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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1h

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 42m

Check out the speakers

Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 1d

There's still plenty of time to register for the friendliest editing conference around if you haven't done so already! The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is coming to Seattle (and online) on 11/8. Registration closes 11/3. Find all things Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

Box with a decorative red pencil border. Text: Northwest Editors Guild Red Pencil Conference. 11/8/25, Lynnwood Event Center and Online. What's in it for you? For In-Person Attendees: Structured networking opportunities. Morning meetup for first-time attendees. Buffet lunch and coffee breaks and snacks throughout the day. Giant Pencil photo booth with raffle prizes? Exciting vendor tables. Book sales by Third Place Books. Easy transit options near venue with Link light rail.
For Virtual Attendees: Live streams of keynote, 8 breakout sessions, and closing. Morning coffee chat and midday lunchtime chat dedicated to virtual networking. Exclusive virtual attendee Zoom backgrounds and badges. Most sessions recorded and available to view for 6 months—that's until May 2026! There's still time to join in the fun—register now! #EdsGuild2025 edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.

Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.

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Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 1d

If you edit, if you proofread, if you write … consider this ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 11d

Why the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference?

✏️ Keynote by @janefriedman.com
✏️ Hybrid options to include everyone from anywhere
✏️ More affordable prices (including affiliate and volunteer discounts)
✏️ Longer access to recordings than any other editing conference

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Red Pencil 2025 — Northwest Editors Guild

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 11d

We get it—there were too many big editing events this fall and you're overwhelmed. We're hoping you won't still feel that way come November and you'll sign up for the friendliest editing conference around: the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference in Seattle and online.

edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 4d

Editing is lifelong learning. The Editors Canada Virtual Training Day is 10/28 and an opportunity to sharpen your editing skills and learn from other editing pros. ACES members get the Editors Canada rate. Details in member center! View schedule/register tinyurl.com/at56bk5r

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 4d

GREAT NEWS from Leander ISD. To Kill a Mockingbird, House on Mango St, and Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass will be returned to classrooms after a massive outcry. Thanks to everyone who spoke up!!!

From an email to teachers today:

*An important update regarding the books that
were previously paused from curriculum use as a
result of concerns around Senate Bill 12.
Thirty-six of the forty books are being reinstated
to the secondary curriculum book list, with
revisions made to the curriculum to ensure TEKS
alignment and compliance with SB 12. Four
titles, Stamped, Melissa (George), Gracefully
Grayson, and The 57 Bus, will remain paused for
additional review of curriculum alignment. Please
note that all books, including these four, should
remain available, or be returned if removed, to
classroom libraries for individual student choice
reading.

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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 9d

Stop what you’re doing and read this op ed by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social right now.

Gift link:
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

First Texas schools banned my book. Now it's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'

The problem isn't just the new state law. It's how some school leaders are reacting to it.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 10d

Here's a look at the next #ACESchat.

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 7d

Excerpt: “Words carry weight because of the way you use them; how you place them in a sentence, how you pick one over the other, how you refuse to explain them. It gives everything away. It reveals you, the speaker” #writing #PublicSpeaking #authors

English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · 15d

'What if I could give words to this strange, unmoored sense of belonging – of belonging nowhere and also anywhere?'

In #PENTransmissions, Deepa Rajagopalan on creating space at the centre. In partnership with @pencanada.bsky.social.
pentransmissions.com/2025/09/26/t...

There Is Never One English

Deepa Rajagopalan on creating space at the centre.

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 7d

Let the kids read! @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 8d

What was the most #bannedbook in U.S. schools in the 2024-25 school year?

Topping the list, after being banned in 23 school districts, is a 1962 novel that Time magazine named one of 100 best books of all time in 2010.

These are the 15 most-banned books in America: pen.org/banned-books...

Banned Books List 2025

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 7d

FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...

Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild

Copyright holders recently secured preliminary approval of a $1.5 billion class settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic case, in which authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Johnson, and Charles Graeber led a class-...

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 7d

It takes a whole team to create a comic ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 8d

When speaking about comics (especially to students) always credit the artist/s with the author!

When teaching them, include everyone of importance to analysis--author/s, artist, letterer, penciler, inker, colorist, flatter...anyone listed on the title/reverse title page!

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Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 7d

Excerpt: “From AI-driven health screening to the pervasiveness of cell phones, tech in education is rewriting the rules on privacy, data equity…Decisions are made in boardrooms and tech labs, it’s school nurses, often excluded from policy-making, who witness firsthand the risks”

Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 7d

Every day, the digital transformation of schools accelerates, and with it, the potential to either safeguard or jeopardize the future of every student.
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/10/04/t...

The Relentless School Nurse: Digital Dilemmas – How School Nurses Can Lead on Privacy, Equity, and Safer Tech in Schools

Every day, the digital transformation of schools accelerates, and with it, the potential to either safeguard or jeopardize the future of every student. From AI-driven health screening to the pervas…

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 10d

#readers #SchoolLibrarians #PublicLibraries @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) @aaslala.bsky.social · 13d

They tried to silence these stories, but they live on. Banned Books Week is almost here! Join us October 5-11 to celebrate the freedom to read and discover books that sparked debate and change. Stay tuned for events and reading lists! #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 10

Listened to our arts & culture podcast Get Around To It yet? We’re number one in Arts in Apple podcasts in Ireland! Thanks so much to everyone who has listened in so far - please do spread the word. Listen in here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g... or here open.spotify.com/episode/0Mqg...

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Soroptimist International of Bristol @sibristol.bsky.social · 11d

Women’s participation in decision-making is a fundamental right. When women have a seat at the table, it leads to more diverse perspectives, better policies, & improved outcomes for society as a whole. Soroptimists #StandUpForWomenAndGirls.
#SoroptimistBristol

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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 12d

Censorship in Florida’s schools has made headlines for more than four years now, but we also have had attacks in our public libraries.

The same people pushing to ban books in our schools have landed seats on our public library boards.

Have you considered volunteering to sit on your local Board?

Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 12d

Ever wonder where book challenges are taking place?

This means the places meant to provide free, open access to stories, information, & ideas are being targeted the most. When public and school libraries lose books, entire communities lose opportunities for discovery, connection, & representation.

Graphic showing where boom challenges take place: 55% public libraries, 38% school libraries, 5% schools, 2% higher ed/other

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 14d

$14 million dollars allocated to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was pushed through to the America 250 team to fund "Freedom Trucks"–propaganda telling a whitewashed version of history.

What's happening at IMLS is beyond budgetary concerns.

bookriot.com/imls-freedom...

The IMLS's Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025

This week, the IMLS announced their Freedom Trucks initiative. It is blatant propaganda.

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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 17d

Texas, USA: “Protecting children” from To Kill a Mockingbird and The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass since 2025. 🆒

Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 17d

I need help getting this CRAZY censorship story out!

Last week, admins in Leander ISD emailed teachers telling them to “pause” use of 40 books relating to “DEI” that had previously been curriculum or choice reading activities.

Included on the list? To Kill a Mockingbird. #bookbans #booksky

Email to 6th-grade teachers in Leander ISD that reads:

Dear 6th Grade ELA Team,
I want to share an Important update regarding some of the texts in our book club and
whole-class reading collections. In response to new legislation outlined in Senate Bill 12 (89th
Legislature), we have conducted a review of titles currently used in secondary ELA instruction.
Because SB 12 prohibits specific types of content, several of our resources now require
additional review.
Effective immediately, please pause the use of the identified texts (linked below) in
instruction and assignments until further notice. This step is necessary to ensure our
curriculum remains in full compliance with the law.
I want to emphasize that these books are not being permanently removed. They are simply on
hold while we seek additional guidance from TASB and TEA regarding the implications of SB 12
for instructional resources. Once we receive that guidance, we will provide clear updates about
next steps. Additionally, if these books are included in your own personal classroom library, we
request that you remove them since personal classroom libraries are considered instructional
resources.
I know this timing is far from ideal and may present challenges, especially given the thoughtful
preparation you have invested in building engaging reading experiences for students. Please
know that our commitment to offering students a wide range of meaningful opportunities for
choice reading and discussion remains unchanged.
Thank you for your flexibility, professionalism, and continued dedication to our students as we
navigate this process together.
6th grade ELAR Resources
With appreciation,

List of 40 books removed from classes. Includes To Kill a Mockingbird, The House on Mango Street, The Fire Next Time, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and, weirdly, Les Miserables.

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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 16d

Need help with freedom to read advocacy?

Get the free guide from @freedomreadproject.bsky.social that covers everything you need to know to get started in your area.

www.freedomtoreadproject.org/turning_the_...

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 14d

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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 15d

Removing To Kill a Mockingbird and The House on Mango Street from Texas classrooms does not protect Texas kids. The Texas GOP and Governor Abbott need to answer for this. Shameful.

www.fox7austin.com/news/leander...

Leander ISD pauses dozens of books in classrooms in response to state law

www.fox7austin.com

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 14d

Attention, authors #BookSky #publishing @cynthiayoderauthor.bsky.social

The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 15d

The settlement has entered preliminary approval. Congrats to the plaintiffs Andrea Bartz, Kirk Johnson, and Charles Graeber! Wondering what's next? We're here to help you navigate the process.

authorsguild.org/news/authors...

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 14d

#books #authors @authorsguild.org

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 15d

ICYMI: A judge in a California court has given his preliminary approval to a settlement by tech giant Anthropic, which would see authors whose work was used by the company to train AI-models receive a share of $1.5bn 👇 #BookSky

US judge gives preliminary approval to $1.5bn Anthropic settlement with authors

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