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Did you see the Groundhog merch? :)

The design team is amazing. It's fun to put the shop together!

YOU LOVE HORROR FOR A REASON!!!!!

Friends of the Woodstock Public Library | Official Merchandise | Bonfire The Friends of the Woodstock Public Library supports the library through fundraising and outreach.

Full shop --> www.bonfire.com/store/friend...

The Horrors Persist Tote | Bonfire Buy The Horrors Persist Tote merchandise that supports Friends Of Woodstock Public Library. Featuring Black Organic Cotton Tote Bags, professionally printed in the USA.

Here's a tote version: www.bonfire.com/the-horrors-...

New Friends of the Library merch dropped and it's good. Here's one of the new shirts: www.bonfire.com/the-horrors-...

This tale of a Chicago school book ban was inspired by true events Librarian Jarrett Dapier's graphic novel tells a fictionalized account of real-life events in 2013 that restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools.

This tale of a Chicago school book ban was inspired by true events | NPR

This will not stop in Idaho, y'all.

For a sandwich, it's a biscuit. For non-sandwich purposes, croissant.

This legitimately sets up two classes of people: rich people who can afford private schools and libraries and thus have unfettered access to materials–something they likely ALREADY HAVE by their class–and everyone else, whose access is intentionally hindered because they government wants to do harm.

- The proposal appears to contradict existing Idaho statute regarding materials harmful to minors.

- The bill would create serious implementation challenges, particularly for small and rural libraries.

- The government speech doctrine is a poor fit for libraries, which are designed to provide access to a wide range of viewpoints.

The Idaho Library Association suggests the following talking points:

- Public and school libraries exist to serve the people of their communities, not to act as government messaging platforms.

This is a RED ALERT to take action as soon as you can and to spread the word so others can as well.

Please reach out to your reps if you're in Idaho and tell them what this bill will do: legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/...

Recall that in Idaho, there is already a law that permits widespread book banning in public and private schools and libraries. It's currently being challenged in the courts in two different lawsuits.

This bills allows even more widespread banning, focusing mostly on public institutions.

This bill is being heard in the House State Affairs Committee TOMORROW at 9 am. This bill was introduced this week, and it's being rammed through as fast as possible.

Politics Can Now Dictate Public Library Collections in Three States, Per Fifth Circuit Ruling The Fifth Circuit ruling will open the doors to rampant book censorship in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

There’s little question this bill wants to take advantage of the decision made in the Fifth Circuit last year in Little v. Llano County: bookriot.com/little-vs-ll...

PUBLIC schools and PUBLIC libraries would NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO USE THE MILLER TEST, as the state would call the books in those collections government speech. Therefore, they're not subject to the federal obscenity test.

HB 819 would allow private schools and private libraries to judge material appropriateness via the Miller Test, the federal standard for obscenity. The Miller Test requires materials be reviewed AS A WHOLE, rather than in bits and pieces.

legiscan.com/ID/text/H081...

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 URGENT ACTION ON BOOK BAN LEGISLATION FOR IDAHO. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Please read the full thread.

Legislators have proposed yet another bill that would undermine the purpose of libraries statewide, and it would not only eschew the Miller Test, it'd create TWO CLASSES of access.

Is the training on how to use doordash?

How many people with meta/smart glasses are using what they record to continue the legacy of their predecessor pedophiles?

BC that's another thing that scares the shit out of me as a parent. I keep my kid off the internet, but how many pedos–and there are so many–are after our kids this way?

Federal prisons to lose library technicians, employment co-ordinators in budget cuts | CBC News Correctional Service Canada plans to cut library technicians and employment co-ordinator positions in federal penitentiaries, a move critics worry could affect inmate recidivism and reintegration.

Canada's federal prisons are cutting their library technician jobs: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Paterson libraries, facing money woes, will cut these services Paterson library director Corey Fleming said specific details about the service reductions would be announced by March 13.

Paterson, New Jersey, libraries will face service cuts due to budget challenges. I'd tell you what those cuts are, but the story is paywalled.

www.northjersey.com/story/news/p...

New Iowa law means Ames will lose its gender identity protections Senate File 579 bans local governments from protecting against gender identity discrimination.

"Local control" is a lie. Your community doesn't get to decide what represents its values. Your state or the federal government do. "Local control" is controlling everything, down to the local level.

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/l...

'This book should be burnt': Heated debate in Oklahoma Senate over school library book bill Oklahoma lawmakers engaged in heated debate over a bill that would allow parents to report books they find inappropriate in school libraries, with Republicans supporting the measure and Democrats oppo...

An Oklahoma state senator believes a puberty book for young people should "be burnt."

www.koco.com/article/heat...

Lubbock ISD rewriting review process for library books Lubbock ISD is revising the review process for its School Library Advisory Council as Texas lawmakers reshape what books can be placed on public school library shelves.

"One woman claimed students are getting slowly desensitized to “liberal ideology” comparing it to a frog getting more accustomed to a boiling pot."

The brains of these people have all been cooked and they're being given so much power.

www.fox34.com/2026/03/11/l...

Stacey Lee on Gothic Fiction and YA Books That Make You Sit with Discomfort YA author Stacey Lee on the gothic YA mystery she didn't try to write–plus a discussion of books that require sitting with discomfort.

Stacey Lee on unexpectedly writing Gothic fiction and the importance of sitting with discomfort–including YA books that force readers to do just that: bookriot.com/stacey-lee-o...

Markus Zusak on THE BOOK THIEF at 20 - BOOK RIOT Book Riot Senior Editor Kelly Jensen talks to author Markus Zusak on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of The Book Thief.

I had the opportunity earlier this month to talk with Markus Zusak on the 20th (!!!) anniversary of THE BOOK THIEF.

bookriot.com/listen/marku...

I did appreciate a new Modest Mouse this week.

That may be the highlight of the week. It’s been a rough one!!