#JustLisa

Book covers That Librarian by Amanda Jones Capturing Our Stories: An Oral History of Librarianship in Transition by A. Arro Smith Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams by Katherine Patterson Everyone but Myself by Julie Chavez Book and Dagger by Elyse Graham I Was a Stripper Librarian by Kristy Cooper Reading Behind Bars a True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian by Jill Grunenwald A Well Read Woman the Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport by Kate Steward

Happy Library Workers Day!
Find out more about the lives and experiences of some wonderful Punk Ass Book Jockeys!
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🎉 Congratulations to Maria McCauley, our next ALA President! She was past-president of PLA from 2022–2023, so we're excited to see the great things she's got in store for ALA and its members during her tenure.

American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services

@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and @afscme.bsky.social are striking back at illegal and unwarranted cuts to IMLS We support them and libraries everywhere, and we look forward to a more equitable future for all. /end

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🔴RESOLUCIÓN.

Ya están disponibles las listas provisionales de admitidos y excluidos al proceso de selección Becas BNE 2025. Las listas definitivas de admitidos y excluidos al proceso de selección se publicarán a partir del día 6 de mayo.

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Libraries Under Attack by Feds - The White River Valley Herald Pause for a moment and try to remember what it felt like to visit your local library as a child. I begged my mom incessantly to drive us over at least once a week, and I always maxed out the number…

Pause for a moment and try to remember what it felt like to visit your local library as a child.

Celebrate comics, creativity, & the magic of school libraries this April!

Join Jarrett Lerner & me for a student-facing Adobe Live on Tues, April 15 at 2pm ET!

Bring your students & let’s make comics together:
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#AdobeEduCreative #skybrarian #tlsky #edusky

#Meta: Fuck you so hard, you parasites. You're evil *and* boring at the same time. There are worms living inside a dog's colon with more charisma. No-one will miss you when you're gone, and you'd better believe that time will come, you sad, irrelevant little wankers.

I found out one of my novels, Quake City, is in the #shadowlibrary Library Genesis and was likely used to train Meta's #AI. Let's talk about this.

#LibGen: You pirated my novel and I would prefer to have been paid, but I'm fine with that. You do great work in making books accessible. Keep it up.

🤜✨🤛

I ntroducing a new shelving method today, based on pupil browsing habits.

It may look chaotic, but the Heap Lie On method is going to be a game changer - who needs tidy shelves anyway?!

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#TheresOrderForAReason #SchoolLibrary #LibraryHumor #IfYouDidntLaughYoudCry #TLSky #AprilFool

The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies' A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Mom, wait for me. #naturelovers

Explore culture. People don’t realize explore made over 270 documentary films… all over the world. Since I’m starting over, I hope people don’t mind if I introduce you to some of our photography. This image is from Llasa, Tibet. #spirituality

Here's one! Rep. Cliff Bentz at the Boardman Oregon Town Hall hated hearing what Sue Oliver had to say!
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🎶 “Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
'Cause I was wrong, and I just can't live without you”

Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) held a town hall meeting in Pendleton, #Oregon, which drew a large crowd and criticism from attendees. Bentz faced tough questions and pushback on various topics, including: ... TikTok video by The Nice Wizard 🧙🏾

Check out Veteran Sue Oliver at the Boardman, Oregon Town Hall with Cliff Bentz!
Thank you @chocolatecurls5.bsky.social and @greatbasinmom.bsky.social for sharing!
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From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.

Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Count me in, ladies!! 💙💙

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

We’re participating in @projectforawesome.bsky.social this year! Vote for us so we can be considered for a grant 🩷🌈📚 www.projectforawesome.com/watch?v=itcY...

Forcing researchers to alter their manuscripts for vague political reasons? Ridiculous! Science should be guided by evidence, not authoritarian control!
#ResearchIntegrity #ScienceMatters #ResearchSky #AcademicSky

Statement on Idaho Lawsuit Challenging HB 710 and Unconstitutional Censorship

EveryLibrary fully supports the lawsuit filed against the State of Idaho, which challenges House Bill 710 (HB 710) and its unconstitutional restrictions on libraries, authors, publishers, and readers.

www.everylibrary.org/statement_id...

Billionaire welfare doesn’t happen on its own

I asked RFK Jr. a simple question: