Summer clothes are back out and I’m ready for you #txla26!
Thrilled to be presenting on my fav library topics - library law, resilience in the library, and mentorship.
See you soon, Texas. Greet me at my gate with queso and tex-mex, pretty please.
Excited to share how #schoollibrarians protect #K12 student privacy! apple.co/4dxSysi @heatherpnwtx.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social
Don’t miss this important conversation with Heather Hornor! @heatherpnwtx.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social
“The rallying cry of ‘local control’ is not about local control. It’s about controlling everything, right down to the local level … what scares those stealing power where they can is the knowledge that grassroots advocates on the ground are closely watching them.”
NEW from Dilley, Texas —
Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
“Our school boards and state leaders need to wake up and stop trying to suppress our freedom.”
Seconded, @laneyhawes.bsky.social at @txfreedomread.bsky.social!!
It was super fun to be on this podcast! Thank you for inviting me @slupodcast.bsky.social!
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The Super Bowl is being played in Colin Kaepernick's former home stadium, at a societal moment that echoes the issues he forced football fans to confront nearly 10 years ago, after he kneeled during the national anthem before a 49ers game.
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
I’ve got admin covered but sure would appreciate 3-4 more #schoollibrarians to share their strategies😉
Urgent call to action, Texans: we need to write to our State Board of Education members and tell them NOT to adopt the proposed required reading list they’re considering at the the end of the month. It is BAD. I wrote about why here: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/call-to-ac...
"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war.. is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health"
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.
After enacting the largest SNAP cuts in history, Trump is now scrapping the federal government's annual report on hunger in America.
The utter cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
It’s just wild the cultural differences from a blue city in a red state to a blue city in a blue state. Loving that this is proudly front and center in my new school district.
I’m so sorry. I was a library coordinator in NTX and left. This was just one of the many things I was going to have to train and support my librarians on. I understand how painful and wrong this is.
After six weeks off, I’m finally starting to think and plan for this upcoming school year. My brain wouldn’t let me do it before, but now I’m just kind of ready to start learning about my new school district and school.
Just started watching this myself!
I can’t understate how strange it is to move from Texas to a blue state as a school librarian/administrator. I’ve been really tired, a little sick here and there, and just generally low energy. I think my body and mind are slowly detoxing. It’s a strange place to be in so I take one day at a time.
Republicans once slammed Biden for raising the debt ceiling. Now they’ve quietly backed a $5 trillion hike of their own. Josh Levs on the myth of the GOP’s fiscal responsibility.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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These are all very preliminary (& all I can find right now). Final numbers will be different. Feel free to update this and add your own!
Estimate 80k in Philly
Estimate 50k in NYC
Estimate 20k in downtown Chicago
Estimate 25k in Los Angeles
Estimate 15k in Houston
Estimate 20k in San Diego
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The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible
Abilene Law for Librarians training with the amazing Brooke, Johana, and Shirley!
