Fact-Finding: Teaching News and Media Literacy Skills In a time of deep distrust and widespread propaganda, news and media literacy skills are more vital than ever.

“By teaching them things like lateral reading, slowing down, & asking questions, we’re giving our students what I call scaffolds that help to lighten that information overload." - Middle school #librarian & author Cathy Collins in this @slj.com piece about the urgent need for #MediaLiteracy

The Louvre is the pride of France – and it’s on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time? | Agnès Poirier From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, it’s been a dire year for the world’s most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament, says political commentator Agnès Poirier

I think Africa's top museums should acquire all treasures from the Louvre, its clear European institutes like this just aren't up to safeguarding European art

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

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Color drawing by artist Lucy Grossmith showing a white tree in the middle of a snowy clearing in a forest being visited and decorated by woodland animals

Wishing a blessed Winter Solstice to all!

SIFT for AI: Introduction and Pedagogy Once I thought more deeply about what people had been asking for it made a lot of sense

I did it, I wrote it. The thing I think (?) some educators have been waiting for for quite a while. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/sift-for-a...

Event flyer for "How Faith Communities and Librarians Can Advocate for the Freedom to Read on November 5, 2025 at 4 p m eastern time."

Join us Wednesday @ 4pm ET / 1pm PT!

We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.

Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...

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Heard one of my favorites yesterday, a gray catbird

old brass keys on make-shift key rings with identification tags. sitting on a dark brown wood surface.

we all have old keys around the house. keys that once opened doors or locks that no longer exist. keys with purpose long lost.

i recently found these keys at our Easterly plant in an unmarked 1950s filing cabinet in storage.

it’s history collected on bent metal rings. 🧵

Rock Identification xkcd.com/3068

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:

freedom.press/issues/wired...

Photo of 2 long-haired cats sitting up in a living room, one a tortoiseshell, the other black.

Cassie Caturday plus brother Leo

Zelma Watson George, the Cleveland opera singer who had a president’s ear: Black History Month Untold Stories For many on Cleveland, the name Zelma Watson George means nothing more than the name on a city recreation center or family emergency shelter, but she left a long legacy of accomplishment -- everything...

Learn more about the incredible life of Zelma Watson George here: www.cleveland.com/news/2022/02...

I kinda want to try it …

The 2025 ABA Bird of the Year is Common Loon!

We're excited to kick off this Year of the Loon by sharing the beautiful art from our 2025 Bird of the Year artist, Minnesota artist Sam Zimmerman.

Sam's piece, Summering Loon, will be featured on the January 2025 issue of Birding magazine.

If you've ever been impressed by something PRH did to fight book bans, it's because Skip fought for it to happen.

Right on! Read the comments for many examples of strong, community-responsive libraries!

Close up of an alert orange cat standing on a dark, uncarpeted floor with his tail up

Romy (male). Thank you!

I sooo appreciate Amanda Jones’s determination and commitment to her community and the freedom to read

I love these little guys so much

This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.

This behavior is what comes from letting kids Google without teaching them how to search and evaluate what they find. They think chatgpt is the same as Google. Because no one has taught them any digital literacy skills...and digital literacy is what school librarians do.

Love animals? Love this 🧸

Public Domain Day 2025 is Coming: Here's What to Know A new crop of copyrighted works enters the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2025. Here's what it all means.

For those of us interested in copyright

copyrightlately.com/public-domai...

New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Three cheers for New Jersey!

apnews.com/article/new-...

A long-haired black cat sits on a small shelf below a window. The window has a partially opened blind which allows light to cross the cat’s face as it stares intently through the blind to the outdoors.

Happy #Caturday feat. Soulful Leo

"I don't know what to do to end book bans and save democratic cornerstones of America!!"

Here's a LENGTHY LIST, put together over the last many years, that offer ways anyone, anywhere, can do something besides "let me read and buy the books!"

Beautiful, happy, and chill 😻

Book banning is having a resurgence 😡 This resource will help you understand why that is, why it’s bad for all of us, and some things you can do about it