A good month for reading:)

Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books by real authors.

New word for today: confabulation.

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Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us

Me: “I could literally talk about how bad things are in this country for 24 hours straight”

Them: “There’s not that much to talk about”

Me:

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

Every day on the internet makes it abundantly clear that some people have never had a single person turn around and say to them, ‘Cite your sources’ because, and I say this with every ounce of love I can muster as a teacher: while you are entitled to your opinion, that does not make it fact.

Statement on the Appointment of Keith E. Sonderling as Acting Director of IMLS IMLS's mission must remain nonpartisan and nonpolitical and aligned with the statutory framework established by Congress.

President Donald J. Trump appointed Keith E. Sonderling as Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), raising significant concerns for the nation’s library and museum communities.

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

Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries! Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...

Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.

EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!

action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

WIRED: “It’s a heist — real federal auditors are horrified by DOGE… DOGE has posted some of its ‘findings’ on its website, many of which have been revealed to be errors.”

www.wired.com/story/federa...

Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.

Let’s not make it harder to learn.

133 Ballots were cast. 16 Teams Remain. The Romance/Romantasy conference leading in entries, lost a number of key matchups. The Sports conference won big in the week’s most hotly contested match-up with LeBron James just sneaking ahead of the dystopian Scythe with a final vote of 313 to 309.

Sobbing listening to @ibramxk.bsky.social at #MiddleGradeMagic. To paraphrase: This isn't a new fight. Draw your inspiration from the librarians during slavery and the civil rights. The movement would not have been what it was if Dr. King hadn't had access to books on abolition and the like.

It was a good month for reading!

Let the games commence! March Madness at the library.

Tim Walz's Daughter Claps Back At MAGA Troll Who Told Her To 'Get Over' Dad's Election Loss Thank you, Hope! 👏👏👏

Hope! 👏👏👏

It stinks to be stuck at home with a cold, but it is all made better with a text that this is what came in the mail today. Thanks to @abramskids!

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Teen Dating Violence Is More Common Than You Think A rise in misogyny and an increase in forced and violent sex for girls is worsening the teen mental health epidemic, writes A.S. King.

I wrote a thing. ❤️

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Cut From Indiana Republicans' Proposed Budget Republican legislators have cut funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which promotes childhood literacy, in their recently proposed budget.

Only monsters cut literacy funding. I said what I said. Are we great yet?

“The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all—regardless of politics—because every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed."

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From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

Friendly reminder: there’s plenty of time left to claim up to $1,750 per child with our nation-leading Child Tax Credit.
 
Last year, we put over $550 million into the pockets of nearly 225,000 families.
 
Don’t leave money on the table, Minnesota.

At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA.

Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.

Vintage style Valentine's Day card with angels and cherubs. It says in red font: Roses Are Red, Violets Are Black, Book Bans don't Sell Books, The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.

Roses Are Red
Violets Are Black
Book Bans don't Sell Books
The Next Library Board Meeting Is Where I'll See You At.

(Busting Book Ban Myths: bookriot.com/common-myths...)

Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.

Pink JEDI library shirt! Illustrated interpretations of light sabers held by hands. J- Justice, E- Equity, D- Diversity, I- Inclusion

JEDI ✨📚🩶

A preponderance of evidence in support of libraries.

By Jeff Parker

"[E]ven if you think you’re in a “good,” “safe,” “blue” state when it comes to book censorship, you aren’t. You need to be [...] putting as much time and energy into protecting your public institutions of democracy as those in “bad,” “unsafe,” “red” states have been for the last half-decade."