In 2023, Governor JB Pritzker was joined by Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, advocates, and lawmakers at the Harold Washington Library to sign legislation outlawing book bans in Illinois.

Illinois made history as the first state to outlaw book bans once and for all.

Marginalizing people, ideas, or facts has no place in our state — and they have no place in a democracy.

This National Library Week, we continue our commitment to free thought and free speech.

Alex Song-Xia looks distressed. text on screen: how would you describe the joy who lived festival? Euphoria. Exciting. inviting. home.

Two hot people are in a play and in love. text on screen: how would you describe the joy who lived festival? Warm happy space fun amazing times best hottest people ever.

You can still watch all the shows from our trans comedy festival, they are filmed real good-like, and also we need a little money so we'd love for you to donate to get the playlist link!

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some people don't deserve art

Kishi Bashi, Honeybody, and Tall Tall Trees performing on stage.

More musicians should incorporate mascots into their live performances imho

My Loops earplugs continue to be the best investment

I turned it off but it keeps coming back 😭

Memes image of Aragorn and Theoden with undercuts and earrings saying "Chat, the beacon notification just hit. Gondor's asking for a carry" and "Say less."

Was feeling melancholy, but then I dug up Theoden with an undercut from my vault of memes

The crowd was pretty bloodthirsty and we had quite a few fights in the third period, but I'm not sure if that's what she was hoping for

Your affiliate team lost down here, but I did get to hear a lady yell "This is *nothing* like my romance books," so that was fun 😂

TLC | abbreviation | tender loving care

Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens YouTube video by PBS

Want to know one of the ways we got to this point of authoritarianism? Watch The Librarians documentary on PBS or here: youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?...

The dune poster but it says Zendaya is Meechee in dune font

Eid Mubarak to all!! 🫟🌙✨

Colorful beach houses on St. George Island, Florida. A bright stretch of homes along the Gulf, each one adding its own character to the shoreline.

Colorful beach houses on St. George Island, Florida. A bright stretch of homes along the Gulf, each one adding its own character to the shoreline.

#Photography #Florida #Coast

I don't need the plagiarism machines to do my job and I definitely don't need them to play my video games

When was the last time an actor starred in a movie and their very next movie sure sounded like it could be a sequel to that last one, but definitely was not

Yes, my brain is broken

I'm just a girl

Standing in front of the internet

Asking for gifs of Leslie Cheung flipping his scarf in Once a Thief

A photo of a coastal wave crashing over a starfish on St. George Island, FL.

A wave crashing over a starfish on the beach at St. George Island, Florida. One of those blink-and-you-miss-it coastal moments where the ocean and shore life collide. #StGeorgeIsland #FloridaCoast #BeachMoments #OceanVibes #Starfish #NaturePhotography #BeachWalk #CoastalLife

Never forget

Gonna need people to support middle grade and YA titles bc where do we think adult readers come from!! If kids don’t have good books to read from like 8 - 12 they are going to stop reading 😭😭😭😭

shinji get in the truck

AI is not inevitable, as long as enough of us don't use it

The Librarians is now on PBS and Independent Lens. Check your local stations or view on the PBS YouTube channel: youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?... @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @la-cac.org

"Bit of over-rotation on the landing there," I mutter critically as I sit on my couch with a toaster strudel, having never landed a quad-anything in my life

Watch "The Librarians" documentary next week. Free on PBS!

You're personally invited to watch The Librarians, a new documentary about censorship, libraries, and the fight for the right to read, premiering next week on Independent Lens on PBS.

www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Check out the (frozen) water discipline on this guy

5 classes you took in college:

The Bible as Literature
Single Author Study: Margaret Atwood
Etiquette
Spirit of Place in British Literature
Spanish Grammar and Composition

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“We are made of rainbows!” Watercolor dragon for an icy day #watercolorsketch