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Activist. Super nerd. Librarian. Speaker. AI Critic. Know it so you can grow it! Posts reflect my mind. No DMs. Open your mind like you would a parachute! https://awakenlibrarian.com #EduSky #TLSkyChat #EdTech #GoogleEDU #AwakenLibrarian

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Morgan Freeman narrates a new Sesame Street short featuring Elmo.

06.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy
#FlowersOnFriday
Snapdragons
🌱🀍🌱🀍🌱🀍🌱
#SoCal #FlowerReport
#Bloomscrolling

06.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Women’s Day In the late Victorian era, Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system (and a womanizer) argued that women make excellent librarians because we have β€œa clear head, strong hand… and great hea…

You might find someone you recognize! Thank you LitHub & Jess Decourcy Hinds!

#InternationalWomensDay #Herstory #WomensMonth #BadassLibrarians

lithub.com/8-badass-lib...

06.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to β€œEnd Public Education as We Know It” A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.

Tennessee wants to ban undocumented children from access to a free public education, and turn school administrators into immigration informants. The Heritage Foundation wants to take that plan national. Read my latest for @theintercept.com:

04.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 18
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AI Challenges Core Assumptions in Education | Stanford HAI We need to rethink student assessment, AI literacy, and technology’s usefulness, according to experts at the recent AI+Education Summit.

hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-chal...

02.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Social media is killing us and it has been able to do so with false promises, just like cigarettes and opioids.

19.02.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: 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.

18.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 41052 πŸ” 10834 πŸ’¬ 476 πŸ“Œ 1027
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Our March #NextGenLitSociety read is Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson. This is our πŸ₯‡ #MG pick! Suspense. Secrets. Social commentary. Jackson always brings the tension. Who’s diving in? πŸ¦ˆπŸ“š
bit.ly/TheNextGenLitSociety #books #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #bookish #bookclub #allstora

18.02.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and around the world!

May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❀️

18.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1616 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2
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July 16, 1960: Greenville Eight Stage Read-In at Local Library In an act of civil disobedience against the whites-only Greenville County Public Library, eight young Black people entered the library, began reading, and were subsequently arrested. They became known...

That's 18 yo college freshman Jesse Jackson on the left & the seven hs students he organized for a silent sit-in at a segregated library.

"Although Greenville was not the first library system to integrate in SC, it was the first to do so as a result of public demonstrations by the Black community."

18.02.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

"Is there a technology the left is excited about?"

Let's see, off the top of my head:

- libraries
- solar power
- community-owned, community-run [noun], for example
β€’ power grids
β€’ communications networks
- e-bikes
- voting by mail
- vaccinations
- affordable health care

Notice any patterns?

18.02.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
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AI toy company tied to Google adds an AI off switch after political pressure Watchdogs and lawmakers have recently raised safety concerns about AI toys like Miko's.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

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AI toys are all the rage in Chinaβ€”and now they’re appearing on shelves in the US too Competition is heating up, with Mattel and OpenAI expected to launch a product for kids this year.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/07/1...

18.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a child browsing a library bookshelf. ALA150 logo. Text over image reads "FOR THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES. GIVE NOW TO SUPPORT LIBRARIES"

Photo of a child browsing a library bookshelf. ALA150 logo. Text over image reads "FOR THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES. GIVE NOW TO SUPPORT LIBRARIES"

This Valentine’s weekend, honor the readers and library lovers in your life by supporting the American Library Association. For those just beginning their reading journey or the well-traveled, libraries foster lifelong learning, curiosity, and adventure.

Give today: https://bit.ly/4qDCoRb

14.02.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Literacy Review – February 3, 2025 This AI Literacy Review covers Microsoft’s Global AI Adoption in 2025: A Widening Digital Divide and Copilot Usage Report 2025, FedEx’s AI literacy program, Sundance Institute’s AI Literacy Initiative...

AI Literacy Review – February 3, 2025
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-lit...

04.02.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Heritage & Legacy: Homecoming β€” An Art Experience Opens at The Newark Museum of Art BMW Digital, the exhibition centers photography and cultural storytelling to honor the traditions, lived experiences,

www.einpresswire.com/article/8870...

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Teens, AI, and Mental Health A growing number of young people are using artificial intelligence chatbots as companions orΒ therapists.

www.slj.com/story/Teens-...

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America’s oldest park ranger dies at 104 years old in Bay Area β€œShe led a fully packed life and was ready to leave,” her family wrote.

America’s oldest park ranger dies at 104 years old in Bay Area www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

22.12.2025 05:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish more people would realize how common invisible disability is and how it’s often that many passengers using wheelchairs are exhausted by navigating massive, triggering, crowded, badly lit and badly ventilated airports or cannot manage stairs, etc etc.
just be kind, ffs

19.12.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.12.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Macabre merit in action.

02.12.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

21.11.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 1088 πŸ” 414 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 33
The flyer reads NYPL BEST books of 2025, congratulations to Adiba Nelson & Alleanna Harris. The picture book cover reads OchΓΊn y Yo: Una Historia de Amor y Trenzas.

The flyer reads NYPL BEST books of 2025, congratulations to Adiba Nelson & Alleanna Harris. The picture book cover reads OchΓΊn y Yo: Una Historia de Amor y Trenzas.

The Spanish language version of OshΓΊn and Me, OchΓΊn y Yo, was included in the New York Public Library Best Books of 2025 list! It’s written by @adibanelson.bsky.social, illustrated by me, translated by Issa Mas, and published by @mackidsbooks.bsky.social. So honored. πŸ₯ΉπŸŒ»β˜€οΈπŸ’› #kidlit #kidlitart

21.11.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump admin weaponized Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to attack DEI programs, protections for trans people & freedom of speech at our universities.

We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.

AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuitπŸ‘‡

20.11.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

A central problem of our time is that the algorithmic processes underlying social-media content are essentially optimized for identity-protective cognition. There's a reason why we are polarizing worldwide.

21.11.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In β€˜Frankenstein,’ a Tech Bro Meets His Monster In Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation, Victor Frankenstein isn’t just a mad scientist; he’s another mogul playing God with technology.

"The most terrifying thing about power isn’t the force it applies; it’s the moral vacuum it creates in the soul of the person wielding it."
sojo.net/articles/cul...

19.11.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees who supply β€˜sexually explicit material’ to students is now void.

Huge win for Missouri and for all libraries. Thank you to MASL, MLA, the ACLU, and everyone involved! @la-cac.org #FReadom

www.stlpr.org/government-p...

19.11.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 802 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 13
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πŸ’₯ Mass Blackout Reminder… We are done powering their profits. Nov 25 to Dec 2 we step back. Rest. Unplug. Refuse to consume. They fear unity and they are about to feel it.

17.11.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 512 πŸ” 316 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 15

Great info shared by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social on a book banning tool that is being used to control what is in libraries

16.11.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0