@philbildner.bsky.social
I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Voter Suppression
The "show your papers" SAVE Act would require US citizens to show a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Thanks to @librarianjones.com and @everylibrary.bsky.social for spotlighting the State Dept's shuttering of library passport centers.
apnews.com/article/pass...
They are building concentration camps.
They intend to turn a former warehouse twenty-five minutes from us -- between LEGOLAND New York and the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets -- into a concentration camp.
ICE is now in our community, too.
Resist this regime of monstrous evildoers.
ICE out.
⬆️
It is important to look at the history of concentration camps operated by the United States, to remind ourselves that “yes, it can happen here.”
www.zinnedproject.org/news/concent...
The Nazis built concentration camps and murdered millions of people.
The current regime is building more and more concentration camps.
Yes, concentration camps.
Resist these monstrous evildoers.
@sassylibrarian.bsky.social is one of the hero librarians featured in Kim A. Snyder's documentary film, THE LIBRARIANS.
Thank you to Vogue for sharing "Required Reading: 10 Books That Changed Librarian Martha Hickson’s Life."
www.vogue.com/article/requ...
You’re either a pedophile protector or you’re not.
If you support the regime, you’ve made a choice and picked a side.
If you’re remaining silent in this moment, you’ve made a choice and picked a side.
You’re either a pedophile protector or you’re not.
Resist these monstrous evildoers.
Thanks for watching!
13.02.2026 11:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Exactly. Hear it all the time. All. The. Time. And I agree, the film is like an introduction for people. It opens the door. Then when they step inside, they get a true sense of how bad things were, are, and continue to be.
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"I knew, but I didn't know."
I've heard that from so many people this week who finally got to watch the documentary, THE LIBRARIANS.
It's now streaming on PBS and YouTube.
This weekend, please watch it. Please tell others to watch it.
www.pbs.org/video/the-li...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...
ICE still gets paid during the shutdown.
13.02.2026 01:19 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: Last night, the Readington NJ BOE turned a tiny town into Texas as it ignored an outpouring of objections from concerned citizens and passed a library policy designed to circumvent the NJ Freedom to Read Act. @andrewzwicker.bsky.social @njasl.bsky.social
11.02.2026 12:36 — 👍 13 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1The Librarians is now on PBS and Independent Lens. Check your local stations or view on the PBS YouTube channel: youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?... @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @la-cac.org
09.02.2026 22:24 — 👍 91 🔁 41 💬 1 📌 5
Stream @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social starting TODAY on Independent Lens on PBS.
Watch the full documentary here: https://bit.ly/4rdp8nm
Ladies and gentlemen, THE LIBRARIANS. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
09.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 29 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
Did You Watch THE LIBRARIANS Last Night?
THE LIBRARIANS is now streaming on @pbs.org. If you didn't get to watch it yesterday, please carve out a couple hours to do so. And please encourage as many people as you can to watch this important documentary.
www.pbs.org/video/the-li...
After months of attending screenings and talking about this film, I’m so excited that anyone can stream The Librarians now. 90 minutes that tell the story of the fight against censorship that has been raging for the past half decade. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...
10.02.2026 11:38 — 👍 106 🔁 58 💬 2 📌 5
ICE out! Bad Bunny.
09.02.2026 02:08 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Racism. Ignorance. 👇👇
09.02.2026 00:50 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0No, he didn't make a mistake.
It was racist.
He's a racist.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
Reject this monstrous evildoer.
It was racist. He's a racist.
Relentlessly reject anyone defending what he did.
Relentlessly reject anyone accepting his explanation.
Shut down their ignorance.
Shut down their inanity.
It was racist. He's a racist.
Unmask ICE
No exceptions.
No exemptions.
No extenuating circumstances.
No compromise.
No caving.
No capitulation.
Unmask ICE
That was easy, @washingtonpost.com
04.02.2026 19:43 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Abolish billionaires.
Billionaires out.
The Washington Post is closing the Books Section.
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Important article by Kelly Jensen:
Must read for #authors #illustrators #editors #publishers #kidlitcommunity about anti-egalitarian anti-truth clauses that go against #FReadom & deny #science
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @bookriotpod.bsky.social
Thank you to Kelly Jensen for always putting in the work and making us aware of these things.
02.02.2026 15:11 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
AUTHORS -- ALERT
More and more school districts are including deeply problematic clauses in their standard independent contractor agreements.
Please take a moment to read (and share) this important post from @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at @bookriot.bsky.social
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
One.
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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How you can support resistance efforts in Minneapolis through literary activism.
That, plus this week's book censorship news:
bookriot.com/supporting-m...
