@samiraahmed.bsky.social I just finished your book. It is fabulous. I wanted to share that I painted the book cover on a brick and it is part of my growing collection of banned book bricks.

Library group’s anti-censorship petition to be presented to Whitmer, lawmakers Book ban attempts sparked the petition requesting Gov. Whitmer and lawmakers uphold First Amendment rights and increase support for state library services.

“Michigan’s public libraries serve everyone, not just the loudest voices,” said Dillon Geshel, interim executive director of MLA. “The Petition to Protect MI Right to Read was created to send a clear message to our elected officials that public libraries exist to reflect all of us...”

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury

Keep reading, friends. 📚

I’ve signed Cultural Freedom Demands Collective Courage.

Artistic + intellectual freedom are under attack—275+ leaders + 150+ institutions are standing up.

No to censorship. Yes to imagination + free thought.

👉 collective-courage.com

Library Collection Decisions Not Protected by First Amendment Says Fifth Circuit Court In a judgment that is likely to impact freedom to read challenges across the country, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that library collection decisions are “go...

Judge Duncan of the Fifth Circuit has absolutely no idea of the motivations of librarians who curate their collections. Duncan needs to keep his opinions to himself.
Censors who want to remove books from shelves are bullshit snokeflakes.

www.libraryjournal.com/story/librar...

Frankly it should be illegal to attempt to pass any legislation that is a clear harm to many while benefiting only the few. This is not the people’s business being conducted, it’s blatant theft aided by its signatories in its corruption.

As some celebrate the 4th, remember that our nation began as a colony, built by enslaved peoples on stolen land, it came into being by Revolution fought in opposition to tyrannical taxes; thereby a new country was established explicitly as a state not beholden to a king or any one religion.

This is what patriotism looks like. #Freepeoplereadfreely #1stAmendment

It’s a beautiful day to advocate for libraries and the right to read! And what a gorgeous portrait Jarrett Krosoczka created to celebrate Dr. Hayden and all who support #freadom 💜✨

I found out about this way too late to do much more than post about it, but for those in the area, black librarians and librarians of color haven’t forgotten about Dr Hayden. Show up if you can!

📚 On May 31, educators, authors, and advocates—including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, and Amanda Jones—are uniting at the FREADOM Town Hall Rally to stand up for the freedom to read, write, and learn.

Join us at DC’s MLK Library at 5 p.m. or watch online: buff.ly/uRcCFFJ
#FreedomToRead #TeachTruth

Promotional poster for the Freedom Read Town Hall & Rally at MLK Library in Washington, DC on May 31, 2025. Features names of speakers including Jason Reynolds, Meg Medina, Amanda Jones, Kwame Alexander, and Tracie D. Hall. Includes logos of partnering organizations and details of event streaming on YouTube.

📣 FREADOM Town Hall Rally

📅 Saturday, May 31 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍 MLK Library

Join authors, educators, parents & artists — including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds — as we rally for the freedom to learn, read, and create.

🔴 Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBS...

The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer. Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.

The Trump regime will purge and plunder the historical treasures housed in the Library of Congress. This incursion is tantamount to losing the Library of Alexandria.

Former defense lawyer.

So... a loser. Trump only avoided prison through sympathetic actors kicking the can down the street. His lawyers were terrible. This guy isn't even qualified for his actual job, let alone running the Library of Congress.

Only two ever have, though.

I agree that a duly-accredited graduate degree in library science should be a baseline requirement for Librarian of Congress.

Hill leaders question Trump’s attempted Library of Congress takeover Senate Majority Leader John Thune said “congressional equities” are at stake.

Please remind your representatives in Congress that they have an important role to play in assuring that the Library of Congress is run professionally and by highly qualified professionals...like Carla Hayden. www.politico.com/live-updates... #LibraryOfCongress #LibrarianOfCongress #libraries

Okay
Lets agree that Trump punks out
Meanwhile. mother is torn from her children and dragged away by men with no ICE identification
ICE attack members of Congress and local mayor
An Trump tried to take over the Congressional Library and it was the LIBRARIANS WHO STOOD UP AND BLOCKED IT
Where are you

Rachel Maddow said tonight, “It is literally in the name Library OF Congress. It belongs to Congress and is part of the Legislative Branch. The President, who is the leader of the Executive Branch, has no authority over the Library of Congress.”

Headline that Trump named his former personal attorney with zero library or research experience as the Librarian of Congress, since he fired the qualified person that had the role since 2008 or so

Hey, Chief Justice Roberts…This is on you too.

He will begin to fire the hell out of staffers, change policies, lock up access to the library for researchers/citizens, and then claim he's cleaned up the entire Library of Congress, freeing it from the naughty stuff that was never there.

It's another arm of the America 250 propaganda campaign.

Also, he can't do this, this has no force in law, and the Library of Congress is ignoring him, as everyone else should ignore him about everything.

OH COME THE FUCK ON THIS IS ABSURD.

My heart goes out to my friends and all the other staff at the Library of Congress who are watching this travesty unfold up close and personal.

Yet another bozo passenger on the Trump clown car has been appointed leader of a prestigious federal institution.

PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.

First, book banners came for school libraries

Then, school librarians

Then, public libraries

Then, public librarians

Then, little free libraries

Then, bookstores

Then, publishers

Then, academic libraries

Then, the national archives

Then, the library of congress

www.bookbanpetition.us

@NBCNews: The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office.

Focusing on library love which is also freedom, liberty, and democracy. #intellectualfreedom #firstamendment #freadom

Did you know that there were campaigns during World War 2 in the Gulf of America? No?
Because it is the Gulf of Mexico.
You might want to email listcomments@loc.gov and let them know that this isn't rewrite history day.
What happens at LOC will find its way to your local library.
(Be kind to them.)

This is what oligarchy looks like.

A black square intended as protest on “President’s Day”.

Executive overreach or complete rein with no consequences is not the American way. That is fascism and I don’t accept it.