. If you're headed to Portland, take extra supplies as I'm told all the stores are boarded over and gone. Who even goes fishing anymore?

I love you.

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Another skull with red eyes valve stem cap.

Look at how cute my skull valve stem covers are.

Dad gifts are so thoughtful--somewhat practical, but recognize g your specific interest!

Photo of Sarah Jessica Parker and a quote from her that reads: "To censor a book is to limit imagination, curiosity, connection, empathy, and inspiration." PEN America logo appears at bottom.

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

A8: Self-censorship is based in fear. When we operate from fear; we are being inauthentic, we are failing to meet ALL students' needs, and we are giving in to those who would do our kids harm. Books save lives, & it's our duty to proactively curate them for our communities.
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Halloween watch so far and continuing:
1. Midsommar
2. Slumber Party Massacre
3. Beetlejuice
and tonight: 4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

-I'm definitely behind on my movie watching because vacation.

Joy — like music, like love — is one of those entirely unnecessary miracles of consciousness that give meaning to survival with its bright allegiance to the most alive part of us www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/04/m...

books unite us censorship divides us

A4: I am a huge fan of interactive displays. In the past I had a “Books Unite Us” wall wherre students post titles that shaped their thinking. It is a simple, powerful reminder of why freedom to read matters. #TLSkyChat

Hello!!!

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Hello to all the lurkers in tonight's chat!! #TLSkyChat

Wayne Township has found its next superintendent Shenia Suggs will lead the westside school district starting this January.

Shenia Suggs was voted as the new superintendent of Wayne Township schools during a board meeting on Oct. 6.

She’s had different roles during her nearly 30 years with the district, starting as an English teacher at Ben Davis High School: https://bit.ly/48R4h2L

The News Literacy Project Get news literacy resources that help you teach media literacy education. Join the News Literacy Project to strengthen critical thinking and spot misinformation

A5: 🔍 I pair Banned Books Week with lessons from Checkology and Developing Digital Detectives Lessons to help students spot misinformation & bias. Empowering them to verify sources builds informed readers and identify their triggers. newslit.org #TLSkyChat

People cannot afford to be alive.

How the FUCK are people still supporting an administration that’s doing absolutely nothing but racism and destroying our livelihoods?

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A4: All about student voice & choice. We work really hard to practice responsive collection development, where we actively seek input on what our folks want. The freedom to just exist & NOT read goes hand in hand with the freedom to read, so we work on not being so dang judgemental. #TLSkyChat

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💬 #TLSkyChat A5: I shared (approx) a zillion #infolit resources after our #TLSkyChat back in February. I continue to create resources and am working on a new project now that I *hope* will help make this urgent work a little bit easier.

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How to Testify Against Book Ban Bills: Preparation and a Strong Argument Be prepared, stay composed, and make an undeniable, bipartisan argument about why book bans in any form are a poor policy choice.

Speak Out for Books!

Here's How to Testify Against Book Ban Bills https://pen.org/how-to-testify-against-book-ban-bills/ #BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

OOOOOOOOOO Love this!! Yes please!! #TLSkyChat