@karayorio.bsky.social
Senior news editor, School Library Journal (slj.com). Opinions are my own.
"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
18.02.2026 23:10 — 👍 2768 🔁 1768 💬 18 📌 88BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Photograph of five Black women and five Black men in front of a building that may be the library. They are all wearing suit/ties for the men and dresses with gloves for the women. In the upper left is a very young Jesse Jackson.
Before the Tougaloo Nine, the Greenville Eight. These eight people, including the late Jesse Jackson, demanded their right to use the Greenville SC "whites only" library in 1960. They were arrested and defended by Greenville's first Black lawyer. #BlackHistoryMonth
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4-5 years ago there were MDs like Lucy McBride crowing about the urgency of normal, getting kids back to school. There were PR hacks like David Zweig supporting them. Now kids are being sent to immigration detention, getting measles & these folks are nowhere to be found. It was never about the kids.
18.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 418 🔁 123 💬 8 📌 6
Breaking News: The FDA reversed its decision on Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine and agreed to review it for possible approval, Moderna said.
18.02.2026 13:55 — 👍 397 🔁 117 💬 32 📌 29Hi. Yes!
mRNA Vaccine technology
Carbon removal
New water purification systems that work at scale
CAR-T therapies
CRISPR for rare diseases
Renewable energy at scale
TRAINS!
Hydroponics
To name a few…
At what point will being wildly unqualified and overconfident become toxic again? Asking for a country
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Relearn.org • • Follow 2d • G ... We will repeal the 19th amendment within ten years. X Dale Partridge • @dalepartridge Women vote with emotions National policy is feminized Immigrants flood in Sexual immorality is legalized Multiculturalism is celebrated Feelings become the arbiter of morality Justice is labeled as "harsh" Western nations collapse Women blame men Repeal the 19th. X.com B 5.4K Q 5.3K ~ 590
I’ve seen this person get retweeted by MAGA influencers like Benny Johnson. He’s not kidding. This is a real political goal he is pursuing. He has 425,000 followers on Facebook.
16.02.2026 04:21 — 👍 1673 🔁 668 💬 161 📌 150“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history.” — U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe
🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
This is so embarrassing. A conscientious decision to withdraw from something is absolutely not "failing to prepare," it's a choice to not participate, and anyone who can't tell the difference should not have a job in writing or editing.
Such as being a newspaper editor.
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16.02.2026 20:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is it all coming together?
16.02.2026 19:37 — 👍 34 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0
YAY!!!!! Spread the word!!!
Federal judge orders Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
If you only read one thing today, let it be this. ICE is not in retreat. What we saw in Minnesota is going to spread everywhere. Get ready, friends. Take a training. Connect with your neighbors. Find out which groups are already doing prep work and volunteer. Lock arms and love on your community.
16.02.2026 14:08 — 👍 515 🔁 335 💬 2 📌 5this is amazing. so worth the time to watch and cry for a good reason for a change.
16.02.2026 13:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not sure why this story is in the past tense, as if ICE is gone and the threats are over. But worth a read to see what Minnesota educators have been doing for students and families.
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Please help spread the word, contribute, and stop by if you’re able. Bao and I and others will be signing and giving away books at Black Garnet to raise funds for immigrant rights groups. 🙏🏾
10.02.2026 13:28 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Today, the historic Bowling Green courtroom — where Mildred Loving and Richard Loving were once convicted for marrying across racial lines — was added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
I was honored to join the Loving family to celebrate this historic moment in history. (1/3)
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
14.02.2026 02:37 — 👍 23468 🔁 8225 💬 601 📌 1358@booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov
13.02.2026 21:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The deliberate cruelty of these people is sickening.
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Twenty eight years before Ilia Malinin dazzled at Milan Cortina, Surya Bonaly decided to go out on her own terms — and became the only person to land a backflip on one blade at the Olympic Games ⛸️
Read for free with this gift article from The Athletic’s archives: www.nytimes.com/athletic/313...
Little v. Llano County Legalized Library Censorship. What Exactly Does This Mean?
Leila Green Little shares her experiences as lead plaintiff in this important case–and she explains what's happening in a post-case landscape for libraries nationwide.
bookriot.com/little-v-lla...
I love this Canadian novel and teens do too.
This is absurd but typical:
Dylan Whitney, who admitted he had not read the book, called it "an abomination in God's word," "homosexuality bull nonsense," and "garbage." "I think we should just burn the book and get rid of it forever,"etc etc.
This is the key point - it's not about Moderna's flu vaccine, it's about sending a signal to the rest of the industry that vaccine development isn't viable in the US. It's all part of the larger anti-vaccine agenda.
12.02.2026 21:55 — 👍 907 🔁 382 💬 12 📌 11At least 50 students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. https://scim.ag/3MsRbA7
12.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 59 🔁 34 💬 2 📌 3Truly stomach-turning shit, like, their depravity knows no limitations. These children need to be freed, and their captors need to face consequences
12.02.2026 21:52 — 👍 172 🔁 68 💬 5 📌 0
Mail carriers... "You know that they’re shooting tear gas on the other side of the block.” And I’m like: “Yeah, I know, but I gotta keep doing my job. I may have medicine. I don’t know what I have in my packages.” But that’s my job." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Great news for @librarianjones.com: “The appellate court said Jones has a right to argue that the comments ‘were knowingly false or made with reckless disregard of the truth, and caused Ms. Jones injury, including harm to her reputation, contempt, ridicule, anxiety, and emotional distress.’”
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